TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
The tentative first beginnings of a long-awaited US-backed color revolution has begun in Thailand, with a small protest of under 100 protesters in the downtown district of Thailand’s capital Bangkok. Despite the diminutive nature of the protest, the Western media and Western-funded organizations posing as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) transformed the event into headline news. The Read More…
America’s current Syria strategy opens up the door for a war with Turkey and a potential war with Iran and Syria. All the while the U.S. loses its status as the so-called global leader, with Russia emerging unscathed from the conflict as the region’s major power broker. WASHINGTON (Analysis) — It’s not clear if the United Read More…
Last night’s State of the Union speech was equal measure gloating and glumness depending on which political party you ask. As usual there was plenty of mugging for the cameras with the artificial idea that there really any fundamental differences between the two. The warfare state got its big boost as did the welfare state. Read More…
President Trump has signed an executive order that is intended to reverse President Obama’s intentions to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Details are still emerging, but a leaked cable suggests this plan was in the offing for awhile. Trump has been clear time and again that he wants to keep Guantanamo Bay open, and that he’d like to fill Read More…
According to US regulators, the Hawaii employee who sent the false ballistic missile alert ‘thought actual attack was imminent.’ This one statement, if true, reveals a massively staged lie. We cannot say definitively if that lie was on behalf of the US government, the State of Hawaii, or just the employees themselves, but clearly there Read More…
On the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Baltimore University hosted more than 200 activists in the peace, environment, and social justice movements to launch a new initiative known as the Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases, the Nation reported. In a series of panels that lasted over two days, the conference attendees highlighted the horrors Read More…
The past week in Afghanistan has been one of the deadliest in years, with several major Taliban attacks across the country, including major strikes in the capital city of Kabul, killing hundreds of people. Last Monday, Taliban stormed a luxury hotel, killing 22. Days later, ISIS hit the charity Save the Children in Nangarhar, chasing Read More…
You’d think the prospect of two NATO members coming into direct military conflict with each other would be a major news topic, but nobody seems to be taking it seriously. The U.S. has no intention of withdrawing its troops from the town of Manbij in northern Syria despite warnings from Turkey to do so immediately, Reuters reports. Read More…
*Update: Directly following Trump’s statements about the list, the Treasure Department quietly released the list. Putin called it “an unfriendly act,” and the chief economist at BCS Financial Group, Vladimir Tikhomirov, said,“They just included everybody, all the big businessmen, all the major bureaucrats.” The Kremlin said Monday that a soon-to-be-released report by the U.S. Treasury Department — Read More…
Award-winning journalist and news anchor Ben Swann was suspended by CBS Atlanta after announcing the return of his Reality Check segment. UPDATE: On Monday morning CBS46 fired journalist and anchor Ben Swann. In an official statement, CBS46 General Manager Lyle Banks stated, “Ben Swann is no longer an employee of WGCL-TV, effective immediately.” On Friday, award-winning Read More…