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UN Human Rights Committee Finds US in Violation on 25 Counts
A UN Human Rights Committee excoriates the US civil and political rights record, enumerating 25 lapses - including torture, drone attacks, police violence, racialized justice, Guantanamo, criminalization of homelessness and failures of accountability. ...[Read more]
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Former CIA Affiliate Tells All: The CIA Role Behind the Anti-Government Protests in Venezuela
Raúl Capote is a Cuban. But not just any Cuban. In his youth, he was caught up by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They offered him an infinite amount of money to conspire in Cuba. But then something unexpected for the US happened. Capote, in re ...[Read more]
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The CIA, Iran-Contra and the Narcotics Money Laundering Nexus
We bring to the attention of our readers the introduction of a 1997 statement by the late Michael C. Ruppert submitted to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.  “I am a former Los Angeles Police narcotics detective. I worked South Central Los ...[Read more]
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Washington Responsible for Fascist Massacre in Odessa
In what can only be described as a massacre, 38 anti-government activists were killed Friday after fascist-led forces set fire to Odessa’s Trade Unions House, which had been sheltering opponents of the US- and European-backed regime in Ukraine. Accordin ...[Read more]
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Ron Paul: Why is US involved in Ukraine?
The United States is being hypocritical in its response to the armed clashes between Kiev and pro-Russian groups in eastern Ukraine, former Congressman Ron Paul wrote in a new column. ...[Read more]
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Hollywood celebrities caught on hidden camera accepting money from “Middle Eastern oil interests”
James O'Keefe Premieres "Expose: Hollywood's War on US Energy" at Cannes Hollywood celebrities caught on hidden camera accepting money from "Middle Eastern oil interests" ...[Read more]
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‘CIA created ISIS’, says Julian Assange as Wikileaks releases 500k US cables
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange today said the CIA was responsible for paving the way for ISIS as the whistle blowing organisation released more than half a million formerly confidential US diplomatic cables dating back to 1979. In a statement to coincid ...[Read more]
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Monsanto, EPA Seek to Keep Talks Secret on Glyphosate Cancer Review
Monsanto Co. and officials within the Environmental Protection Agency are fighting legal efforts aimed at exploring Monsanto's influence over regulatory assessments of the key chemical in the company's Roundup herbicide, new federal court filings show. Th ...[Read more]
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An Actual American War Criminal May Become America’s Second-Ranking Diplomat
Abrams sought to ensure that General Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala’s then-dictator, could carry out “acts of genocide”—those are the legally binding words of Guatemala’s United Nations–backed Commission for Historical Clarification—again ...[Read more]
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Donald Trump signs executive order giving police more authority
Donald Trump has signed three executive orders to deal with “public safety”, including handing more authority to the police. At the formal ceremony to appoint Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, the President outlined the new mandate that Mr Sessions w ...[Read more]
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Democrats Now Demonize the Same Russia Policies that Obama Long Championed
Attempt to equate Trump’s opposition to arming Ukraine with some sort of treasonous allegiance to Putin masks a rather critical fact: namely, that the refusal to arm Ukraine with lethal weapons was one of Barack Obama’s most steadfastly held policies. ...[Read more]
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