On Israel, Sanders Is Right (A...

Apr 16, 2016 by

On Israel, Sanders Is Right (And Clinton Knows It)

[Translate] Election 2016 What a surprise to hear a Jewish candidate for president speak so courageously about the country where he...

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WHY WORLD LEADERS ARE TERRIFIE...

Apr 15, 2016 by

WHY WORLD LEADERS ARE TERRIFIED OF WATER SHORTAGES

[Translate] From Yemen to Syria to Arizona, droughts are a growing threat. —By Nathan Halverson MOTHER JONES WVillagers ride donkeys...

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WRITING A BLANK CHECK ON WAR F...

Apr 7, 2016 by

WRITING A BLANK CHECK ON WAR FOR THE PRESIDENT

[Translate] War & Peace How the United States became a prisoner of war and Congress went MIA. By Andrew Bacevich | BILLMOYERS.com...

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HILLARY CLINTON’S LINK T...

Mar 15, 2016 by

HILLARY CLINTON’S LINK TO A NASTY PIECE OF WORK IN HONDURAS

[Translate] TRUTHDIG By Marjorie Cohn   Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event at Hillside...

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HILLARY THE HAWK: NYT CALLS CL...

Feb 28, 2016 by

HILLARY THE HAWK: NYT CALLS CLINTON’S LIBYAN INTERVENTION, AND HER FITNESS FOR OFFICE, INTO QUESTION

[Translate] TRUTHDIG     Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)...

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THE KILLING FIELDS OF SOUTH SU...

Feb 27, 2016 by

[Translate]   Nicholas Kristof NYTIMES By ROOPA GOGINENI and NICHOLAS KRISTOF Atrocities are being committed by a government...

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GRIPING ASIDE, AMERICA IS IN P...

Jan 8, 2016 by

GRIPING ASIDE, AMERICA IS IN PRETTY DAMN GOOD SHAPE

[Translate] —By Kevin Drum  MOTHER JONES David Sucsy/iStockphoto Yesterday at lunch, I was mulling over all the familiar laments...

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OUR GEORGE ORWELL/NOAM CHOMSKY...

Jan 2, 2016 by

[Translate]   Our policies and actions routinely go against our oft-stated ideals. Here’s how to examine the lies and spin...

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NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF: THE RE...

Dec 30, 2015 by

NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF: THE REAL AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM – SELLING WEAPONS TO THE WORLD

[Translate] Nothing to be proud of: The real American exceptionalism is selling the most weapons in the world — by far By selling...

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The Monstrous Foreign-Policy L...

Dec 13, 2015 by

The Monstrous Foreign-Policy Lie That Goes Unreported by the Mainstream Media

[Translate] News & Politics Obama, Hillary, Cheney and others pretend Trump has gone too far, while themselves guiding murderous...

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HILLARY CLINTON SHEDS PROGRESS...

Nov 21, 2015 by

HILLARY CLINTON SHEDS PROGRESSIVE FACADE WITH BOLD RIGHTWARD LURCH

[Translate] TRUTHDIG / Common Dreams Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock From her call for a major air and ground war against ISIS to her...

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WE’RE STILL FIGHTING GEO...

Oct 23, 2015 by

WE’RE STILL FIGHTING GEORGE W. BUSH’S BATTLES: SYRIA, ISIS AND THE “WORST FOREIGN POLICY BLUNDER” IN AMERICAN HISTORY

[Translate] Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the Middle East is more volatile than ever. Welcome to permanent war Peter Van...

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KISSINGER POISONED THE MIDDLE ...

Oct 1, 2015 by

KISSINGER POISONED THE MIDDLE EAST: AMERICA IS LIVING IN A QUAGMIRE OF HIS MAKING

[Translate] W made matters worse, but the region’s radicalization can all be traced to our steady support of the Shah of Shahs...

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HOW HENRY KISSINGER HELPED CRE...

Sep 29, 2015 by

HOW HENRY KISSINGER HELPED CREATE OUR “PROLIFERATED” WORLD

[Translate] How Henry Kissinger Helped Create Our “Proliferated” World   By Greg Grandin, TomDispatch | VIA TRUTHOUT The...

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Noam Chomsky: ‘What Exac...

Jul 29, 2015 by

Noam Chomsky: ‘What Exactly Is the Threat of Iran?’ – Video

[Translate] News & Politics Chomsky challenges all the big assumptions and myths around this deal. Al Jazeera America  via...

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IS IT TIME TO REWRITE THE CONS...

Jul 17, 2015 by

[Translate] SALON.COM When we go to war with ISIS, Congress does not declare it. When we try to make peace with Iran, Congress...

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AMERICA’S DRONE PROGRAM ...

Jul 14, 2015 by

AMERICA’S DRONE PROGRAM IS A TRAVESTY — AND A MYSTERY EVEN TO ITS EXECUTORS

[Translate] America’s drone program is a travesty — and a mystery even to its executors So many U.S. officials are involved...

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DOCUMENT SHOWS CIA REACTION TO...

Jul 13, 2015 by

DOCUMENT SHOWS CIA REACTION TO FINDING NO WMD IN IRAQ

[Translate] By David Swanson, teleSUR  WORLD BEYOND WAR The National Security Archive has posted several newly available documents,...

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POPULAR PROTESTS ARE SPREADING...

Jul 12, 2015 by

[Translate] Crowds gathered after former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty of crimes against humanity. (AP...

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Republicans’ ‘plan...

May 27, 2015 by

Republicans’ ‘plans’ for Isis would drag us into Iraq for another ground war

[Translate] Republicans THE GUARDIAN The GOP candidates use innuendo and coded language to push the need for ground troops into...

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Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s...

May 24, 2015 by

Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously

[Translate] (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai) Early in 2009, just before Barack Obama took office, I shared an elevator with Michael...

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CHASING MIRACLES IN IRAQ

May 23, 2015 by

CHASING MIRACLES IN IRAQ

[Translate]   By Eugene Robinson   TRUTHDIG     Security forces defending their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State...

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ERRORS AND LIES

May 21, 2015 by

ERRORS AND LIES

[Translate]   Paul Krugman Surprise! It turns out that there’s something to be said for having the brother of a failed president...

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How the U.S. Drug Wars of the ...

Apr 28, 2015 by

How the U.S. Drug Wars of the ’90s Led to Today’s Policy of Targeted Assassinations in the Middle East and Africa

[Translate] News & Politics A strategy that failed utterly back then would later be applied full scale to the war on terror with...

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Obama fights to contain Republ...

Apr 3, 2015 by

Obama fights to contain Republican rebellion over Iran nuclear deal

[Translate] President calls several top lawmakers to insist deal is good for America Congress demands say over the fine print of the...

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How Afghanistan Is Leaving Ame...

Apr 2, 2015 by

How Afghanistan Is Leaving America in the Dust

[Translate] World The United States might end up as a footnote in the long history of Afghanistan. By Dilip Hiro / TomDispatch  VIA...

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European Allies Are Declaring ...

Mar 19, 2015 by

European Allies Are Declaring Their Independence from Irresponsible U.S.

[Translate] By William Pfaff   TRUTHDIG Rock Cohen (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) PARIS—Britain, illness Germany and France are all posting signs...

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HAS SCIENCE MADE US BETTER PEO...

Feb 20, 2015 by

[Translate] THE DAILY BEAST Better Off? Michael Shermer argues that science has not only improved our lives materially but morally...

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DEBATING US FOREIGN POLICY: WH...

Feb 13, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Jasmin Ramsey, Inter Press Service | Report Washington – Women are running some of the United States’...

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The US’ Dark Empire Has ...

Jan 26, 2015 by

The US’ Dark Empire Has Secret Operations in Over 100 Countries

[Translate]   World The United States deployed special forces to 70 percent of the nations on earth. By Nick Turse / Tom Dispatch  ...

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