By Rick Sterling / September 23rd, 2016
Manipulation of public perception has risen to a new level with the emergence of powerful social media. Facebook, Twitter and Google are multibillion dollar corporate giants hugely influencing public understanding. (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez on September 19, 2016
Leaders at 1961 Belgrade meeting of Non Aligned Movement
If we had to find an international organism that throughout history has substantially represented the interests of progressive and rebellious third world countries — (more…)
Hillary Clinton should include herself in her basket of “deplorables.” She’s got “racism” and “sexism” covered through her endorsement of mass Black incarceration and welfare “reform.” Killing hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Syria surely qualifies as Islamophobia, and waging war on the world is the highest expression of xenophobia — fear of foreigners. Put that woman in a basket!
By Glen Ford on September 14, 2016
Speaking to a room full of rich contributors, Hillary Clinton dumped half of Donald Trump’s supporters into a “basket of deplorables… racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it.” (more…)
Operation Condor was a coordinated, U.S. backed attempt to wipe out opposition to dictatorships across South America in the 1970s and 1980s. Some 50,000 people are estimated to have been killed or “disappeared” because of it.
September 18, 2016
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said Sunday that recent accusations of corruption and money laundering against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva represent a new “Operation Condor” in South America. (more…)
The Native American activist said the economic war against Venezuela was a factor behind U.S. fracking and the Dakota pipeline.
September 18, 2016
The North Dakota pipeline is linked to North American companies and the U.S. government’s “crushing Venezuela” as they seek dirty oil extraction locally instead of doing business with the South American country that has the largest oil reserves in the world, longtime Native American activist Winona LaDuke said Sunday. (more…)
Margarita Island Venezuela on September 17, 2016
Esteemed comrade Nicolás Maduro Moros, constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Heads of State and Government, (more…)
September 14, 2016
Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday (Sept. 13) that he does not fear the U.S. Department of State’s condemnation based on the yearly White House report claiming Bolivia does not do enough to combat the drug trade. (more…)
September 16, 2016
Commemorating Sabra and Shatila. This article was first published in 2012.
On September 16, 1982, Christian Lebanese militiamen allied to Israel entered the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila and the adjacent neighborhood of Sabra in Beirut under the watch of the Israeli army and began a slaughter that caused outrage around the world. (more…)