Global War on Humanity: America's Unceasing Pursuit of Hegemony
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Essentially what we're looking at is a broader historical perspective on how the US de facto supported Nazi Germany with a view to destroying the Soviet Union as well as weakening the British Empire and competing empires including of course France, Belgium, Holland, etc. And those countries today are no longer colonial powers.
globalresearch.ca/global-war-on-humanity-americas-unceasing-pursuit-of-hegemony/5698569
As Cities Subsidize Billions for Developers, Teachers Ask, "What About Us?"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-26
CHICAGO — When Hilario Dominguez looks around his school, he sees dilapidated bathrooms, students taking recess in the parking lot, and sick kids going through the day without care because there's a nurse on staff just one day a week. But, beyond the school's walls, Dominguez, a case manager and special education teacher at Peter Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy, sees money flowing. | Not far from his school building on Chicago's Southwest Side, construction crews recently broke ground…
truthout.org/articles/as-cities-subsidize-billions-for-developers-teachers-ask-what-about-us/
Who Is Winning the Arms Race? Russia's "Super-Weapons"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Russia's defense budget is a small fraction of what the US spends for militarism and warmaking. Yet Russia's super-weapons exceed the best in the West because of efficient and effective use of its resources. | Meeting with Russia's Defense Ministry Board …
globalresearch.ca/russia-world-dominant-superpower/5698767
Remembering The Invasion Of Panama
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Panama marked the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion with an official day of mourning for the first time this year: | Panama declared a day of national mourning for Friday, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that ousted dictator | …
globalresearch.ca/remembering-invasion-panama/5698770
China vs the West: The Geopolitical Game that Played Out in Namibia to Influence Elections
Abednego Katuushii Ekandjo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Leading up to the 2019 general elections, the ordinary Namibian citizen did not, and even some of those with some level of sophistication did not seem to fully grasp and understand what was happening in the country and why it …
globalresearch.ca/china-west-geopolitical-game-played-out-namibia-influence-elections/5698752
Trump's EPA Goes to Bat for Bayer as Company Fights $25 Million Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case
Andrea Germanos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency–already accused of being "pesticide cheerleader"–threw its weight behind chemical company Bayer AG on Friday when the agency asked a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court's ruling in favor of a man …
globalresearch.ca/trump-epa-goes-bat-bayer-company-fights-25-million-verdict-roundup-cancer-case/5698772
Daily Life in Syria. The Eyes of the Syrian People
Rawan R. Mahmasa | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Life in Aleppo is quite far from calling it "safe". Concerning the western part of Aleppo, everyday we get missiles originally from Aleppo countryside which is under the terrorists control. | It is not easy to live under their mercy! Personally …
globalresearch.ca/daily-life-syria/5698706
A Star Is Always Born
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
It is no different now. | The yearning still gnaws. | The night dark, utterly silent, | Sky stretched endlessly back | Into an infinity beyond reach. | And the fears, the tears | Are they any different? | It is no different now. | Joy sometimes, hope | …
globalresearch.ca/star-always-born/5698727
The Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Took the World by Surprise. New Detente?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Few could have predicted several years ago that Russia and Ukraine would reconcile with one another to the point of agreeing to ensure the reliable delivery of gas to the EU for the next 5-15 years, but that's exactly what …
globalresearch.ca/last-week-russian-ukrainian-gas-deal-took-world-surprise/5698721
Israel Preparing for War on Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Israel's longtime goal is unchallenged Middle East dominance partnered with Washington. | Achieving it depends on transforming independent regional nations into US/Israeli vassal states by war or other hostile means, Iran most of all. | Along with Turkey, it's the only regional …
globalresearch.ca/israel-preparing-war-iran/5698763
You Say You Want a (Russian) Revolution?
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Once in a blue moon an indispensable book comes out making a clear case for sanity in what is now a post-MAD world. That's the responsibility carried by " The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs," by Andrei Martyanov (Clarity …
globalresearch.ca/you-say-you-want-russian-revolution/5698733
Nord Stream 2, US Sanctions and Trump's "Economic Suicide"?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Does Mr. Trump really not grasp that his sanctions left and right — and now on the Russian-German gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 — is committing economic suicide, not for himself, of course, but for the United States? He attempts …
globalresearch.ca/nord-stream-2-us-sanctions-trump-economic-suicide/5698739
The Crimean Rail Bridge Will Contribute to the Peninsula's Economic Rejuvenation
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
The opening of the Crimean rail bridge completes Russia's physical connectivity initiative with the peninsula and will greatly contribute to rejuvenating its economy after the region languished in neglect for nearly two and a half decades under Ukrainian rule. | President | …
globalresearch.ca/crimean-rail-bridge-contribute-peninsula-economic-rejuvenation/5698703
Syria: Trump Administration Builds Military Base in Oil Field
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
The United States is building a large military base within the al-Omar oil field, in the province of Deir Ezzor, in Syria, local media reported. | "The U.S. is equipping the base to serve as the command headquarters for the international | …
globalresearch.ca/syria-trump-administration-builds-military-base-oil-field/5698758
'Blinding the Truth': Israeli Snipers Target Gaza Protesters in the Eyes
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Media coverage and social media posts went wild when Palestinian photojournalist Muath Amarneh was blinded in his left eye after he was hit by a rubber bullet while covering a protest in the West Bank. | However, Amarneh was far from …
globalresearch.ca/blinding-truth-israeli-snipers-target-gaza-protesters-eyes/5698746
A Brief Introduction to Tibet
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Westerners appear to have a willful blindness about Tibet, with strong opinions often held by those who haven't been there. The Western media have imposed on our imaginations an image of a fabled theocracy where a reincarnated god rules over a peaceful people spinning prayer wheels in a pastoral idyll.
globalresearch.ca/brief-introduction-tibet/5697967
The Trump-Biden and the Russia-Ukraine Saga: The Game is About Eurasia
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
On December 23rd, the Washington Post ran a piece exploring the possible motivations behind US president Donald Trump's decision to pause US military aid to Ukraine on July 12th last year. On September 28th 2018 and February 16th respectively, …
globalresearch.ca/trump-biden-russia-ukraine-systemic-interpretation/5698714
Chemical Weapons Watchdog Is Just an American Lap Dog
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
A spate of leaks from within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW), the international inspectorate created for the purpose of implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention, has raised serious questions about the institution's integrity, objectivity and …
globalresearch.ca/chemical-weapons-watchdog-american-lap-dog/5698375
Erdogan's Adventurism in Syria and Libya Has Left Turkey Weaker and Isolated
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Still featured on the Turkish Ministry of Affairs website is the "Zero Problems With Our Neighbors" policy that was launched in 2010 with the aim of diffusing Turkey's many issues with all of its neighbors. However, less than a year …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-adventurism-syria-libya-left-turkey-weaker-isolated/5698718
Fireworks Instead of Mortar Shells: Syrian Christians Flood the Streets in Spiritual Unity of Christmas Celebrations
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Mainstream media perpetrates huge deceptions and promulgates criminal war propaganda as policy. Often the omission is worse than the direct lie. Regularly, mainstream messaging omits context and ROOT CAUSES of events that it claims to be describing. The root cause …
globalresearch.ca/fireworks-instead-mortar-shells-syrian-christians-flood-streets-spiritual-unity-christmas-celebrations/5698738
Video: Turkish-based 'Syrian Government' Threatens Damascus with Military Action
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Late on December 23, the Turkish-based "Syrian Interim Government" (an entity funded by Turkey in an attempt to legalize its actions in Syria) threatened the real Syrian government with a military action. | In a released statement, it claimed that forces …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-based-syrian-government-threatens-damascus-military-action/5698724
Fast Food Nations and Global Nutrition
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Daniel Maingi works with small farmers in Kenya and belongs to the organisation Growth Partners for Africa. He remembers a time when his family would grow and eat a diversity of crops, such as mung beans, green grams, pigeon peas …
globalresearch.ca/fast-food-nations-global-nutrition/5698700
Impeachment Is a Distraction: Heavily Scripted Vote Demonstrates that Democracy Really Is Dead
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Watching the impeachment "vote" was hard work. With only a few exceptions, each Congressman rose for roughly 90 seconds and provided a prearranged, almost completely scripted-along-party-lines explanation of how he or she was casting one's ballot. After four grueling hours …
globalresearch.ca/impeachment-distraction-heavily-scripted-vote-demonstrates-democracy-really-dead/5698777
China's Huawei Continues to Move Around US Sanctions
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
By establishing facilities in Europe to produce components, Chinese telecom giant Huawei is continuing the process of circumventing US sanctions amid a wider US-led trade war aimed at artificially quelling the growing trend of foreign companies outcompeting long-entrenched US monopolies….
globalresearch.ca/china-huawei-continues-move-around-us-sanctions/5698759
Nancy Pelosi's Scripted Impeachment Failure. Or, …Leading the Dems from Blue… to Yellow!
Brett Redmayne-Titley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
For the voter, the Democratic Party no longer has any interest in performing its function as an opposition party. The charade of purported constitutional jurisprudence seen in the US House impeachment hearings should forever confirm this. This degradation of political …
globalresearch.ca/nancy-pelosi-scripted-impeachment-failure/5698742
Boris Johnson Has Changed His Mind on 'Reset' with Russia
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Recently Boris Johnson was quoted as saying he had 'changed his mind' on whether there could be a 'reset' in relations between Britain and Russia. Interviewed when on a visit to Estonia, he said that despite remaining an optimist and …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-changed-mind-reset-russia/5698798
The Case for Free Public Transit in Toronto
Saron Gebresellassi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Free public transit is a growing movement around the world. | According to the book Free Public Transit: And Why We Don't Pay To Ride Elevators, there are 200 cities around the world with some form of fare-free transit, and 97 …
globalresearch.ca/free-public-transit-toronto/5698804
German Politician: "Ami Go Home!"… The US is waging bloody economic wars against the entire world
InfoBrics | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Oskar Lafontaine is a German politician, candidate for Chancellor in the German federal election of 1990, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1995 to 1999, Minister of Finance from 1998 to 1999, leader of The Left in Saarland since …
globalresearch.ca/german-politician-ami-go-home-the-us-is-waging-bloody-economic-wars-against-the-entire-world/5698782
What's Really Behind Estonia's 'Border Dispute' with Russia?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia is attempting to revive a so-called "border dispute" with Russia in order to position itself as one of NATO's "frontline states" against the Eurasian Great Power, which Tallinn expects will result in more military …
globalresearch.ca/behind-estonia-border-dispute-russia/5698809
China vs the West: Relations with Africa. The Geopolitical Game that Played Out in Namibia to Influence Elections
Abednego Katuushii Ekandjo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Leading up to the 2019 general elections, the ordinary Namibian citizen did not, and even some of those with some level of sophistication did not seem to fully grasp and understand what was happening in the country and why it …
globalresearch.ca/china-west-geopolitical-game-played-out-namibia-influence-elections/5698752
Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-12-26
The Real News Network's Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019's biggest climate stories.
therealnews.com/stories/year-in-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels-expansion-scary-science-and-global-activism
Court: Trump Administration Unlawfully OK'd Longline Fishing Off California
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2019-12-26
OAKLAND, Calif., December 21, 2019 — A federal district court has ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to adequately analyze threats to critically endangered leatherback sea turtles when it allowed longline fishing off California. The Trump administration violated the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act in failing to consider the best available science on impacts to leatherbacks.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/21/18829062.php
Kwanzaa our "California Grown" Global Celebration, "Matunda ya Kwanza"
2019 Dr. Maulana Karenga Message | indybay.org | 2019-12-26
Imani (Faith) reminds us of the indispensable foundation of confident, righteous and rewarding belief, calling on us "to believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our leaders, our teachers and the righteousness and victory of our struggle." In remembrance of Khalid Al Mansour…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/24/18829156.php
Selected Articles: Trump's Multibillion Dollar Military Budget
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-26
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-188-democrats-join-gop-hand-trump-738-billion-military-budget-includes-space-force/5698825
MSM's expert of choice on 'Uighur persecution' topic is an anti-communist crusader who sees spanking as 'discipline'
rt.com | 2019-12-26
A man who played a major role in promoting a claim that China is keeping over a million Uighurs in prison camps has a dubious record that makes him an unreliable expert, an exposé in Grayzone has revealed. | Adrian Zenz has been the go-to contact for comments for many Western mainstream media reporting on the Chinese policy towards its Muslim population in the Xinjiang province. He is among those accusing Beijing of persecuting the Uighur minority by keeping them under all-pervasive surveillance and sending those deemed problematic to "re-education camps." The Chinese government denies the allegations. | Zenz'…
rt.com/news/476862-china-expert-grayzone-expose/
Iraq: The October Revolution of 2019 and the Iran-US Conflict
Dirk Adriaensens | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-25
The revolts that have swept over Iraq since 1 October 2019 come at a critical moment of increasing tensions between Iran and the United States, both allies of the Iraqi government. | Rivalry between the US and Iran increases | On August …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-october-revolution-2019/5698521
The Christian Right and Left Share the Same Faith But Couldn't Be More Different
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-25
I didn't know Christians could be Democrats until I got to college. Though affiliated with the relatively conservative Christian Reformed Church, my school had a small but vocal minority of leftist professors and students. | Growing up, I went to church with my family every Sunday. We attended predominantly White non-denominational or Assemblies of God churches. What I heard from the pulpit ranged from apocalyptic altar calls–scary enough that I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal l…
truthout.org/articles/the-christian-right-and-left-share-the-same-faith-but-couldnt-be-more-different/
Violence in Colombia Continues As Social Leader Assassinated
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-25
Social leader Lucy Villarreal was assassinated in the Llorente Commuity, Tumaco municipality (southwest), reported the Social Process of Warranties for the work of human rights on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Colombia: Death of Student Remains in Impunity After One Month | Villarreal, a mother of two who worked for the promotion of culture in her territory and the defense of human rights, was assassinated after finishing a workshop with children, reported the local Contagio Radio.
telesurenglish.net/news/Violence-in-Colombia-Continues-As-Social-Leader-Assassinated-20191225-0007.html
Colombia: Death of Student Remains in Impunity After One Month
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-25
Despite the existence of videos that could be used to detect the culprits, the murder of Dilan Cruz continues in total impunity as Colombia's President Ivan Duque praises the Riot Squadron (ESMAD). | RELATED: | Colombia Holds National Strike, Concert & Marches in Medellin | The assassination of the 18-year-old citizen was remembered by Colombians who too…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Death-of-Student-Remains-in-Impunity-After-One-Month-20191225-0003.html
President Trump's Baseless Attacks on Wind Power
César Chelala | commondreams.org | 2019-12-25
President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on December 21, 2019. (Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui T./Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/25/president-trumps-baseless-attacks-wind-power?cd-origin=rss
Assange Gives Evidence in Spanish Court-Room Case. Security Contractor Accused of Spying on Assange
Thomas Scripps | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was brought from Belmarsh Prison yesterday to appear in person at Westminster Magistrates Court and provide video-link witness testimony in the Spanish prosecution of David Morales, the founder of security firm UC Global. Morales, a …
globalresearch.ca/assange-gives-evidence-spanish-case-against-security-contractor/5698625
Philippines Approves GM Golden Rice. The Destabilization of Agriculture
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
The broader issue which is casually ignored by both the Philippines government and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is that "golden" genetically modified rice (GMO) is slated to replace rice varieties which have been cultivated for centuries in the …
globalresearch.ca/philippines-approves-potentially-unsafe-gm-golden-rice-food-feed/5698651
In the United Kingdom: Do Subjects Deserve Their Rulers?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
I constantly receive such letters; letters which repeat, again and again, year after year, basically the same thing: "If only we would have an opportunity to vote out our damn system!" | Such letters, emails and messages keep coming to me …
globalresearch.ca/uk-do-subjects-deserve-their-rulers/5698613
Disconnected at Christmas… Bah Humbug!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
John and Yoko Lennon's 1971 'Happy Christmas …' song begins with "So this is Christmas and what have you done?….". Well, this holiday season, replete with the usual suspects of mass consumer spending, massive traffic jams and accidents, mass pleas …
globalresearch.ca/disconnected-christmas/5698606
An End to the World as We Know It?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
At the end of the nineteenth century, Lord Palmerston stated what he thought was obvious, that "England has no eternal friends, England has no perpetual enemies, England has only eternal and perpetual interests." Palmerston was saying that national interests should …
globalresearch.ca/end-world-as-we-know-it/5698629
India's Discriminatory New Citizenship Law
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
India's 2019 Citizenship Act expedites the process for persecuted minorities of Pakistani, Afghan and Bangladesh nationality who resided in India since 2014. | It applies only for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jains, and Parsis, Muslims excluded. | According to the UN Human …
globalresearch.ca/india-discriminatory-new-citizenship-law/5698601
ICC to Investigate Israeli War Crimes?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
Israel isn't a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Clearly its ruling authorities will reject whatever conclusions it draws, if any, short of exoneration. | Since established by the Rome Statute in 2002, the court never held the US, other …
globalresearch.ca/icc-investigate-israeli-war-crimes/5698638
War Is Over if You Want It: Pointers for Spreading Some Christmas Cheer
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
"And so this is Christmas | And what have we done | Another year over | A new one just begun. | And so happy Christmas | We hope you have fun | The near and the dear one | The old and the young. | A very …
globalresearch.ca/war-over-you-want-it-pointers-spreading-some-christmas-cheer/5698622
Trump Administration and Moscow Shoot Down Bipartisan DASKA "Sanctions Bill from Hell"
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
In August of 2018, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) first introduced what Graham referred to as a "sanctions bill from hell" targeting Russia and President Vladimir Putin and making it harder for the United States to leave …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-moscow-shoot-down-bipartisan-daska-sanctions-bill-hell/5698516
US-EU Interventionism in Latin America and the Klaus Barbie Affair
Stephen Sefton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-24
In a comprehensive way, Bolivia's coup leaders reincarnate the most sinister ghosts of Latin America and the Caribbean's imperialist torturers and mass murderers. The religious fanaticism of coup figureheads like Camacho and Añez, abject servants of their US owners, invokes …
globalresearch.ca/us-eu-klaus-barbie/5698433