AS THE GREANVILLE POST WARNED A FEW DAYS AGO, the single payer ticket is being used cynically by the Democrats as their road to victory in 2018 and beyond. Mkhiber notes, “Bernie had no Senate co-sponsors for his single payer bill until a couple ofREAD ON
James Petras: The Politics of Military Ascendancy
JAMES PETRAS—What Mattis seeks in these mad fits of aggression is nothing less than capitulation on the part of the Russian government regarding long held US military objectives – namely the partition of Syria (which started under Obama), harsh starvation sanctions on North Korea (whichREAD ON
From Great Wars, Come Great Consequences
GREG MAYBURY—After noting that for nations to obtain and secure power ‘it is essential to ignore the moral laws of man and of God’, he had the following to say: ‘…promises must be made only with the intention to deceive and to mislead others toREAD ON
Rohrabacher vs. The Machine
MIKE WHITNEY—Rohrabacher recently met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who assured the Congressman that Russia did not hack Democratic emails and give them to WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. Of course Assange has made the same claim many times before, the difference now isREAD ON
Condemned to Repeat It: History as Rerun
JASON HIRTHLER—For more than a year we’ve been told we now live in a new era—an era of fake news. The claim has been trotted out again and again, in places high and low. It is largely used by neoliberals to defame Donald Trump. ButREAD ON
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING FOR PEACE: PENTAGON ON ALERT!
RON RIDENOUR Bear in mind that propaganda is not necessarily synonymous with lying, rather “to propagate”, “to cause to increase the number” of supporters to the views presented. My writing here, and generally, is propaganda. I hope it is effective propaganda for a good cause:READ ON
The Left Wing of the Permissible: the Politics of Michael Harrington
JIM CREEGAN —The split among Democrats and union chiefs resulted in the breakup of the Socialist Party. In 1972, the Socialist majority who remained loyal to Johnson/Humphrey and the Meanyite union right wing, and continued to support the war, followed Max Shachtman and Bayard RustinREAD ON
Donald Trump and the Fraudulent Democratic Party
SOLOMON COMISSIONG—The Republican Party is what it is: a political party dominated by white right wing corporate elitist warmongers. They are who they are, and they parade themselves around as just that. They garner votes from a large sea of voters who are in lockstepREAD ON
Trump’s “Sovereignty” is Lawlessness (So was Obama’s)
GLEN FORD—Since 9/11, regime change has been elevated to a national crusade, raggedly cloaked in a “War on Terror.” Obama’s brazen overthrow of the Libyan government in 2011, followed by his illegal regime change war against Syria, finally forced a military response by Russia, inREAD ON
Ken Burns Vietnam Documentary? Or Should I Watch Game of Thrones Again?
BRUCE DIXON—Noam Chomsky has it exactly right when he declares that Vietnam was not a mistake or tragic error. It was an example that said to the world – THIS is what you get when you defy the wishes of the US ruling elite. YouREAD ON
RUSSIA’S FM LAVROV REPLIES TO TRUMP’S TIRADE AT THE UNGA (Video)
Russia’s foreign minister speech at the UNGA. Mature diplomacy in action. Civilised statesmanship.
Success! California Poised to Become the First State to Ban Puppy Mills
We share this planet; we do not own it. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR THE ANIMALS TODAY? Not the definitive and comprehensive solution we seek (like all puppy mills should be banned, even for direct sales), but it’s a step in the right direction. By JudyREAD ON
2017 Emmy Awards: Sean Spicer, self-congratulations and identity politics
DAVID WALSH—At the Emmy awards show, Colbert facetiously introduced Spicer, who left the White House in July, with the words, “Unfortunately, at this point we have no way of knowing how big our audience is. I mean, is there anyone who could say how bigREAD ON
MEDIA FRONT: US media response to Trump’s fascistic UN tirade ranges from complacency to concurrence
BILL VAN AUKEN—This is a deliberate distortion and coverup. Trump was not merely engaged in “rhetorical overkill,” he was threatening war, not only against North Korea, but also against Iran and Venezuela. What he “espoused” was a “reawakening of nations” in a speech that employedREAD ON
Ban On Kaspersky Software Exposes The Hypocrisy Of US’ Internet Agenda
ZEROHEDGE/STRATEGIC CULTURE—The move is part of anti-Russian hysteria that hit the United States. Kaspersky Lab has come under a politically-charged attack simply because it is Russian. Can anybody imagine Russia’s authorities saying that Apple and Microsoft were working hand in glove with the CIA and, therefore, their productsREAD ON