How Can the US Accuse Russia of Violating International Law?

Not Funny, But it’s Still Hard Not to Laugh by DAVE LINDORFF If you want to make moral or legal pronouncements, or to condemn bad behavior, you have to be a moral, law-abiding person yourself. It is laughable when we see someone like Rush Limbaugh criticizing drug addicts or a corrupt politician like former Sen. [...]

Guest Editorial: Washington’s Arrogance, Hubris, and Evil Have Set the Stage for War

By Paul Craig Roberts SOURCE: Author’s Site No need to listen to the politicians or corporate presstitutes.  Here’s the straight history and essential facts about the Ukraine crisis,  from Paul Craig Roberts.  In some quarters public awareness is catching up with Stephen Lendman, Michel Chossudovsky, Rick Rozoff, myself and a few others in realizing the [...]

Obama Comes Out Against Self-Determination

Paul Craig Roberts Source: The author’s site “The Western media, like Western governments, is devoid of integrity. Liars and whores rule…” The White House Fool has repeatedly declared erroneously and foolishly that it is “against international law” for Crimea to exercise self-determination. Self-determination, as used by Washington, is a propaganda term that serves Washington’s empire [...]

Obama’s War Against Civilization

By Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. is in a frenzy of regime-changing aggression, aimed at destabilizing or destroying sovereign states. Obama’s signature is written in blood around the world, as he pursues “full spectrum, no-holds-barred, war-without-boundaries against all potential resistance to U.S. imperial rule, anywhere on the planet.” “National sovereignty has [...]

OpEds—Putin Flouts Obama as Neocons Stew

By Donn Marten, OEN Barack Obama and John Kerry once again find themselves in an embarrassing place over their ill-advised rhetoric. Only a few months after the Syria “red line” fiasco now the dynamic duo are being schooled by veteran politician Vladimir Putin. The neocon U.S. foreign policy establishment may be able to push Iran [...]

Abby Martin & Cenk Uygur discuss corporate censorship, sort of

Published on Mar 6, 2014 As Seen on Cenk Uygur’s The Young Turks A short commentary by Patrice Greanville Before getting too deep into this discussion and taking any firm sides, a few points of clarification  are in order. First, though charismatic, beautiful and normally well informed, Abby Martin is wrong.  If you think this article is [...]

Freedom Rider: “Journalists” Follow Obama on Ukraine

Shameless propagandists passing themselves as authoritative journalists and models for future generations. A national disgrace— and a danger to the world and to peace and justice everywhere. by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The corporate media are a key component of the U.S. imperial machine. Although styling themselves as watchdogs, they are in [...]

José Padilha’s new RoboCop: Largely missing the point

By Nick Barrickman  Directed by Jose Padilha; written by Joshua Zetumer. José Padilha’s RoboCop is based on the 1987 film of the same title, directed by Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Basic Instinct) and starring Peter Weller.  Like the original, the new movie is set in futuristic metro Detroit, “the crime capital of the country.” In 2028, the city [...]