Max discusses with R J Eskow the gathering storm fueled by the US and its vassals and accomplices, particularly NATO and Israel, in the Middle East, China, and the Ukraine, all and any of which could trigger a global conflagration. Meantime, Iran, politically and economically stressed due to US sanctions, has managed to develop, despite constant attacks, its ballistic missile technology (non-nuclear), to protect itself from total assault by Israel and the West. This eminently rational position is dismissed by the Biden administration (as did Trump’s), which continues to insist on Iran practically disarming unilaterally. The prospects for peace look dim, especially since the US leadership has no real vision for an adaptation to a multilateral world.
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William Ramsey Clark, the passing of a great man
41 minutes readAt the wise old age of 89, Ramsey hopes that everyone who listens to this interview will find inspiration in his long journey, to take his lofty banner of resistance and courage into the 21st century, to fight the good fight for global social justice, equality and peace, while exposing our many leaders, who support and nurture the evils of global empire. May there be a million, no, make that billion Ramsey Clarks in the world.
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Canadian Ties to U.S. Empire (Part 2): Lester Pearson and the Myth of Canada as Peaceable Kingdom
100 minutes readAs this historical account proves, we have meddled shamelessly in practically every nation’s internal affairs for generations across the globe: from Guatemala, Iran, Indonesia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and many other “lesser nations”, to Russia, Australia, and even Italy and Canada. No one is immune from Washington’s sordid maneuvers.
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SERAPHIM HANISCH—They recalled that in August 2005, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and the US Department of Defense signed an agreement on cooperation in preventing the proliferation of technologies, pathogens and knowledge that can be used to develop biological weapons. The document provides for the collection and storage of all dangerous pathogens on Ukrainian territory in laboratories funded by Washington, and also obliges, at the request of the American side, to transfer copies of dangerous strains to the United States for further research. Medvedchuk believes that the facilities in Ukraine that are subordinate to the Pentagon and carry out their assigned tasks are de facto US military bases, which is expressly prohibited by article 17 of the Ukrainian constitution.
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JANICE KORTKAMP—China of course hasn’t been shredding one country after another in endless wars sold with pure lies like the US war machine has. Reports usually say at least a million people, but in reality many millions are dead now because of US wars and interventions just in the past 20 years. Tens of millions have been displaced from their homes. Economies and infrastructures of several countries have been laid waste. Trillions have been spent and trillions more are unaccounted for by the Pentagon. Thousands of Americans have been killed in these conflicts with thousands more suffering from PTSD, drug and alcohol abuse and addictions, unemployment, homelessness, while suicides among veterans and active serving are far above even the horrific civilian rates.