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Hillary Clinton and Middle East war crimes

Hillary Clinton and Middle East war crimes

BY BILL VAN AUKEN, WSWS.ORG Testifying before a Senate committee Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that Syria’s President ...
What is at stake in Syria?

What is at stake in Syria?

Chris Marsden, WSWS.org, a socialist organization Marie Colvin, left, an American reporter working for The Sunday Times of London, and ...
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WikiLeaks Uncovers Report Showing Homeland Security Monitored Occupy Movement

What would we do without organizations like WikiLeaks? By: Kevin Gosztola Tuesday February 28, 2012 Tweet160   Screen shot of ...
Syrians Overwhelmingly Approve New Constitution

Syrians Overwhelmingly Approve New Constitution

by Stephen Lendman Major media scoundrels can't bear reporting good news they'd rather suppress, so they downplay and disparage it ...
OpEds: The Coprophilic Party

OpEds: The Coprophilic Party

By Branford Perry And you thought the invasion of the body snatchers was fiction! How tall are you, Private? The ...
Two Bubbles That Went Pop

Two Bubbles That Went Pop

Reflections on the Manipulation of Populism When will Americans learn that the class a politician serves is the the only ...
Irresponsible Anti-Iranian Fear-Mongering

Irresponsible Anti-Iranian Fear-Mongering

by Stephen Lendman, Senior Contributing EditorNetanyahu Irresponsible anti-Iranian political and pack journalism rhetoric sound ominously like spurious Iraqi WMD threats ...
OpEds: “Friends of Syria” plan war, regime change at Washington’s behest

OpEds: “Friends of Syria” plan war, regime change at Washington’s behest

By Chris Mardsen, WSWS.ORG. a socialist organization Ah, at the level of the corporate plutocracy and its chief servants the ...
Iran, Israel and the U.S.: The Slide To War

Iran, Israel and the U.S.: The Slide To War

By Conn Hallinan Iran is not a military threat to Israel, but it is a political problem, because Tel Aviv ...
Ecocide & Genocide Are The Secret of Capitalist Efficiency

Ecocide & Genocide Are The Secret of Capitalist Efficiency

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Bruce A. Dixon The crime of deforestation is just one of many callous offenses ...
Heightening Anti-Iranian Tensions

Heightening Anti-Iranian Tensions

by Stephen Lendman Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, left, poses for a photo Nov. 9, 2009, with Secretary of ...
Franco’s heirs prosecute Spain’s judge Garzón

Franco’s heirs prosecute Spain’s judge Garzón

[Annotated] The prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón by Spanish authorities is both politically and morally obscene. Already barred from office ...
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