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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"

 

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In U.S. War And Occupation Of Iraq 4,801

Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,487

 Cost of U.S. Wars Since 2001
$8,002,169,989,687

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Madeline Albright: Is The Price Worth It?

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Obey: The Routine Of Obedience
 

"This film was absolutely WONDERFUL! It is inspiring and maddening"

Authority & Expectations
 

Smart and provocative young veteran, Wray Harris, unlocks the sufferings served by the Iraq war.
 

"I Am An American Indian Patriot"

"We live in a prisoner of war camp, that's why they call it a reservation"
 

A Pantomime World

By Adam Curtis

A fake bubble of certainty that has imprisoned us in the west - and is now preventing us from understanding what is really going on in the world outside.

The Power of Nightmares

By Adam Curtis

In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares.

“How we can solve the Palestinian-Israeli problem”,
 
  “I simply got tired of western mainstream media presenting the Palestinian-Israeli issue as being complex."

Miko Peled Debunks Jewish Myths

"If Anybody here, came hoping to hear a balanced presentation, then they are going to be sorely disappointed.

"Political Fraud"

Indoctrination By Propaganda Works

Lifting the Veil:
Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy


This film explores the historical role of the Democratic Party as the “graveyard of social movements”.

Surviving Progress

The film connects financial collapse, growing inequality and global oligarchy with the sustainability of mankind itself.

Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine

A brief and crucial history of the United States

The Most Honest Three and a Half Minutes of Television. Ever......?

Scene of the new HBO series The Newsroom.

U.S. Helicopter Blasts Afghan Man to Pieces...
As The Pilot Sings 'Bye, Bye Miss American Pie'


It is the horrific moment an Afghan man is blown apart by a US missile.

The Power Principle

Simply brilliant. - This is probably the best film ever made about American foreign policy.

Managing Public Perception - Psywar

The real battlefield is your mind.

The Century of the Self

How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society.

Why We Fight

What are the forces that shape and propel American militarism?

Norman Finkelstein: American Radical

Probing, definitive documentary about Jewish-American political scientist Norman Finkelstein

Stop the Machine!!!!!:
 
A brief and crucial history of the United States.

The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis

Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of the United States Government

Lives In The Balance : Jackson Browne

"You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you've seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war "

American Drug War - The Last White Hope

How money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government.

 
How American News Media Works In Favor Of Israel
 
The Fourth World War

Documentary of radical resistance to global capitalism

 
The Israel Lobby

Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so?

 
John Pilger: 'The War on Democracy'

The story of great power behind its venerable myths. It allows us to understand the true nature of the so-called war on terror".

 
Dick Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

Dick Cheney reveals the reasons why invading Baghdad and toppling Saddam Hussein wouldn't be a great idea.

 
Poison DUst

Poison DUst tells the story of young soldiers who thought they came home safely from the war, but didn't.

 
John Pilger: Truth Game

The worldwide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race is scrutinised.

 
The Road To Guantanamo

Three young British Muslims tell the story of how they came to be in US custody at Guantánamo for over two years, and discuss the Kafkaesque horrors that awaited them there

 

"I Witnessed The Degradation And Murder Of Detainees":

A prisoner of the "war on terror" disturbing allegations of mistreatment and murder.

 
Global Dimming

It reveals that we may have grossly underestimated the speed at which our climate is changing. At its heart is a deadly new phenomenon.

 
 An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore's Documentary on the dangers of climate change and global warming

 

America Freedom to Fascism

Startling facts about our laws, raising critical issues that Americans must consider if they are to be a free people.


 

Despotism & Democracy : Video

Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works
By John Pilger:
The U.S. has got the war it wanted, waged by an American bankrolled and armed proxy and expendable pawn.

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Germany’s Energy Suicide: An Autopsy
By Pepe Escobar
None of this has anything to do with “Putin weaponizing energy”.
 

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The Kremlin’s “limited military operation” in Ukraine was a Strategic Blunder
By Paul Craig Roberts
World War III Will Be the Most Likely Consequence
 

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Ukraine Counterattacks!
By Big Serge
Please Remain Calm.
 

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Former US intelligence officer: Ukraine war a 'NATO-Russian conflict'
By Press TV
The result is more dead Ukrainian and Russian forces, more dead civilians, and more destroyed equipment.”

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We never really had a chance to build a healthy world.
By Caitlin Johnstone
In This Disaster We Are All, Ultimately, Innocent.

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Cruelties of the Queen’s Reign
By Brett Wilkins
“She willingly benefited from the wealth that was attained from the exploitation and murder of millions of people across the world.”

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MIDDLE EAST

 

Yemen.. 6 security personnel were killed in a terrorist ambush

IS militants kill 6 US-backed terrorists in eastern Syria

Three children martyred in booby-trapped motorcycle blast in Tweina camp, Hasaka

Six Syrian refugees found dead on boat reaching Sicily

US “Steals” 88 More Tankers of Syrian Oil: State Media

4 Turkish Occupation Force Soldiers Killed in Clash With Kurdish Rebels in Iraq

Biden wants other ‘options’ to block Iran nuclear weapons capability if deal fails

Iran provides details on new suicide drone: The aircraft is meant to hit Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, Iranian top general said

No More Blind Support, the IDF Must Be Reined In

Israel forces Palestinian single mother of four to demolish own home

The reasons and goals behind relations between Hamas and Russia

Over 120 Countries, but Never Israel: Queen Elizabeth II's Unofficial Boycott

 

AFRICA

Islamic State Affiliate Kills 30 Civilians in Mali Raid, Militia Says

Uganda pays first installment of $325m war reparations to DRC

Egypt to allow ruble payments – travel giant

Africa’s first hydrogen power plant to produce electricity by 2024

Algeria, Niger and Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding formalising (TSGP) project, which will enable Nigerian gas to be piped into Europe.

ASIA

Cash Package of $40M Arrives in Kabul: Central Bank

Girls in Paktia Take to Streets in Protest of Closed Schools

India hails Russian oil policy in blow to G7 price cap hopes

EUROPE

Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days

Russian troops retreat after Ukraine counteroffensive

Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine’s Kharkiv area

Armed Forces of Ukraine lose 4,000 people around Kharkov and Nikolaevo-Krivoy Rog

Wounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal steep toll of Kherson offensive : “We lost five people for every one they did,” said Ihor, a 30-year-old platoon commander

Russia Hits Ukrainian Forces in Kharkiv Region, Says Defence Ministry

Putin ally Kadyrov criticises Russian army after Ukraine setback

Putin's last warning: Clear your ears and listen to the words of the Russian president.

DPR head says situation at frontline is tense but under control

Ukrainian border guards told why they refused to fight for Zelensky

Ukraine’s Zelensky alleges Russia plotting coup against him for next week

Russia does not reject negotiations with Ukraine: Their further delay by Kiev will complicate the possibility of reaching an agreement with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Russia’s Gas Giant Will See Revenues Surge 85% This Year

Ukraine Negotiating $1.5 Billion U.S. Loan for Gas -Prime Minister

US warns of sanctions for buyers that ignore price cap on Russian oil

Last reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped

US supplying intel for Kiev’s strikes on nuclear plant

Russian envoy describes German arms deliveries to Ukraine as crossing 'red line'

Germany refuses to give battle tanks to Ukraine

US unveils another $2B in military aid for Europe, arms for Ukraine

Ukraine's Zelenskiy 'Rings' NYSE Bell, Seeks $400 Billion in Foreign Investment

Where Military Aid To Ukraine Comes From

United Russia' Party Sweeps Subnational Elections: Putin's “United Russia” Party swept the subnational elections that took place over the weekend in that Euro-Asian country.

Insolvencies Increase in Germany as Energy Crisis Bites

Putin and Xi plan to meet again

Putin Hints At 'Changing Routes' For Ukrainian Grain Exports, Warns Of Food 'Catastrophe'

Russia makes grain promise to poorest nations

Turkey’s Erdogan echoes Putin’s gripes over grain exports

Major LNG supplier issues dire warning to EU

Hundreds of secret NATO documents leaked

Sweden holds vote expected to boost anti-immigration party

France and Britain spar over illegal migration, after at least 27 drown in English Channel

Queen Elizabeth II and the whitewashing of empire

British Muslims' citizenship reduced to 'second-class' status, says report

AUSTRALASIA

Australia Lifts Permanent Immigration By 35,000 To 195,000

Australia proclaims King Charles III as head of state

GLOBE

UN says 50 million people worldwide stuck in ‘modern slavery’

Creator of first robot artist warns AI is 'apocalyptic' and they will replace humans

AMERICAS

Venezuela Denounces Acts of Sabotage at Thermoelectric Plant

Increase in Fuel Prices Ignites More Protests in Haiti

Canada’s Unemployment Rate Rises in August

Rally Supporting Assange Before Blinken's Arrival in Mexico: The U.S. cannot give lessons on free speech while "the best journalist in the world" remains in prison, Gabriel Shipton pointed out.
 

American politician arrested over journalist's murder

Up to 50 Trump Supporters Have Homes Raided by DOJ-FBI Across the US (VIDEO)

Aretha Franklin's 'Every Move' Monitored by FBI, Declassified Files Reveal

Americans Spent More on Taxes in 2021 Than on Food, Clothing and Health Care Combined

15,000 Minnesota Nurses Launch Historic Strike to Put 'Patients Before Profits'

‘Overworked’: US nurses strike over low pay, staffing shortages

Just 12% of Americans Think the US Healthcare System Runs 'Very' or 'Extremely' Well

'Workers Are Angry': Looming US Railroad Strike Puts Pressure on Biden

The Weapons Industry as a Taxpayer Scam:

"The Mortgage Crisis Is Getting Worse & Its Consequences Are Staggering" | Peter Schiff

Trump lawyers reject Justice Department probe as ‘misguided’

Steve Bannon indicted over alleged fundraising scheme?

Federal judge blocks Arizona law restricting filming of police

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Where’s the Outrage?
By J. Peder Zane
Our leaders are fiddling while the country burns

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Dancing with the Politicians
By Philip Giraldi
The allied effort to defeat and destroy Russia relies on lies, half-truths, and out-and-out deception

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Ukraine Decision Time for Biden
By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Truth is the first casualty of war.

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Liz Truss: The triumph of style over substance
By Peter Oborne
Ideas don’t truly matter to her - what matters is gaining power.

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Abu Akleh Probe Proves, Israel Will Never Take Accountability
By Jack Khoury
Israel is unconcerned about Palestinian or international criticism

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MIDDLE EAST

Clashes With Al-Qaida Leave 16 Dead in Yemen

Occupied West Bank: Israeli forces kill Palestinian and wound 16 during attack in Jenin

6 Wounded in Attack on Bus with Israeli Occupation Forces

Liz Truss could be the most pro-Israel British prime minister ever

Liz Truss and the Middle East: Where new UK PM stands on key issues

Gazan journalists blocked from social media for reporting Israeli crimes

U.S. occupation forces continue to steal Syrian oil: state media

US Invasion Forces Establish Third Military Base in Syria

Iran nuclear deal ‘in danger’, says EU chief negotiator

Biden administration committed to congressional review of Iran deal

Iran Deal will damage US relations with Israel, expert says

U.S. flies B-52 bombers over Middle East in show of force

How a 92-Year-Old Cleric Silently Halted Iraq's Slide Back Into War

Iraq: Police chief arrested while taking bribe in his office

Turkey’s Inflation Exceeds 80% in Worst Price Blowout Since 1998

AFRICA

At least 35 civilians killed in Burkina Faso IED convoy blast

More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres: UN

One dead in fresh anti-UN mission protests in eastern DR Congo

UN: Part of Somalia will Reach Famine Later This Year

ASIA

5 Pakistani soldiers, 4 militants killed in shootout

Suicide bombing at Russian embassy in Kabul kills at least six

Chinese, Russian Warships Hold Live Fire Drills off Japan

US approves $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, angering China

China Warns Of 'Counter-Measures' After Biden Approves Arms Sales To Taiwan

Evidence shows US’ NSA behind attack on email system of leading Chinese aviation university

India values ‘strategic independence’ over relying on US

Protests in Indonesia as anger grows over fuel price hike

EUROPE

Alexander Mercouris: Kherson Offensive at Standstill, US Weapons Stocks Depleted

Russia warns EU about continental security risks of military aid to Ukraine

No Russian gas for Europe until sanctions lifted, says Moscow

Gas price rockets by 30% after Russia shuts pipeline

OPEC cuts oil output. Energy ministers ignore calls from U.S. President Joe Biden to pump more oil

China opposes G7's price cap on Russian oil

Lawmakers from Germany’s Opposition Call for Nord Stream 2 to Be Turned On

Europe has itself to blame for gas crisis – Erdogan

70,000 Czechs take to the streets against government, EU and NATO

Watch: "Let's get out of NATO!".. HUGE protests all over Europe

Germany pledges €200 million in new aid for Ukraine

German Energy Relief Not Enough to Avoid Recession – Bloomberg

Russian Diaspora in Germany Holds Rally Against Sanctions: Demands Germany stop supporting Ukraine and drop sanctions it imposed after Moscow

Goal of Russia-hosted multinational drills revealed: A total of 15 nations are taking part in the drills

EU commission approves suspension of visa deal with Russia

European currency sinks to twenty-year low

Italy: ‘End the energy sanctions against Russia because we are on our knees,’ says Matteo Salvini

UK equities tank as Liz Truss wins PM battle

Britain’s Factories Face Bleakest Winter Since the 1970s – Bloomberg

Good riddance: UK’s Priti Patel resigns as Home Secretary

Nigel Adams, I’ve been to Downing Street & resigned my position as UK Govt Minister for Wales & Govt Whip.

UK: We asked Ken Loach about Keir Starmer, he didn't hold back

Russia `alarmed' at no US visas to attend UN leaders meeting

GLOBE

These are the only 3 countries America hasn’t invaded

AMERICAS

China seeks 'naval outpost' in Nicaragua

Nicaragua opens discussions with Russia on MIR card payment system

Lula leads pre-election poll

George Galloway: Justin Trudeau supplying ISIS with fresh fighters

Judge grants Donald Trump's request for special master, halts government review of seized Mar-a-Lago documents

Trump-Appointed Judge Courts Controversy With Mar-a-Lago Order

Biden's student loan ploy could cost $1TRILLION: Budget prediction undermines the White House claims it will all be paid with deficit reduction

12 Numbers That Show That We're Getting Dangerously Close To An Economic Crash

New Mexico City has around 20 days of fresh water left.

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With Western imperial decline, capitalism is in crisis – a new phase is emerging
By João Romeiro Hermeto
Capitalist elites in the West, drunk with their own power, numbed to human pain, incapable of human empathy, have been shown to be naked – emperors

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US sends Ukraine $228 million per day in military aid to wage proxy war on Russia
By Benjamin Norton
Biden administration pledged Ukraine $39.87 billion in military aid, fueling a brutal proxy war causing tens of thousands of deaths.

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Dangerous” U.S. Policy & “West’s False Narrative”
By Jeffrey Sachs
If permanent war is to be halted, the ideological control of the war industry must be shattered.

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Biden’s speech and the danger of fascism in America
By Joseph Kishore, David North
Biden delivered a speech on Thursday evening that has no precedent in the history of the country.

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Dark money’ is influencing US politics. We need disclosure laws
By David Sirota and Joel Warner
A donor secretly transferred $1.6bn to a Republican political group. The donation was never disclosed in any public record.

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Chris Hedges: Ukraine & the Politics of Permanent War
By Chris Hedges
“The idea that war economy brings prosperity has become more than an American illusion,”

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Europe’s Energy Armageddon From Berlin and Brussels, Not Moscow
By F. William Engdahl
EU politicians and major financial interests are using Russia to cover what is a Made in Germany and Brussels energy crisis

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Gorbachev won Western acclaim by betraying USSR
By Hu Xijin
Gorbachev misjudged the problems, chose the wrong path of reform, and lacked political leadership.

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The American Kleptocracy: A Government of Liars, Thieves and Lawbreakers
By John & Nisha Whitehead
The U.S. government isn’t protecting us from terrorism. The government is creating the terror.

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MIDDLE EAST

Syria calls on Security Council and UN Secretariat to condemn Israeli attacks on Syrian territory

How realistic is Erdogan’s vision for security belt from Syria to Iraq?

Turkey Raises Electricity, Gas Prices by 50% for Industry, 20% for Homes

US signs deal to give Israel 4 refuelling planes needed to bomb Iran

Israel Attacked Iranian Missile Base in Yemen

Iran equips 51 cities with civil defense systems to monitor, repel threats

Iran To Raise Oil Output To Over 4 Million Bpd By March 2023

Remembering the Sabra Shatila Massacre, Forty Years Later

Number of Prisoners Held Without Trial in Israeli Jails Hits Highest Peak Since 2008

Egypt's new presidential jumbo jet set to cost $500m

AFRICA

At least 18 civilians killed in al-Shabab attack in Somalia

Tribal clashes in Sudan’s south kill seven

Libyan armed factions clash on outskirts of Tripoli

ASIA

Afghanistan: Mosque blast kills at least 18

Afghanistan Floods, Quakes Kill Over 1,500 People in Two Months: Taliban minister pleads for international assistance

Afghan Refugees Still Seeking to Enter U.S. as Biden Admin Opens Door to 68,000+ Ukrainians

India pushes UK out of world’s top five economies again

US approves $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, angering China

China locks down 21 million in Chengdu in COVID-19 outbreak

Taiwan shoots down ‘civilian drone’ off Chinese coast

China's 14 astronauts perform 1st spacewalk out of new module (video)

EUROPE

Ukraine Faces Disaster, Troops Surrounded on Ingulets River; Europe Faces Disaster as Gazprom Suspends Nord Stream 1

Ukrainian 'Counteroffensive' Was Destined To Fail - Today It Did So

Russia ‘Foiled’ Ukraine attack on nuclear plant

Moscow reveals details of latest Ukrainian assault near Zaporozhye nuclear plant

White House asks Congress for $11.7 billion in aid for Ukraine: The Biden administration on Friday requested that Congress authorize $11.7 billion in additional security and economic aid for Ukraine

How much military aid has Biden sent to Ukraine?: Biden has approved $40.13 billion in military assistance for the conflict in Ukraine from August of last year through August 2022

West wages hybrid war of aggression against Russia in Ukraine — Lavrov

Ukraine’s anti-worker law comes into effect: 70% of workers in Ukraine have been stripped of many labour protections.

G-7 nations back plan to cap Russian oil prices in a bid to drain the Kremlin’s war chest

Russia halts gas supplies to Germany indefinitely

Kyiv offers nuclear energy to Germany

Germany agrees 65bn-euro inflation relief package

US biggest winner in Ukraine crisis: China FM: US arms dealers and grain merchants have been cashing in on the Ukraine crisis

The tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev was written by the West

Six in 10 British Factories at Risk of Going Under as Bills Soar

There’s a good chance Liz Truss’s Ukraine, China policy will be worse: The Brits will continue to follow Washington anywhere.

AUSTRALASIA

New Zealanders waking up to Jacinda Ardern's ‘gross ineptitude’

GLOBE

Killing Julian Assange: A murderous system is being created before our very eyes. A made-up rape allegation and fabricated evidence in Sweden and psychological torture

Russia & China’s ‘Financial War’ on the West

The chair of the Lancet COVID-19 committee convinced the origin of the coronavirus from US laboratory biotechnolog

AMERICAS

Seven police officers killed in Colombia explosives attack

Nicaragua: Catholic Church backed violent coup attempt, meddles in politics

Brazil: Bolsonaro under fire over claims family paid for 51 properties in cash

How Two Mexican Drug Cartels Came to Dominate America’s Fentanyl Supply

Eight dead, 37 rescued after attempt to cross Rio Grande to US

The United States has many political prisoners. Here’s a list

A Detailed Inventory of Everything the FBI Took from Mar-a-Lago

Trump Calls Biden ‘Enemy of the State’ at First Rally Since FBI Raid,

They Are Trying to Assassinate’: Bannon Accuses Biden of Stirring Anti-Right Hatred After Home ‘Swatted’ Again

Bought and paid for: 50 AIPAC-backed House members urge Biden against Iran nuclear deal

How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans: Top Republicans are beginning to ask: Where did all the money go?

It’s time to cap political donations at a level the poorest can afford: The rich are distorting politics.

‘People are tired of being ignored while the rich get richer’: Bernie Sanders on anger and hope in the US and UK

Boeing Wins $5B US Ballistic Missile Defense Contract

Jackson, Mississippi, mayor warns public water system could break: The 160,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi, suffered their fifth day Friday without safe drinking water.

September 02, 2022

Ukraine - A 'Counteroffensive' That Was Destined To Fail
By Moon Of Alabama
Another 1,000+ lives lost for some sensational headlines and political optics.
 

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Ukraine: Somewhere between Afghanization and Syrianization
By Pepe Escobar
Ukraine is finished as a nation - neither side will rest in this war.

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Zelensky should ‘start negotiating’ with Russia
By Times Radio
"Mr. President, we have done as much as we can, but we really can’t throw the Russians out."

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The CIA May Be Breeding Nazi Terror in Ukraine
By Branko Marcetic
Ukraine’s connections to modern Nazism are far from Russian fake news.

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Israel Conquers the World
By Philip Giraldi
Fealty to Israeli and Jewish interests is the new normal

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The western threat of nuclear annihilation
By Joseph Massad
It is the US and the imperialist West, not Iran or Russia, who pose the largest possible threat to human survival

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US ran covert propaganda social media campaign in Iran, Lebanon, Russia
By News Desk -
The social media campaign aimed to influence public opinion across West Asia against Washington's 'adversaries''

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In case you missed it
"None of the above"
By Tom Feeley
The great majority of our fellow citizens have been duped and are incapable of facing reality,

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In America, a civil war 2.0 could be quietly unfolding
By CGTN
"This illegitimate, corrupt Regime hates America and has weaponized the entirety of the Federal Government to take down President Donald Trump

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Trump is loved or hated in equal measure
By Edward Curtin
Trump is a partner in a great game of deception in which the good guys and bad guys play their parts for the Great Director

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This Is A F*cking JOKE
By Russell Brand
What is the campaign to normalise war criminals really all about?

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MIDDLE EAST

Four Killed as Violent Clashes Move to Iraq's Basra

Israeli Occupation Forces Killed Two Palestinian Youth

Watch: Israeli settler tries to attack a Palestinian family with a machete in occupied Palestinian territories

Bobby Sands walks again? Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike

Dark money for Israel that crushes leftwing candidates is giving Jews a bad reputation — Messinger

Israel buys refueling tankers that will help it attack Iran's nuclear sites

AFRICA

Ethiopian, Eritrean troops clash with Tigrayan forces in the north

Ethiopia war: Why fighting has resumed in Tigray and Amhara

Sudan: Another protester is killed

ASIA

6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses to Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds

Taiwan Warns of Counterattack if China Violates Territorial Waters, Airspace

China expects further partnership with Russia: Li Zhanshu

China Rejects UN Human Rights Report on Xinjiang

Xinjiang shakedown: US anti-China lobby cashed in on ‘forced labor’ campaign that cost Uyghur workers their jobs

Ministry: China opposes U.S. 'abuse' of export control measures with latest chips ban

EUROPE

Ukrainian Bombings Near Zaporizhzhia Kills Three

Ukrainian Suicide Drone Shot Down Over Zaporozhie Power Plant

Fact or fiction? Ukraine planned to use IAEA team as ‘human shields’

Ukraine Tries To Prevent IAEA Inspection Of The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

UN inspection team arrives at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Nuclear inspectors seen leaving Zaporizhzhia plant - Reuters reporter

ICRC chief: 'Time to stop playing with fire' on Ukraine nuclear plant issue

The US and NATO don't care how many Ukrainians die

US war-gamed with Ukraine ahead of counteroffensive

NATO chief admits that NATO allies have been training and arming Ukraine since 2014.

Forever War: Pentagon signs $182 mln contract with Raytheon for systems for Ukraine: Estimated completion date August 2024

Russia Confirms an Increase in Fossil Fuel Revenues

Russia mulls $70 billion yuan-led currency purchase – Bloomberg

Putin Brings China and India to Russia for War Games Defying US

Russia and Iran Move to Create One of the Largest Global Natural Gas Cartel

The FACTS About the Ukraine War & Iran Nuclear Deal

Poland demands $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for World War II

Germany’s Chancellor Announces Establishment of New Air Defense System for Europe

Eurozone Inflation Hits New Record of 9.1 Percent

GLOBE

Assange case raises media freedom concerns: UN rights chief

Twitter and Meta take down pro-US propaganda campaign

AMERICAS

Restored Venezuela-Colombia Ties a Blow to US, Says Expert

"That if it is the Serbian Government or it is the U.S. Government, or it is any Government of the world or any country,

Mexican Public-Private Lithium Company to Be Located in Sonora

Migrant Caravan Leaves Tapachula Heading for the United States

Watch: After no WMDs were found in Iraq, Biden was still defending the war.

DOJ Is Likely to Wait Past Midterms to Reveal Any Trump Charges

Half of Americans in Poll Favor Trump Prosecution Over Documents

Sarah Palin humbled in Alaska special

Zuckerberg Targeted by House GOP Eager to Probe Hunter Biden

Wireless carriers keep your location data for years and provide it to the police

Public Support for Unions Just Reached Its Highest Point Since 1965

Death Valley braces for 124-degree temperatures as heat wave broils California

August 30, 2022

US Invades Syria, Kills People, Claims Self-Defense
By Caitlin Johnstone
The US is an occupying force who is there without the permission of the Syrian government, without having been attacked by Syria

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Whose war is the US fighting in Syria, and why?
By Daniel Larison
U.S. troops are being put at risk at least in part because of the Israeli government

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Reinforcing Failure in Ukraine
By Douglas Macgregor
Ukraine will become the new “sick man of Europe” and remain a catalyst for future conflict.

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Arming Ukraine - CBS self-censored documentary, 2022
Must Watch
CBS aired this documentary about U.S. weapons getting lost in the Ukraine a few days ago, and then removed it.

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Geopolitical tectonic plates shifting, six months on
By Pepe Escobar
West public opinion is absolutely clueless.

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How the US and UK take what they want from 'lesser powers'
By Daniel Kovalik
Colonial powers do what they do best – plunder those they see as weak and insubordinate

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US Imported Over $6 Billion in Goods From Russia Since Ukraine Operation
By Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter
More than 3,600 ships from Russia have arrived at US ports since February 24.

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Abbas and Israel's 'holocausts'
By Abdel Bari Atwan
It’s Germany that owes the Palestinians an apology, not the other way round.

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How billionaires and government work together to control information
By Caitlin Johnstone
Censorship by algorithm is becoming the preferred censorship method

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MIDDLE EAST

Israel’s isolation of Palestinian child prisoners amounts to torture

Israel drops prosecution of Jewish settler who killed Palestinian

Khalil Awawdeh, the Palestinian on a hunger strike: The 40-year-old has been on a continuing hunger strike for more than 160 days

Palestine: EU delegation 'shocked' by pictures of prisoner nearing 200 days of hunger strike

Palestinian President Abbas’ Holocaust remark and the hypocrisy of Germany’s media and political establishment

Number of Prisoners Held Without Trial in Israeli Jails Hits Highest Peak Since 2008

Watch: The Palestinians facing mass eviction in the occupied West Bank

Israel storms Palestinian NGO offices after months-long failure to discredit them

After Declaring PaIestinian Civil Society “Terrorists,” US Fetes Benny Gantz with White House, CENTCOM Meetings

Miko Peled: Israel Blames its Victims for the Violence it Causes

Israel’s Latest War on the Palestinians Reveals How Alone and Vulnerable they Are

Billionaire George Soros donates $1m to Jewish super PAC

Gideon Levy on why Israel bombed Gaza: ‘Israel only knows one language’

UK doubles funding to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain through 'secretive' fund:

Iran says talks with Saudi Arabia to advance from security to political level

CIA's 1953 coup against Iran remains source of Iran's distrust toward U.S.

Gantz heads to US, vowing Israel will do ‘everything it can’ to sway Iran deal

US hints to Gantz it’s preparing military option against Iran, Israeli official says

US bombs "militia-controlled" areas in east Syria

Iran slams US strikes as ‘violation of Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity’

US: Attack kills 4 alleged, Iranian-backed militia members in Syria

Fighting between U.S. troops and militias draws scrutiny to Syria role

Not only oil, U.S. steals development, livelihood from Syria

Turkish occupation renews attacks on Raqqa countryside

Eight protesters killed in clashes in Baghdad's Green Zone

Iraq: Sadr supporters run riot in Iraq after cleric's 'retirement' from politics

AFRICA

Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead

32 killed in Libya’s Tripoli as fears grow of a wider war

Horn of Africa drought places 22 million people at risk of starvation, says UN

UN calls for ceasefire amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia

Tigray: almost one in three children under five malnourished, UN says

Angola’s ruling party claims victory in tightly contested vote

Kenya opposition leader files court challenge to election result

ASIA

Pakistan Floods Affect Millions, Leave Over 1,000 Dead

Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing US drones to enter airspace

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accused of violating anti-terrorism laws

Pakistani police surround Imran Khan's home

US judge say 9/11 victims not entitled to seize Afghan central bank assets

US media ignored major anti-US military protest in South Korea

China forgives debt for 17 African nations: China has pledged to forgive 23 interest-free loans for 17 African countries and will also provide food assistance to the struggling nations.

Russia is China's top oil supplier for a third month in July

China Hasn’t Reached the Peak of Its Power

U.S. warships transit Taiwan Strait, first since Pelosi visit

EUROPE

Zelensky is under pressure to launch a long-anticipated counteroffensive.

US Unveils Biggest Arms Package Yet for Ukraine: The $3 billion package will bring the total to $13.7 billion in US military aid.

Visualizing the $13.6 Billion in U.S. Spending on Ukraine: Here is a breakdown of where the money will go

‘Months or years’ before US arms reach Ukraine

Fact or fiction? 7 in 10 Americans Want To Send More Weapons To Ukraine: Survey shows Americans want to keep supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes

Ukraine Canada announces financing of $3.85 million

Ukrainian Assassin Who Bombed Russian Darya Dugina, Found STABBED TO DEATH

Austrian Interior Ministry says cannot confirm reports of Natalia Vovk murder

Russia names 2nd suspect in killing of Daria Dugina

Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook uses about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S.

Ukraine printing money to cover deficit

Russian army destroys US ammunition depot with HIMARS missiles near Odessa — Defense Ministry

Ukraine launches fresh strike on Russia’s Black Sea fleet headquarters

Russia fears new attacks in Crimea and moves its aircraft’

Russia begins production of the invulnerable Tsirkon missile

Russia Has Even More Dangerous Weapon – the Ocean Bottom-Based Hypersonic Missile ‘Skiff

Ukrainian Jets Are Firing American Anti-Radar Missiles

Russia reveals when nukes can be used

Darya Dugina’s murder, masterminded by Ukrainian secret services

Russia moves away from ‘toxic’ dollar and euro

Nord Stream 2 ‘only sensible’ solution to gas crisis – German MP

Russian Ambassador Says We ‘Simply Have No Contact’ With Western Diplomats

Turkey doubles Russian oil imports amid western sanctions

US warns Turkey over bypassing Western sanctions on Russia

Turkey says it will enforce anti-Russia sanctions

Turkey issues warning to NATO candidates

Russia Holding Joint Military Drills In Iran, Venezuela

Sanctions damage to Russian economy ‘superficial’ – Bloomberg

Liz Truss Says She's 'Ready' To Press Nuclear Button And Alarm Bells Are Ringing

Germany’s Chancellor Scholz’s approval rating hits record low

UK inflation to hit 18% as energy bills rocket, warns Citi – business live

Julian Assange files appeal against US extradition

AUSTRALASIA

US Coast Guard ship denied port call in Solomons

Conflict in South China Sea would threaten 90% of Australia’s fuel imports

GLOBE

U.S. global military presence poses grave security threat to the world: "Do you know how many (overseas military bases) America has? 800!"

Zuckerberg admits FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship

Zuckerberg says Facebook working with FBI to investigate security breach

Gravitas: How Mark Zuckerberg lost his fortune

AMERICAS

Nicaraguan police detain Catholic bishop, other priests in raid

‘U.S. would overthrow Colombia’s new left-wing president 40 years ago’: Top Biden official:

Colombia, largest cocaine supplier to U.S., considers decriminalizing

New Research Finds CIA Used Black Americans as Drugs Experiment Guinea Pigs

Brazil on Fire”: Lula Launches Campaign to Unseat Bolsonaro & End His Authoritarian Rule

Haiti: Spike in weapons smuggled into country from US

Mexico arrests former top prosecutor over missing students case

AMLO calls on LatAm leaders to urge halt to ‘interventionism’ by Canada, US

NYC officials claim Gov. Abbott bar-coding migrants sent on buses from Texas

Nearly 75% of Americans think the US is headed in the WRONG direction under Biden: More than half worry country's best years are in the past

Really? Biden's Job Rating Rises to 44%, Highest in a Year

3 things you need to know about Biden's student loan announcement

Betsy DeVos calls Biden's student-loan forgiveness '100% illegal'

Aipac Pumps $30-Million into Democratic Primaries to Defeat Israel Critics

Trump Will Be Indicted: There is little left for the Justice Department to do but decide whether to wait until after the midterms to formally seek the indictment from the grand jury.

Trump Encourages FBI Agents to Go ‘Nuts’ and Not ‘Take it Anymore’ Over Mar-a-Lago Raid

Trump search: What may come next in inquiry with legal peril

READ: Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit and memo

U.S. Oil And Gas Firms Made $74 Billion In Profits Last Year: Profits up by 122 percent from $8.1 billion a year earlier.

US Corporate Profits Soar With Margins at Widest Since 1950

Dow closes down 1000 points, Nasdaq falls 3.9% after Powell warns of pain to households in inflation battle

More Americans Than Ever Can’t Afford to Pay Their Electric Bill

Military families’ housing benefits lag as rents explode

Is America on the verge of a house price collapse? Prices could crash by up to 20% and homes are overvalued by as much as 72%, expert warns

At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt

Judge permanently blocks Biden on new oil and gas leasing

Lindsey Graham Threatens “Riots in the Streets” If Trump Is Prosecuted

Inside the Negotiations That Led a Top Trump Executive to Plead Guilty

Republicans Demand To Know What Happened To Vanishing GOP Millions

Oklahoma readies for 25 executions in 2 years. But critics ask, 'Why the rush?'

In Tennessee, Texas and Idaho, Millions of women will lose access to abortion

Google Search and Maps will now clearly label if a healthcare facility provides abortions

US Muslims five times more likely to face police harassment due to their religion, study shows

Texas requires ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools.

Missouri school district revives paddling to discipline students

Teacher quits in protest after being punished for banned-books sign

California Set To Ban Fossil Fuel-Powered Cars By 2035

August 20, 2022

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Ukraine Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos
U.S. neoconservatives have succeeded in creating a warmongering, anti-Russian mood in Europe.

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By the numbers: Keeping track of the single largest arms transfer in US history
By Connor Echols
Here is a timeline of every major weapons shipment to Ukraine since February 24:

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Corporate Media Mostly Mum as US Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Somalia
By Brett Wilkins
U.S. forces have bombed Somalia at least 16 times during Biden's tenure, killing between 465 and 545

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US universities are pipelines to the defense industry. What does that say about our morals?
By Indigo Olivier
This country reached a grim milestone in 2020.

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The Biden-Trump Persecution of Julian Assange
By Eve Ottenberg
Biden is no different from any of the authoritarian rulers he loves to denounce.

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Liz Cheney and Trump are the Two Faces of American Totalitarianism
By Richard (RJ) Eskow
Think of it as a civil war between anti-democratic forces, where good deeds may have bad ends.

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MIDDLE EAST

Turkey not seeking Assad’s removal in Syria, says Erdogan

Erdogan Accuses the US of Fueling Terrorism in Syria

Iran nuclear deal ‘imminent’ with crippling sanctions removed

Details on new nuclear deal approved by Iran: The deal reportedly include nearly two dozen guarantees to prevent the US from breaking the deal again

Apartheid Israel forces kill Palestinian man in occupied West Bank village

‘Israel only knows one language’: Gideon Levy : The latest Israeli attack on Gaza, killed at least 49 Palestinians, including 17 children

I will deport anyone who acts against the State of Israel - Ben-Gvir: However, he said, the same law would not apply to Jews.

Apartheid Israeli occupation forces raid offices of Palestinian human rights groups

Did Israel attack a Houthi camp in Yemen during the Gaza fighting?

Muqtada al-Sadr’s drive to criminalize Iraq-Israel relations kills two birds with one stone

Less than two percent of Yemenis have been vaccinated against Covid-19

How the US controls Lebanon’s energy supply: The US is leveraging Egypt’s gas supply to pressure Beirut over US-brokered maritime border talks with Israel

AFRICA

95 killed in South Sudan

Nearly Half the People in Ethiopia's Tigray Need Food Aid WFP

Hunger in Tigray pushing women and girls into sex work: Authorities stop 6 million people accessing their own money

WHO boss says 'color of skin' behind lack of help for Tigray

Flare-Up in Ethiopia Tensions Dulls Hopes of Lasting Peace Deal

South Africans are taking out bigger loans and living on debt

ASIA

EUROPE

Watch: Russia: huge fire at ammunition depot near border with Ukraine

US approves of Kiev using American weapons to strike Crimea — report

Russia says it moved hypersonic missiles to Kaliningrad region

Putin allows inspectors to visit Russia-held nuclear plant

Russian envoy suspects West ‘doesn’t give a damn’ about nuclear safety

US military expert backs Putin’s claims

Nord Stream 1 Pipeline To Close Three Days For Maintenance, Gazprom Says

Russia jumps to become third-largest market for yuan payments amid sanctions

German dependence on China growing 'at tremendous pace', research shows

AUSTRALASIA

‘Trashing democracy’: Australia gripped by scandal over ex-PM Scott Morrison’s secret jobs

GLOBE

Capitalism is causing the food crisis, not war

AMERICAS

Powerful and prosperous: Inside Venezuela’s Syrian community

The other Death Valley: Hundreds of migrants die in remote Texas deserts US immigration

In case you missed it: For Military Contractors, Tax Day is Pay Day: Corporations have hijacked the military.

Trump-Appointed Judge Permanently Blocks Biden's Oil and Gas Leasing Moratorium

US Judge Says Mar-a-Lago Affidavit 'Can Be Unsealed' With Redactions

Federal judge blocks DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE Act,’ compares Florida to ‘Stranger Things’

Majority of American voters now agree that the FBI is 'Biden's Gestapo'

Biden Revives Biggest Offshore Oil, Gas Lease Sale in US History

Build the fence! Biden beach house barrier cost swells to nearly $500K:

Sanders Blasts 'Rigged Economy' as Chipmakers Cut Investments After Big Handout

American dream of owning a home out of reach for many

Private Mortgage Lender Bust Begins As Loan Applications Crash

Two former Pennsylvania judges ordered to pay $200m Judges orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks

August 18, 2022

 
Ukraine: Amnesty International revealed the unpleasant truth
By Slavisha Batko Milacic
Amnesty has documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces violating the laws of war

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WHO chief: Lack of global help in Tigray crisis may be due to skin color
By Shawna Chen
Humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region is the "worst disaster on Earth" and yet global leaders have not responded

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A Eurasian jigsaw: Eurasia's ambitious connectivity projects are progressing deep into Asia's Heartland
By Pepe Escobar
The proxy war in Ukraine between the US and Russia has been creating serious problems

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Living in a World Built on All-American Lies
By Kelly Denton-Borhaug
How deception and rationalization so regularly undermine truth and moral courage.

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Former CIA Officer Faces 80 Years in Prison : Convicted of Providing Information to WikiLeaks
By John Kiriakou
He has been held in barbaric conditions over the past two years

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This Time the Collapse Will Be Global
By Chris Hedges
The archeological remains of past civilizations, are sobering reminders of our fate.

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Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act "Secretly" Brought To You By Bill Gates
By Tyler Durden
The Democrats' "Inflation Reduction Act" - will raise taxes on the middle class - not to mention unleash an army of IRS agents on working class Americans

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MIDDLE EAST

Turkish air strikes kill 17 on Syria border posts: At least three Syrian soldiers were among the dead and six were wounded

Syria Demands U.S. Withdraw Occupation Forces : The U.S. has around 900 troops in Syria

Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian man, wound dozens in Nablus

Apartheid Israel admits to killing 5 Children at Cemetary in Gaza

Palestinians submit war crimes complaint against Israel in the ICC

Turkey, Israel to restore full diplomatic ties

Palestinians aim to gain full UN member state status, but US stands in their way

Palestinian General Discusses Military Co-Operation at Talks in Moscow

Palestinians defend Abbas’s holocaust remarks, denounce Israeli ‘incitement’

Hundreds of Palestinian, accounts deleted or restricted by social media giants

Saudi woman handed 34-year prison sentence for following kingdom’s critics on Twitter

Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal 'invested $500 million in Russian firms' days before Ukraine invasion

Oil prices tumble as prospects of Iran deal grow: Iran's crude output of 2.5 million barrels per day would no longer be subject to international sanctions

AFRICA

U.S. Airstrike kills 13 "al-Shabab terrorists" in Somalia

Kenya's Ruto says no time to waste after election as rival prepares court challenge

ASIA

Death toll in Kabul mosque bombing rises to 21

Violence in Afghanistan has dropped under the Taliban

'Their money, not ours': 9/11 families urge Biden to return frozen funds to Afghans

Taliban captured over $7 billion of US military equipment

China to send troops to Russia for 'Vostok' exercise

China inducing rainfall to combat severe drought

Chinese 'spy ship' Yuan Wang 5 docks in Sri Lanka despite Indian concern

EUROPE

Ukraine planning nuclear provocation on Friday – Moscow

Putin Says U.S. Using Ukrainians as 'Cannon Fodder', Trying to Prolong War

Putin blasts US ‘hegemony,’ predicts end to ‘unipolar’ world

Everything you need to know about Ukraine: Impunity for torture and other ill-treatment in general remained endemic.

Americans are paying for slogans on bombs aimed at Russians

Turkey's Erdogan heads to Ukraine with a message of neutrality and influence

Estonia to close border to Russians with visas

Visa Bans on Russians Are Sanctions of Spite | Opinion

Norway’s wealth fund loses record $174bn in first half of 2022

UK inflation hits new 40-year high

Tens of thousands of UK workers strike as inflation crushes wages: Rail, mail and dock workers are launching strikes in vast numbers

AUSTRALASIA

Scott Morrison: Australia ex-PM resists pressure to step down

GLOBE

Groundbreaking nasal spray could prevent Alzheimer’s disease and stop epileptic seizures

AMERICAS

Brazil: Lula at 45% Remains 12 Points Ahead of Bolsonaro

Arrest tally in El Salvador gang crackdown reaches 50,000

Alan Dershowitz: Arresting or Convicting Trump Won’t Keep Him Out of 2024 Race

Trump CFO wiill admit to 15 felonies!

Trump CFO’s plea deal could make him a prosecution witness

Trump rakes in millions off FBI search at Mar-a-Lago

Most Americans oppose Biden’s foreign policy – poll — Analysis

Biden signs $740bn health, climate, tax ‘Inflation Reduction Act’

Watch Out! Here Comes the Climate Deal's Other Shoe. | Opinion

Liz Cheney, Trump foe, loses Wyoming primary

Liz Cheney accuses Trump of 'insidious lie' about FBI search of his home

Liz Cheney considers run for president after Republican primary defeat

Murkowski leads Trump-backed Tshibaka in Alaska’s U.S. Senate primary

GOP House Nominee in Wyoming Called Coal 'Clean' Energy That 'We All Should Be Using'

Target profit plunges 90% as inflation-weary shoppers pull back

Texas school district orders removal of Anne Frank’s diary, along with the Bible

Censorship Wave in US Education: Lawmakers in 36 U.S. states have introduced 137 gag order measures in 2022, up from 54 such bills last year.

National Guardsmen called up in West Virginia to staff jails

Judge orders Twitter to give Elon Musk former executive's documents

August 16, 2022

The Ukrainian Boondoggle as a Black Hole
By W.J. Astore
Only 30-40% of U.S. military aid is actually reaching Ukrainian troops

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Putin lashes out at West’s 'vanishing' hegemony, outlines Russia’s goals
By Tass
Russia will "take other steps to build a more democratic world"

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Will China Mess With US Warships Headed for Taiwan Strait?
By Ray McGovern
The US has thrown down the gauntlet. A showdown may come "in the coming weeks,"

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When Roger Waters Cried
By Gideon Levy
“What is wrong with the *ucking Israelis? What is wrong with them?”

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A quarter of America's 400 wars have been in the Middle East and Africa, study finds
By Elis Gjevori
America's global military footprints "might be surprising to Americans.

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Washington’s Assassination Bureau
By Philip Giraldi
What exactly did Ayman al-Zawahiri do?

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MIDDLE EAST

Beaten to death by Israeli soldiers: father from Gaza killed in the West Bank

Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian inside his Jerusalem home

IOF shoots Palestinian child in the eye, causing severe injury

Israel Continues to Routinize 'Systematic Slaughter'

Israel’s policy toward Palestinians is ‘eradication’Wilkerson says Israel has adopted a policy of terrorizing the Palestinian population so that it will accept apartheid.

Bought and paid for: UK: Conservative PM candidates back moving Israel embassy to Jerusalem

Israeli attack on Syria kills three soldiers

Missile attack reported on US military base in E Syria

Syria air defense downs 2 missiles fired by Israeli regime

U.S. steals 89 tankers of oil from Syria: state media

Ship carrying first Ukraine grain cargo nears Syria

AFRICA

Odinga Rejects Kenya Election Outcome, Plans Legal Challenge

Kenya 2022 election results by the numbers

ASIA

Did the US learn anything in Afghanistan? Former NATO assistant secretary general says that D.C. was more interested in getting presidents re-elected than telling the truth, in scathing report

Richest Country on Earth to One of Its Poorest: We're Keeping the Money We Stole From You

China and Afghanistan ramping up cooperation in agriculture and mining, 1 year after US troop pullout

Taiwan rejects Beijing’s ‘one country, two systems’ plans for unification

U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in Taiwan for two-day visit

China's holdings of US Treasuries fall to 12-year low

Chinese president expected to visit Saudi Arabia next week

How China is Countering US Sanctions

Putin says Russia and N Korea will expand bilateral relations

EUROPE

IAEA should visit Zaporozhye NPP as soon as possible — Russian diplomat

World on the brink of nuclear catastrophe – Moscow

Kissinger says Washington is on brink of war with Moscow and Beijing

Russia warns of ‘direct military clash’ with US

Ukraine Denies Possibility of Peace Talks With Russia

Western nations pledge more military support for Ukraine

How Britain fueled Ukraine’s war machine and invited direct conflict with Russia

Russia says ‘sabotage’ behind arms depot blasts in Crimea

Putin unveils high-potential weapons: Moscow is ready to offer them to its allies and partners, the president said.

Russian army to receive S-500 air defense systems

Zelensky Proposes Extending Martial Law, General Mobilization

Moscow warns of end to Russia-US relations if assets seized

NPR Turns Against Ukraine!

In case you missed it: Welcome to Ukraine, the most corrupt nation in Europe

French President Signs Finland and Sweden to Join NATO

CIA 'Blatantly Violated' Rights of Journalists and Lawyers Visiting Assange: Lawsuit

Top Secret: Jeremy Corbyn on the Report Mainstream Media Doesn't Want You To Know About

UK Pauses Overseas Aid Payments Amid Overspend Concerns

GLOBE

Full-Scale Nuclear War Could Kill 5 Billion People, Study Shows

AMERICAS

The US War on Drugs isn’t what it seems – and Colombia’s new president wants to end it

Mexico prison cartel clash spills on to streets of border city leaving 11 dead

House Dems Urge Biden to Provide Assistance to Cuba Amid Fire Disaster

Chris Hedges Report: Soldiers speak out against America's misguided wars

Trump's claims that feds 'stole' his passports during Mar-a-Lago raid: If true, he cannot leave the country

FBI RETURNS Trump's three passports after agents took them in raid

FBI Recovered Eleven Sets of Classified Documents in Trump Search, Inventory Shows

Trump Admin-Saudi Nuclear Probe Resurfaces Ahead of Warrant Unseal

Trump Had a Crap Week and the FBI Search Was Just the Beginning

Ex-CIA chief endorses executing leakers of nuclear secrets after Trump raid bombshell

Trump Can’t Be ‘Disqualified’ Over Documents

It’s Not Just Trump — LBJ Took Classified Documents Too

Kushner and Melania pointed to as possible moles in FBI raid

Moscow Already 'Studying' Top-Secret Records From Trump Raid: Russian Media

Majority of Americans concerned about Biden’s mental health: new poll

Nancy Pelosi’s son, who tagged along on Taiwan trip, is investor in Chinese tech firm: report

Top Biden aide Anita Dunn reveals conflicts of interest in multi-million dollar fortune

Poor Hunter Biden, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Father!

Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska

Cheney facing GOP music in Wyoming primary: Effort to challenge Trump's hold on party cost her leadership spot

US was the worst-performing of Seven most advanced Western economies in the second quarter of 2022

94% of Pre-Packaged and Homemade US Baby Foods Contain Toxic Heavy Metals: Study

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Why Israel hates the Palestinians so much
By Marwan Bishara
What kind of a society produces cowardly soldiers who shoot unarmed Palestinian youth.

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The West is enabling Israel's orgy of violence against Palestinians
By David Hearst
"An armed uprising in the West Bank is no longer a matter of if, only when.

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Contenders for Boris Johnson’s crown stress fealty to Israel
By Jonathan Cook
The last two Tory candidates for PM are outcompeting each other to offer Israel support

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UK descends into being 'colony of US' as Truss summons Chinese ambassador over
By Zhang Hui and Xu Yelu
"The UK has been colonized by the US, and it has failed to see how badly it's being used"

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India dumps US dollar for UAE dirham, Chinese yuan in Russian trade:
By News Desk
What kind of a society produces cowardly soldiers who shoot unarmed Palestinian youth.

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Biden’s Assassination of Al-Qaeda Leader Was Illegal
By Marjorie Cohn
The 2001 AUMF has been used to justify U.S. military actions in 85 countries. Congress must repeal it

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MIDDLE EAST

Syria Says IS Leader Killed in South

US occupation forces loots most of Syria’s oil: Ministry

Death toll from weekend Israel-Gaza fighting rises to 48

UN chief says killing of Palestinian children ‘unconscionable’

Israeli court acquits soldier of the murder of 13-year-old girl

Gaza ceasefire a temporary truce as Israel will attack again: Ali Abunimah

Don't write off the Arabs yet: Palestine is still an Arab cause

Floods in Yemen kill at least 38 people in 2 days

Iraq to provide Lebanon with one million tons of fuel: Lebanese official

AFRICA

Forty-Two Malian Soldiers Killed in Suspected Islamist Attack

Sierra Leone: At least six protesters and six police officers killed as protest death toll rises

US military says it killed four al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia in three drone strikes

Police kill 3 in Somaliland opposition protests

ASIA

Rebels storm India army camp in Kashmir; 6 killed

Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader

Beijing said it has the “greatest sincerity” for peaceful unification with Taiwan

Taiwan rejects Beijing’s ‘one country, two systems’ plans for unification

The US suffered a Crushing Defeat at the ASEAN summit

EUROPE

Western countries pledge over $1.55 bln in aid to Ukraine military

Western nations pledge more military support for Ukraine

China calls U.S. 'main instigator' of Ukraine crisis

Scott Ritter: Who Is Winning the War in Ukraine?

Russian TV journalist detained over criticism of Ukraine war

Estonia to ban Russians with tourist visas from entering

Russia, Turkey launch new economic ‘roadmap’: These include bypassing western sanctions, integrating money transfers, and trading outside the dollar.

McDonald’s to reopen in Ukraine

Ukraine Receives 50 Kirpi Armored Vehicles From Turkey

12 vessels authorized to depart Ukrainian ports for grain export:

Russian Oil Shipments to Central Europe Expected to Resume

European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops

UK economy shrinks in 2nd quarter, sharpening recession fear

UK: Energy bills to hit £4,200 in January

AUSTRALASIA

Labor and Assange - Burying The Politics: The Australian government is straining credibility in insisting the Assange case is not a political prosecution.

More than 1,200 people are detained indefinitely in Australia with no criminal conviction

Revealed: Australia's Secret Propaganda Unit: Britain assisted Australia in setting up a team modelled on the UK’s notorious Information Research Department

Most Mission Capable Indoor Drone’ to Enter Australian, New Zealand Markets

GLOBE

Arctic warming 4 times faster than rest of planet: Climate study

AMERICAS

Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls

Venezuela Demands the Return of Its Assets Held Abroad

Venezuela demands Argentina to return detained Boeing 747-300M with Iranian links

Argentina hikes rate to 69.5% as inflation surges to 30-year high

Bank of Mexico raises interest rates to record 8.5 percent

US foreign arms sales spike to nearly $20B between July 15 and August 2

Why the CIA needs to be abolished.: Chris Hedges and John Kiriakou

Suspect Killed in Standoff After Trying to Breach FBI's Cincinnati Office, Exchanging Gunfire With Agents

Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals: It turned out that the generals had rules, standards, and expertise, not blind loyalty.

Trump raid makes US 'banana republic' – governor

First Photo: Agent With Machine Gun Photographed Outside Of Trump's Home During FBI Raid

Some Trump Supporters Are Calling for Civil War After FBI Search

'You have martyred Donald Trump': : 'Basically guaranteed him the nomination for the Republican Party in 2024'

Justice Dept. Moves to Unseal Warrant in Trump Search: The former president has until 3 p.m. on Friday to oppose the motion.

Fact or fiction: FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents

Was there a Mar-a-Lago RAT? Retired FBI agent says 'informant' likely handed over evidence

With Feds Circling, Trump Asks Allies: Who’s ‘Wearing a Wire’?

Mick Mulvaney estimates only six or eight people could be FBI informant

Trump disqualified from holding office? Clinton-linked lawyer points to US Code after FBI raid

Hell Week: How Trump’s Problems All Converged at Once

Joe, Hunter Biden staying for free at $20 million South Carolina mansion

Partisan infighting drama shows the US has degraded into a 'banana republic'

U.S. Jobless Claims Rise for Second Straight Week

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Zionism's Jewish Enemy

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Alan Hart Interviews Professor Ilan Pappe, Israel’

US Protection Racket Root of Korea Conflict

By Finian Cunningham

The conflict emanates from Washington and is perpetuated by Washington. Why? To justify what would otherwise be seen as simply outrageous US militarism in the Asia Pacific.

Iran: The Real Story Versus the Cover Story: By Mark H Gaffney

The American people need to know the truth. This is a phony crisis

America's War for Global Domination: by Michel Chossudovsky

The wars on Afghanistan and Iraq are part of a broader military agenda, which was launched at the end of the Cold War. The ongoing war agenda is a continuation of the 1991 Gulf War and the NATO led wars on Yugoslavia (1991-2001).
 

The Plan is for the United States to rule the world: By David Armstrong

The overt theme is unilateralism, but it is ultimately a story of domination. It calls for the United States to maintain its overwhelming military superiority and prevent new rivals from rising up to challenge it on the world stage.
 

Lets Not Forget: Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President - By Neil Mackay

A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
 

The president's real goal in Iraq: By JAY BOOKMAN

29 September 2002. - The official story on Iraq has never made sense.
 

The Project for the New American Century: By William Rivers Pitt

02/25/03 - The Project for the New American Century, or PNAC, is a Washington-based think tank created in 1997. Above all else, PNAC desires and demands one thing: The establishment of a global American empire to bend the will of all nations.
 

Memo: Bush made intel fit Iraq policy: By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT

A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded election campaign, indicates that President Bush decided to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by summer 2002 and was determined to ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his policy.
 

UK Ministers Knew WMD Was "Excuse": By Michael Smith

MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.
 

Iran: The Real Story Versus the Cover Story: By Mark H Gaffney

The American people need to know the truth. This is a phony crisis

Will Iran Be Next?: by Mark Gaffney

Those who have hoped that a U.S. military victory in Iraq would somehow bring about a more peaceful world are in for a rude awakening. The final resolution of this war and the U.S. occupation of Iraq will likely not be the end, rather, only the prelude to a succession of future crises: in Kashmir, Syria, North Korea, and Iran.
 

Does Iran's President Want Israel Wiped Off The Map? - Does He Deny The Holocaust?

An analysis of media rhetoric on its way to war against Iran - Commenting on the alleged statements of Iran's President Ahmadinejad .

 

  "Rebuilding America's Defenses"
Blueprint of the PNAC Plan for U.S. Global Hegemony


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