US Prison Inmates to Strike for Humane Reforms by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America’s gulag prison system is one of the world’s harshest – inmates brutally mistreated, harshness amounting to torture. Jailhouse Lawyers Speak are imprisoned human rights activists. Their press release announced a national prison strike from August 21 to […]

The NYT v. Trump on Russiagate by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Trump is a serial liar on most everything. He’s an unindicted war criminal, a front man for dark forces running America, a servant of Wall Street and other corporate interests – hostile to peace, equity and justice. He’s right about […]

Trump Regime Continues Supporting ISIS by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US support for ISIS is an open dirty secret – undiscussed by media scoundrels, pretending it’s not so. Washington actively arms, funds, trains, and directs ISIS and other terrorists – backing the scourge they pretend to oppose.  Obama and Trump’s vow […]

US/Turkey Rift Unrelated to Pastor Brunson by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Imprisoned in Turkey since October 2016 on charges of involvement in the failed months earlier coup attempt against President Erdogan, the Trump regime’s demand for Andrew Brunson’s release conceals what’s really behind the US/Turkey rift. It’s all about what Michel […]

Israel Arrests Palestinians for the Crime of Journalism by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In August alone, Israeli forces arrested seven Palestinians for the crime of journalism. Addressing what goes on all the time in the Occupied Territories, the Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms (MADA) said it communicated with UN […]

Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, Maria Butina and UK Big Lies by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (MZ below) said conditions in Syria are improving – despite conflict resolution far from achieved. “Over the past two weeks, the Syrian forces successfully liberated about 2,000 square kilometers,” […]

21st Bloody Friday in Gaza by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Since March 30, Palestinian Great March of Return demonstrations have been all about contesting Israel’s unlawful blockade of the Strip, along with denying them all their fundamental rights. IDF forces responded by murdering 170 Gazans in cold blood since March 30, […]

US Anti-Iran Action Group for Regime Change by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On the August 15 – 19 anniversary of the CIA coup against democratically elected Iranian PM Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Trump regime’s neocon extremist Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the creation of a so-called “Iran Action Group” – for […]

Hundreds of Newspaper Editors Defend Press Freedom They Abhor by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On August 16, over 300 US newspaper editorials responded to the Boston Globe’s call for broadsheets to “make a powerful statement by standing together in the common defense of their profession and the vital role it plays […]

Monsanto’s Carcinogenic Glyphosate Found in Popular US Consumer Products by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) You are what you eat. The typical American diet is hazardous to good health. According to Healthline, “the food we eat is now the nation’s largest risk factor for disease,” adding: “We cannot keep feeding our bodies […]