Mugabe Resigns: An Era in Zimbabwe Ends by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Rather than face removal from office by impeachment, Mugabe resigned after leading Zimbabwe since 1980 – first as prime minister, mostly as president. After saying he’d preside over the ruling ZANU-PF’s congress in December on Sunday, he tendered his […]

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Peace in Syria? Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Peace one day will return to Syria. The question is when and under what circumstances. Will its sovereign independence remain unchanged? Will its territorial integrity stay intact?  Will it be free from US occupation of northern and southern areas? Will […]

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Trump’s FCC to End Net Neutrality by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Battle lines are drawn. Trump’s FFC chairman Ajit Pai is on record against Net Neutrality, saying its days are numbered. He took the first step. On November 22, he’ll publish his plan to kill digital democracy, letting users access all […]

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Palestinian/Trump Administration Row by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Tuesday, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas nominally froze contact with Washington, in response to the Trump administration’s threat to close the PLO’s US office – unless it agrees to peace talks with Israel accomplishing nothing each time initiated, along with ceasing efforts to […]

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Lebanon Fears Hostile Israeli Intentions by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A previous article discussed a sinister US/Saudi/Israeli alliance for possible greater regional turbulence than already – Iran and Lebanon prime targets for hostile actions, including war. Washington, Riyadh and Tel Aviv want sovereign independent Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon eliminated. Is […]

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More Classified Hillary Emails Revealed by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Judicial Watch (JW) revealed new classified Hillary pay-to-pay emails, more evidence of her corrupt State Department practices, criminality gone unpunished. Emails released from her private server included classified material. A 2011 exchange with Sid Blumenthal discussed “serious trouble for the Libyan […]

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Putin and Trump Speak on Tuesday by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) They’ve spoken twice by phone, today reportedly for an hour. They’ve met face-to-face twice – in Hamburg, Germany and Danang, Vietnam.  No summit was held or planned, nothing achieved between them except Putin promises he’ll keep, Trump’s to be broken, […]

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Google’s War on Media Freedom by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) A previous article explained Google’s transformation from search engine to online censor. Changes in its search algorithm makes it harder to access what it calls fake news, low-quality information and conspiracy theories – code language for real news, information and analysis […]

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Turkey Reconsidering NATO Membership? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Turkey’s military in the alliance is second only to America in size. President Erdogan nominally sides with Russia and Iran on Syria. His sincerity is another issue entirely. He’s long coveted annexing northern Syrian and Iraqi territory, especially its oil-rich areas. His […]

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Slave Trade in Libya: Legacy of US-Led Aggression by Stephen Lendman Before Obama’s war, orchestrated by Hillary Clinton, launched in February 2011, Libya was Africa’s most developed nation.  Today it’s a cauldron of endless violence, instability, turmoil, deep poverty, mass unemployment and appalling human misery. Libyans under Gaddafi got extraordinary benefits most Americans can’t imagine, […]

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