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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Trump’s FDA Waging War on Imported Drugs by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Food and Drug Administration operates as arm of corporate interests, not protecting and promoting public health as claimed – most of its budget funded by Big Pharma. It notoriously approves unsafe GMO foods and ingredients, an earlier agency […]

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Putin/Assad Meeting by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Monday, both leaders met in Sochi, Russia, not announced for 24 hours to assure Assad’s safe return to Damascus. Knowledge of his travels outside Syria would risk his assassination, perhaps by a US air-to-air or ground-to-air missile, targeting his aircraft. Washington ignores rule […]

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Trump Disgracefully Declares North Korea a State Sponsor of Terrorism by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America, NATO, Israel, Saudi Arabia and their rogue partners in high crimes are the world’s leading state sponsors of terrorism – not Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Hamas, Yemeni Houthis or North Korea. They support […]

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Zimbabwean President Doesn’t Resign as Expected, Impeachment Next by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Last Wednesday, Zimbabwe’s military placed Robert Mugabe under house arrest, the nation’s leader since 1980, forcing a bloodless transition of power, a coup by any standard, not yet resolved. On Sunday, Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party dismissed him as party […]

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US/Saudi/Israeli Alliance for Greater Regional Turbulence? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The alliance is beset by failures. Longstanding US/Israeli plans to redraw the Middle East map failed to achieve its objective so far. Libya in North Africa remains an ungovernable cauldron of violence. Shias close to Iran run Iraq, not Sunnis […]

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Top US Air Force General Won’t Obey Illegal Orders? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) At a Saturday Halifax, Nova Scotia International Security Forum, US Strategic Command head General John Hyten said all top Pentagon commanders are trained to disobey “illegal orders,” including himself, adding: “I provide advice to the president, he […]

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German Coalition Talks Collapse by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Sunday evening, talks ongoing for weeks between Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU alliance, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party collapsed when FDP officials walked out.  Disagreements among the parties are over immigration, environmental, energy and European status issues. “The four discussion partners […]

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