Assange Used Ecuadorian Embassy for Spying? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Unacceptable actions need a veneer of plausibility to make them appear justifiable, no matter how outrageous they are in the cold light of day. The US unjustifiably justifies naked aggression and other hostile actions on the phony pretexts of humanitarian […]

Former Senior EU/NATO Officials Condemn the Trump Regime’s Israel/Palestine Agenda by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to the neocon/CIA house organ Washington Post, Trump’s self-styled deal of the century no-peace/peace plan will likely exclude Palestinian statehood. WaPo cited unnamed “people familiar with the main elements of the effort,” the already dead-on-arrival […]

Pompeo’s Rage Against Peace, Equity and Justice by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Following Pompeo’s visit to Chile, Peru, Paraguay, and Colombia to enlist greater support for the Trump’s aim to topple Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and eliminate Bolivarian social democracy, he showed up in Dallas Monday for more of the same […]

Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? What Crisis? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Will the Trump regime order military action against Venezuela on the phony pretexts of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect (R2P)? Though highly unlikely, we’ve seen it many times before – “humanitarian” naked aggression, raping and destroying nations for their […]

Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning: Martyred Behind Bars for Truth-Telling by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In 2013, Assange said “(Chelsea) Manning has become a martyr, adding: She “didn’t choose to be a martyr. I don’t think it’s a proper way for activists to behave to choose to be martyrs, but these […]

Pompeo’s Rage to Eliminate Venezuela’s Social Democracy by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Sovereign independent democracies stand in the way of US aims for unchallenged global dominance. Bipartisan hardliners in Washington want them eliminated everywhere. Venezuela is in the eye of the storm, the Trump regime hellbent for toppling democratically elected and […]

International Criminal Court: US/NATO Imperial Tool by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Time and again, the ICC breaches its mandate, calling for “end(ing) impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern.” The court consistently ignores US/NATO imperial war crimes, prosecuting their victims instead. Established by the Rome Statute of […]

Defending Venezuelan Democracy From US Tyranny by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Venezuela is the hemisphere’s preeminent social democracy – a notion the US and other Western nations abhor. It’s why the Bolivarian Republic is targeted for regime change, along with Washington wanting control over its world’s largest oil reserves and other […]

Establishment Media Bald-Faced Big Lies About Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US establishment media are a national embarrassment, a collective lying machine on vital issues, a force for pure evil. They feature managed news misinformation and disinformation, Big Lies, and fake news, truth telling on what ordinary people most need […]

NYT Lynch Mob Mentality by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Lynch mob mentality unacceptably targets individuals like Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, groups like FARC, Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as nations for regime change like Iran, Venezuela, and numerous victims of US aggression. US-led Western media support for the above high […]