US War on Iran by Other Means by Stephen Lendman Longstanding US hostility toward Iran is all about its sovereign independence, its unwillingness to subordinate its sovereignty to US interests, opposition to Washington’s war on humanity, along with support for fundamental Palestinian rights. On Wednesday, a suicide attack on an Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) […]

Report: No Evidence of Trump Team/Russia Collusion by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Russiagate witch hunt was and remains a diabolical scheme cooked up by Obama’s CIA director John Brennan – a figure as ruthless as fascist gangsters infesting the Trump regime. The Big Lie that won’t die is kept alive […]

John Bolton’s Dissocial Personality Disorder by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Bolton’s appointment as Trump’s national security advisor threatens world peace. His callous contempt for humanity, rage for endless wars, pathological immorality, and other abnormalities define the menace he represents. In 2017, he said the only way to address Pyongyang’s nuclear program […]

IIhan Omar’s Criticism of Israel Unrelated to Anti-Semitism by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israel is a nation-state. Criticizing its apartheid ruthlessness is unrelated to anti-Semitism. Claims otherwise turn truth on its head. Before elected to Congress, Ilhan Omar tweeted: “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help […]

Venezuela’s Usurper in Waiting Guaido Didn’t Emerge Like Topsy by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Venezuela’s envoy to Russia Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa explained that “Guaido was recruited (by the US) 10 years ago.” “(S)ent to Serbia to study,” what’s ongoing now started this way. Guaido didn’t emerge out of nowhere to […]

Lavrov Slams US Interventionism in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slammed what he called the US attempt to disguise its interventionist, aggressive aims for regime change in Venezuela behind a Security Council draft resolution Moscow rejects. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said he “warned (Pompeo) against all […]

Protests in Haiti Over Hunger and Repressive Rule by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US controlled Haiti endured over 500 years of severe repression, slavery, despotism, colonization, reparations, embargoes, sanctions, deep poverty, starvation, unrepayable debt, overwhelming human suffering, and destructive natural disasters. Elections when held are farcical, democracy pure fantasy, Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s […]

The Great GOP Tax Cut Heist a Year Later by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Trump promoted GOP scam was all about benefitting corporate interests and high-net-worth households. Wage hikes attributed to tax cuts have been mostly hype. Big business gained hundreds of billions of dollars from the law – used […]

Venezuela in the US Crosshairs by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Former CIA director James Woolsey earlier said the US interferes in the internal affairs of other nations “for a very good cause.” He omitted explaining that it’s all about serving US imperial interests at the expense of targeted nations and their […]

Former Israeli Defense Minister Supports Beheading Palestinians by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Ultranationalist Arab-hater Avigdor Lieberman represents the worst of Israel’s lunatic fringe. He once advocated drowning Palestinians in the Dead Sea or executing Israeli Arab citizens who interacted with Hamas. He earlier demanded Israeli Arabs declare loyalty to a “Jewish, […]