Electoral Coup in Honduras by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s standard practice in banana republics and elsewhere. The late Edward Herman explained how it works in his book titled “Demonstration Elections,” covering sham ones in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Vietnam. They occur regularly elsewhere in countries like Egypt and […]

Vilifying Trump for Wanting Better Relations with Russia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) There’s just cause to criticize him on many issues, numerous ones I’ve discussed in countless articles. Wanting better relations with Russia isn’t one of them.  Though failure to follow through on what I believe he genuinely wanted while […]

Washington DC Council Bill a New Way of Insulting Russia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In 1985, Congress named the area of 16th Street in the nation’s capital in front of Soviet Russia’s embassy Andrei Sakharov Plaza, the country’s best-known dissident at the time. A city council bill proposes renaming it […]

Netanyahu and Kushner at the Saban Forum in Washington by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Hain Saban is a Zionist extremist, founder of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the hawkish Brookings Institution, now called the Center for Middle East Policy, supporting endless wars of aggression, deploring peace. Saban a […]

Suspending ABC News Reporter Brian Ross Over Misreporting? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Suspending him had nothing to do with falsifying a report on Trump and Michael Flynn, everything to do with getting caught red-handed, causing a furor at the same time – the network uncomfortable about making news about its […]

Anti-Netanyahu March of Shame in Israel by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Netanyahu may be Israel’s most unpopular prime minister in the nation’s history, his far-right Likud party getting only 23.4% of the popular vote in 2015 elections. Israeli governance is always by coalition, the party winning the largest percentage of votes […]

Netanyahu and CIA Director Pompeo Threaten Iran by Stephen Lendman http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Washington, Israel and Saudi Arabia comprise a sinister alliance against Iran, risking greater regional war than already. Last month, Netanyahu vowed to prevent Iran from using Syria “as a base from which to destroy Israel” – invoking the long ago discredited canard. Iran threatens […]

Rogue State Saudi Arabia Vilifies Peace Advocate Iran by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israel and the Saudis (now best of friends) are the region’s leading aggressors and human rights abusers. At a Rome, Italy Mediterranean Dialogues/Beyond Turmoil conference, addressing a region referred to as “the epicenter of international disorder…synonymous with conflicts, […]

EU Resolution for Arms Embargo on Yemen, Diphtheria Outbreak Spreads by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US/Saudi aggression on Yemen has been raging since March 2015, drone war on the country begun earlier by Bush/Cheney – prospects for conflict resolution nowhere in sight. On November 30, European Parliament members adopted a resolution, […]

The Colossal GOP Tax Cut Scam Boosted by Overnight Senate Passage  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Capitol Hill arm-twisting failed to enact Trumpcare – so far at least. It succeeded overnight Friday for passage of grand theft Senate legislation – the misnamed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. House and Senate versions […]