Catalan Separatist MPs to Defy Madrid? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Catalans have a legitimate right to self-determination. Spanish law otherwise can’t deny them – only ruthless state power, if ordered, perhaps coming ahead. On Thursday, Catalan parliamentarians will hold a plenary session, a day before Spanish senators vote to strip […]

immy Carter’s Notable Post-Presidency by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) He’s cut from a different cloth than other former US presidents. The Clinton co-presidency, Bush/Cheney and Obama use their former positions for self-enrichment. Not Jimmy Carter, at age-93 still using his persona for public service and charitable causes. In 1982, his Carter […]

Catalan Regional Government Coup? Images of Police Violence Fake? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) You can’t make this stuff up! Madrid appears desperate to justify its unjustifiable imposition of direct rule over Catalonia, suspending its autonomy, effectively eliminating it, intending to install subservient puppet governance through rigged elections when held – […]

Mike Pompeo at a Neocon National Security Conference by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) CIA director Pompeo was a featured guest at the so-called Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), an undemocratic far-right advocacy group. It’s leadership council and executive team are stacked with pro-war, anti-peace, equity and justice extremists, including founder […]

ISIS Helps Other US-Backed Terrorists Seize Syrian Oilfields by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Terrorist-infested US-supported Syrian (Un)Democratic Forces (SDF) advanced near the Al-Omar oilfields in eastern Deir Ezzor – after US-supported ISIS fighters joined their ranks. On Saturday, Syrian forces drove ISIS fighters out of the oilfields. A counteroffensive let SDF […]

Examples of Deplorable NYT Commentaries by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Even when the self-styled newspaper of record discusses an important issue like “America’s forever wars,” it suppresses what’s most important to explain. In its editorial on the above topic, it covered Washington’s deployment of military forces in most countries worldwide, along […]

Former Obama Official Advocates Internet Censorship by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Shocking stuff, perhaps where things are heading, digital democracy threatened. It’s at risk of being compromised or abolished, eliminating information dark forces in Washington want suppressed – the way all police states operate. Ann Ravel formerly served as Obama’s Federal […]