Dueling SC Resolutions on CW Use in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Thursday, Russia and Washington faced off in a Security Council debate with dueling resolutions on extending the OPCW/UN Joint Investigation Mechanism (JIM).  Its mandate expires on November 17. A previous article explained what’s going on as follows: […]

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Report Urges Congress Require Chinese State Media to Resister as Foreign Agents by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Speech, media and academic freedom in America are threatened.  Forcing RT America to register as a foreign agent was a shot across the bow, an attempt to undermine its operations, wanting its reporting silenced. […]

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NYT-Style Putin Bashing by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Times notoriously supports rogue states and their leaders, notably Israel, Middle East despots, Ukrainian putschists, and fascist regimes worldwide masquerading as democracies. Washington is Exhibit A. It deplores governments America opposes for their sovereign independence and opposition to imperial lawlessness – notably […]

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Remembering Edward Herman by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On November 11, distinguished scholar, political economist, media analyst/critic, peace champion Ed Herman passed away at age 92. It was fittingly on the 99th anniversary of WW I’s end. Endless wars followed “the war to end all wars” – a legacy of mass […]

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Russia Responds to US Anti-Media Freedom Action Against RT by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Forcing RT America to register as a foreign agent aimed to undermine its viability, a possible first step toward shutting it down altogether – part of longstanding US Russia bashing, perhaps heading for something much more serious. […]

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Conspiring Against Iran by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US, Israeli, Saudi hostility toward Iran risks war on the country – madness if launched, yet possible given extreme rage by these countries to eliminate a key regional rival state. On Tuesday, ultranationalist Israeli defense minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel won’t permit Iran […]

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Examples of Israeli Ruthlessness by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israeli viciousness occurs daily throughout the Occupied Territories – ignored by US media scoundrels, supporting a gangster state instead of condemning its high crimes. In late October,  B’Tselem reported on lawless Israeli detentions of Palestinian teens – part of its diabolical intimidation […]

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Attacks on Muslims in America Today Exceed Earlier Post-9/11 Levels by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Pew Research (PR), “assaults against Muslims in the United States rose significantly between 2015 and 2016, easily surpassing the modern peak reached in 2001…” In 2001, FBI data showed 93 assaults on Muslims. In […]

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Illegal US Presence in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) US forces operate illegally in many countries – in war theaters and elsewhere, including numerous covert operations. America is unaccountable for Nuremberg-level crimes worldwide, including crimes against peace – defined as “planning preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression […]

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Special Counsel Investigation Into Clinton Foundation Shenanigans? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s high time it happened. The foundation is a notorious money-laundering, pay-to-play, self-enrichment racket for the Clintons, masquerading as a charitable NGO, RICO crimes if taken that far. In a November 13 letter to House Judiciary Committee members, Attorney […]

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