Right-Wing EU Think Tank Bashes RT by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) European Values Think Tank calls itself an NGO “defending liberal democracy” – it clearly disdains by attempting to discredit RT and guests appearing on the network it called “useful idiots (to a) hostile foreign power.” Founded in 2005, its funded […]

Russia Blasts US Rape of Raqqa by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The citizen journalist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) provides reliable firsthand reports on high crimes of war and against humanity against defenseless city residents, victims of US imperial viciousness. RBSS spokesman Abdalaziz Alhamza commented about media reports claiming […]

Coup D’Etat in Catalonia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Self-determination is a universal right. Constitutional and statute laws against it violate the UN Charter and other international law. On Saturday, Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy suspended Catalan self-governance extrajudicially, a coup by any standard, stripping the region of autonomy, annulling its executive […]

Tillerson Conceals Rape of Raqqa, Meets with Saudi Monarch by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Washington pretends to be combating the scourge of ISIS it supports. Tillerson tried concealing it, hypocritically accusing its fighters of “dramatically undermin(ing) stability in Iraq, Syria and the broader Middle East, and pos(ing) a threat to international […]

Inventing a Nonexistent North Korean/Iranian Threat by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman Neither country threatens anyone. Throughout its entire history, North Korea never attacked another country. Iran hasn’t done it in centuries. America and its rogue allies threaten humanity, waging endless wars of aggression. Pyongyang and Tehran are victims of their hostility, […]

Madrid Imposes Direct Rule Over Catalonia by Stephen Lendman As expected, Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy suspended Catalan self-governance after a Saturday morning cabinet meeting. A regime statement said “(a)t an emergency meeting on Saturday, the cabinet will approve measures to be put before the senate to protect the general interest of Spaniards, including the citizens […]

Draft GOP Bill Breaches Iran Nuclear Deal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) International treaties can’t be changed without the consent of all signatories. None may legally act unilaterally, a notion the Trump administration and congressional GOP hardliners reject. They aim to undermine the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal […]

EU Summit Discusses Catalonia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Though not officially on the agenda in Brussels, crisis in Catalonia was one of the main topics discussed. European Council President Donald Tusk ruled out “mediation or international initiative or action.” His remarks came shortly after Madrid said it was beginning the […]

US Travel Warning on Syria Admits Terrorists Use CWs by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Dated October 18, the travel warning states: “No part of Syria is safe from violence. Small arms fire, improvised explosives, artillery shelling, airstrikes, kidnappings, arbitrary arrests, and the use of chemical weapons transpire with little or no […]

Extent of Referendum Day Violence in Catalonia Revealed by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Madrid ordered police state violence on October 1 was worse than earlier reported. According to Catalonia’s Ministry of Health, 1,066 people needed medical treatment from injuries sustained – 23 over aged-79. Two were children under age-11. Scores of […]