First Ever Russia/North Korea Summit by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Thursday, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un met in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far East for first ever summit talks between leaders of both countries. More on this below. Firming up ties with Russia is important for the DPRK at a time talks […]

Venezuela’s DC Embassy Protection Collective by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Thursday, a showdown looms in Washington. Activists calling themselves the Embassy Protection Collective (EPC) support Venezuela’s legitimate government and social democracy. They’re living in, protecting, and aiding the skeleton diplomatic staff remaining in the country’s Washington embassy. The Trump regime […]

Venezuelan Blackouts: Trump Regime Sabotage by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, the Trump regime planned and carried out multiple attacks on Venezuela’s electricity grid since early March. Affecting large parts of the country, repairing the damage entirely will take months. Russian  Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Alexander […]

Palestinian Lives Don’t Matter by Stephen Lendman Along with the US presence, Israel is the Middle East capital for targeted assassinations, cold-blooded murders, as well a other horrendous human and civil rights violations against an entire population. Palestinian lives don’t matter, countless numbers murdered and otherwise abused by Israeli forces, accountability never forthcoming. The world […]

Mueller Report a Blueprint for Impeachment? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) There’s plenty about Trump to criticize, indisputable just cause to impeach him – for the right reasons, not the wrong ones, for high crimes of war and against humanity, for numerous other offenses harmful to the general welfare, for what […]

Julian Assange: Prisoner of Conscience by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On April 11, Assange was illegally arrested, forcibly dragged from Ecuador’s London embassy where he was given asylum by former President Rafael Correa in August 2012.  He’s held under draconian solitary confinement conditions at London’s high-security Belmarsh prison, Britain’s Gitmo – […]

Palestinians Blamed for US/Israeli Crimes Against Them by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Hamas is Palestine’s democratically elected government, not the US/Israeli created PA, what came out of the disgraceful 1993 Oslo Accords, a Palestinian Versailles. Unilateral surrender permitted permanent occupation harshness, colonialism, and apartheid rule, along with grand theft of Palestinian […]

Appeals Court Rubber Stamps Chelsea Manning’s Unlawful Imprisonment by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) On Monday, the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel rubber-stamped Manning’s unlawful imprisonment. It wrongfully permitted her cruel and unusual solitary confinement punishment to continue, a flagrant 8th Amendment breach. More on this below. Manning is […]

Trump Regime Ends Waivers for Purchases of Iranian Oil by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Unilaterally imposed sanctions by one nation on others are flagrantly illegal. There’s no ambiguity about it. Law Professor Francis Boyle explained it, saying unilaterally imposed sanctions “constitute a crime against humanity as defined by the 1945 Nuremberg […]

The Trump Regime Aims to Silence Independent News and Views on Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Supported by Congress, the courts, and establishment media, Trump regime hardliners want truth-telling eliminated – about Venezuela and other vital issues. Wanting Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and other truth-tellers silenced is all about waging […]