NATO Chief Calls for Greater Military Spending and Buildup Against Russia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) NATO chiefs are front men for Washington’s imperial agenda – notably at a time when the only threats to the West are invented ones. No real ones exist. NATO operates as a virtual extension of […]

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Chelsea Manning Seeks Release From Unlawful Detention by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Manning was constitutionally justified in refusing to give grand jury testimony. So is everyone. The secretive process is legally, morally, and ethically unconstitutional, used “to entrap and persecute activists for protected political speech,” she explained. She invoked her First, […]

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Ecuador’s Lenin Moreno: Imperial Tool by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno promised to continue the populist agenda of his predecessor, Rafael Correa. In office, he breached his pledges straightaway, implementing neoliberal policies, serving pro-Western and privileged interests at the expense of ordinary Ecuadorians, abandoning Correa’s agenda, betraying people […]

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US Puppet Guaido Stripped of Immunity by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Usurper in waiting Guaido is a front man for the Trump regime’s coup attempt to topple democratically elected and reelected President Maduro.  Most of all, the scheme aims to eliminate Bolivarian social democracy, wanting Venezuela transformed into a US vassal […]

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Trump Regime Demands Turkey Cancel Purchase of Russian S-400 Air Defense Missiles by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Palestinian/American scholar/activist Edward Said once said “(e)very empire…tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate” – […]

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Chicagoans Elect First Black Female Mayor by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The late Harold Washington was Chicago’s first Black mayor, elected in 1983, serving until his premature death at age-65 on November 25, 1987, the day before the Thanksgiving holiday that year. No one before or since was like him, affectionately […]

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The Eyes Have It, Guaido’s Look of Pure Evil by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) When it comes to Venezuela, he’s the fourth Trump regime axis of evil member – along with Pompeo, Bolton, and “assistant secretary of dirty wars” Abrams, his 1980s nickname. They’re part of the diabolical plot to eliminate […]

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Desperation in US Over Failure to Topple Maduro by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) So far, every Trump regime tactic used to try toppling Maduro and eliminate Venezuelan social democracy failed.  Scripted by his US handlers, Guaido’s January 23 self-declaration as interim Venezuelan president failed to gain popular support. It’s mostly coming […]

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Venezuela’s Chief Supreme Court Justice Calls for Stripping Guaido of Immunity by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Trump regime designated puppet/usurper in waiting Guaido is a serial law breaker. He’s Trump regime front man for the ongoing coup attempt to topple democratically elected and reelected President Maduro, along with aiming to replace […]

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Electoral Dirty Tricks in Israel by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Why not! Elections in the US, other Western countries and Israel are rife with dirty tricks because these nations are fantasy democracies, not the real thing. According to Haaretz, the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem Post and other Israeli media, hundreds […]

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