Tillerson and Mattis Try Justifying Endless US Wars of Aggression by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In Monday testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee members, they urged congressional authorization for unlimited warmaking anywhere worldwide – a shocking indictment of a rogue state threatening humanity’s survival, risking eventual catastrophic nuclear war. Fact: Security […]

Media Scoundrels Try Connecting Mueller Indictments to Russia and Trump by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Material US editors OK for publication defies journalism the way it should be, absent from America’s major media, featuring rubbish instead. On Monday, Paul Manafort and Rick Gates were indicted on multiple charges – unrelated to […]

NATO’s Stoltenberg Hypes Nonexistent North Korean Threat by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) In Asia visiting Japan on October 30 and 31, then three days beginning November 1 in South Korea, US-installed NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg , fronting for its imperial agenda, was interviewed ahead of his arrival by the Japan News […]

20 Catalan Officials Indicted on False Charges by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) As expected, Madrid’s Director of Public Prosecutions indicted deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and 19 other officials on false charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds.  Spain’s attorney general Jose Maza accused them of “decisions and acts […]

Political Persecution of Norman Finkelstein by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Finkelstein is a high-profile target of state-sponsored persecution for staunchly supporting Palestinian rights, along with stinging criticism of Zionism and Israel – touching the right nerves with scholarly accuracy. A personal note. I owe him a debt of gratitude. Posting my […]

Britain’s 1917 Balfour Declaration by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) November 2 marks its 100th anniversary, a deplorable action, the beginning of the end of historic Palestine. UK Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour’s declaration came in a 67-word letter to British Zionist Federation’s Lord Rothschild. Accepted by the League of Nations on July […]

Madrid’s Fascist Boot Stomps on Catalonia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Fascist police states give no quarter, using force and other underhanded tactics to assert their will – the way Washington, Spain and other Western governments operate. Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy revealed his regime’s ugly face by appalling referendum day police […]

Israel Postpones Vote on Annexing Illegal Settlements by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israel’s goal is maximum Jews and minimum Arabs – illegal settlements, ethnic cleansing and ruthless persecution of Palestinians its longstanding strategy. Netanyahu and likeminded Knesset extremists want illegal settlements around Jerusalem annexed, made official Israeli territory, preventing stolen Palestinian […]

The NYT: Inventing Reasons to Bash Russia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Operating like a ministry of state propaganda, The Times crusades against Russia, disgracefully bashing a sovereign independent nation. Other media scoundrels operate the same way – discarding truth-telling, featuring malicious propaganda. “Russia Uses Its Oil Giant, Rosneft, as a […]

Catalonia in Limbo by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Things are in unchartered waters, crisis conditions a long way from resolved. Both sides have polar opposite values. Pro-independence Catalans want their democratic rights upheld. Madrid wants them denied, forcefully if separatists resist. UK-based lecturer in politics and Spanish Caroline Gray accused pro-independence […]