Catalan President to Call Snap Elections? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Reports suggest President Puigdemont will announce them today for December at Catalan’s Palace of the Generalitat, his government’s headquarters – dissolving parliament ahead of them, preempting Madrid’s imposition of direct rule over the region on Friday. His three options include […]

Is NATO Preparing for War on Russia? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Bilateral Russia/US relations are dismal – so far confined to a war of words, risking things turning hot. Hostile US actions include: deploying US-led NATO forces close to Russia’s border – breaching the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in […]

Snowden Reveals US/Saudi Collusion Against Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) I’ve written numerous articles on US collusion with NATO, the Saudis, Turkey, Israel and other regional rogue states to replace Syria’s Assad with pro-Western puppet rule. Naked aggression using heavily armed terrorist foot soldiers, supported by US-led terror-bombing was and […]

Senate Repeals Rule Letting Americans File Class-Action Suits Against Financial Firms by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) All 48 undemocratic Dems opposed the measure. Two Republicans surprisingly voted with them – neocons Lindsey Graham and John Kennedy. Neocon Mike Pence broke a 50-50 Senate tie, a giveaway to Wall Street crooks, price-gouging […]

DNC/Hillary Campaign in Damage Control Mode by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) It’s impossible for any thinking person not to revile America’s debauched political system – one-party rule with two right wings, a plutocracy, not a democracy, at war on humanity at home and abroad, asserting its will on all nations worldwide, […]

Lewis and Asher Johnson: Their Convictions a Grievous Miscarriage of Justice by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America’s gulag prison system is the shame of the nation. It overflows with innocent victims, wrongfully punished for crimes they didn’t commit – many politically imprisoned, others for offenses too minor to matter. The same […]

Hillary and DNC Behind Fake Trump Dossier by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Make no mistake. There’s plenty about Trump to criticize. Doing it with fabricated accusations is unconscionable – against him or anyone else. Politics is dirty business, notably in America, especially with one-sided media reporting, favoring one presidential candidate over […]

RT Resists US Bullying  by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) RT is targeted for delivering real news, information and analysis to a large US audience, increasing numbers of Americans following its broadcasts. The US Justice Department deplorably ordered an RT America contractor to register as a foreign agent, using the Foreign Agents […]

America Willing to Negotiate with the Taliban? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Hold the cheers! We’ve been down this road before. Nothing came of it, nor will anything now. Washington doesn’t negotiate. It demands. Agreements with other nations and groups are meaningless, usually breached, sometimes straightaway like the Iran nuclear deal, […]

Catalonia’s Cecot Employer’s Association Supports Regional Institutions by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Its president Antoni Abad called for finding solutions to current crisis conditions through dialogue. Accusing Madrid of failing to explore solutions, he stressed the Catalan business world supports Catalonia’s institutions, saying “political conflicts can only be solved politically.”  “Otherwise, […]