Highlights from Putin’s Valdai International Discussion Club Address by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Its 14th annual forum in Sochi addressed whether “a new world order (will) emerge from the current conflicts.” Its theme: “The World of the Future: Moving Through Conflict to Cooperation.” Participants from 33 countries were involved. Putin addressed […]

Madrid Intends Forced Catalonia Elections in January by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Reuters reported it. Opposition Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party leadership backs PM Rajoy’s plan to revoke Catalan autonomy, imposing Madrid rule – wanting regime-controlled puppet governance replacing regional democracy. He intends holding so-called January “elections,” regime-friendly candidates alone likely permitted […]

Bashing Israel by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) America and Israel are the world’s leading state terrorism sponsors, partnering in each other’s high crimes, persecuting their own people. The US wages war on its most vulnerable, mainly disadvantaged people of color. Israel terrorizes Palestinians for not being Jewish. Both countries pursue rogue […]

Drug Industry Bandits Fueled the Opioid Crisis by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) The Mayo Clinic calls opioid drugs powerful painkillers, often used post-surgery or for severe chronic pain, affecting an estimated 50 million Americans. They include morphine, methadone, OxyContin, Vicodin, Norco and Demerol, among others. Heroin is an illegal opioid. Ones […]

Neocon Nikki Haley’s Anti-Iran Rage: Prelude to War? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Iran and North Korea are prime Trump administration targets for war and regime change.  US war plans were drawn long ago against both nations, updated over time, implementation perhaps coming, a high-risk scenario in both theaters, madness if […]

Battle Lines Drawn in Catalonia by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Things heated up Thursday morning. Madrid’s fascist Mariano Rajoy regime’s cabinet will meet Saturday. With parliamentary approval, it intends imposing direct rule over Catalonia, invoking Article 155 of Spain’s constitution, withdrawing the region’s autonomy – after its President Puigdemont failed to […]

Israel’s War on Palestinian Media Freedom by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)ee Israeli military censorship prohibits publishing anything about IDF high crimes against peace and daily persecution of Palestinians. Legitimate peaceful Palestinian demonstrations are banned for political reasons. Nonviolent resistance is suppressed, academic freedom endangered, children imprisoned for stone-throwing, media silenced for […]

John McCain Given a Liberty Medal Instead of a Prison Sentence by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) He’s a hawkish neocon extremist, supporting all US wars of aggression, backing its terrorist foot soldiers, last year posing for photo-ops with ISIS and al-Nusra commanders in Syria, including ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Just […]

US Flagrantly Breached Iran Nuclear Deal by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Unilateral US sanctions on Iran are illegal – including those imposed by Congress, the Obama and Trump administrations after the nuclear deal was agreed on – adopted on October 18, 2015, implemented on January 16, 2016. America can never be […]

Netanyahu Rejects Conflict Resolution by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Netanyahu, his predecessors, and other Israeli hardliners categorically reject conflict resolution, ending occupation harshness, affording Palestinians the same rights as Jews, along with PA/Hamas unity. He’s very clear on the latter, saying “(r)econcilation between Fatah and Hamas makes peace (he categorically rejects) […]