UN Double Standards on Venezuela by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Like his predecessors, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appointed to serve US and other Western interests. He’s equivocated on Venezuela, refusing to recognize imposter Guaido as interim president, saying he respects “the decisions of the intergovernmental bodies, particularly the General Assembly […]

Geoffrey M. Young: A Genuine Progressive Democrat for Kentucky Governor by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Unlike countless pretenders, pledging one thing, doing something entirely different if elected to political office at the federal, state or local level, Geoff is the real deal. He says what he means and means what he […]

Israel Denies Seriously Wounded Gazans Permission to Leave for Treatment by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Israeli viciousness toward defenseless Palestinians gives new meaning to cruel and unreasonable punishment. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 28,000 Gazans were wounded during Great March of Return protests since March 30, 2018. The […]

US Sanctions War by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the Security Council alone may authorize intervention against member states to restore peace, stability and security. Its members alone may impose sanctions on member states, their entities or individuals. Nations imposing them on their own do […]

America Needs a Stronger Defense Industry? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Post-WW II, America’s only enemies were and remain invented ones.  No real ones existed since Nazi Germany and imperial Japan were defeated – none anywhere, clearly none today! Yet the US consistently pours countless trillions of dollars down a black […]

Everything Trump Regime Coup Plotters Threw at Venezuela Failed by Stephen Lendman Trump regime hardliners expected Venezuelan President Maduro to be toppled easily. They expected the country’s military to support their plot. They thought regional leaders would go along with forcibly topping Maduro militarily.  Notably they expected popular support for their scheme, overwhelming numbers of […]

Ilhan Omar: The Real Deal? Largely Looking Good with Flaws Needing Correction by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Congressional profiles in courage are few and far between. Rarely ever do US lawmakers challenge the nation’s destructive domestic and geopolitical agendas with conviction. Pretenders abound, longtime con man Bernie Sanders Exhibit A. His […]

Permanent US Occupation of Syria Planned? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Trump lied about winning against ISIS, the scourge the US created and supports, along with al-Qaeda, its al-Nusra offshoot, and other jihadist groups. Last December, he lied saying “(o)ur boys, our young women, our men — they’re all coming back […]

Boeing’s Unsafe to Operate 737 MAX 8 by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) After flying for the first time in summer 1956, a choppy experience I remember well, I remarked to a friend on a subsequent flight that I hoped the laws of aerodynamics would remain in force while I was airborne. […]

Saudi Crown Prince Stripped of Some Powers? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Reports by London’s Guardian, Press TV, and other media suggesting it are unverified, the Guardian saying the following: Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) “has not attended a series of high-profile ministerial and diplomatic meetings in Saudi Arabia over the last […]