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HONG KONG –– PURE WESTERN INSANITY

The impunity with which the US engages in aggression Hong Kong is insane. Equally or more insane is western media coverage of what is going on in Hong Kong. Not one word on how the incredible “pro-democracy” vote of the rather unimportant District Council Elections was achieved. Of the 18 District Councils, 452 of 479Continue reading “HONG KONG –– PURE WESTERN INSANITY”

BETRAYING THE US CONSTITUTION: WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM AN UNPATRIOTIC PATRIOT ACT?

“It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”—Thomas Paine While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a thousand cuts. Case in point: while Americans have been fixated on the carefully orchestrated impeachment dramaContinue reading “BETRAYING THE US CONSTITUTION: WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM AN UNPATRIOTIC PATRIOT ACT?”

NATO: “BRAIN DEAD” AND DIVIDED

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is both brain dead and divided as it holds latest annual meeting in London. Nothing but uncertainty surrounding its future and many questioning whether it can even remain functional in its present form. This year’s annual NATO meeting is being held in London from 3-4 December, during which time theContinue reading “NATO: “BRAIN DEAD” AND DIVIDED”

NATO’S DEEP POLITICAL AND LEGAL CRISIS: MADNESS AND IRRATIONALITY

NATO’s London Summit on December 3 and 4, 2019 displays the deep political crisis of the 70-year-old alliance: Only a dinner and a short meeting, no statement to be issued. Quarrels occurred among the leading military members, accusations, substantial differences on Syria and many other issues, the deepest-ever Transatlantic conflict and the usual issues ofContinue reading “NATO’S DEEP POLITICAL AND LEGAL CRISIS: MADNESS AND IRRATIONALITY”

A Book Review: BUILD RESISTANCE NOT WALLS: A READER FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS

A Book Review: BUILD RESISTANCE NOT WALLS: A READER FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS A collection of essays concerning the boundaries being established by walls, Build Resistance not Walls centers its arguments on the walls of Palestine. The so called security fence that runs some 700 km through Palestinian lands of the West Bank, andContinue reading “A Book Review: BUILD RESISTANCE NOT WALLS: A READER FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS”

NATO’S CONTINUING ENLARGEMENT AIMS AT FURTHER WEAKENING OF RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN THE BALKANS

Of the 29 NATO member states, 22 have already ratified the accession protocol of North Macedonia into the anti-Russian alliance. The ratification process will likely be completed before the end of NATO’s summit taking place in London this week, which will make North Macedonia the newest country in military alliance. This now appears even moreContinue reading “NATO’S CONTINUING ENLARGEMENT AIMS AT FURTHER WEAKENING OF RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN THE BALKANS”

CHINA RETALIATES AGAINST HOSTILE US LEGISLATION

In late November, House and Senate members unanimously passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA) of 2019. Trump signed the measure into law, along with a companion bill, restricting exports of US crowd control devices to Hong Kong police. The measures are all about US war on China by other means,Continue reading “CHINA RETALIATES AGAINST HOSTILE US LEGISLATION”

WHAT WOULD IT COST TO BUY THE 2020 ELECTION?

America’s wealthiest billionaires can buy a national election at $100 a vote — and still make money. Anyway, Americans are not really free – but at $100 each they are cheap enough. Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York’s mayors since 1942, hosted billionaire Michael Bloomberg for three terms. The first of these termsContinue reading “WHAT WOULD IT COST TO BUY THE 2020 ELECTION?”

EMPIRE, INTERVENTION, AND THE INTENTIONAL SACRIFICE OF U.S. SOLDIERS

The turn toward empire and intervention began with the Spanish American War. On April 9, 1942, 12,000 U.S. troops paid the price of U.S. empire and intervention when they surrendered to Japanese forces at Bataan, Philippines. During the resulting “Bataan death march,” 600 of them died, and then another 1,000 died after they were transportedContinue reading “EMPIRE, INTERVENTION, AND THE INTENTIONAL SACRIFICE OF U.S. SOLDIERS”

WHAT’S NEXT FOR BOLIVIA AFTER MILITARY COUP?

Morales was the glue that held everything together. In 2005, I sat in a lounge off the Senate chamber in La Paz, Bolivia, waiting for an interview. I was wearing my best coat and tie. With my thinning hair and grey mustache, I could pass for a Bolivian of European descent. In fact, numerous peopleContinue reading “WHAT’S NEXT FOR BOLIVIA AFTER MILITARY COUP?”