On New Year’s Day, 1946, One Of The Most Surreal And Disturbing Sporting Events In American History Was Held In The Japanese City Of Nagasaki. Less than five months after an dropping atomic bomb on August 9th that destroyed half the city and killed at least 75,000 people the game was staged by the occupyingContinue reading “AMERICA STAGED AN ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME IN THE FALLOUT ZONE AFTER BOMBING NAGASAKI”
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SYRIA SLAMS US MEDDLING IN THE SYRIAN CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE TALKS
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed the regime of Donald Trump for its attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. This came after the US State Department issued a statement to interfere in the works of the Syrian Constitution Committees deliberations in Geneva. A spokesperson for the ministry said to theContinue reading “SYRIA SLAMS US MEDDLING IN THE SYRIAN CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE TALKS”
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”
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”
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?”
Hidden History -- In The Making 