U.S. Expands Military Bases in the Eastern Mediterranean and Lures Debt-Weary Greece into Provocative Military Partnership for Geopolitical Control of Region
Andrew Lee - 1
Thousands of Greeks have come out to protest the expansion of U.S. military bases in Greece, arguing this will further destabilize the region and perilously enmesh Greece in endless imperialist wars. Since the arrival of Geoffrey Pyatt as the American ambassador to Greece in October 2016, the government in...
Just 15 years ago, Chinese consumers were flocking to Western brands. Now they prefer Chinese ones.
The fate of the Starbucks Group is telling: Sales and profits in its current 7,300 stores in China are declining. The Chinese are not drinking less coffee, but prefer Chinese brands, partly because they...
Beware of the Hawk: What to Expect from the Biden Administration on Foreign Policy
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 13
Millions of people around the world breathed a sigh of relief with the defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. election and victory of the Biden-Harris ticket.
Joe Biden’s victory speech exuded a feeling of optimism in its call for a new era of bipartisanship and decency in politics.
However,...
Woody Guthrie Prize Given to Punk Rock Group that Supports Escalation of Ukraine War and Overthrow of Russian Government
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 4
As a proponent of peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, Woody Guthrie would likely be rolling over in his grave if he knew how his heirs betrayed his name
Famous for his song “This Land Is Your Land” and for adopting the slogan “This Machine Kills Fascists” on his guitar,...
December 1, 2020 is the second anniversary of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest—or kidnapping, depending on your point of view—in Vancouver, Canada.
If you work for the U.S.’s Departments of Justice, Treasury and State, with the CIA/NSA cheering from the galleries, it is just a simple extradition request to “carry...
Off the Rails: New Report by Corporate-Funded Think-Tank Reveals How Profit-Driven Motives Drive New Cold War against China
Danny Haiphong - 5
New report paradoxically acknowledges the failure of the economic model the U.S. has tried to impose on the rest of the world. Published in Railway Age magazine and written by the Information Technology Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the report sounds the alarm about China’s growing high-speed rail sector amid escalations in the U.S.’s New Cold War against China, of which technology is a key component.
The media are concealing an outrageous scandal in the context of the Russia sanctions—while distracting with a sideshow by spreading silly lies about Switzerland.
Does Der Spiegel, an opinion leader in much of Europe, deserve the disqualification “lying press”? Far be it from me to call mainstream journalists liars...
NATO Had Plans for a Preemptive Strike on Russia Using the Cover of a French-Led Naval Exercise in the Mediterranean
Sonja Van den Ende - 10
Revelations further underscore mendacity behind Biden administration claim that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked
POLARIS 21 was a large-scale French naval exercise in the Mediterranean that took place from November 18 to December 3, 2021, off the island of Corsica between France and Italy.
Officially, the aim of the training...
Much of the American left has become so consumed with identity politics that they have lost sight of the fact that African-Americans or women candidates can be as bad or worse than white males.
Take the case of Kamala Harris.
Much of the liberal media is already gushing about her historic...
The New Year’s Day decision by Ukraine to suspend a five-year gas transit agreement with Moscow has triggered an energy crisis in Europe and threatened to spill its ongoing conflict with Russia over into neighboring countries.
The termination of Russian gas exports to the continent via Ukrainian pipelines has already...









