The United States: The World's Last Remaining Colonial Power
A government that has no shame whatsoever in telling the most transparent lies while actively trying to overthrow a democratically elected government is a government that deserves universal condemnation.
By Paul Craig Roberts
The United States government has never allowed independent governments in Latin America. Every time people elect a government that represents them instead of US economic interests, Washington overthrows the elected government. Marine General Smedley Butler told us this as have many others. There is no doubt about it. Currently, Washington is
Paul Craig Roberts is an American economist, journalist, blogger, and former civil servant. Dr. Roberts was associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal and columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He was a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate in Los Angeles. In 1992 he received the Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism. In 1993 the Forbes Media Guide ranked him as one of the top seven journalists in the United States.
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Israel's Takeover of Freedom Flotilla Was Not 'Peaceful'
Activist on board on the boat were reportedly assaulted by masked Israeli soldiers.
By Middle East Monitor
The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza expressed its concern for the safety of the international solidarity activists who were on board the Gaza-bound Al-Awda (Return) boat which was boarded by
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NATO is a Goldmine for US Weapons' Industries
The US Military-Industrial Complex stands to gain handsomely from its President's campaign to boost the quantities of weapons in the world.
By Brian Cloughley
Countries of the NATO military alliance have been ordered by President Trump to increase their spending on weapons, and the reasons for his insistence they do so are becoming clearer. It's got nothing to do with any defence rationale, because, after all, the Secretary General of the US-NATO military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, has admitted that "
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Bank of America Froze US-Born Family's Bank Account After Demanding Citizenship
Josh was born in Wichita, Kansas, while his wife Jessica Salazar Collins was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri.
By ZeroHedge.com
An American-born Kansas family had their bank account frozen after Bank of America demanded to know their citizenship status, reports the Kansas City Star. Josh Collins of Roeland Park, Kansas ignored a letter from the bank asking a variety of personal questions,
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To Get Assange, US Likely to Play the "Russia" Angle Via Mueller Probe
By treating Assange as a Russian collaborator — not as a journalist or publisher — and using the carefully cultivated RussiaGate hysteria against him, it will spare other journalists the obligation of belatedly coming to Assange's aid and they will instead continue to align themselves with the very institutions that seek to destroy a colleague and his organization.
By Whitney Webb Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb
LONDON -- New reports from a host of mainstream sources are asserting that the U.S. government -- in its long-standing efforts to arrest and prosecute WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange -- may have changed its strategy in pursuing the journalist. While past efforts at targeting Assange focused on his role as a publisher, this new strategy would see
Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
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Koch Hit Piece Backfires: Medicare for All Would Save 'Whopping $2 Trillion' Over Ten Years
"If every major country on Earth can guarantee healthcare to all, and achieve better health outcomes, while spending substantially less per capita than we do, it is absurd for anyone to suggest that the United States cannot do the same."
By Jake Johnson
If the billionaire Koch brothers really want to undermine the economic case for Medicare for All, they have a funny way of showing it. Judging by the
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