Wednesday, December 14, 2016

‘You haven’t succeeded once’: AP reporter grills State Dept on lack of progress in Syria (VIDEO)

‘You haven’t succeeded once’: AP reporter grills State Dept on lack of progress in Syria (VIDEO): After three years of backing and arming rebels brought no major progress in the Syrian war, Washington has accused Moscow of “failure” to achieve peace. When called out by AP on the lack of progress, the State Department tried to shift blame onto Russia.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

A Genuine U.S. Reset With Russia Is Long Overdue (from @Truthdig)

A Genuine U.S. Reset With Russia Is Long Overdue (from @Truthdig): President-elect Trump’s willingness to rewrite the foreign and national security establishment’s playbook, and seek to normalize relations with Russia, is a welcome development.
- 2016/11/15

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Human Rights Watch: The Empire’s Human Rights Group

Human Rights Watch: The Empire’s Human Rights Group: By Staff of Tele Sur - In its 2016 World report, Human Rights Watch shows how deeply it shares the U.S. government’s concern about its declining influence in Latin America. Executive director Ken R...

Monday, September 5, 2016

The Intellectuals We Abandon (from @Truthdig)

The Intellectuals We Abandon (from @Truthdig): The late political philosopher Sheldon Wolin explicated the mechanisms of control and manipulation used by the powerful. But those who most need to read his work have been left in darkness by an academy that has turned its back on the oppressed and caters to the elites. (Pictured, Wolin and James Baldwin, right.) 
- 2016/09/04

Facing the Anthropocene: The Earth's New Geological Era