by GARY LEUPP MAIN IMAGE ABOVE: Putin carrying Trump. The accusations about Russia’s non-existent interference with the sacrosanct US elections has reached ludicrous levels, with anyone who thinks himself a self-respecting liberal joining the ludicrous feedingContinue reading
France Passes Bill Mandating Cameras for Every Single Slaughterhouse
By Susan Bird / January 17, 2017 \ Care2.com About Susan Follow Susan at @ItsSusanBird rance has 1,000 or so slaughterhouses. By 2018, each one of them will be equipped with closed circuit television cameras (CCTV). TheyContinue reading
African Americans Who Now Betray King’s Condemnation of Wars Will One Day Lead a Nice New USA
By Jay Janson he business-above-humanity rulers of the nation finding themselves in a multipolar world led by an eminently successful China (earlier for two thousand years the world’s most culturally and materially advanced civilization), willContinue reading
The Deep State Goes to War with President-Elect, Using Unverified Claims, as Democrats Cheer
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept January 11 2017 N JANUARY, 1961, Dwight Eisenhower delivered his farewell address after serving two terms as U.S. president; the five-star general chose to warn Americans of this specific threat to democracy: “In the councilsContinue reading
As the Democrats Press for War, the Left Must Demand Peace and Social Transformation
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford he Democrats are whipping up war hysteria and “cynically seeking to harness people’s well-founded fears of Trump’s domestic policies in order to sabotage the possibility of a relaxation ofContinue reading
Freedom Rider: Contradiction in the Time of Trump
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley he cacophony of pre-inaugural madness is full of lies against Russia, wild exaggerations about Obama’s accomplishments, and a weird and shameful alliance of so-called “progressives” and theContinue reading
Did the Elites Have Martin Luther King Jr. Killed?
by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR – ALEXANDER COCKBURN COUNTERPUNCH he most compelling argument against the existence of a vast conspiracy orchestrating the assassinations of Jack and Bobby Kennedy is that the brothers were never threats toContinue reading
Four Reasons Trump Will Quit
OpEds | by DAVID MACARAY s startling and unprecedented as it may be, there’s a good chance Donald Trump won’t finish out one term as president. Yes, Richard Nixon resigned from office, so technically, thereContinue reading
I Dream of Justice for All the Animal Kingdom
by JACK SADAT LEE CROSSPOST WITH COUNTERPUNCH his is the time of the year, Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, that I reflect on my African American heritage and the struggles of my ancestors. I reflectContinue reading
Bashing Trump’s Justifiable Outrage Over Disgraceful Press Coverage
Dispatches from STEPHEN LENDMAN MAIN IMAGE ABOVE: Kyle Pope, Editor & Publisher, Columbia Journalism Review. by Stephen Lendman ith few exceptions, media scoundrels relentlessly bashed him throughout the political season. Vilification continues daily post-election, inventing reasonsContinue reading
Global Warming Clobbers Ocean Life
by ROBERT HUNZIKER After all, global warming hits the ocean much, much harder than land. Up to 90% of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming is absorbed by the ocean, which is fortuitous for humans. Just imagineContinue reading