Politics

July 16, 2019
AOC is right: Puerto Rico is a US colony and should be independent

Progressives in the US routinely denounce both colonization and racist oppression of “people of color.” So why is only Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advocating self-determination for the US colony of Puerto...

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July 16, 2019
Europe needs to back Iran nuclear deal & stop kowtowing to US

Iran is right. The way to save the international nuclear accord on Iran is for all parties to honor it and to implement normal trading relations. That would also permit...

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July 16, 2019
Italy seizes weapons from neo-Nazis…Western media immediately fabricates a link to Russia

Western media continued its tradition of whitewashing far-right extremism in Ukraine this week, reporting that Italian police busted a neo-Nazi gang ‘linked' to Russia – but this alleged link was...

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July 16, 2019
Poverty, crime & austerity: Theresa May and Sadiq Khan fiddle while London burns

As Theresa May prepares to vacate Downing Street, Britain has never appeared so broken, fragmented and rudderless. Read Full Article at RT.com

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July 15, 2019
London’s ‘media freedom’ conference smacks of irony: Critics barred, no mention of jailed Assange

Irony is the word which comes to mind at the mention of the “Global Conference for Media Freedom” co-hosted by the UK and Canadian foreign ministers. Everything about this twilight...

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July 13, 2019
‘Fascistic & white supremacist’: WaPo humansplains Disney’s Lion King

Disney's ‘The Lion King' is insidious fascist propaganda for kids, according to a Washington Post editorial that consigns the beloved children's film (and its sure to be less-beloved CGI remake)...

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July 12, 2019
Wants no kids & hates word ‘wife’: Miley Cyrus shows how young feminists have no idea why they marry

The singer says people find her marriage “confusing” but it is she who seems befuddled, like many millennial women who no longer want to be “just” a wife and mother,...

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July 12, 2019
Hypocrisy at its finest: US wants to arm Taiwan while sounding alarm about China’s influence

The US is planning a $2.2 billion-dollar arms sale to Taiwan as part of its commitment to defend the island, yet continues to complain about China's expanding involvement in South...

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July 11, 2019
Russiagate conspiracy theory is dead, but will US-Russia relations ever recover?

With the final leg of the Russian collusion story removed, many Americans will still find it hard to accept Russia's innocence. Although the media is largely to blame, anti-Russia prejudices...

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July 11, 2019
Slavoj Zizek: Is freedom still freedom for those who think differently?

Some British Jews feel affronted by alleged anti-Semitism in the UK Labour Party. But how many of the complainants empathize with complaints from West Bank Palestinians? Read Full Article at...

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July 10, 2019
Major news story: It’s Sir John v Boris in the Tory Brexit war

Former Tory PM Sir John Major has said he'd go to court to prevent the next Tory PM from proroguing parliament to get through a ‘no-deal' Brexit. Read Full Article...

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July 10, 2019
Syriza’s fall from grace in Greece: Can neoliberalism be defeated?

Syriza's ignominious fall from grace in Greece is a salutary lesson as to the folly of promising the impossible and delivering the detestable. Read Full Article at RT.com

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July 9, 2019
Freedom of piracy: US seeks allies to outsource hunt for Iranian oil tankers

Washington has a new tactic in its ongoing campaign against Tehran: outsource the naval blockade of Iran and have allies seize oil tankers in international waterways – all in the...

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July 9, 2019
Embassy leak puts tin hat on UK’s disastrous foreign policy

In short order, since 2017, the British government has alienated the remaining 27 countries of the European Union whilst simultaneously making enemies of much of the rest of the world....

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July 9, 2019
Social justice snowflakes won’t quit until US becomes a balkanized battlefield (or is it already?)

America's ‘progressive' lunatic fringe is in a heated contest with itself to see who can make the most outrageous claims of victim-hood and oppression. Such a deranged pastime can only...

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July 8, 2019
Big war in the Arctic: How could it happen?

The Arctic's ice cover is melting, which presents new economic opportunities for the Arctic states, while also making the competition between them stiffer. Can these opposing interests lead to a...

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July 5, 2019
Wait, why are we still in high school?

Joe Biden (age 76), former US senator and vice president, is boasting he'd "smack in the mouth" the "bully" President Donald Trump (age 73). America (age 243) is gobbling it...

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July 5, 2019
Corporate America virtue-signaling is opportunist, dangerous and undermines the spirit of capitalism

Once upon a time, the raison d'être of US companies was to simply make a buck. Those days are long gone. Today, corporations are in the business of radicalizing the...

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July 5, 2019
Denial is America’s national pastime, but real patriotism requires honesty

Anti-patriotism is trendy thanks to the popular depiction of Trump as Antichrist, but the US' decline has been a long time coming. Truly Making America Great Again requires dismantling the...

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July 4, 2019
Soros and Koch funding new ‘anti-war’ think tank— and we should probably be a little bit suspicious

There's a new “anti-war” think tank coming to town. It will promote a new US foreign policy — one based on diplomacy instead of sanctions and war. Sounds great, until...

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July 4, 2019
An explosive issue: IRA Libyan Semtex compensation would open the door to other claims

The DUP is calling for the British government to hand over taxes on frozen Libyan assets, linked to Muammar Gaddafi, to victims of IRA attacks. But wouldn't this leave the...

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July 4, 2019
What to the slave is your Fourth of July?

The Fourth of July is America's Independence Day, one of the most important dates in the nation's calendar, a day when myth and hypocrisy collide. Read Full Article at RT.com

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July 3, 2019
This isn’t about sneakers, but about people who want ‘no USA at all’

In just a few short years, the woke crusade against “hate” in the US has gone from demanding the removal of Confederate flags and monuments to targeting George Washington, the...

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July 3, 2019
EU choices for top posts a reflection of policies that led to its current mess

In spite of everything that has happened in the EU in the last five years, its member states contrived to select four politicians who embody total continuity with all the...

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July 3, 2019
Von der Leyen & Lagarde: Does ANYONE expect them to change neo-liberal status quo?

No hustings, no debate, no votes, no elections. In fact, there was no democracy at all. Not even puffs of white smoke from the Brussels chimney to tell hundreds of...

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July 1, 2019
Deepfake technology shows the emperor (or the girl of your dreams) has no clothes

In the latest example of artificial intelligence at work, algorithms can now ‘undress' a woman, or put false utterances into a politician's mouth. What's at stake is nothing less than...

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June 28, 2019
Orwell’s 1984 no longer reads like fiction. It’s the reality of our times

70 years ago, the British writer George Orwell captured the essence of technology in its ability to shape our destinies in his seminal work, 1984. The tragedy of our times...

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June 28, 2019
Freedom or socialism? It’s a false dichotomy, Mr Pence

Mike Pence recently said that the Trump administration stood for freedom, not socialism, and it was this that made America great. In fact, the US is nowhere near as ‘free'...

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June 27, 2019
It’s not a new problem, so why does the media only care about dead migrant children under Trump?

The tragic image of a drowned father and child washed ashore on the Rio Grande is being used as easy ammunition against Donald Trump — but where was the outpouring...

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June 27, 2019
Will US elites give détente with Russia a chance? (by Stephen Cohen)

The Trump-Putin meeting in Japan is crucial for both leaders—and for the world. Read Full Article at RT.com

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June 27, 2019
‘Meathead’ Rob Reiner beats the dead horse of ‘collusion’

Hollywood is churning out all-star videos in order to try and convince Americans that Trump is guilty of “collusion.” Read Full Article at RT.com

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June 27, 2019
Yes, it is YOUR fault children are dying on US-Mexico border

Immigration debate in the US has now been reduced to emotional manipulation with photos of dead or suffering children. Anything to distract from the actual causes of human suffering: broken...

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June 26, 2019
In daring to assert Russian interference in Brexit is a myth, Nick Clegg is excommunicated

We live in a post-truth world, one in which daring to speak truth in defiance of establishment orthodoxies is to be guilty of heresy. Read Full Article at RT.com

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June 26, 2019
‘Readiness for full spectrum of conflict’: Trump’s pick to lead military is staunch anti-Chinese

US President Donald Trump continues to surround his administration with people who – when it comes to the issue of China – will be nothing but “yes men” who agree...

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June 25, 2019
A resurrection followed by a crucifixion: The story of Diego Armando Maradona

Asif Kapadia's elegiac telling of the rise and fall of Argentine football star Diego Maradona looks set to match his multiple award-winning triumph ‘Senna', the story of the life and...

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June 25, 2019
Cost of potential US war with Iran? $250 oil & another Afghanistan

Iran's downing of a US military surveillance drone last week predictably led to another flare-up in tense relations between Tehran and Washington. What could be the implications of a potential...

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June 24, 2019
US lapdog Jeremy Hunt prepping British public for war with Iran, just in case Trump asks

Britain will “stand by” its ally and consider offering military support if the Trump administration decides to go to war with Iran, Jeremy Hunt has confirmed — words from the...

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June 24, 2019
Cri-me-a-blues: Sanctimonious sanctions on Russia are damaging the EU, so why renew them?

Last week EU leaders extended economic sanctions on Russia in relation to events in Ukraine/Crimea. Russia will no doubt reciprocate. Both parties lose out, so why continue with them? Read...

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June 24, 2019
US college suggests ‘God is queer,’ heaven forbid you challenge it!

Another liberal institution is challenging an age-old dogma – this time on hallowed religious ground – with radical new ideas. This would not be worrisome if dissenting voices were invited,...

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June 21, 2019
A lost drone is no justification for war with Iran, even for Trump’s squawking hawks

Helen of Troy was apparently pretty hot, so while I'm not condoning it, you can at least sympathize with King Menelaus for launching a war on Troy when he lost...

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