Politics

May 8, 2019
Top economists & UN experts condemn US sanctions on Venezuela. Not newsworthy enough for the media?

As the Trump administration continues to wage economic warfare against Venezuela, experts and economists continue to slam the illegal and deadly measures — and the media continues to completely ignore...

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May 8, 2019
Ideals that won victory are still the greatest of ideals (by George Galloway)

As Russians celebrate Victory Day, George Galloway argues for a return to the spirit that won the war. Read Full Article at RT.com

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May 8, 2019
Till debt do us part: Tuition loan burden is literally killing US college grads

The mounting cost of a US college degree has not only discouraged would-be students from pursuing a higher education; it has triggered mental health issues too. But is hyper-capitalist America...

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May 8, 2019
Trump Strangelove: Or how America learned to worry and hate Empire

President Donald Trump seems to be making Americans hate the empire again, by embracing war – or maybe only pretending to do so – against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea...

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May 7, 2019
I like fashion, but the pretentious Met Gala grotesquery made me physically repulsed

Just because “it's like that on purpose” doesn't mean that the look-at-me hideousness on display at the Met Gala is above criticism – in fact it arouses an almost visceral...

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May 7, 2019
With all eyes on Venezuela, Trump is quietly targeting Cuba

Recently, the Trump administration has been gearing up for the overthrow of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. At the same time, it is directly attacking Maduro's closest allies as part of...

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May 7, 2019
When we were ‘the good guys’: US keeps invoking WWII to validate new wars

Americans are sick of fighting a 20-year war against an undefined enemy it can't seem to beat. With morale and recruitment down, the world's best-funded military reckons that, if it...

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May 6, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard has proved she is ready for America. Is America ready for her?

Since announcing her bid for the Democratic Party nomination in 2020, Tulsi Gabbard has been on a one-woman quest to confront America with reality. Read Full Article at RT.com

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May 6, 2019
Kiev’s US Embassy pushes Ukrainian propaganda outfit on ‘World Press Freedom Day’

By promoting the founder of the notorious "StopFake," US diplomats in Ukraine seemed to confuse "World Press Freedom Day" with "April Fool's Day." Read Full Article at RT.com

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May 3, 2019
Facebook ban on Alex Jones and others is a form of modern-day book burning

When social media platforms simultaneously banned Alex Jones last summer, I wrote that the decision was merely a “warning shot against dissent.” The latest Facebook bans against more conservative figures...

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May 2, 2019
James Comey’s account of how Trump ‘ate the soul’ of Bill Barr is hysterical in every way

The former FBI director hit a new shrieking high in the blossoming genre of Trump-is-the-Devil essays, portraying him as a literal fiend who can make grown Republican men forget their...

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May 2, 2019
Just go Huawei and shut up! Karma hits back at ‘Stupid Boy’ Gavin Williamson

UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has been sacked for allegedly leaking highly sensitive information regarding discussions from a National Security Council meeting on Chinese tech giant Huawei. Read Full Article...

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May 2, 2019
Poetic justice: Sacked UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson told to go away & shut up

There's a certain poetry to the end of Gavin Williamson's time as defence secretary, as Prime Minister Theresa May told him to go away and shut up. Read Full Article...

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May 2, 2019
Mueller’s Own Mysteries (by Stephen Cohen)

Mueller's “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election” is not an easy read — not unlike those “easy-to-assemble” manuals that come boxed with multi-part children's...

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May 2, 2019
US mainstream media worships superficial ‘diversity,’ but diversity of thought is forbidden

The mainstream media's obsession with racial, ethnic, and gender diversity masks its virulent opposition to ideological diversity, which is clearer than ever in the establishment's reporting on Venezuela. Read Full...

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May 1, 2019
Maybe I am a backward European man, but the burkini SI Swimsuit Issue is really not working for me

Putting a model in a hijab and burkini in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is a failure on every level other than the most shameless kind of on-trend virtue...

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May 1, 2019
Media collusion to censor Christchurch mosque shooter trial is understandable… and deeply sinister

Opposing New Zealand's press restrictions on the coverage of Brenton Tarrant's trial is not some abstract free speech argument, it's about reining in a media that thinks it knows what's...

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April 30, 2019
Guaido rolls the dice, a Stars & Stripes dice, in Venezuela

Juan Guaido and his supporters in Venezuela, among them elements of the Venezuelan military, have rolled the dice – a Stars and Stripes dice – in a desperate bid to...

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April 30, 2019
Hypocrites for Ireland: The border that should never have been drawn

'Any port in a storm' is the watchword of those who defy the democratic mandate won by Brexit in 2016. Read Full Article at RT.com

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April 30, 2019
US & UK must stop interfering in other nations if they want to stop terrorism – Ken Livingstone

The vast majority of people who believe in God are appalled by terrorism and we should no more be denouncing the Muslim community today than we did the Irish Catholic...

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April 29, 2019
50 years on, the world, and not just France, still misses Charles de Gaulle

French President Charles de Gaulle stepped down 50 years ago this week after his proposals for constitutional reform were defeated in a national referendum. What we could do with a...

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