US-NATO SEEK TO TRIGGER INSTABILITY IN SYRIA: Death Squads Ravage Syrian Town – West Calls For “Action”

by Tom Cartalucci, Global Research … Western media organizations had claimed that Syrian government shelling was responsible for the 90 deaths “confirmed” by UN monitors who later arrived at the scene. However, conflicting reports from across Gulf State media claim the deaths, particularly those of children, were caused by “knives” wielded by death squads. Images [...]

Warrantless spying fight

by Glenn Greenwald, Salon In 2006, The New York Times‘ James Risen and Eric Lichtblau won the Pulitzer Prize for their December, 2005 article revealing that the Bush administration was eavesdropping on the electronic communications of Americans without the warrants required by the FISA law (headline: “Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts” “Officials Say [...]

‘Facebook terrorism’ fuels murder mafia in Syria

American Jewish Opinion Towards Israel is Shifting

Guests on RT’s Cross Talk show hosted by Peter Lavelle, Professor Norman Finkelstein, Daniel Pollak and Mouin Rabbani discuss whether or not the American-Jewish romance with Israel coming to an end. Finkelstein trashes Pollack while Rabbani sits back and smiles. Good times.

The Progressive Mindset

Playground War – Libya

URGENT Donation Drive! American Everyman Could REALLY Use Your Help!

by Scott Creighton Things are getting desperate! If you can help, please do! Thanks to all those who have donated thus far. If you can afford a few bucks, American Everyman could really use your help.

Imperialist powers manipulate Syrian peace plan to prepare for war

by J. Stern, WSWS In recent days, the Western powers have stepped up efforts to foment civil war in Syria and prepare for imperialist intervention in this strategically important country. Media reports indicate increased fighting between Western-backed armed groups and the Syrian army, accompanied by terrorist attacks on government forces and civilians. Heavy fighting has [...]

“NGO”: The Guise of Innocence

by Jenny O’Conner, Global Research In December Egyptian prosecutors and police raided 17 offices of 10 groups identifying themselves as “pro-democracy” NGOs, including four US-based agencies. Forty-three people, including 16 US citizens, have been accused of failing to register with the government and financing the April 6th protest movement with illicit funds in a manner [...]

‘War on Drugs’ Has Failed, say Latin American Leaders

Common Dreams On April 14 and 15, heads of state and government from across the Americas, including U.S. President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and their Latin American and Caribbean counterparts, will gather for a two-day ‘Summit of the Americas’ in Cartagena, Colombia, and the ‘War on Drugs’ will top the agenda. On [...]

Free Syrian Army Spurns Call for Written Guarantees

(Of course they won’t lay down their weapons. The mercenaries of the Free Syrian Army are now getting PAID by the “friends of Syria” to wage terrorism against targets inside the country. They’re going to walk away from paychecks now that they finally got them?) by Jason Ditz, AntiWar Two days before the Syrian military [...]

The Gullible Center

(The gullible center my ass. The so-called center is the neoliberal party. That is why they support the Paul Ryan plan, because it’s also their plan. That is what I have been saying for years now and it seems Paul Krugman has finally caught up to me or he is just covering for the neoliberal [...]

Rick Steves “Duped” by U.S. Media on Israeli Occupation of Palestine

by Scott Creighton (just a quick note) NPR travel guru Rick Steves has had an epiphany; they’ve been lying to us about Palestine. Rick watched a 2007 video called Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land (video embedded below) and he came to the realization that we don’t always get the truth about the occupied territories. [...]

Destabilization Campaigns from Bosnia to Libya to Syria

by Scott Creighton Remember, the Clintons didn’t start it, but they continued the terrorist destabilization campaign in Bosnia for years until in 95 they were finally allowed to bomb government targets and the civilian population via one of the first NATO R2P campaigns. They funded al Qaeda back then to create the internal conflict in [...]

Defense Department seeks new authorities for counterterrorism fight

(While the distraction continues, Panetta (former CIA director and now head of both the Department of Defense AND the CIA (that ass kisser is fronting for him at the CIA)) seeks more secretive powers to wage low intensity warfare campaigns (terrorism by another name) all across the world. The lines between “terrorism” and “crime” are [...]