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The United States: The World’s Last Remaining Colonial Power

A government that has no shame whatsoever in telling the most transparent lies while actively trying to overthrow a democratically elected government is a government that deserves universal condemnation.

Paul Craig Roberts
Par Paul Craig Roberts
Malian special forces listen to instructions from a US Special Forces soldier in Kita, Mali. Alfred de Montesquiou | AP

The United States government has never allowed independent governments in Latin America. Every time people elect a government that represents them instead of US economic interests, Washington overthrows the elected government. Marine General Smedley Butler told us this as have many others. There is no doubt about it. Currently, Washington is

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Israel’s Takeover of Freedom Flotilla Was Not ‘Peaceful’

Activist on board on the boat were reportedly assaulted by masked Israeli soldiers.

Middle East Monitor
Par Middle East Monitor
freedom flotilla

The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza expressed its concern for the safety of the international solidarity activists who were on board the Gaza-bound Al-Awda (Return) boat which was boarded by the Israeli navy on Sunday. Activist on board on the boat were reportedly assaulted by masked Israeli soldiers. They were then detained

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Bank of America Froze US-Born Family’s Bank Account After Demanding Citizenship

Josh was born in Wichita, Kansas, while his wife Jessica Salazar Collins was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri.

ZeroHedge.com
Par ZeroHedge.com
Bank of America

An American-born Kansas family had their bank account frozen after Bank of America demanded to know their citizenship status, reports the Kansas City Star. Josh Collins of Roeland Park, Kansas ignored a letter from the bank asking a variety of personal questions, including whether he was an American citizen or holds dual citizenship with another

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To Get Assange, US Likely to Play the “Russia” Angle Via Mueller Probe

By treating Assange as a Russian collaborator — not as a journalist or publisher — and using the carefully cultivated RussiaGate hysteria against him, it will spare other journalists the obligation of belatedly coming to Assange’s aid and they will instead continue to align themselves with the very institutions that seek to destroy a colleague and his organization.

Whitney Webb
Par Whitney Webb
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves after greeting supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, May 19, 2017 (AP/Frank Augstein)

LONDON -- New reports from a host of mainstream sources are asserting that the U.S. government -- in its long-standing efforts to arrest and prosecute WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange -- may have changed its strategy in pursuing the journalist. While past efforts at targeting Assange focused on his role as a publisher, this new strategy would see

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Koch Hit Piece Backfires: Medicare for All Would Save ‘Whopping $2 Trillion’ Over Ten Years

« If every major country on Earth can guarantee healthcare to all, and achieve better health outcomes, while spending substantially less per capita than we do, it is absurd for anyone to suggest that the United States cannot do the same. »

Jake Johnson
Par Jake Johnson
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, joined by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., center left, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., center right, and supporters, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

If the billionaire Koch brothers really want to undermine the economic case for Medicare for All, they have a funny way of showing it. Judging by the headlines alone, it would appear that the newly published study projecting that Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) widely popular Medicare for All plan would cost $32.6 trillion over the next decade was

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An Interview with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega

Daniel Ortega claims his Sandinista government has just defeated a US-backed coup. In a candid and lengthy discussion with Max Blumenthal in Managua, he discussed the violent unrest and the factors behind it.

Max Blumenthal
Par Max Blumenthal
Nicaragua

Since the sudden outbreak of protests and violence last April, an uneasy calm had fallen over Nicaragua. President Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista government have claimed victory over what they call a coup attempt, but they now face condemnation from the US and its allies, who accuse them of unleashing lethal violence against peaceful

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