By Peter Van BUREN Numbers can be boring. When discussing immigration blur the lines between sweet old auntie and that bum lapping at the public trough. So let’s look at Mr. Jimenez from Ecuador and Mr. Singh from India, alongside some numbers. Both want to come to...
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Unraveling the Mystery of Alleged Putin’s Monies
EU seems to be oblivious to the fact that it is tarnishing their own reputation and demolishing it to pieces unawares. The Collective West tend to think that they had ‘hip, hip hurray’ seized Putin’s fortunes, but truth be told, they don’t know where it is European...
John Shipton Interview: Daring to Hope for His Son Julian Assange
People around the world need to add their voices to the call for Julian’s release from the dungeon in Britain. John Shipton, Julian Assange’s father, spoke to me in an interview this week just days before Christmas. I was bracing for a difficult, anguished encounter,...
The Ministry of Twitter
By Peter Van BUREN I was shadow banned by Twitter, even after my suspended account was restored. What is it with these people? What are they so afraid of? Things are changing fast under new owner Elon Musk, but using available free tools a few days ago I found my new...
Reconciliation: Turkey Has Not Made Any Serious Offer to Syria
While Damascus is open to negotiations with Ankara, it is wary of being used as a Turkish pre-election political ploy. By Erman ÇETE On 15 December, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that his government planned to schedule a tripartite mechanism with...
Urbi et Orbi
Given how firmly the Pontiff has embedded himself with Zelensky’s stormtroopers, this year’s is going to be particularly problematic. His Holiness, Pope Francis, should give especial consideration to this year’s Urbi et Orbi address he is scheduled to give to Rome and...
The Claim That the Ukraine War Advances U.S. Interests Discredits the Claim That It’s ‘Unprovoked’
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE One of the most illustrative examples of how the mainstream worldview is based on narratives rather than facts is the way Republican officials like senate minority leader Mitch McConnell have been branded servants of Russia despite consistent...
No Peace in Our Time
By Stephen LENDMAN On September 30, 1938, UK PM Neville Chamberlain’s “peace in our time” declaration — after returning from a Munich meeting with Nazi Germany’s Adolph Hitler — was prelude to WW II less than one year later. Addressing the G20 summit last month by...
A New Brutal Purge Upon the Serbs in the Making, Orchestrated by NATOstan
The goal of the Kosovo Albanians’ hidden agenda is even more blatant now in broad political daylight in the midst of the Ukraine crisis, Тatiana Obrenovic writes. The Serbs are ‘up on the barricades’ yet again. The Kosovo Albanians-only police officers keep provoking...
Let the Patriot Games Begin
Little did we know that by 2023 the raging would go beyond paroxysm, Pepe Escobar writes. It’s idle to dwell on the cringe-worthy visit of the Kiev clown to Crash Test Dummy at the White House, coupled with a “Churchillian” speech at the War Party dominions in Capitol...
America’s ‘Unfree’ Allies
Under President Biden, the United States has renewed its efforts to promote the values of freedom and democracy around the world. However, when it comes to strategic matters, America is fine with some of its allies being “not free”. This is true for both major...
Zelensky Comes to Hollywood, Er, Washington
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was the star this week in a carefully orchestrated – yet cringingly obvious – real-life drama. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was the star this week in a carefully orchestrated – yet cringingly obvious – real-life drama....