The Trump administration’s military aggression against the people of Venezuela proves the dictum: US/Western imperialism is gangsterism on an international level. The World has witnessed an attempted smash and grab/shakedown operation, and extortion racket perpetrated...
On the surface, abducting a Head of State is a piratical act eschewed by States. A Head of State enjoys absolute immunity from foreign criminal jurisdiction, known as ratione personae, at least till the term of office concludes. The International Court of Justice was...
Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela and the seizure of its leader, Nicholas Maduro, interrupted the final preparation of an article that describes Trump’s assault on American democracy and his seizure of institutions in the governing apparatus. The assaults are...
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro. The post Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. Attacks Venezuela and Kidnaps President Maduro first appeared on Dissident Voice.
Well, Trump finally did it. US special forces attacked Venezuela and abducted President Maduro from Caracas, reportedly killing at least 40 people in the process. And now that it’s all over, the White House is getting a lot more honest about the real motives behind...
It has been an accusation long levelled at certain US politicians that their brains might have been softened by a lengthy diet of television, Westerns, and the heroic triumphalism of the prattling cowboy. There was never going to be a break with this tradition...
What was defined at Nuremberg as the supreme international crime (one country attacking another one) is depicted by Trump and even the supposedly anti-Trump corporate media as some sort of law enforcement. Bombing is liberating. Kidnapping is capturing. Murdering...
I’ve noticed a lot of angry comments underneath my posts these past few days, which bizarrely mention the words “Islam” and “Muslims” completely out of the blue. “Why don’t you turn your attention sometimes to the genocidal intent of the radical Muslims, or does that...
For a country so upset about recognition being afforded to people under their thumb and control, the Israelis have decided to get into the state recognition business with festive aplomb. Africa’s Somaliland presented itself as a suitable candidate, an entity that...
DV coeditor Faramarz Farbod joined a panel on AnewZ.tv (Baku, Azerbaijan) on 31 December, the 3rd day of protests in Iran — now in its sixth day — to discuss the evolving situation. The post Iran Faces New Round of Protests first appeared on Dissident Voice.
Behind the diplomatic language of ‘reconstruction’ and ‘stabilisation’, a new colonial framework for Gaza is being assembled. The following is why the latest Security Council resolution matters and what it sets in motion. On 17 November, the UN Security Council...
Zionists have attempted to teach me the following: 1) Because I am Jewish, all Palestinians clamor and scheme to have me erased from the Earth. 2) There is no such entity as the Palestinian people. Damn convenient: The people you are perpetrating a genocide upon do...