November 5, 2018 | Astute News

Russia’s Reshaping Syria’s “Deep State” in Its Own Image

November 5, 2018

The recently promulgated pact between Russia and Syria to have the former’s Defense Ministry train the Arab Republic’s children in cadet schools for free is a sign that Moscow intends to reshape Syria…

The Long Game and Its Contradictions

November 5, 2018

Opinion

China has overcome colonial oppression, emerged from “100 years of humiliation”, and is now developing its power on the world stage. Together and along with other formerly colonised nations, through m…

Simplifying Trump’s Stance to the Caravan: “Throw Rocks, Get Shot!”

November 5, 2018

Opinion

Trump articulated America’s firmest-ever stance to illegal immigration during his latest remarks at a press conference on this topic, and for as controversial as the policy of “throw rocks, get shot!”…

The Untouchable US-Saudi Relation Is a Core Element of US Imperialism

November 5, 2018

Opinion

In the last few weeks, numerous articles and analyses have been produced relating to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. However, the relationship between Saudi Arabia an…

The US Military’s Empire of Secrecy

November 5, 2018

Opinion

“Democracy dies in darkness.” That’s an old saying that The Washington Post recycled as its motto at the dawn of the Trump era. Truth is, the journalists at the Post don’t know the half of it; nor do …

The Khashoggi Crisis: Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together

November 5, 2018

Opinion

The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and potential Western sanctions against Saudi Arabia has sparked renewed debate about the value of the longstanding alliance between the United States and the…

Watch the Film the Israeli Lobby Didn’t Want You to See

November 5, 2018

Opinion

The Electronic Intifada has obtained a complete copy of The Lobby – USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel’s covert influence campaign in the United States. It is today pu…

The Significance of the Tet Offensive

November 5, 2018

History

Fifty years ago the world received a lesson in the revolutionary power of protracted people’s war when some 84,000 Vietnamese communist peasants stunned the world’s greatest military power, the United…