Day: June 3, 2019

Believe It or Not, Two of the Smallest Actors in Europe are Bullying Russia

June 3, 2019 Opinion

It sounds absurd at first listen, but Malta and Kosovo — two of the smallest actors in Europe — are bullying Russia by preventing its military overflights to Venezuela and attacking one of its UN staf…

Trump’s Post Election Surprise for Modi’s India Explains Everything One Needs to Know About America’s “New Normal”

June 3, 2019 Opinion

US foreign policy has become less and less predictable over the last two years, but one thing that has been totally consistent is Donald Trump’s willingness to tariff, sanction or embargo just about e…

US and Iraq: Walking Successfully Between Landmines

June 3, 2019 Opinion

Notwithstanding the failure of US foreign policies in the Middle East over the last four decades, the US administration seems to have managed not to earn the animosity of the Iraqi government. The US …

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Has Dismantled the West’s Official Narrative About Malaysian Airlines MH17

June 3, 2019 Opinion

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad surprised observers when he unexpectedly spoke out against the MH-17 cover-up and dismantled the West’s official narrative blaming Russia for this traged…

Now Is the Time for a Right-Wing ‘Eurovision’

June 3, 2019 Opinion

The EU Parliamentary elections for 2019 are over and the general media consensus is that this has been a major win for the “Far-Right” (mediaspeak for those they don’t like) with this government body …

UK Foreign Secretary Defends Torturing Journalists, Then Says We Must Protect Journalists

June 3, 2019 Opinion

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has just given a speech extolling the virtues of a free media, praising the journalists who’ve been brave enough to expose the truth about wicked governments in t…

US Think Tank Goes Big-Game Hunting for Russia. Guess Who Gets Shot in the Foot?

June 3, 2019 Opinion

In a report that views Russia through the same cracked lens as Washington’s old ideological foe, the Soviet Union, the RAND Corporation reveals that its worst enemy for gaining global dominance is not…

The Mass Media is Poisoning Us with Hate

June 3, 2019 Opinion

In “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media,” published in 1988, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky exposed the techniques that the commercial media used to promote and defend th…