Iranian Unrest: Cover-Up Of Mass Killings Or Infowar Conspiracy?

December 8, 2019

The Mainstream Media is pushing forth the weaponized narrative that the Iranian government is carrying out a cover-up of mass killings that supposedly occurred during its recent unrest, though this is…

Many mistakes by the US, Iran and the Marjaiya

December 8, 2019

Opinion

The democratically elected Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi has fallen. 241 members of parliament voted for his resignation, in accordance with the request of the Marjaiya in Najaf, the Grand Aya…

Turkey Sees a Greater Partnership with Qatar Than Is Apparent

December 8, 2019

Opinion

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s dreams of leadership in the Muslim world may be fading, but they are still kept alive by Turkey's ties with Qatar, which Ankara has shielded in the inter-…

The Coming Crisis with North Korea

December 8, 2019

Opinion

A little over a month remains until North Korea’s end-of-year deadline expires. The Trump administration remains oblivious: Senior American diplomats do not appear to share that urgency. To them, it’s…

Libra: Facebook Wants to Control Your Money

December 8, 2019

Opinion

Facebook – backed by some of the largest banks and corporations on Earth – seek to create a global digital currency and reassert Western dominion over the global economy. Many are probably already fam…

Capitalism’s Suicidal Trajectory

December 8, 2019

Opinion

If we make it out of the climate emergency, we may come to view the few decades usually described simply as the Cold War that followed the Second World War as halcyon days – at least relative to what …

Will Drones Push the Middle East Past the Point of No Return?

December 8, 2019

Military

Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drones, both armed and unarmed, have altered how states and insurgents conduct warfare in the Middle East. The widespread proliferation of these weapons, combined wit…

The Problem of Wikipedia

December 8, 2019

Opinion

Over the course of my life I have watched integrity shrivel up and die everywhere in the Western world. It is not like it was ever really abundant, but there was a goodly amount of it, and it had auth…