Uh… What Did Pompeo Mean When He Vowed to “Push Back” Against Corbyn?

Uh… What Did Pompeo Mean When He Vowed to “Push Back” Against Corbyn?

An audio recording from a private meeting that was leaked to The Washington Post reportedly features US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowing to “push back” against surging British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and many are concerned that what he said sounds an awful lot like a top US official promising to interfere in the UK’s democratic process….

India’s Complying with American Sanctions But Iran Keeps Begging It to Reconsider

India’s Complying with American Sanctions But Iran Keeps Begging It to Reconsider

India capitulated to American pressure and complied with the anti-Iranian sanctions regime, yet Iran keeps begging it to reconsider and continue investing in the Islamic Republic anyhow, with its humiliating behavior revealing just how desperate it is for economic relief during these tough times. US sanctions got India to ditch Iran as its second-most important…

Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal of the Century’ and his ‘Kosher Quartet’

Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal of the Century’ and his ‘Kosher Quartet’

The June 25-26, 2019 “peace conference” scheduled for Manama, Bahrain and attended by the United States, Israel, a few Palestinian quislings, and sell-out Arab states is nothing more than a rubber stamp on the future virtual annexation of the West Bank by Israel. The so-called “peace plan,” which has been dubbed the “deal of the…

‘In Gold We Trust’: Waning Confidence in US Sends World’s Central Banks on Buying Spree

‘In Gold We Trust’: Waning Confidence in US Sends World’s Central Banks on Buying Spree

Governments around the world have recently been on a “gold-buying spree.” These countries have a tactful reason for doing so, and this reason is directly tied to the anticipation of the inevitable end of US hegemony. Central banks are among the largest purchasers of gold. So far in 2019, they have bought 145.5 tons of…

Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution Redux: Washington Tries to Destabilise China Again

Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution Redux: Washington Tries to Destabilise China Again

The Washington neo-cons and their allies in the US State Department and Obama Administration are clearly furious with China, as they are with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. As both Russia and China in recent years have become more assertive about defining their national interests, and as both Eurasian powers draw into a closer cooperation on all…