The Decade of the 1960s in Canada
Histories are often written, it has been said, to celebrate the historians who write them rather than the times depicted. That may be true of the history called Canada’s 1960’s by Professor Bryan D. Palmer. The 1960s made...
Our All-American Martyr
A few hours before hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered for a rally outside the White House, the result of the long-awaited vote for Georgia’s two senate seats was declared. As predicted by both...
FYI Trump's Latest Yemen Move Is Far Worse Than The Capitol Riot
While the Capitol riot is being hysterically compared to Pearl Harbor and Kristallnacht by the political/media class, the Trump administration has done something far, far worse that is receiving far, far less attention. The US State Department has officially...
In Search of Enemies: Interventionists Dominate Biden National Security Team
What occurred at the United States Capitol last week was surely reprehensible, but to my mind, the real enduring damage that was done to our form of government took place in a basement in...
What This Nation Under God Will or Will Not Tolerate
Truth and accountability. That seems to be the rallying cry of mainstream media in the United States across the board regarding the mob that attacked the legislature and the results of a democratic election....
Robert Shetterly: “Capitalism and Imperialism Are Destroying the Planet”
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: How do you, as an artist, see American society today? Robert Shetterly: As an artist and as a citizen I see American society as desperate to avoid the real consequences of its racism,...
Storms of Protest in Washington and Hong Kong
The coverage of groups of people, described as mobs, rioters, or protestors depending on one’s prejudice or adherence to accurate reporting, who “stormed” the Capitol in Washington and the Legislative Council in Hong Kong...
I Was at the Washington, D.C. “Save America” Rally
Part I Contrary to Big Media’s Big Fat Lies, the Save America rally on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was in my opinion an exhilarating, momentous, peaceful protest. Spoiler alert: I did not make it inside...
What Really Happened on Capitol Hill?
On January 6 a huge assembly of Donald Trump’s supporters (“Make America Great Again,” MAGA) assembled in Washington. Their purpose was to greet the initiation of a Congressional investigation into the contested presidential election...
More War by Other Means: Sanctioning the Wife of Syria’s President Makes No Sense to Anyone
I am a recipient of regular, usual weekly, emails from the Department of the Treasury providing an “Update to OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons.” OFAC is the Office of...
Soleimani's Assassination Has Taught Iranians to Never Trust Empty Western Promises
When pro-western politicians, activists and intellectuals recklessly claimed fraud in Iran’s 2009 and Bolivia’s 2019 presidential elections, western media, think tanks, NGOs and “experts” mobilised to undermine the election results, despite a lack of evidence. The “election...
Gulf Unity as the Curtain Falls on the Trump Term
The Persian Gulf monarchies have met today at the 41st annual six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held at Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. This marks the first step toward ending a three-year diplomatic crisis that divided US...
The War of the Worlds: Ours Against Theirs
In H.G.Wells’ science fiction novel of 1898, The War of the Worlds, the aliens came from outer space. Now they are not only among us but they are us. They might be such a...
A New Year's Wish: Let's remove Israel from American politics
There has been one good thing about the COVID-19 virus – for the first time many among the general public are beginning to ask why a rich country like Israel should be getting billions...
New Turkish Military Reinforcements Enter the “De-Escalation” Zone in Syria
The Turkish forces pushed new military reinforcements towards their points deployed in the "de-escalation" zone in northwestern Syria. Local sources stated that a military convoy, which included about 12 armored vehicles and military vehicles,...
Al-Nusra Fires at Demonstrators in Idlib
Militants of the Al-Nusra Front shot bullets at civilian protesters who held a demonstration on Friday in Idlib, demanding accountability for the Al-Nusra members responsible for killing two young civilians in early November. A...
Who to Believe About Venezuela’s Election?
In early December I travelled to Venezuela to be an election observer at their national assembly election. I was part of a group of eight persons from Canada and US organized by CodePink. There...
The Verity Courier: Israel, Our Best Ally
In 1987, Jonathan Pollard, a former Pentagon intelligence analyst, plead guilty to performing as a spy for Israel, providing Israel top-secret US classified information. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for violations...
Stacking the Wuhan Coronavirus Inquiries
As some sort of global hysteria about the continuing spread of the novel Coronavirus takes us over, investigations into the origins of the virus look set to further aggravate the accompanying economic disaster, as...
Iran One Year On: What Did the Assassination of Qassem Soleimani Achieve?
A year ago, US President Donald Trump assassinated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander of the Quds brigade, Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani, the coordinator between Iran and all its allies in Palestine, Lebanon,...