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Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns

Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns

That the decline in gold and silver prices is an orchestration is apparent from the fact that the demand for bullion in the physical market has increased while naked short…

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

After nearly 27 months of turmoil, the public opinion pendulum is markedly shifting back in support of the current regime.…

China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice

China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice

China gained Observer status in the Arctic Council this week, following weeks of assiduous courting of the Nordic countries involved with the Council.…

Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation

Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation

It’s perhaps just a case of terrible inertia on the part of those gunning for a now Jihadist-driven rebel victory over the incumbent regime in Syria. …

On Political Precondition

On Political Precondition

Understanding the relevance of political preconditions is crucial to rational behavior in seeking solutions to long festering problems.…

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott

It is an event “of cosmic proportions”, said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. …

Gangster State America

Gangster State America

There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold and silver.…

Al-Nakba (Documentary on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine)

A documentary on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.…

Inflation Propaganda Exposed

The CPI is no longer a tool to accurately measure inflation, but an instrument of propaganda the government uses to hide accelerating inflation from the public and financial markets.…

Why Massoud Barzani of Kurdistan is Part of the Failure of US Policy in the Middle East

Now is the time for the US to align itself with the wishes of the people of Kurdistan.…

The Syrian Riddle

The Syrian Riddle

Persuading those who are ideologically drunk and politically myopic is often a hopeless undertaking.…

Rethinking ‘Red Lines’

Rethinking ‘Red Lines’

Redrawing the red lines that fit the realities of our world and keep alive hopes for peace and justice, should be the great diplomatic challenge of our time…

How Elites and Media Minimize Dissent and Bury Truth

Those few Americans who are free of the constraints imposed by dogmas on their ability to think and to process information have a huge responsibility for their small number.…

Lebanon Greets the Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Richard Falk, With an Ear Full

Lebanon Greets the Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Richard Falk, With an Ear Full

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Professor Richard Falk, came to Lebanon last week on an unofficial visit…

Boston Baked BS: It Goes So Well With Turkeys When They’ve Come Home To Roost

Boston Baked BS: It Goes So Well With Turkeys When They’ve Come Home To Roost

Virtually unremarked in the mainstream media uproar about the Boston Marathon deaths was their connection to past American foreign policy blunders: the CIA’s Arab Afghan Legion, and one of its…

Nepal: Era of Total Impunity in Sight

Already traumatized by thriving corruption and lawlessness in a protracted transition, Nepalis were shocked by the choice of a tainted and controversial person by politicians to lead the anti-graft body…

The Pain of Bangladesh: T-shirts Made with Blood and Tears

The most painful part of this tragedy is that it was completely preventable, but perhaps neither the government nor Walmart and many others find the issue urgent enough for decisive…

Gauging the Sino-Indian Border Rows

India and China often face off with each other over the long unsettled Himalayan border. …

Democratic Transition in Burma and Western Interests

Burma may be heading toward an illiberal or a defective democracy with the survival of certain inherent authoritarian elements in a widely perceived democratic institutional arrangement.…

Washington’s Presumption

“In God we trust,” reads the coinage. It should read: “In Satan we follow.”…

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