Selected Articles: Turning Tides: The US Congress and Julian Assange

Turning Tides: The US Congress and Julian Assange

By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 04, 2023

The latest move by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) promises to be something more.  Tlaib has urged that fellow members put aside their differences and append their signatures in a letter to Attorney-General Merrick Garland urging him to drop the charges.  “I know that many of us have very strong feelings about Mr Assange, but what we think of him and his actions is really beside the point here.”

Bridge of Peace and Prosperity Proposed From the Arab World to Syria

By Steven Sahiounie, April 05, 2023

Syria is on the brink of recovery as Saudi Arabia plans to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit in Riyadh on May 19. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will travel to Damascus soon to hand Assad a formal invitation to attend the summit, in what will be the most significant development in the Arab rapprochement with Assad.

Japan Ignoring Price Cap, Paying 16% More for Russian Oil

By Drago Bosnic, April 05, 2023

On April 3, the Wall Street Journal reported that Japan, one of the most prominent US vassal states, is now buying Russian oil at prices significantly above the illegal US/EU cap, effectively breaking the sanctions imposed by the political West. According to the report, Japan also got Washington DC to agree to the exception, claiming that the move was aimed at maintaining the energy security of Japan.

Executive Order 12333: “Prohibition on Assassination”: What Do the Iranian People Think? U.S. Government Ordered Assassination of General Qassem Soleimani

By J. Michael Springmann, April 04, 2023

No Assassinations, Period.  When Gerald R. Ford, James E. Carter, Jr., and Ronald W. Reagan were presidents of the United States of America, they issued Executive Orders prohibiting U.S. government employees from engaging in assassination.

Executive Order Lays Foundation for Lab-Created Foods

By Dr. Joseph Mercola, April 04, 2023

September 12, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an “Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe and Secure American Bioeconomy.”

The Banking Crisis Gets Worse! $1.7 Trillion in Unrealized Losses Loom as U.S. Banks Rapidly Bleed Deposits

By Michael Snyder, April 04, 2023

If our banking system can’t find a way to turn things around, our entire economy will soon be in a world of hurt.  When banks get into trouble, they start getting really tight with their money. That means fewer mortgages, fewer commercial real estate loans, fewer auto loans and fewer credit cards being issued.

What Is a Soft Power?

By Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović, April 04, 2023

French Emperor Napoleon I, was convinced that only two powers existed in the world: the sword and the mind. Sword can prevail over the mind in a short time but in the long run, he believed that the mind would beat the sword.

The Rise of Inequality and Cronyism in Western Nations

By Shane Quinn, April 04, 2023

Over the past 4 decades, there has been a major increase regarding wage inequality and unequal property ownership occurring mainly in the Western countries. This relates to the neoliberal era launched by US president Ronald Reagan (1981–89) and his ally in London, prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–90).

“Fake News” Stories Curated by the Deep State: Government Spin Doctors Control the News Cycle

By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead, April 04, 2023

In the midst of the government and corporate media’s carefully curated apoplexy over fake news, you won’t hear much about the government’s own role in producing, planting and peddling propaganda-driven fake news—often with the help of the corporate news media—because that’s not how the game works.

Passover: Time to Bring Freedom, Equality to Israel’s Palestinians

By Gershon Baskin, April 04, 2023

Not all Israelis are Jewish by birth or conviction. Twenty-one percent of us are Palestinian Arabs, most of whom are Muslims by faith and conviction, and others are Christians and Druze. The thread of Israeli identity that should bind Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Israelis barely exists and the little that did exist has been torn by the lack of equality, racism, hatred, fear and incitement.


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