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Madmen In Power
Editorial by Gaither Stewart
(Rome) On the heels of the disasters left behind by the USA-led wars in the small countries of Iraq, Libya and Syria, among others, the reasons for America’s blatant and barely disguised aggression against Ukraine might seem at first puzzling. If America’s armed forces and its proxies left such socio-economic messes in such smaller and weaker countries, why the sudden all-out attack on Ukraine that translates into an attack on the powerful nuclear power Russia? If US forces could not defeat the Shia in Iraq, nor suppress the tribal society in Libya, nor break the Assad government in Syria, how could Washington’s power-mad neocons even dream of planting missile bases in Ukraine and of subduing an unbeatable Russia as both Napoleon and Hitler experienced?
Water Liberty: How Innovation Trumps Privatization
By Rady Ananda
The World Bank joins Nestlé in wanting to privatize water, deeming it “extremist” to suggest that those born on this planet have a natural right to clean, potable water. Meanwhile, RT’s Abby Martin reports that the watchdog group Corporate Accountability International recently released a new analysis showing that:
“Investing in private water does not extend access and is also counterproductive for economic development. By contrast, infrastructure investment, abandoned by the corporate sector, is where real benefit can be achieved: the World Health Organization estimates more than $10 of economic benefit from every $1 invested in water infrastructure systems.“
Willful Blindness: Abraham Foxman and the Armenian Genocide
BY: Pierce Nahigyan
"Turkish official teasing starving Armenian children by showing bread, 1915,
Collection of St. Lazar Mkhitarian Congregation"
Few would expect a survivor of the Holocaust to be the face of genocide denial. Imagine the surprise of Suffolk Law School’s student body when its administration’s chosen commencement speaker turned out to be just that.
Abraham Foxman, the long-time director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization dedicated to eradicating anti-Semitism and bigotry and protecting civil rights, seems a figure beyond reproach. Yet Foxman has invited controversy to Suffolk University for his unwillingness to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide - an event which saw an estimated 1.5 million Armenians massacred by the Turks - and his campaign to defeat Congressional acknowledgement of said genocide.
Criticism of Foxman has centered on this disconnect, that a man who lived through the attempted extermination of an entire race now denies that truth of another. Many at Suffolk are unwilling to participate in that hypocrisy.
Turnabout is Fair Play - Cuba and Ukraine
Russia's response to United States and European Union efforts in Ukraine represents a more restrained, lower stakes version of the response by the U.S. to the installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1962. Today, the headline above could be inverted to read:
Russia Blockades Ukraine, Tells US to 'Lay Off"
More than 50 years ago, U.S. President John F. Kennedy initiated a naval blockade of Cuba based on photographic evidence of medium range nuclear missile on the island just ninety miles from Florida. In his address to the nation of October 22, 1962, the president declared:
Fact Checking Scoundrel Media Lies
by Stephen Lendman
Edward Herman and David Peterson contributed an important chapter to a forthcoming cutting edge book on Ukraine.
It's titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks World War III
Herman and Peterson explain Western propaganda "in overdrive," saying:
"(D)eeply ingrained Cold War ideology remains in Western capitals and their political and intellectual culture."
"It's best understood as a dichotomous or binary system: One side is 'good,' the other side is 'evil.' "
"One side acts on behalf of universal values, the other acts out of narrow self-interests."
Putin v. Kerry
by Stephen Lendman
Putin's statesmanship embarrasses Kerry. Both men are geopolitical opposites.
Putin represents responsible leadership. Kerry shames the office he holds.
On April 29, Putin addressed Ukrainian crisis conditions forthrightly. On the same day, Kerry irresponsibly addressed the Atlantic Council.
In 1961, it was established to support NATO. It's headquartered in Washington. It supports America's global agenda.
Past and current members include a rogue's gallery of reliable US imperial supporters.
They include Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, James Schlesinger, James Baker, Zbigniew Brzezinski, James Jones, Condoleezza Rice, Richard Holbrooke, Susan Rice, and an array of current and former top military officials.
Ukraine Hypes a Nonexistent Russian Threat
by Stephen Lendman
For the first time since WW II, overt fascists hold real power in Europe. They hold major government posts.
They menace regional stability. They threaten world peace. Ukraine is Exhibit A.
Olexander Turchynov is illegitimate coup-appointed putschist president/parliament chairman.
He's Ukrainian armed forces commander-in-chief. He's Batkivshchyna/All-Ukrainian Union/Fatherland party deputy chairman.
He's militantly fascist. He deplores democracy. He prioritizes hardline rule. He tolerates no opposition.
He hyped the Big Lie. He did so to create a nonexistent enemy.
He did it to generate fear. He acted to enlist greater Western support. Washington provides plenty. So do rogue EU allies. Turchynov wants more.
Confronting Russia and China Militarily
by Stephen Lendman
Washington's imperial agenda reflects madness. Overreach may be its undoing. Potential global war threatens everyone. On Tuesday, Obama ended his Asian trip. Confronting China was prioritized. On April 28, Stripes headlined "Obama's Asia trip yields better military ties but no trade concessions," saying:
He returned home "partly successful." In Japan and South Korea, he reaffirmed post-WW II ties.
"In Malaysia, he made strategic inroads in a country that’s long been one of China's closest friends in Southeast Asia."
He firmed up Washington's chokehold colonization over the Philippines. A new 10 year military agreement solidified it. More on it below.
Unprecedented Settlement Construction Exposes Sham Peace Talks
by Stephen Lendman
Talks began last July. They were dead on arrival. No resolution whatever was achieved. Israel abhors peace.
It craves violence and instability. It doesn't negotiate. It demands. It's all take. It's no give. Peace talks mock legitimacy.
So did multiple earlier rounds. They began decades earlier. They achieved nothing. Things are far worse now than then.
They're a deplorable charade. Both sides agreed to continue them until April 29. D-day arrived. Resolution remains as distant as ever. Chances for peace are nil. Believing otherwise is fantasy.
Throughout months of talks, Israeli lawlessly demolished over 500 Palestinian homes and structures. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported it.
Multiple Ways Kleptocrats and Militarists Fleece Americans
James Petras
Introduction
American living standards are plunging and it’s not simply because they are paid less, work longer (or shorter hours) under highly stressful workplace conditions and pay a higher percentage of their income for health and pension coverage. The ‘workplace’ is only one of several locations where American working people are experiencing a sharp decline in living standards. The new oligarchical Kleptocrats and political elites have elaborated new ways to fleece Americans. These include:
(1) Increased costs and declining quality of internet, cable and other communication systems.
(2) Intensive pervasive and perpetual surveillance by punitive espionage agencies eroding personal freedoms and violating the confidentiality of personal, political and business decisions affecting everyday life.
(3) Large scale, repeated financial swindles by the most active and influential private and publicly trading investment companies resulting in the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars in pensions and savings for tens of millions of middle and working class investors.
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