The 21st Century – For a peacefully coexisting, mutually respectful and co-prosperous world

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Trump’s Syria ‘Withdrawal Plan’ Subcontracts the ‘Dirty Work’?

US President Donald Trump is talking about bringing troops home from Syria. But the plan is not about dialing down American military interests in the region. It’s about subcontracting the dirty work of US' [unending...

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Rand Paul, Possible Alleged Syrian Gas Attack Was False Flag

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Trump Gives Thumbs-Up to the Historic Korea Peace Moves

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The Campaign to Exterminate Muslims

The Israeli army’s wanton slaughter of unarmed Palestinians trapped behind the security barriers in Gaza evokes little outrage and condemnation...

On the CRIMINAL REFERRAL of Comey, Clinton et al: Will Constitution Hold & Media Continue to Suppress the Story?

Ray McGovern reports on a major development in the Russia-gate story that has been ignored...

France’s Macron Shamelessly Peddling War Opportunities Over Syria

France’s President Macron raised the stakes for war in Syria by claiming to have proof...

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William Shakespeare and the New World Order: “Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here”

Today is Shakespeare’s birthday: 23 April. William Shakespeare, born 23 April 1564 (unconfirmed), baptised 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616....

An Empire Built on Fear at Home and Abroad: War Fever is Everywhere

Introduction Political leaders and the mass media deluge the public with a constant stream of...

DEGENERACY AND FUNDAMENTALISM OF WESTERN MEDIA CONTROL

There is nothing sadder and more pathetic, than a notorious liar shouting, spitting saliva, insulting...

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The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine

There’s a new automated propaganda machine driving global politics. How it works and what it will mean for the future...

Google: Surveillance Capitalism

How Google Is Tracking You Google uses information for "surveillance capitalism" - selling advertisements for...

Fiber Is Good for You: Now Scientists May Know Why.

A diet of fiber-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, reduces the risk of developing...

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Fox in the Hen House: Why Interest Rates Are Rising

The Fed is aggressively raising interest rates, although inflation is contained, private debt is already at 150% of GDP, and...

The Coming Collapse of the American Economic System

By Chris Hedges and Richard Wolff Economist Richard Wolff discusses the coming economic collapse of...

China Taking the Long Road to Solve the Petro-yuan Puzzle

A number of pieces have to fall into place before the petrodollar moves into second...

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The Origins of Violence? Slavery, Extractivism and War

"And the land, hitherto a common possession like the light of the sun and the breezes, the careful surveyor now...

The U.S. Role in the Destruction of Syria

(Excerpt from Chapter 6, "Global Chaos," of Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and...

Syria’s Victory: The Failed Attack by War Criminals in Washington, London, Paris

April 14, 2018 - hours before the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),...

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Social Environment: 50 Facts the World Needs to Know about the “Mainstream Media’s” Relationship with the US Gov’t

James F. Tracy is a PhD from the University of Iowa. A former professor of communications at Boca Raton, Florida...

The Gun Control Debate: What Debate?

Too often, when you raise the issue of guns in this country, it sparks highly...

Water is Life – They are Stealing our Livelihood and We aren’t Even Noticing

Today, 22 March 2018, marks World Water Day. It is also the week, when the...

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The Skripal Affair: A Lie Too Far?

On 4 March 2018 it was a nice day in southern England, and the MI6 Russian spy Sergei Viktorovich Skripal...

Pentagon Plans for a Perpetual Three-Front “Long War” Against China and Russia

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Think of it as the most momentous military planning on Earth right now. Who’s even...

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A ‘Permanent Peace Regime’ on the Korean Peninsula at Last?

One of the unexpected events that happened during the PyongChang Olympics was the remarkable diplomatic manoeuvre of the three stars:...

Trump Gives Thumbs-Up to the Historic Korea Peace Moves

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So Far ... Reading first reports that American CIA chief Mike Pompeo held secret talks...

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Dear Salafist Wahhabist Apologists

Your head chopper heros are apparently not what Syrians have in mind when they think of democratic revolution. Mehdi Hasan...

Condemned By Their Own Words: The Latest Killing by Israeli Army Snipers of a 14 Year Old Boy

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This transcript of an Israeli General on an Israeli radio station (begins 6.52 in) defending the latest...

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Talks Douma ‘Chemical Attack’ & Allegations It Was A Set-up Or Never Happened At All (VIDEO)

Watch: https://www.rt.com/news/424843-douma-chemical-attack-allegations/ RT’s Murad Gazdiev highlights a number of eyewitness accounts from Douma, Syria that people directly involved in the notorious...

Rand Paul, Possible Alleged Syrian Gas Attack Was False Flag

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Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4V3jQCi8-o WOLF BLITZER, CNN: Joining us now from Capitol Hill is Kentucky Senator Rand...