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

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DOJ Bloodhounds on the Scent of Former CIA Director John Brennan

With Justice Department investigators’ noses to the ground, it should be just a matter of time before they identify Brennan...

Trump, Russiagate and the Deep State

Russiagate, deep state ... What me worry? I have avoided getting caught up in what...

Tulsi Gabbard Pushes No War Agenda – and the Media Is Out to Kill Her Chances

Voters looking ahead to 2020 are being bombarded with soundbites from the twenty plus Democratic...

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The Thought Police Are Coming

Chris Hedges gave this talk Tuesday, June 11, at an event held in London in support of Julian Assange. Ask...

Americans Pay Price for Criminal Wars From Mass Shootings at Home

America’s horrendous gun violence can be attributed to many factors, but there is one factor...

This is the Assange Effect: The War on Whistleblowers

If the 20th Century was the age of the victory of democracy and freedom over...

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Prepare for the Climatic Collapse of Human Civilization

[caption id="attachment_132835" align="alignnone" width="600"] [/caption] Two authoritative Australian experts, backed up by a retired admiral of the Royal Australian Navy,...

The U.S. Has Been Eclipsed in Every Sphere But War

US rulers promised that technology would bring the return of the millions of jobs that...

Genetically Modified Babies: The Genetic Editing of Human Life is “Big Business”

Last November, He Jiankui, a Chinese biology professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST) in...

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Trump Is Taking Down the Military–Industrial Complex One Tweet at a Time

[Editor's note: The article was originally published in December 12, 2016 after the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was elected...

Brexit Deception and Failure: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May Resigns. What Next?…

Tory leader Theresa May’s days have been numbered for months, her nearly three years as...

The Tariff Issue: Trump’s Mistaken Approach to Bringing the Jobs Back Home

Wherever I look at US policy, foreign or domestic, I see only insanity, ignorance, and...

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David Schenker: Another Zionist in Charge of American Foreign Policy

Those who think that the foreign policy of the United States should be the product of serious discussion embracing a...

A Retired US Army Major Danny Sjursen: All Americans Have Blood on Their Hands

Shortly after Truthdig columnist Danny Sjursen left the Army, where he spent 18 years on active...

Romanticism and Music: The Conversion of Music into a ‘Mass Narcotic’ on a Global Scale

"Narcotic: drug that produces analgesia (pain relief), narcosis (state of stupor or sleep), and addiction...

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Panda Diplomacy Much Better than Mafia Extortion of Collapsing West

While the United States has been intimidating dozens of countries all over the world, two cuddly Chinese giant pandas –...

Western States Avoid Culpability for War Crimes

There are parallels between the sudden growth of the warped mindset which proposes to exonerate...

Saying Goodbye to Planet Earth

Editor’s note: The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed a former oil and mining industry lobbyist...

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Trump and the Taiwan Gambit

Taiwan has become a new “eastern pivot” for Donald Trump. Against all international laws and UN charters, he is approaching Taiwan,...

China-Russia Strategic Partnership Has Been CONSOLIDATED

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The Unipolar Moment is Over The Russia-China strategic partnership, consolidated last week in Russia, has...

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Reuters: Trump and Kim One Year on: A “Beautiful Letter”, Stalled Diplomacy

SEOUL (Reuters) - A year after President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met for the first time,...

Kim Jong Un Visits Key Missile Site, Orders ‘Higher Modernization Plan’

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered a "higher modernization plan" for the country's...

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US Secretary of State Pompeo Blames Iran for Tanker Attack without Single Shred of Evidence: Another False Flag for War?

"Secretary Pompeo gives zero proof but insists that Iran is responsible for ship attacks in Gulf of Oman. Lies, lies,...

More Evidence US Armed Syria Terrorists as Trump Pleads Ceasefire

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Remember when Donald Trump was running for president back in 2016, and he bragged he...

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Today’s Attacks On Ships In The Gulf Of Oman Are Not In Iran’s Interest – Or Are They?

Early this morning, around 6:00 UTC, two tankers in the Gulf of Oman were attacked by surface weapons. Both ships...

U.S. Congressman Admits His Marine Unit ‘Killed Probably Hundreds of Civilians’ in Iraq

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Republican congressman counts 'women and children' among his probable victims as he brushes off war...