In a recent speech, Chomsky examined topics largely ignored or glossed over during the presidential campaign: China, the Arab Spring, global warming, nuclear proliferation, and the military threat posed by Israel and the U.S. versus Iran. He reflects on the Cuban missile crisis, which took place 50 years ago this week and is still referred to as “the most dangerous moment in human history.” He delivered this talk last month at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst at an event sponsored by the Center for Popular Economics. Chomsky’s talk was entitled “Who Owns the World?”
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Myth: The US was forced to declare war on Japan after a totally unexpected Japanese attack on the American naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. On account of Japan’s alliance with Nazi Germany, this…
The Washington Post has just laid out, in horrifying, soul-slaughtering detail, the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort to expand, entrench and “codify” the practice of murder and terrorism by the United States government. The avowed, deliberate…
West sanctions jeopardize lives of Iranian patients US-engineered sanctions against the Islamic Republic have caused a shortage of medicines in Iran, endangering the lives of many patients, Press TV reports. Iranian health authorities say recent…
Excerpted from The Washington Times, piece by Frank Gaffney, Reagans’ assistant Secretary of State: President Obama’s once seemingly unstoppable march toward re-election hit what he might call “bumps in the road” in Benghazi, Libya, late on Sept. 11, 2012. It might be more accurate to describe the effect of the well-planned and -executed, military-style attack on a diplomatic facility there as the political equivalent of a devastating improvised explosive device on the myth of the unassailability of the Obama record as commander in chief. Thanks to intrepid investigative reporting — notably by Bret Baier and Catherine Herridge at Fox News, Aaron Klein at WND.com and Clare Lopez at RadicalIslam.org — and information developed by congressional investigators, the mystery is beginning to unravel with regard to what happened that night and the reason for the subsequent, clumsy official cover-up now known as Benghazigate.
Readers will no doubt recall the almost incessant Western media attention paid to the Chinese RMB during the past several years, the constant claims of China ‘cheating’ by keeping its currency undervalued, the…
I have been a member of Pilots for 9-11 Truth, Scholars for 9-11 Truth and Veterans for 9-11 for Truth since near the inceptions of these separate but related organizations. I am not a member,…
[Editor’s note: This is a comment made by Prof. Craven on the following article pasted below, titled “Why Calling China an “Adversary” Doesn’t Matter” written by Zachary Keck for the Diplomat. The 4th Media believes this…
“And this also,” said Marlow suddenly, “has been one of the dark places of the earth.” from Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad on London as the epitome of Western Culture Far from the headlines a…
Opinion: US fueling Diaoyutai dispute to protect the dollar After the dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyutai (Diaoyu or Senkaku) islands in the East China Sea became more acrimonious, not only has the Japanese government’s position fail to gain the support of its diplomatic allies, but Japanese media outlets have also criticized the government as the disastrous effects on the country’s relations with China have caused enormous financial losses for the country’s economy. Meanwhile, some international media reports claims the dispute will allow the United States to profit because of the considerable liquidity flowing into the US from China and Japan, which could help the obstruct the rise of China’s financial sector at the international level. An opinion piece published in a foreign media outlet said that the reign of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency was the main driver behind US economic growth.