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Cuba Bashing
by Stephen Lendman
It's longstanding. Long ago it wore thin. It continues. Even from supportive embargo-lifting media.
In October, New York Times editors expressed support for lifting it. Calling it "senseless." Wanting diplomatic relations established. After over half a century without them.
At the same time, outrageously calling Cuba an "authoritarian government that harasses and detains dissidents. (M)any fear speaking openly and demanding greater rights."
After Obama's outreach, Times editors called Cuba "a repressive police state." Polar opposite hard truths. Its government insists it has no political prisoners.
Why Palestinian Sovereignty Matters
by Stephen Lendman
New Year's day 2015 in Occupied Palestine changed nothing. Israeli viciousness as extreme as on most other days.
A Palestinian man was crushed to death. At an Israeli checkpoint. Near Tulkarem. Ahmad Samih Bdeir headed for work inside Israel.
Muhammad Yakoub died the same way last year. At the same checkpoint. Passing through takes hours.
Israeli soldiers control things. Palestinians treated like cattle. Herded into metal pens. Unable to leave once inside. Until permitted to enter Israel.
2015: The Year We Build Power Together
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
The Year Starts With the Potential of a Major Victory of the People Over Corporate Power, but We Must Unite to Win It
The major task for the social movement: 2015 the Year We Build Power Together.
In 2014 we saw tremendous growth of the movement across numerous fronts of struggle – worker rights and the wages,racism and policing, climate , the environment and extreme energy extraction, building a
wer together” means working together as a movement of movements to build on the progress of 2014 when people created a larger and bolder movement. We build together because our issues are all connected and unified power is when we are strongest.
The Year Ahead
by Stephen Lendman
Understanding what's ongoing is perhaps the best way to assess what's coming. What's happening in real time is grim.
So is next year's outlook. More of the same and then some. Wars without end. Punishing neoliberal harshness.
Police state crackdowns on nonbelievers. Big Brother watching everyone. Freedom eroding in plain sight.
America bears full responsibility for horrific global conflicts. Rogue EU collaborators and Israel share it. Partners in high crimes against humanity.
Under or unreported. Largely out of sight and mind. Ongoing without end. In multiple war theaters. Washington's dirty hands manipulating things.
Permanent war is official US policy. One country after another is attacked, ravaged and destroyed. Turned to rubble. Killing millions. By wars and their aftermath. Including human exploitation. Deep impoverishment. Extreme deprivation.
Escalated US Wars Ahead?
by Stephen Lendman
Obama is out-of-control. Deranged. Obsessed with war. His appetite for mass slaughter and destruction insatiable.
Monday's ceremonial nominal end to over 13 years of war in Afghanistan belies longstanding US plans.
Including permanent occupation. Thousands of US combat troops remaining. Drone wars continuing. Afghanistan a de facto US colony.
Obama lied saying "our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible end."
Fact: America planned naked aggression on Afghanistan long before 9/11.
Fact: Despite its government posing no threat to America.
Fact: Or its neighbors.
Fact: Or had anything to do with 9/11.
Thoughts on New Year's Eve
by Stephen Lendman
Heading into 2015, things look grim. Domestically and abroad. US presidents able to govern like despots. Unilaterally claim emergency powers.
Declare martial law. Suspend constitutional rights. Rule by diktat. With or without congressional and/or judicial authority.
Based on alleged national security threats. Real or contrived. Deploying US combat troops on US streets at their discretion.
Unheard of in so-called democracies. Wage naked aggression on their say. Order anyone killed anywhere for any reason.
Including US citizens. Or detain them indefinitely. With no formal charges filed. No trial. No habeas rights. No judicial fairness.
Presidents can exercise judge, jury and executioner authority. Targeting anyone they wish. Have Big Brother watch everyone. Wage war on freedom. Eliminate it altogether at their discretion. Based on so-called national security priorities.
Bahrain: Profile of a Police State
by Stephen Lendman
Monarchal despotism runs Bahrain. Democracy is verboten. None whatever exists. Nor human and civil rights.
Anyone criticizing Al Khalifa rule risks arrest, imprisonment, torture, even death.
Repression persists. New "Protecting Society from Terrorism Act" legislation the latest example.
Americans for Democracy for Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) expressed deep concerns.
The new measure updates a 2006 law. Clarifying Bahrain's definition of terrorism. Including provisions further undermining fundamental rights.
US Vetoes Palestinian Statehood Resolution
by Stephen Lendman
Voting came Tuesday night. It didn't surprise. More on the results below.
Washington one-sidedly supports Israel. Including decades of ruthless persecution. Institutionalized racism. Permanent occupation.
Denial of fundamental Palestinian rights. Land theft. Settlement construction on stolen Palestinian land.
Longstanding Israeli ethnic cleansing. Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners in its gulag. Naked aggression at its discretion. Slow-motion genocide.
Palestine's resolution was tepid at best. Way short of what's just. What Palestinians deserve. What international law mandates.
Comments on Palestine's UN Failure
by Stephen Lendman
Millions of Palestinians lack fundamental rights everyone deserves. Denied for decades. Subjugated by Israeli harshness. With no end whatever in sight.
Governed by longstanding Israeli collaborators. Serving repressively as its enforcer. Benefitting at the expense of their own people.
Submitting a pathetically weak statehood resolution for Security Council consideration. An embarrassment and then some. Falling way short of what Palestinians deserve. What international law mandates. Defeated by US pressure. Its veto power. Supporting virtually everything Israel wants. Two nations united against Palestinian liberation. Determined to prevent it.
The Renewed Push For Deeper North American Integration
By Dana Gabriel
The globalist plan to incrementally merge the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American Union has been ongoing for years. While at times, the agenda appears to have seemingly stalled, current efforts to expand the trilateral partnership show that it is alive and once again gaining steam. With NAFTA as the foundation, the renewed push for deeper North American integration continues on many different fronts.
The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE), recently issued the report, Made in North America: a new agenda to sharpen our competitive edge. The CCCE is one of Canada’s most influential corporate lobby groups, with many of their proposals shaping the country’s domestic and foreign policy priorities. Throughout the years, they have pushed for deeper continental integration. With the 2015 North American Leaders Summit in mind, the CCCE offered a series of recommendations aimed at further expanding the trilateral relationship in areas such as border management, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy and regulatory cooperation. The report stated, “We need trilateral agreement on future directions, a clear commitment from the three leaders, and a central agency in each government with the responsibility to coordinate effective and efficient implementation. By pursuing a strategic plan of intelligent change and reform, our three nations can lead the world economy for years to come.” The CCCE also acknowledged how their policy paper is intended to complement the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) report, North America: Time for a New Focus, which was released several months ago.
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