Crimea: Was It Seized by Russia, or Did Russia Block Its Seizure by the U.S.?
Eric Zuesse Both before and after Crimea left Ukraine and joined Russia in a public referendum on 16 March 2014, the Gallup Organization polled Crimeans on behalf of the U.S. Government, and found them to be extremely pro-Russian and anti-American, and… more »
Ballots or Bullets: Democracy and World Power
James Petras Introduction The principal reason why Washington engages in military wars, sanctions and clandestine operations to secure power abroad is because its chosen clients cannot and do not win free and open elections. A brief survey of recent… more »
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THE RUSSIANS
GAITHER STEWART "Native land of enduring patience, The land of the Russian people!" (Fyodor Tiutchev, (1803-1873), Romantic poet, second to Pushkin) Russia has been forced to fight off invaders and plunderers for millennia. The West has attacked her… more »
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Obama's War Against Russia Backfires
Eric Zuesse U.S. President Barack Obama's war against Russia isn't only causing Russia to cooperate more strongly with the other BRIC countries to break the U.S. dollar's reign as the global reserve currency, but it's also causing Russian President… more »
The Kiev Putsch: Rebel Workers Take Power in the East
James Petras Introduction Not since the US and EU took over Eastern Europe, including the Baltic countries, East Germany, Poland and the Balkans and converted them into military outposts of NATO and economic vassals, have the Western powers moved so… more »
We're All Ukrainians Now
by Stephen Lendman On February 22, 2014, Ukrainian freedom died. Western-supported fascist putschists seized power. They ousted Ukraine's democratically elected government. Mob rule replaced it. Illegitimate xenophobic, ultranationalist, neo-Nazi,… more »
Madness in Ukraine
by Stephen Lendman This year's March madness wasn't in America. Nor what continues in April. Or what preceded it. Or perhaps what's likely to follow. It's in Ukraine. It's ground zero. It represents the greatest geopolitical crisis since WW II. It… more »
NATO Steps Up Military Pressure on Russia
By Stefan Steinberg and Peter Schwarz NATO continued its military build-up on the Russian border even as US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Paris Sunday evening to discuss the conflict over Ukraine. The… more »
Tymoshenko Caught in the Act
by Stephen Lendman Her leaked phone conversation was damning. She spoke with former Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council deputy secretary Nestor Shufrych. She called for turning Russia to ashes. Her comments are available on You Tube. More on… more »
Media Prostitutes Defend the Indefensible
by Stephen Lendman They're propagandists. They masquerade as journalists. They make street whores look respectable by comparison. A previous article said they're paid to lie, distort, and misinform. They blame imperial victims for horrendous crimes… more »
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