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Archives for May 2018

The Spooks Spooking Themselves

As the role of a well-connected group of British and US intelligence agents begins to emerge, new suspicions are growing about what hand they may have had in weaving the Russiagate story.

Daniel Lazare
By Daniel Lazare
Spy Espionage

With the news that a Cambridge academic-cum-spy named Stefan Halper infiltrated the Trump campaign, the role of the intelligence agencies in shaping the great Russiagate saga is, at last, coming into focus. It’s looking more and more massive.  The intelligence agencies initiated reports that Donald Trump was colluding with Russia, they nurtured

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Germany Commits to Iran’s Economic Development, Further Proving Trump’s Sanctions Aren’t Working

Trump’s sanctions seem to be achieving the opposite effect, rather than isolation, Europe is committed to commerce with Iran.

Frank Sellers
By Frank Sellers
Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives for a meeting of the foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Major European powers sought Tuesday to keep Iran committed to a deal to prevent it from building a nuclear bomb despite deep misgivings about Tehran's Middle East politics and President Donald Trump's vehement opposition. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Despite Trump’s best efforts to isolate Iran through the imposition of sanctions both on Iran and any government or business doing commerce with Iran, its partners in the JCPOA, which Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from a few weeks ago, are committed to preserving both the nuclear accord and their business ties with Iran. German Foreign

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The Ongoing Media Blockade Against Venezuela

The US is leading an economic war against Venezuela that is causing tremendous damage, but there is also a media blockade preventing the truth from being told.

Kevin Zeese
By Kevin Zeese
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maudro crosses himself before voting in presidential elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Ariana Cubillos | AP

Upon returning to the United States from Venezuela and reading the terrible media reporting of the election, it was evident that the people of the United States are being lied to. The Intrepid News Fund and Venezuela Analysis invited me and others to come to Venezuela for the election to see first hand what actually happened so we could report what

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How “Progressives” in the Black Caucus Shrunk to Almost Nothing

The thoroughly corporate nature of the Democratic Party is the reason that only three Black Caucus members are minimally worthy of the term “progressive.”

Glen Ford
By Glen Ford
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, accompanied by James Clyburn, D-S.C., right, receives the Phoenix award at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Washington Convention center, in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. | AP

The “Russiagate” hysteria is only the latest reason to conclude that the Democratic Party is the greatest institutional impediment to the creation of mass “resistance” to onrushing war and never-ending austerity under late-stage capitalism. Last week’s vote on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 showed, by the numbers, that

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Report: DNC Threatens Free Press with Lawsuit Against WikiLeaks

Free speech advocates raised alarm about the DNC’s suit when it was filed in April, arguing that it is both riddled with legal holes and full of dangerous implications.

Jake Johnson
By Jake Johnson
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez speaks at a protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban in Lafayette Square outside the White House, March 6, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

As President Donald Trump continues to wage war on journalism with "violent anti-press rhetoric," the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a scathing analysis on Tuesday arguing that the Democratic National Committee's recent lawsuit against WikiLeaks could set the stage for even more alarming attacks on press freedom by empowering the

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US, UK and France Are Establishing New Military Bases in Northern Syria

The coalition of the US, UK and France are establishing new military bases throughout Northern Syria in support of its Kurdish-majority proxy army, angering nearby Turkey and cementing the coalition’s hold over Syria’s most oil rich region.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Syria | US Troops

Despite the fact that President Trump recently considered withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria, the United States— along with its allies the United Kingdom and France— are doubling down and expanding their military presence in Northeastern Syria by establishing new military bases near the town of Manbij. Reports of the bases first broke last month,

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