Why Shady Billionaire-Funded NGOs Pushed a PBS Report on Nicaraguan “Conflict Beef”

The PBS story about “conflict beef” in Nicaragua reveals how billionaire-backed foundations defame and punish those who are too independent.

Rick Sterling
By Rick Sterling
Nicaragua Conflict Beef Feature photo

MISKITO COAST, NICARAGUA -- There is much truth in the old saying, “He who pays the piper, calls the tune,” and the neoliberal era has spawned individuals with incredible wealth who, through “philanthropy,” can feel good and flex their influence at the same time. While these philanthropists can be liberal on some issues, they almost universally

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Noam Chomsky: US Commenced Plan To Dominate ‘Grand Area’ Of The Globe After WWII

After World War II, Chomsky said the U.S. implemented a plan ‘in which the United States would have pretty much complete economic and political control’ over a massive percentage of the planet.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
U.S.Army 4.7mm anti-aircraft gunsare lined up in the final assembly area of the Grand Rapids stamping division of Fisher Body in Detroit on June 1, 1944, prior to shipping.

MUNICH --- World War II marked a crucial turning point for U.S. empire building and the growth of global capitalism, according to the historical analysis of noted political philosopher and scholar Noam Chomsky. Chomsky examined U.S. domination of world affairs in “Who Owns The World?,” a speech he delivered at the University of Massachusetts

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Debate Rages Over Exporting American Oil

Is the U.S. ready to lift its own ban on exporting oil to foreign nations? Even Republican members of Congress are calling for an end to the law.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
Total Petrochemicals Port Arhtur refinery is shown Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in Port Arthur, Texas. Over the past several years, Total Petrochemical's sprawling oil refinery in southeast Texas has sprayed tons of sulfuric acid and carbon monoxide into the sky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

With U.S. oil reserves predicted to surpass that of giants like Saudi Arabia, a nearly 40-year ban on the selling of domestic oil abroad is being reexamined by congressional and business leaders, according to various reports Wednesday. Top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a speech at the Brookings Institution

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Study Reveals Americans Feel The Nation Should “Mind Its Own Business”

A new report from the Pew Research Center found that 52 percent of respondents believed the U.S. should mind its own business internationally.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

During the 2012 presidential election, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced — as part of his platform — a major agenda for expanding America’s global interests, with an expansion of naval and military defense systems, diplomatic repair with the United States’ key allies, and a call for the country to aggressively take the lead

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