You Are The Hope by Paul Craig Roberts A plea issued to his readers by one of the most authoritative voices in the United States, as he sees his country hurtling towards a Gestapo police state. VOLTAIRE NETWORK | 8 MAY 2013 If there is hope, dear readers, you are it. You are motivated to [...]
9/11, the JFK Assassination, and the Oklahoma City Bombing as a Strategy of Tension by Peter Dale Scott
05/04/2013 by 1 Comment
Scholar and former diplomat Peter Dale Scott compares the events of September 11, the JFK assassination and the Oklahoma City bombing. He exposes the existence and continuity of a “deep state” behind the facade. Introduction: Structural Deep Events and the Strategy of Tension in Italy From an American standpoint, it is easy to see clearly [...]
Syria in Boston by Thierry Meyssan What has Syria got to do with the Boston bombing? Nothing at first glance, yet this event – and the clamor it has sparked – provides the key explanation for the Kerry-Lavrov plan deadlock. If nothing is happening in Syria, it is because Washington and Moscow have run into unforeseen difficulties, including the Chechen imbroglio.
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The implementation of the Kerry-Lavrov plan for Syria has run into the ground due to the difficulties encountered by the two superpowers. As for the U.S., it is finding it harder to prevail over allies that were recruited against Syria and that are now required to disband with no compensation. On the Russian side, there [...]
How the Boston Bombings May Change the World for the Worse! by James Petras
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The relation between the suspected Boston Marathon bombers and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and the Boston Police (BP) is a point of contention and controversy. The FBI, at first, claimed no knowledge of the bombing suspects but later was forced to admit having received at least two sets [...]
The Treaty on Arms Trade: supreme law of capitalism by Thierry Meyssan
04/18/2013 by 1 Comment
When the British courts became aware of the kickbacks linked to the Al-Yamamah mega arms contracts, Tony Blair tried to hush up the affair by any means. Ultimately, leaks prevented from hiding any longer that hundreds of millions of pounds had been diverted to finance international terrorism. To save the reputation of the defense industry [...]
The Orwellian Paradigm
04/16/2013 by Leave a Comment
The Orwellian Paradigm Killing you, for your own safety by Faisal Moghul, April 13, 2013 Print This | Share This Almost thirty years ago, cultural critic Neil Postman argued in Amusing Ourselves to Death that television’s gradual replacement of the printing press has created a dumbed-down culture driven by mindless entertainment. In this context, Postman [...]
Obama: Worse Than Reagan And Worse Than Bush
04/13/2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s Ronnie… As for Bush, his wealth-transfer tax-cuts came with a sunset provision, Obama’s fiscal cliff deal made the Bush tax cuts permanent for 99 percent of American workers, at a ten year price of $3.4 trillion, or 3.9 trillion if the interest on the national debt is included. The 3.9 trillion is proximately the target of [...]
Why Social Security & Medicare Are NOT in Crisis
04/13/2013 by 3 Comments
Dean Baker and many other, more honest liberal economists, have been pointing out that SocSec is not currently suffering a crisis, and that since it doesn’t add a penny to the deficit it should never have become part of the deficit reduction hysteria. The same economists admit that Medicare does have funding problems, yet few [...]
President Chavez: A 21st Century Renaissance Man by James Petras.
03/16/2013 by Leave a Comment
Introduction President Hugo Chavez was unique in multiple areas of political, social and economic life. He made significant contributions to the advancement of humanity. The depth, scope and popularity of his accomplishments mark President Chavez as the ‘Renaissance President of the 21st Century’. Many writers have noted one or another of his historic contributions highlighting [...]
“BEFORE OUR VERY EYES” The NATO Economy, the solution to the U.S. crisis by Thierry Meyssan
03/10/2013 by Leave a Comment
New Secretary of State John Kerry’s first contacts were not devoted to the Asia pivot (transfer of U.S. forces to the Far East) or the partition plan for the Middle East, but to the creation of a NATO economy, without arousing the slightest concern in Europe. However, should it be implemented quickly, this project would [...]
Call for peace in Syria
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VOLTAIRE NETWORK | 3 MARCH 2013 FRANÇAIS РУССКИЙ For almost 2 years western media and governments have been leveling a flurry of accusations against the legal and legitimate head of the Syrian state, against his government and against Syria’s military. They try to pass the victim off as the culprit, as they did in Libya [...]