October 26, 2016 (fotos omitted) The death of Tom Hayden at age 76 marked the passing of a major progressive leader who championed causes from civil rights to Vietnam War opposition to the environment, as Marjorie Cohn recalls. When Tom Hayden died on Oct. 23, we lost a courageous warrior for peace and equality. Hayden …
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EDITOR’S CHOICE | 26.10.2016 Russia’s Very Different RealityNatylie Baldwin is co-author of Ukraine: Zbig’s Grand Chessboard & How the West Was Checkmated, available from Tayen Lane Publishing. In October of 2015, she traveled to 6 cities in the Russian Federation and has written several articles based on her conversations and interviews with a cross-section of …
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The “White Helmets” symbol, expropriating the name of “Syria Civil Defense.” EDITOR’S CHOICE | 25.10.2016 Across the mainstream Western media, the “White Helmets” are hailed as heroic first responders rescuing injured civilians in rebel-controlled parts of Syria. The U.K. Guardian and The Independent urged the Nobel Committee to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to …
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Washington’s Struggle: Remaining Relevant FEDERICO PIERACCINI | 25.10.2016 | WORLD The most important event of the past 70 years is the change in the international order, from a US unipolar domination to a new multipolar reality. The fundamental question lies in understanding how this transition is taking place, its consequences and root causes The transition …
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: How did you end up here? This is a just a small provincial town. These days, you find French people wherever you go in Russia, in every village. This is very good and we are pleased to see it. Question (retranslated): Mr President, could you explain why you are not …
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13.10.2016 | OPINION West is Gunning for Russian Media Ban It would be monumental, but Western states seem to be moving, ineluctably, towards banning Russian news media channels from satellite platforms and the internet. That outcome – albeit with enormous ethical and political implications – seems to be a logical conclusion of the increasingly frenzied …
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| 11.10.2016 | OPINION Washington Hits Back at Putin’s Humiliation The Obama administration is now accusing Russia of cyber-crime and trying to disrupt the US presidential election. The claim is so far-fetched, it is hardly credible. More credible is that the US is reeling from Putin’s stunning humiliation earlier this week. Since June, US media …
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11.10.2016 The transfer of the geopolitical center of gravity to Eurasia is something the West will have to get used to William Engdahl is strategic risk consultant and lecturer, he holds a degree in politics from Princeton University and is a best-selling author on oil and geopolitics, “New Eastern Outlook” I recently returned from a …
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Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007), Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge and Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). His latest book is Empire of Chaos 11.10.2016 Almost six years ago, President Putin proposed to Germany ‘the creation of …
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| 10.10.2016 | WORLD US Loses Major Allies in Asia Pacific The friendly relationship between the Philippines and the United States has been one of the pillars of Washington’s strategic military rebalance to Asia under President Barack Obama. This alliance is under stain now as the Philippines has announced it will pursue a much more …
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