Author Archives: Stephen Lendman

Another bloody Friday in Gaza

April 13 is the third consecutive Great March of Return Friday, continuing in besieged Gaza until Nabka Day commemorations on May 15. Continue reading

WaPo tries justifying unjustifiable US-led aggression

Overnight Friday US-led aggression on Syrian targets was the latest shoe to drop on a sovereign state and its people—victimized by Washington’s rage to replace its legitimate government with pro-Western puppet rule. Continue reading

Fake news headlines promote wars of aggression

Without major media support, US imperial wars might not get off the dime. They’re vital to gain public support or at least prevent strong opposition. Continue reading

Flashpoint in Syria: Will WW III follow?

WW I followed events in Serbia. Poland was ground zero for WW II. Will East/West conflict in Syria escalate to war to end all others, risking catastrophic nuclear war? Continue reading

Skripal incident big lie unraveling in plain sight

Whoever dreamed up the scheme should be fired for disinformation incompetence—falsely blaming Russia for what lack of evidence proves otherwise. Continue reading

Bolton’s appointment as national security advisor threatens world peace

All sovereign independent countries are threatened by John Bolton’s appointment, notably Russia, China, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and Iran—world peace threatened with him and Mike Pompeo given key Trump administration positions. Continue reading

John Bolton represents Washington’s lunatic fringe

Appointing John Bolton national security advisor is like making a pyromaniac fire chief. Continue reading

Ahed Tamimi sentenced to eight months in prison

According to Israeli and Palestinian media, Ahed Tamimi will be sentenced to eight months in prison following a March 21 plea bargain at the Ofer military court—pending approval by the court. Continue reading

UK’s Boris Johnson compared Putin to Hitler

A responsible UK prime minister would sack Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Theresa May is just as bad. Continue reading

The most perilous time in world history got worse

Events ongoing should terrify everyone—things likely heading for greater war than already. Continue reading

Pompeo replacing Tillerson at State

The change was unceremoniously announced by Trump with Tillerson abroad. Continue reading

America: World’s leading merchant of death

The Center for International Policy’s (CIP) Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) follows US foreign security aid and arms sales. Continue reading

Netanyahu at AIPAC’s annual Israel lovefest

Benjamin Netanyahu is a world class thug, facing possible indictment for fraud and breach of trust, his dark side ignored at AIPAC, attendees welcoming him rapturously. Continue reading

Trump and Netanyahu plot next moves

On Monday in Washington, Trump and Netanyahu met for the fifth time, discussing their imperial agenda, their partnership in regional wars of aggression, their strategy for what’s planned. Continue reading

The NYT pays homage to fascist Venezuelan coup plotter

In 2015, Leopoldo Lopez was arrested, prosecuted and convicted, and imprisoned for inciting months of violence and related crimes against the state—a US-regime change plot still ongoing to replace Bolivarian social democracy with fascist tyranny. Continue reading

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: US imperial tool

Like his predecessors, Guterres was appointed to serve US and other Western interests exclusively. Continue reading

Nikki Haley insults Palestinians and humanity

On Tuesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley responded to Mahmoud Abbas’ Israeli/Palestinian peace plan presented to Security Council members. Continue reading

Abbas at the Security Council

Mahmoud Abbas long ago lost credibility for collaborating with Israel as its enforcer against his own people—for special privileges he’s enjoyed for years, growing super-rich, much of his ill-gotten wealth stashed in offshore tax havens while most Palestinians remain deeply impoverished and viciously persecuted, besieged Gazans most of all. Continue reading

Disaster capitalism in Puerto Rico

The pattern is familiar, corporate predators profiting from natural and other disasters. Continue reading

Longstanding US hegemonic meddling abroad

Washington’s rage for dominance began by exterminating its native people to expand the nation from sea-to-shinning sea. Continue reading

Nikki Haley’s big lies on Syria

US ambassadors notoriously lie for their country. Haley does it repeatedly, again during a Wednesday Security Council session on Syria—a beginning-to-end recitation of Big Lies fooling no one. Continue reading

Israel wants illegal settlements annexed

Israeli hardliners already considers illegal settlements part of the Jewish state, formal annexation in the cards. Continue reading

America’s endless wars to rule the world

Diabolical US aims reflect destructive megalomania—defined by Merriam-Webster as “a delusional mental illness that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur.” Continue reading

Pence snubs North Korean officials at Winter Games

Pence is living proof that even an extremist imbecile can become vice president of the United States, a heartbeat from the top job. Continue reading

NYT disinformation on Venezuela’s presidential election

It’s scheduled for April 22, Maduro is favored to be reelected for another six-year term. Continue reading

Will Trump wage war on North Korea?

Donald Trump’s rage for wars makes the unthinkable possible. Washington never before attacked a nuclear powered nation. Continue reading

Tillerson’s Latin America/Caribbean tour

From February 1-7, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Jamaica, US-allied countries, serving privileged interests exclusively, exploiting others, the way America operates. Continue reading

Trump’s dismal State of the Union

Trump heads a neocon infested police state, a fantasy democracy, a warrior nation waging endless wars of aggression, raping and destroying one country after another—exploiting people at home and abroad, wanting dominance over all other nations. Continue reading

Trump’s deplorable hubris and arrogance

Count the ways—Trump’s rage for endless wars of aggression, his contempt for ecosanity, his disdain for ordinary Americans he vowed to serve equitably—his willingness to use nuclear weapons for the first time since 1945, today’s weapons infinitely more powerful than Fat Man and Little Boy. Continue reading

GOP tax cut scam a jobs killer

The great GOP tax cut heist was never about boosting economic growth and jobs creation—entirely about transferring America’s wealth from ordinary people to corporate predators and super-rich households. Continue reading

Pence’s deplorable Knesset address

Vice President Mike Pence is an embarrassment to the office he holds—a neocon Christian fascist, an evangelical lunatic, a hate-mongering Islamophobe. Continue reading

Trump’s deplorable first year in office

Last year on January 20, Donald J. Trump was sworn into office as America’s 45th president. Continue reading