Reality on Thanksgiving Weekend

Reality on Thanksgiving Weekend America's privileged class never had things better throughout the year.  The vast majority of ordinary people struggle to get by, a few lost paychecks from homelessness, hunger and despair. The world's richest country exploits them so wealth, power and privilege can benefit. According to Hunger &...

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The death of James Le Mesurier

The death of former British intelligence officer turned humanitarian activist, James Le Mesurier, still raises many questions among the international and intelligence communities. The co-founder of the controversial "White-Helmets" (also known as Syrian Civil Defense) was found dead on November 11th near his apartment in central Istanbul's...

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Where is the UK heading?

Where is the UK heading? After an illegal campaign based on lies and scare-mongering, the Brexit bandwagon appeared to be leading Wacky Races in the United Kingdom. What now transpires is the majority of the electorate does NOT want Brexit. It is inconceivable in practically any country on Earth that something like Boris Johnson could get...

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Russia to keep counter-sanctions against the West for good

Russia will not be the first to abolish restrictive measures that were imposed in response to the sanctions against Moscow's current policy, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a news conference following his talks with Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne. "If we discuss first steps on the part of Russia, the abolition of some...

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

If I could have one wish granted, it might well be a total end to rape. That means a significant weapon of war gone from the arsenal of conflict, the absence of a daily risk assessment for girls and women in public and private spaces, the removal of a violent assertion of power, and a far-reaching shift for our societies.  Rape isn't...

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Passenger plane makes emergency landing after co-pilot dies

An Aeroflot airliner flying from Moscow to Anapa (in Southern Russia) made an emergency landing at Platov Airport in the city of Rostov-on-Don because of the death of a co-pilot. A source at emergency services of the region reported that the passenger plane made an emergency landing at the airport of Rostov-on-Don Airport after the co-pilot...

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WikiLeaks Exposes Doctored OPCW Report on Alleged CW Attack in Syria

WikiLeaks Exposes Doctored OPCW Report on Alleged CW Attack in Syria On November 23, WikiLeaks accused the OPCW "of doctoring (its Douma, Syria) chemical weapons report." It published email information from an OPCW whistleblower, a member of its fact finding mission to Douma, expressing "his gravest concern over intentional bias...

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Bolivia: No Election Fraud, but a Color Revolution

Bolivia: No Election Fraud, but a Color Revolution  OAS hasn't presented any evidence that there was a fraud, as a U.S. and a European independent institution have both concluded that Almagro manipulated data, to make possible the coup against Morales No Evidence that Bolivian Election Results Were Affected by Irregularities or...

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Italy: Acqua Alta

Acqua Alta The Acqua Alta that drowns Venice in these rainy and gray days of November is unfortunately also a representation of the Italian political, social and economic situation. So Venice finds itself with alarming frequency at the mercy of ever larger tides that disfigure and ruin it, without those in charge being able to find a way...

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Exquisite hobbies of Russian entrepreneurs: gold coins, medals and toil

Prominent Russian billionaire entrepreneurs spend their time and money not only on entrepreneurial activities. There are dedicated collectors among them, too. Some of them approach their hobby as professionals, rather than enthusiastic amateurs. It is pleasing when such wonderful collections can be accessible for most of us, but many wealthy...

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Hardline US Senators Call for Combatting China

Hardline US Senators Call for Combatting China On November 12, a joint press release by US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hardliners Chris Coons, Jeff Merkley, Marco Rubio, and Todd Young called for combatting China. The so-called Global Economic Security Strategy Act of 2019 (GESS) is all about wanting China marginalized, weakened,...

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Italy: A poisoned society?

Our western civilization is undergoing major changes, but while the basic economic structure has never changed and is not changing, remaining capitalist albeit with some variations on the same theme, it is on the social and cultural front that we see the most significant changes. Both Europe and Italy are hit by large migratory flows that...

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Bolvia coup: Why did Putin betray Evo Morales?

Why would the Russian government bother to support left-wing regimes in Latin America to the detriment of Russia's relations with other countries? Russia recognized Jeanine Agnes, an opposition representative, the interim President of Bolivia. Agnes immediately recognized the government of impostor Juan Guaido in Venezuela, which Moscow...

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Brexit Britain: Heading for catastrophe

Brexit Britain: Heading for catastrophe The electorate of the United Kingdom has one chance to bury Brexit and avoid a colossal mistake which will relagate the UK to insignificance and economic hardship. The question remains, are the people of the UK wise enough to understand the enormity of their decision? Every once in a while, a nation...

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19-year-old bullied student goes on shooting spree in Russia

A 19-year-old student went on a shooting spree at Construction and Housing Services School  in Blagoveshchensk, the Amur region of Russia. One person - aged 19 - was killed, the attacker shot himself. Three people were wounded, all the injured have multiple gunshot wounds. The three injured are 17, 19 and 20 years old. Two young people...

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Can Russia be a superpower?

Vladimir Putin speaks very little about the future of Russia, so recent not-so-competent revelations from French President Emmanuel Macron on this topic have attracted interest. In a recent interview with The Economist, French President Emmanuel Macron named three scenarios for the development of Russia in the near future. According to...

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