UPDATED: VIPS says its direct experience with Mike Pompeo leaves them with strong doubt regarding his trustworthiness on issues of consequence to the President and the nation.
VIPS Memo to the President: Is Pompeo’s Iran Agenda the Same As Yours?
Ten Minutes to War
Donald Trump pulled back from igniting a potentially disastrous war in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night with just 10 minutes to spare, but the super-hawks he surrounded himself with will probably try again, writes Joe Lauria.
Fake Meat: Big Food’s Attempt to Further Industrialize What We Eat
We need to decolonize our food cultures and our minds of food imperialism, writes Vandana Shiva.
How Many Are Not Blowing the Whistle?
Given the example being made out of Chelsea Manning, silence must be spreading fast, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
PEPE ESCOBAR: Brazilgate is Turning into Russiagate 2.0
The Intercept‘s bombshell about Brazilian corruption is being ludicrously spun by the country’s media and military as a “Russian conspiracy,” writes Pepe Escobar
Using Democratic Institutions to Smash Democratic Aspirations (the Brazil Model)
Clarity emerges around the political persecution of Lula, Brazil’s former president. But what is still blurry for many is the actual case against him, writes Vijay Prashad.
Annexation: Israel Already Controls More Than Half of the West Bank
Annexation would only formalize a situation in which almost two-thirds of Palestinian territory is controlled by Israel and settlers live as Israeli citizens, writes Jonathan Cook.
Bernie Sanders’ Economic Bill of Rights
Marjorie Cohn reports on a more complete U.S. definition of human rights that, as Sanders urges, picks up where FDR left off.
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THE ANGRY ARAB: How to Bring Down a Regime in the Arab World
Protesters in the Sudan and Algeria have learned from the counter-revolutions and know it is not enough to oust a single tyrant, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
The Ugly View of Western Democracy
From flimsy false flags in the Gulf to the signing of Assange’s extradition warrant, Craig Murray reviews the abuses of power made obvious in the past two weeks.
Trump’s Bipartisan Support for Eradicating the Palestinian Cause
The U.S. is now formally supporting Israel’s efforts at economic pacification, writes Jonathan Cook.
Iraqi Peace Activists Talk About Their Work
Rarely is the U.S. public allowed glimpses of Iraq that make war there seem less inevitable, writes Laura Gottesdiener.
FBI Never Saw CrowdStrike Unredacted or Final Report on Alleged Russian Hacking Because None was Produced
The FBI relied on CrowdStrike’s “conclusion” to blame Russia for hacking DNC servers, though the private firm never produced a final report and the FBI never asked them to, as Ray McGovern explains.
Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: An Opposition Front Group is a Go-to Monitor for Western Media
Corporate media relies on the Syrian Network for Human Rights for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group’s seamless connection to Syria’s opposition, and its public lobbying for U.S. military intervention. Max Blumenthal reports for The Grayzone.
The Danger of Leaving a President Out of the Loop
Donald Trump was kept in the dark about a possible U.S. nuclear response to a Russian cyber-weapon attack. The U.S. has now ramped up offensive cyber-warfare against Russia’s power grid, putting Trump in a deep bind, says Caitlin Johnstone.
7 Reasons to Doubt US Version of Gulf-of-Oman Incident
Given Pompeo’s regime-change agenda for Iran, Caitlin Johnstone pours cold water over his version of events.
John Pilger: The Global War on Assange, Journalism & Dissent
John Pilger talks about the persecution of the WikiLeaks publisher and the rapid crackdown on investigative journalism in a wide-ranging interview with Dennis J. Bernstein and Randy Credico.
Assange to Face 5-Day Extradition Hearing in February 2020
Decision on Assange’s fate will not come for at least another eight months.
Propaganda Prospering Far and Wide
Human minds are very hackable, writes Caitlin Johnstone, and that causes a major problem for democracy.
US Attacks on UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Taking a Toll
Unless UNWRA can secure at least $60 million by the end of this month, food aid for over a million Palestine refugees seems uncertain, reports Charlotte Munns.