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Donald Trump’s False Martyrdom

October 14, 2016

Exclusive: Donald Trump is presenting himself as a martyr absorbing the “slings and arrows” of false charges that he groped and abused women, even though he boasted about doing exactly that, writes Robert Parry.

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‘End of Growth’ Sparks Wide Discontent

October 14, 2016

The global elites’ false promise that neoliberal economics would cure all ills through the elixir of endless growth helps explain the angry nationalist movements ripping apart the West’s politics, observes ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke.

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The Warnings of a New World War

October 14, 2016

The U.S.-Russia confrontation over Ukraine and now Syria is far more dangerous than is understood by mainstream U.S. analysts as Russia lays down clear warnings that are mostly being ignored, writes Gilbert Doctorow.

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The Failed Dogma of Neoliberalism

October 13, 2016

In the 1980s, British Prime Minister Thatcher and President Reagan depicted neoliberal or “free market” capitalism as the ideal system, a dogma that extends to the present despite its horrific failures and other options, says Sam Ben-Meir.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Obama Re-imposes Neoliberalism in Latin America

October 13, 2016

President Obama’s chief “accomplishment” in Latin America was not restoring diplomatic ties to Cuba; it was his administration’s “regime change” strategy re-imposing “neoliberal” economic orthodoxy on the region, as Ted Snider explains.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

How America Expunges Bad Memories

October 13, 2016

America is a place that expunges unpleasant memories that belie the happier vision of its “exceptionalism,” most notably the brutal ugliness of the Vietnam War and more recent war crimes in the Middle East, observes Michael Brenner.

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The Life and Death of Hanoi Hannah

October 12, 2016

Exclusive: The death of Hanoi Hannah, the radio voice urging U.S. G.I.’s to turn against the Vietnam War, brought back memories of another time when propaganda often trumped truth, writes veteran war correspondent Don North.

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Applying Tolstoy to Today’s Rush to War

October 12, 2016

Rushing to war – justified by half-truths and propaganda – is a story as old as written history and the topic of great novelists like Leo Tolstoy, whose Anna Karenina offers lessons for today’s stampede toward WWIII, says Gilbert Doctorow.

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Debate Moderator Distorted Syrian Reality

October 11, 2016

Exclusive: The American people are receiving a highly distorted view of the Syrian war – much propaganda, little truth – including from one of the moderators at the second presidential debate, writes Robert Parry.

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Russia Reads US Bluster as Sign of War

October 11, 2016

Exclusive: As U.S. politicians and pundits have fun talking tough about Russia and demonizing President Putin, they are missing signs that Moscow isn’t amused and is preparing for actual conflict, writes ex-CIA analyst  Ray McGovern.

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Trump’s Lies About a Nuke ‘Gap’

October 11, 2016

Exclusive: One of Donald Trump’s most dangerous lies is his claim about Russia surging ahead of the U.S. on nuclear weapons, a Cold War-style assertion of a nuke “gap” that goes unchallenged, writes Jonathan Marshall.

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How Trump Got the Iran Deal Wrong

October 10, 2016

Election 2016 will be remembered for its slurs, lies and weirdness polluting the public debate, but one of the worst examples has been Donald Trump’s smearing of the Iran nuclear deal, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.

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Donald Trump Stalks Hillary Clinton

October 10, 2016

Since Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy, the Republican Party has padded its numbers by playing to America’s basest instincts, leading now to the stark image of Donald Trump almost stalking Hillary Clinton, notes Michael Winship.

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A First-Hand Account of Women’s Boat to Gaza

October 10, 2016

For almost a decade, Israel has maintained a blockade of Gaza and its nearly 2 million people, preventing even humanitarian missions such as the capture this month of the Women’s Boat to Gaza, as Ann Wright describes.

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Last Call on Consortiumnews Fund Drive

October 10, 2016

From Editor Robert Parry: Thanks to the generosity of our readers we have closed to within $1,000 of our late-summer/early-fall fundraising goal of $30,000. If you haven’t yet – and wish to – please consider a donation of any size…

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Hillary Clinton: Candidate of War

October 10, 2016

Exclusive: The U.S. political/media establishment only permits the propaganda version of the Syrian conflict – and Hillary Clinton fully embraced it in her belligerent comments in the second presidential debate, writes Daniel Lazare.

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Campaign 2016, Constitution, Environment, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, Secrecy

Low-Brow Debate Skirts Meaningful Issues

October 10, 2016

Brushing aside key issues, the second presidential debate took U.S. politics to new lows with Hillary Clinton bashing Donald Trump over his abuse of women and bigotry toward others while Trump vowed to put her in jail, says Joe Lauria.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, The Bush-43 Administration

Are Humans Natural-Born Killers?

October 10, 2016

Among scientists there has been a long debate about whether human violence toward other humans is inherent, cultural or a mix of both. The question is: Are we natural-born killers, notes Lawrence Davidson.

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Constitution, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

Extracting Lessons from Police Shootings

October 9, 2016

Police shootings, especially aimed at people of color, have inflamed tensions between communities and the police sworn to protect them, raising difficult questions about attitudes and training, says ex-police officer William John Cox.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Secrecy

Selective Outrage Over Aleppo Bombing

October 8, 2016

When the U.S. kills civilians while bombing ISIS’s cities in Syria and Iraq, the jihadists are blamed for using “human shields” and the big media is silent, but different rules apply to Russia’s attacks on Al Qaeda in Aleppo, says Steven Chovanec.

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