2 days before the crash this was posted by the US State Dept, advising Americans to steer clear of Ethiopia. Meskel is less than 5 miles off the airport. 19 of the victims were UN workers. Is the Deep State assassinating UN workers? China thinks so. The African press are talking about it now. Odd […] […]
Heartwood – Billy Bob Holland Novel By James Lee Burke
Heartwood by James Lee Burke Billy Bob Holland is a former Texas Ranger turned lawyer. During his gun-slinging days on the border, he killed many men, most of them Mexican drug mules transporting narcotics into Texas. It was on one of those raids that he accidentally shot and killed his partner and best friend, LQ […]
Why The Entire Political-Media Class Just Tried To End Ilhan Omar’s Career — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Caitlin Johnstone Source Well, now we all know what happens when a public official criticizes AIPAC. And of course, that was the whole idea Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has published an apology for making self-evident observations about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an immensely influential lobbying firm which, like all lobbying […] via […]
The Siege of Venezuela and The Travails of Empire by Jim Kavanagh (must-read) — Dandelion Salad
by Jim Kavanagh Writer, Dandelion Salad The Polemicist February 14, 2019 Here’s the bullet-point version: It’s imperialism. It’s American imperialism, a bipartisan national project. American imperialism is the global management of capitalist class power. It’s a binary situation in which one side or the other will win via the use and threat of armed force. […] […]
Leaked Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Whitney Webb Source This “U.S. coup manual,” recently highlighted by WikiLeaks, serves as a reminder that the so-called “independence” of such financial institutions as The World Bank and IMF is an illusion and that they are among the many “financial weapons” regularly used by the U.S. government to bend countries to its will. WASHINGTON […] […]
How Washington Became the World’s Judge, Jury and Executioner — Uprootedpalestinians’s Blog
By Philip M.Giraldi Source The principle that Washington should respect the sovereignty of other states even when it disagrees with their internal policies has effectively been abandoned. One of the most disturbing aspects of the past two years of Donald Trump foreign policy has been the assumption that decisions made by the United States are […] […]
Austria president will not relocate Israel embassy to Jerusalem —
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen yesterday criticised the relocation of US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, stressing his country would never follow suite, the Anadolu Agency reported.Der Bellen made the remarks during a press conference held with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.“Austria is sad about […]
Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant (Folk)
This is a classic anti-war song that doesn’t get near enough airplay. Rebel Voice is happy to rectify this.
Tamika Mallory talks anti-Semitism and why she doesn’t issue condemnations on the Breakfast Club — Mondoweiss
Women’s March organizer Tamika Mallory was on the Breakfast Club yesterday speaking about the upcoming protest on Saturday, her appearance on the View earlier in the week and anti-Semitism. She covered more ground than in most interviews. This one ran just over 30 minutes. Mallory spent a fair amount of her time underscoring the reality… via […]
Beto O’Rourke’s presidential flare reminds progressives of his fawning to AIPAC — Mondoweiss
A pro-Israel tweet from September by Beto O’Rourke got a new life yesterday when the charismatic Texas congressman said at a town hall that he wouldn’t rule out a run for president in 2020. The tweet was a fawning thank you to AIPAC for dropping by and educating him about the “current security situation in […]
Facebook Community Standards Are Double Standards
Any regular users of Facebook will be familiar with the system of blocking that the media giant employs. These methods of punishment are applied based on whether or not users contravene Facebook’s ‘Community Standards’. Unfortunately, the application of such blocks appears to be wholly arbitrary, dependent upon the topic or group targeted. For example, Facebook […]
US Federal Machine Determined To Start War In Oil-rich Venezuela
The imperialist intent of the US Federal system is no secret to those who have been following geo-politics. The emergence of Trump has not created this corporate-run policy, it has merely intensified it. Trump has no shame. He cares little for what others think of him. In this, he is a product of a corrupted […]