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The civil war in Syria: A case study in propaganda

January 28, 2017
| The story we are told about the civil war in Syria is that it's a fight for freedom and democracy against a brutal dictator. Journalist Rick Sterling says this narrative is based on lies and fraud.
Length: 17:27 minutes (15.98 MB)
Is a Pink Revolution beginning in America? This genie will be hard to put back in its bottle!
By
David J. Climenhaga
| January 22, 2017

Was it just my imagination, or was there a whiff of "colour revolution" in the air yesterday south of the Medicine Line?

Yesterday was the first full day of Donald J. Trump's first term as President of the United States, and he was promptly and perhaps prudently off to visit the offices of the Central Intelligence Agency, thought by some to be our planet's No. 1 fomenter and organizer of so-called colour revolutions.

Trump’s first presidential stopover in Langley, Va., may show "marks of foresight, beginnings of wit,” as the great Canadian poet Milton Acorn described such inklings, or merely that the newly sworn-in blowhard still confidently believes he can fool anyone.

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Green Majority Radio

Capitalism itself choosing sides

January 17, 2017
| Interview with Nathan Phillips from Boston University about "Sleeping Giants," a Twitter group that is pressuring brands advertising on hate sites like Brietbart.
Length: 55:01 minutes (50.38 MB)

Report about U.S. and Russian interference in elections

I am furious about Russia's actions during the previous United States election, mostly because I came to Canada from the United States and hate what Trump stands for.  On Sunday, I listened to Michael Enright's essay on the inherent hypocrisy in this condementation given the history of election interference by the United States.   I found the story interesting but found it one-sided--what about intervention by the former Soviet Union??  What about the other European powers?

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Ceasefire in Syria is a rare hopeful note at opening of year 2017
By
Roger Annis
| January 5, 2017

The year 2016 closed on some very bad notes. It was another year of imperialist, regime-change war in Syria causing immense human suffering and physical destruction. Extreme civil war violence continues against the Kurdish people by NATO-member Turkey. A horrific, Western-backed war in Yemen is raging. A low-intensity war against the people of eastern Ukraine is ongoing, against a backdrop of a nuclear-armed NATO military buildup in eastern Europe against Russia.

The election of arch-imperialist Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency and the global warming emergency worsen the picture.

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Donald Trump may have started a new arms race

Image: Wikimedia Commons/United States Department of Defense

President-elect Donald Trump exploded a half-century of U.S. nuclear-arms policy in a single tweet last week: "The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes." With that one vague message, Donald Trump, who hasn't even taken office yet, may have started a new arms race.

Trump's statement set off alarms around the world, necessitating a cadre of his inner circle to flood the airwaves with now-routine attempts to explain what their boss "really meant." On MSNBC, Rachel Maddow confronted former Trump campaign manager and newly appointed Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway about the shocking tweet:

Maddow: "He's saying we're going to expand our nuclear capability."

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Obama's expulsion of Russian 'spies' from the U.S. is deeply ironic
By
David J. Climenhaga
| December 30, 2016

In the lead-up to the expulsion yesterday by President Barack Obama of 35 suspected Russian "intelligence operatives" from the United States for their government's effort to influence the recent U.S. presidential election, a strenuous attempt has been made by many North American news organizations to leave the impression the 'hacking" in question involved manipulating the actual ballot count to give the election to Republican Donald Trump.

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As corruption hits close to home, we must remember there are alternatives to deregulated corporate capitalism
By
Christopher Majka
| December 20, 2016

In Canada we can pride ourselves at having anti-corruption legislation applicable both within Canada and to Canadian companies operating abroad (See the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act).

However, when it comes to bribery, graft, corruption and kickbacks there are many dark corners where shady dealing can hide. When it comes to corruption, no legislation has yet been devised that leaves no loopholes, and there are lawyers and accountants able to drive a freight train through the eye of such a needle.

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If Donald Trump won't knuckle under, could he face an American 'Colour Revolution'?
By
David J. Climenhaga
| November 17, 2016

It would be an irony if the troubles the United States has visited on much of the earth were now visited upon the United States -- and, lest you’re feeling smug about that possibility, it's not likely to be a happy irony if you happen to be a citizen of that country's next-door neighbour.

Still, filmmaker Michael Moore probably has it right when he predicts Donald Trump will not serve out his full term as president.

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UN report says sanctions against Syria make aid work impossible

October 18, 2016
| Sanctions are crippling the efforts of aid workers in Syria as the country faces a humanitarian catastrophe, according to a recent UN report leaked to Rania Khalek of the Electronic Intifada.
Length: 12:47 minutes (11.71 MB)
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