[ What follows is the entire text of Vladimir Putin’s speech at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi. ] Participants in the plenary session, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I am glad to welcome you all in Sochi at the anniversary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. The moderator has already mentioned that this is…
[ Note: Scott was going to speak at the Rage against the War Machine rally, scheduled for Feb 19th at the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. For personal reasons, he will not be appearing. Being familiar with the principal figures organizing the event leads me to suspect petty politics prompted Scott’s…
BRAINWASHING IS NOT A FORM OF PERSONAL HYGIENE. Nor is being brainwashed a guarantee of personal bliss, though it’s becoming apparent that there are many who swear by it. It’s like reverence for innocence. Well, yes, kids sure are sweet, unsullied, open, positive, vibrant, curious. They wear their innocence well…
Dan Kovalik is the author of critically-acclaimed No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using ‘Humanitarian’ Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests, The Plot to Scapegoat Russia, The Plot to Attack Iran, The Plot to Control the World, and The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela, and many other thought-provoking and highly…
There are some things that I believe to be true about the anarchy that purports to be US foreign policy. First, and most important, I do not believe that any voter cast a ballot for Joe Biden because he or she wanted him to relentlessly pursue a needless conflict with…
Caitlin Johnstone in a word is brilliant. She is a smart, courageous, articulate journalist, an original and inspiring thinker, always speaking truth to power and confronting the ruling elite with their treacherous, sinister, destructive, homicidal, suicidal policies and behavior. This article [re-printed from her website] gets to the core of…