From the Glass House, a Hail of Stones Rains Down on Venezuela
By Stephen Karganovic, August 06, 2024
Since the 1920s, Venezuela has been a very unlucky country. That was when vast oil deposits were discovered on its territory. Its misfortune began when global predators grasped that it was fabulously rich. It has the largest petroleum reserves in the world, exceeding those of Saudi Arabia, as well as huge amounts of gold and other valuable ores and minerals.
Open Letter to Israel: I Want My Country Back
By Dr. Paul Larudee, August 06, 2024
I did not ask for my country to be complicit in the ongoing genocide and attempted eradication of the people of Gaza and Palestine. I do not want to be complicit in the genocide of anyone. I do not want this crime to stain the name of the United States of America whenever it is spoken for the next century and for all eternity, and to bring shame upon me and my descendants, and to all others who hold American citizenship.
Iran to Hit Israel Hard with Smart Power
By M. K. Bhadrakumar, August 06, 2024
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was appointed as the ‘Strategic Deputy’ of the Iranian president entrusting him with the responsibility of the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS). The CSS is the research arm of the president’s office. Zarif’s appointment signifies his return to the foreign policy arena and Pezeshkian’s high estimation of his unique credentials to chariot Tehran’s Track 1.5 diplomacy.
By Jacob Nordangard, August 06, 2024
There are barely two months left until the big UN meeting Summit of the Future (September 22-23) where the “Pact for the Future” is to be signed by world leaders (heads of government and state). The pact, which essentially constitutes a blueprint for a global technocracy to manage global risks on behalf of the global corporatocracy, is now being finalised for completion by early August.
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 06, 2024
Unknown to the broader public, the first U.S. Doomsday Blueprint of a nuclear attack directed against the Soviet Union was formulated by the US War Department at the height of World War II, confirmed by “Top Secret” documents on September 15, 1945 when the US and the Soviet Union were allies.
Who Is Pulling the Strings? Zelensky or His Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak?
By Ahmed Adel, August 05, 2024
As the Russian operation in Ukraine enters its third year, some of Kiev’s international backers are increasingly concerned about how much decision-making is concentrated in the hands of Yermak, a former film producer who has become Zelensky’s “sole gatekeeper” with a direct say in everything from foreign policy to military planning.
U.S. Sponsored Regime Change and “Color Revolution” in Bangladesh
By Andrew Korybko, August 05, 2024
What just happened in Bangladesh is ominously similar to 2014’s “EuroMaidan” in Ukraine where legitimate grievances gave rise to a nationwide protest movement that was then co-opted by political opportunists, radicals, and external forces to carry out regime change like the West wanted.