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Racism and Bias at the Court of Arbitration for Sports
Sun Yang Over the past 5 years, the sports “anti doping movement” has been distorted into a political tool to attack Russia and now China. This article reveals the bias behind the decision to ban...
View ArticleSouthFront is Censored under Cover of Pandemic
Censorship of alternative media is becoming more widespread in the COVID19 era. This article documents the case of SouthFront. Introducing SouthFront Where do you find daily news, videos, analysis and...
View ArticleCaesar Tries to Suffocate 17 Million Syrians
Since 2011, the US and allies have promoted, trained and supplied militants trying to bring about “regime change” in Damascus. Having failed in that effort, they have tried to strangle Syria...
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Keep it Real
Diana Johnstone has written a compelling and insightful book. It is mostly a review and analysis of significant events from the past 55 years. It concludes with her assessment of different trends that...
View ArticleHow USA and Turkey Plunder and Loot Syria with Impunity
While President Trump lashes out at rioting and looting in Portland and Kenosha, half way around the world, the USA and Turkey are plundering and looting Syria on a vastly greater scale with impunity...
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Who to believe about Venezuela’s election? Firsthand observation or PBS...
In early December I travelled to Venezuela to be an election observer at their national assembly election. I was part of a group of eight persons from Canada and US organized by CodePink. There were...
View ArticleWhat Happened to JFK and a Foreign Policy of Peace?
Sixty years ago, John F Kennedy (JFK) was inaugurated as president of the USA. In less than three years, before he was assassinated in November 1963, he initiated major changes in foreign policy. These...
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Why Victoria Nuland is Dangerous and Should Not be Confirmed
Victoria Nuland exemplifies the neocons who have led US foreign policy from one disaster to another for the past 30 years while evading accountability. It is a bad sign that President Joe Biden has...
View ArticleTwo Ambassadors to Syria with Wildly Different Analyses
In the past few months, Grayzone journalist Aaron Mate has interviewed two former ambassadors to Syria: former UK Ambassador Peter Ford and former US Ambassador Robert S. Ford. The two ambassadors have...
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How Billionaire Foundations Fund NGOs to Advance US Foreign Policy Goals
US foreign policy is increasingly promoted by billionaire funded foundations. The neoliberal era has created individuals with incredible wealth and through “philanthropy”, they flex their influence...
View ArticleWhat is Wrong with the “Humanitarian Crossing” into Syria?
Author’s Note (July 9, 2021): On Friday July 9 the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to a one year extension of the Bab al Hawa crossing. As part of the agreement, the UN Secretary General needs...
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Why is the Top Chinese Swimmer not at the Tokyo Olympics?
Primary players and acronyms: FINA – Fédération Internationale de Natation (International Swimming Federation). Established 1908. WADA – World Anti-Doping Agency. Established in 1999. Based in...
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Indigenous Leaders in Nicaragua Speak Out Against Western Media and NGOs
Nicaragua has an election to choose their president and national assembly on November 7. According to polls, the Sandinista Front (FSLN) currently in government is expected to win the presidency and a...
View ArticleHow the US instigated the Ukraine crisis
Introduction Russia has sent troops into Ukraine and attacked Ukrainian military forces . In a one hour address, President Putin said the goal was the “de-Nazification” of Ukraine. It is now clear the...
View ArticleRand Report Prescribed US Provocations against Russia and Predicted Russia...
According to a 2019 Rand report titled “Overextending and Unbalancing Russia,” the US goal is to undermine Russia just as it did the Soviet Union in the cold war. Rather than “trying to stay ahead” or...
View ArticleFabricating Putin Quotes and Banning Paraplegic Athletes to Undermine Russia
Mobilizing a population to vilify and hate a targeted enemy is a tactic that leaders have used since before the dawn of human history, and it is being used to demonize Russia and Vladimir Putin in the...
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Ukraine is a Pawn on the Grand Chessboard
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s book The Grand Chessboard was published 25 years ago. His assumptions and strategies for maintaining U.S. global dominance have been hugely influential in US foreign policy. As...
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A Tale of Two Summits
Last week (June 8-10) there were two summits in Los Angeles, California: the Summit of the Americas hosted by the US State Department and the Peoples Summit hosted by US and international activist...
View ArticleHandling International Crises: From JFK to Biden
There are significant parallels between the international crises in Cuba in 1962 and Ukraine today. Both involved intense confrontations between the USA and the Soviet Union or Russia. Both involved...
View ArticleLessons from Vietnam for Ukraine
In April 1965, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) explained why he was escalating US involvement in Vietnam. With an Orwellian touch, LBJ titled the speech “Peace without Conquest” as he...
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