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U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s grandiose performance in front of the UN on December 15 should send shivers down the spines of those who remember Colin Powell’s equally disturbing performance in the months leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This is just the beginning of the a new media campaign against Iran with regime change as the end goal. by Darius Shahtahmasebi Part 1 The United States has had Iran in its crosshairs for decades and current media coverage indicates that US-Iranian relations are only getting worse. In 1953, the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected leader, Mohammed Mossadegh, and replaced him with a brutal U.S.- and U.K.-backed dictator, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. As is typically the case with covert CIA operations, the U.S. had other concerns when it made the decision to lead a coup against Iran’s democratically elected government and opted for a dictatorship instead. As explained by The Guardian:            Britain, and in par

Almost three years have passed since Saudi Arabia announced it was intervening militarily, with its allies, in Yemen, to remove the Houthis (officially called Ansar Allah) from power after they had taken over the capital. Western analysts saw it as a bold move from recently-empowered (deputy) crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS), weapons manufacturers and their political representatives were delighted. But what had been predicted as a swift military operation has turned into a humiliating stalemate. Unable to impose its will by force, Saudi Arabia and its bold prince have resorted to war crimes and collective punishment, imposing a humanitarian catastrophe on the Yemeni people. by Ricardo Vaz Part 1 The lack of media interest makes it seem like a crisis unfolding in slow motion. But that is only because outrage and compassion are now meant to be weaponised when they can be useful in justifying imperialist interventions. For the Yemeni people the agony is real and

The Republicans are gathering on Capitol Hill to celebrate their great victory of robbing the middle class to enrich the ultra-wealthy through a legislation that will also screw up healthcare for tens of millions of Americans globinfo freexchange Aaron Maté of the Real News spoke with Bill Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri, about the biggest robbery against the US middle class in history, made by the Republicans and the Trump administration, to satisfy the plutocrats. The GOP tax bill is propagated through the common, now obsolete, but biggest fairy tale that the neoliberal regime has sold to the working class: Trickle-down economics. Key points by Black: It is the biggest [tax cut for the wealthy] ever done through tax legislation in any country at any time in history. And it comes at a time when the United States already has record income inequality, record profits for corporations and record wealth

«Θα τη θυμόμαστε αυτή την ημέρα όταν μας ζητηθεί για ακόμη μια φορά να κάνουμε την μεγαλύτερη (οικονομική) συνεισφορά στα Ηνωμένα Έθνη» ανέφερε η Αμερικανίδα πρεσβευτής των ΗΠΑ στον ΟΗΕ Νίκι Χέιλι, λίγο πριν ξεκινήσει η ψηφοφορία για το σχέδιο που καταδικάζει τη μονομερή αναγνώριση της Ιερουσαλήμ από τις ΗΠΑ ως πρωτεύουσας του Ισραήλ. Απομονωμένη από εχθρούς και συμμάχους η Ουάσινγκτον απειλούσε εδώ και 48 ώρες όποιον είχε στόχο να υπερψηφίσει την πρόταση. Ήρθε η στιγμή να αρχίσουμε να σημειώνουμε ονόματα είχε δηλώσει μια ημέρα νωρίτερα η Αμερικανίδα διπλωμάτης απηχώντας τις απειλές του προέδρου Τραμπ ότι θα διακόψει τη χρηματοδότηση χωρών που θα στηρίξουν το ψήφισμα στη γενική συνέλευση του ΟΗΕ. «Αφήστε τους να ψηφίσουν εναντίον μας. Θα γλιτώσουμε τόσο λεφτά» είπε ο «διαβολικά καλός» πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. Οι απειλές του Τραμπ αφορούν ως επί το πλείστον μικρές χώρες της Αφρικής, της Ασίας και της Λατινικής Αμερικής που εξαρτώνται από την οικονομική βοήθε

Συνεχίστηκε σήμερα στην αίθουσα 3 του κτηρίου 13 των Δικαστηρίων της οδού Ευελπίδων η δίκη των 18 ΜΑΤατζήδων που κατηγορούνται για τις ωμότητες και τις δολοφονικές επιθέσεις εναντίον διαδηλωτών το διήμερο 28-29 Ιουνίου 2011. Και σήμερα, ήταν εμφανής η προσπάθεια του δικαστηρίου να «θαφτεί» η υπόθεση. Κατά τη σημερινή διαδικασία, ο τέως πρόεδρος της ΠΟΕ-ΟΤΑ Θέμης Μπαλασόπουλος ολοκλήρωσε την κατάθεσή του, ενώ ο αμέσως επόμενος μάρτυρας κατηγορίας, προερχόμενος από τους δήμους και μέλος του ΓΣ της ΑΔΕΔΥ Δημήτρης Τσιχλάκης αναγνώρισε κι αυτός τον τότε επικεφαλής των ΜΑΤ στο Χίλτον, Σπύρο Τζίρο, που έδωσε την εντολή να επιτεθούν στο μπλοκ των εργαζομένων που βρίσκονταν εκεί, με τη φράση «γαμήστε τους». Επιπλέον, πιστοποίησε από φωτογραφία που του επιδείχθηκε πως ο παρακάτω αστυνομικός ήταν αυτός που χτυπούσε με μανία τον τότε αντιπρόεδρο της ΠΟΕ-ΟΤΑ και νυν γραμματέα του ΜΕΤΑ Γιώργο Χαρίση. Η εισαγγελέας της έδρας, αντί να ζητήσει την προσαγωγή του αστυνομικο

There are currently one million people infected with cholera in wartorn Yemen, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday Some 2,225 people have died on the disease since 27 April, it added. The UN organisation issued a report stating that as of Monday, there were 983,486 cases of Cholera in Yemen. The organisation also noted that during the same period, it recorded 2,225 deaths caused by the disease, spread across 21 of the country’s 22 provinces. The report noted that the island of Socotra is the only area that has not witnessed a cholera outbreak. The strategic Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, which is under Houthi contro, has the highest number of cases with over 143,000. The Hajjah province has had the highest number of cholera deaths with 417. Cholera is a disease that causes acute diarrhoea that could lead to the death of those affected within hours if not treated. Malnourished children aged five and under are most prone to

Scores of mother protested outside the Yemeni Judicial Council yesterday demanding their family members be released from detention, Al Yemen Today reported. Protesters held the Saudi-led coalition and the United Arab Emirates responsible for operating secret prisons in which their relatives are being held. They went on to demand the detainees be charged or released. Back in June, a number of international organisations including Human Rights Watch accused the UAE of operating two secret prisons facilities in Yemen in which detainees were tortured. An investigation published by the Associated Press stated that men were rounded up in the hunt for members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and have disappeared into a network of secret prisons in southern Yemen. Secret Prisons were established inside military bases, ports and airports, private villas and even inside a nightclub. A report last month found that dozens of detainees were transferred

According to a new report in the Daily Telegraph, the concerns about a US attack on North Korea are very well-founded, and the White House has “dramatically” stepped up plans for what it is calling a “bloody nose” attack on North Korea. Apparently ignoring months of analyst warnings that there is no way to have a “limited” war with North Korea, the White House envisions a quick, damaging attack, potentially destroying North Korea’s missile test site, and some stockpiles, which would, according to officials, show how “serious” President Trump is. This is seen by the administration as an option short of full-scale nuclear war, and the only such option available to them since they’re bound and determined not to engage in direct diplomacy with North Korea. The Pentagon is coming up with “multiple options” for such attacks, and while they’re all relatively vague, they all seem based on the assumption that Kim Jong Un will be so impressed with how aggressive th

The neoliberal regime reveals its ugliest face globinfo freexchange The neoliberal regime reveals day by day its discusting, ugly face. McCarthyism in America comes to the surface again as the regime starts to lose control over public opinion and feels a real threat after decades. The first victim of the political Witch-hunt is the leader of the Green Party, Jill Stein. The accusations are based again on ridiculous 'facts'. As reported by the Intercept : It’s safe to assume the Intelligence Committee is interested in anything pertaining to Stein’s now-infamous attendance of an RT gala in Moscow, at which she was seated and photographed with Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Stein told The Intercept that as she has routinely appeared on RT and expects to hand over communications related to booking those TV segments and other “administrative” messages between her campaign and the R

Μήνυση κατά της Ευρωπαϊκής Κεντρικής Τράπεζας για το πάγωμα της χρηματοδότησης των ελληνικών τραπεζών το 2015 που οδήγησε στα capital controls κατέθεσε τη Δευτέρα ο Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης και ο Γερμανός ευρωβουλευτής Φάμπιο ντε Μάσι, καλώντας την ηγεσία της να δώσει στη δημοσιότητα το έγγραφο με το οποίο επέβαλε το πάγωμα της χρηματοδότησης. Όπως αναφέρει το Reuters, οι δύο άνδρες ζητούν να δοθεί το επίμαχο έγγραφο με το οποίο η ΕΚΤ επέβαλε το κλείσιμο της στρόφιγγας για τις τράπεζες, οδηγώντας τον Αλέξη Τσίπρα στο κλείσιμο των τραπεζών και την επιβολή περιορισμού στην κίνηση κεφαλαίων, την ώρα που η διαπραγμάτευση με τους δανειστές βρισκόταν σε εξέλιξη. « Περιορίζοντας τη ρευστότητα στον ελληνικό τραπεζικό τομέα, η ΕΚΤ επέβαλε την περικοπή συντάξεων, αύξηση φόρων και τις ιδιωτικοποιήσεις έναντι πινακίου φακής, και κινήθηκε εκτός της εντολής της » δήλωσε ο ντε Μάσι. Σημειώνεται πως Βαρουφάκης και ντε Μάσι είχαν ήδη ζητήσει το συγκεκριμένο έγγραφο από την