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The lessons from last weekend’s strike on Syria by the United States of America and two of its allies do not bode well for the future of democracy or the future of peace, says Inder Comar. More warnings than lessons. "It can't happen here." Consortium NewsFour Lessons From the Strike on Syria Inder ComarRelatedAre most Americans "good Americans" like the "good Germans" that not only did not oppose Hitler but elected him and stood by him when he later made war illegally and aggressively...
Read More »AFP — US, France, Britain launch new UN bid for Syria chemical weapons probe
The UN is now finished as a result of the violation of the UN Charter by the US, and France without UN authorization or in self-defense. The UN is now just of use for propaganda. Russia and China will vote everything that the US, UK and France propose in the UNSC, and vice versa. Niki Haley is a prop in political theater. The US neocons and conservative nationalists have no use for the UN anyway and believe it is irrelevant, John Bolton in particular. The ROW will watch this and...
Read More »Col. Lawrence Wilkerson — — I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.
Crosspost of Col. Lawrence Wilkerson's op-ed in the New York Times.Russia InsiderI Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (ret.)
Read More »Paul Robinson — War propaganda
Did you know that war propaganda is against international law? Article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which was ratified by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966, obliges states to impose certain restrictions on freedom of speech. The article was the product of a long debate among UN members. Countries from the Soviet bloc and many non-aligned nations, notably Brazil, were keen to include a prohibition on propaganda for war, and also to make it as...
Read More »Ramanan — An Important Note By The United Nations On The IMF And The World Order
The IMF is one institutional which has been responsible for maintaining this world order. Since governments need exceptional financing, they are arm-twisted by the IMF. A recent United Nations General Assemby note, Promotion Of A Democratic And Equitable International Order, has recognized this and criticizes the IMF strongly.… The report is 18 pages long and critical of the IMF from the start to the end. Please read. You won’t find any discussion of the report in the mainstream media....
Read More »Alex Emmons — The U.S. Voted Against a U.N. Resolution Condemning Death Penalty for LGBTQ People
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S administration is facing strong backlash from civil rights groups after voting against a U.N. resolution that condemns using death penalty to punish “consensual same-sex relations.” The U.N. Human Rights Council approved the measure on Friday with a 27-13 vote, with seven countries abstaining.... The InterceptThe U.S. Voted Against a U.N. Resolution Condemning Death Penalty for LGBTQ PeopleAlex Emmons
Read More »Robert Parry — Trump Falls in Line with Interventionism
In discussing President Trump, there is always the soft prejudice of low expectations – people praise him for reading from a Teleprompter even if his words make little sense – but there is no getting around the reality that his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly must rank as one of the most embarrassing moments in America’s relations with the global community. Trump offered a crude patchwork of propaganda and bluster, partly delivered as a campaign speech praising his...
Read More »Moon of Alabama — “Sovereign Nations” Is Main Theme Of Trump’s UN Speech
The aim of such language and threats is usually to goad the other party into some overt act that can than be used as justification for "retaliation". But none of the countries Trump mentioned is prone to such behavior. They will react calmly - if at all. There was essentially nothing in Trump's threats than the claptrap the last two U.S. presidents also delivered. Trump may be crazy, but the speech today is not a sign of that.The stressing of sovereignty and the nation state in part one...
Read More »Russia Feed — Russia not willing to be a part of US-proposed UN reforms
Russia rejects US rejection of UN as chief guarantor of the international order.The UN has long been in the sights of the American right, and Donald Trump is a true believer in that position. Chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs Leonid Slutksy … said that Russia views the UN Trump Reform as a major step in the “US coordinate system” towards a unipolar world order and toward a reduced role for the UN in the architecture of the 21st century. Nyet!Russia FeedRussia...
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