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‘Yes, I lied’: vindicating villagers, star Chevron witness busted for perjury

‘Chevron has taken the people of Ecuador and the U.S. court system on a ride, full of lies, deliberate delay, and obstruction of justice,’ says Amazon Watch by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams In what is being called…

US foreign policy – destabilisation vs neo-colonialism

ProMosaik e.V. interviews Journalist Caleb T. Maupin by Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. Caleb Maupin is a journalist and political analyst who resides in New York City focusing his coverage on US foreign policy and the global system of monopoly capitalism…

Bernie Sanders: good old wine in a good old bottle

Post Office banking makes a lot of sense wherever in the world, surely in the US of A where Bernie Sanders has voice and somewhere between 20 to 40 percent of the population has to rely on cheque-cashing or payday-lending…

US approach to nuclear disarmament: blame the victim

At some point between the NPT Review Conference in May and the general debate of First Committee, the United States decided to rebrand its preferred “step-by-step approach” to nuclear disarmament as the “full-spectrum approach”. Like before, it contrasts this approach…

Defying diplomatic efforts for nuclear disarmament, US schedules nuclear missile test

The United States Air Force has scheduled a launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for the early morning hours of October 21. This will be the fifth test of a Minuteman III ICBM in 2015. The target of…

Tell the New York Times: we need accurate reporting on Israel and Palestine!

No media organization is more influential in shaping the way American policymakers and news outlets think about Israel and Palestine than the New York Times. But with some notable exceptions, the Times has done a shamefully poor job of including…

Vania Andre on Face 2 Face

This week show starts with Belaez, Colombian singer visiting New York and continue with Vania Andre to discuss the Dominican Republic’s discrimination against Haitians

Afghanistan, war and blank cheques

Obama just signed a blank check for endless war in Afghanistan and one congresswoman is not having it. Journalist John Nichols, reporting on US Representative Barbara Lee, a lady who has always had the clearest vision when it comes to…

Veterans Call on U.S. public to say “No” to More War

President Obama’s decision to prolong the U.S. led war in Afghanistan only ensures U.S. responsibility for more death and destruction. Veterans For Peace condemns the decision and calls on the U.S. public to say no to more war. Today, President…

When Peace Activists Met With the U.S. Institute of Peace

When Peace Activists Met With the U.S. Institute of Peace By David Swanson http://worldbeyondwar.org/when-peace-activists-met-with-the-u-s-institute-of-peace/ I was part of a debate on Tuesday that involved a larger disagreement than any exhibited at the Democratic presidential candidates debate that evening. A group…

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