If there was ever any doubt that the United States was supporting and protecting the most feared terrorist organization in the world, that doubt is now erased as a result of the recent U.S. strike on Syrian military forces in Deir al-Zour on Saturday. A battle between the Syrian military and ISIS forces was raging Read More…
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BayerSanto: What the Merger Means For You
If you had told someone a few decades ago that by 2016 the company that brought aspirin to the world and the company that brought Agent Orange to Vietnam were going to team up to control a quarter of the world’s food supply, chances are you would have been labeled a loony. Unless your name Read More…
Declassified FBI Docs Show Foreign Policy — NOT Religion — Sparked Rise of Terrorism in US
Newly declassified FBI documents reveal, since 2006, “a broadening US military presence overseas” led to an 11 percent uptick in plotted terror attacks — and those attacks were orchestrated by Americans, not foreign nationals. As MuckRock reports, a records request to the Los Angeles Police Department disclosed the Intelligence Assessment written by the Los Angeles division of the FBI Read More…
Denmark Intends To Be The World’s FIRST 100% Organic Nation
The Danish government accumulated 53 million Euros in 2015 to transform the nation into an organic one. Bhutan announced its plan to become the world’s first 100% organic nation in 2013, but it now has some competition. That’s right, Denmark’s government announced its plan to become Earth’s first 100% organic nation – and it has a solid Read More…
Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost Nearly $5 Trillion (and Counting): Report
As nation remembers 9/11 victims, report calculates cost of military response to attacks. The U.S. military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost taxpayers nearly $5 trillion and counting, according to a new report released to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the attacks. Dr. Neta Crawford, professor of political science at Brown University, released Read More…
Prominent Scholars Decry TPP’s “Frontal Attack” on Law and Democracy
“Today’s letter from top legal experts makes clear: ISDS undermines the American judicial system and tilts the playing field further in favor of big multinational corporations.” More than 200 legal and economic scholars—including President Barack Obama’s Harvard Law School mentor Laurence Tribe—have penned a letter to Congress warning that the pro-corporate Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Read More…






