Media Silent As US-Backed Saudi Forces Starve Half Million Yemeni Children
The United Nations warned that 8,000 children could suffer from severe malnutrition in 2016. And that’s just in one southern city in Yemen.
JPMorgan Pays Billions To Settle With Ambac, Lehman Brothers
JPMorgan is almost finished paying off the rich people it screwed in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. As for the poor? Well, not so much.
Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide Is Aided By Friends In High Places
The U.S. States supports Myanmar, despite atrocities against its Muslim minority, in hopes of accessing its oil and putting increased pressure on China.
Carnage Continues In Yemen With US Weapons
Cluster bombs were banned by international agreement, but Saudi Arabia has invested millions in the CBU-105 from U.S. manufacturer Textron Systems.
Legal, Grassroots Groups Support Lawsuit Against Alleged Military Spying On Activists
The suit alleges that the military violated the Posse Comitatus Act, & activists constitutional rights when it infiltrated a Washington state antiwar group.
VIDEO: Empires & Justice In The Middle East With Viggo Mortensen
The empire continues to crumble, but like most empires, if not all of them, when they go down they don’t go down gracefully. – Viggo Mortensen
Is Goldman Sachs Involved In A Corruption Scandal In Malaysia?
Goldman Sachs’ Southeast Asia chairman has taken a leave of absence as his branch is embroiled in a corruption scandal at 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
Syria Peace Talks Delayed by Opposition Groups, Carter Announces More US Troops
Next Cold War Roundup 1/27/16 Syrian Peace Talks Delayed. Opposition Groups Still Undecided on Attendance. _ Syrian “opposition” has three main categories: Sunni groups organized by Saudi Arabia into something called the “High Negotiation Committee” (HNC), Syrian Kurds (YPG) and Syrian political groups. The HNC contains some jihadist groups that
Obama Limits Solitary Confinement As Government Plans New Supermax Facility
President Barack Obama announced his administration will take action to limit the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons. The actions, determined by recommendations made by a Justice Department task force in July 2015, include a ban on the use of solitary confinement against juveniles and as a response to low-level infractions. The administration
D.C. Bar Goes After Whistleblower Who Exposed Warrantless Wiretapping
The DC Bar initiated disciplinary proceedings for DOJ whistleblower Thomas Tamm for revealing “secrets” of his “client” to a NY Times reporter.