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An anti-war protester wears a mask showing US President Donald Trump in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 during a demonstration against nuclear weapons near the Brandenburg Gate. (AP/Michael Sohn)
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Sen. Menendez Mistrial Has Serious Implications for Future Corruption Cases

Legal experts and federal prosecutors warned that a win for Menendez could essentially legalize public corruption and “pay-to-play politics” at a time when American faith in the political system is at a notable low.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Sen. Bob Menendez, center, arrives with his children, Alicia Menendez and Robert Menendez Jr., to court in Newark, N.J., Sept. 6, 2017. (AP/Seth Wenig)

After a court battle lasting nearly two years, the bribery case against Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has been declared a mistrial, when the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision after nine weeks of testimony and a week of deliberation. Ten of the 12 jury members had reportedly voted to acquit the senator while two other members refused to

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Iraq Defeated ISIS, but the Battle Against Extremism Rages On

The military campaign against the Islamic State is almost over. But now, locals and politicians alike say, the Iraqi government must work to ensure they cannot return to recruit more followers.

Mustafa Habib
بواسطة Mustafa Habib
A suspected ISIS fighter sits in a basement as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, July 3, 2017. (AP/Felipe Dana)

Even as Iraq’s pro-government forces close in on Rawa, one of the very last strongholds of the extremist group known as the Islamic State, ordinary Iraqis everywhere are wondering where the extremists will turn up next. A series of recent attacks and arrests are cause for concern. In Kirkuk, the headquarters of the Shia Muslim militias in that

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How Russia Outmaneuvered Nikki Haley at the UN Debate on Khan Sheikhoun

A majority of UN Security Council members fail to vote against Russian draft Resolution severely criticizing the conduct of OPCW-UN-JIM.

Alexander Mercouris
بواسطة Alexander Mercouris
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley met her newly-installed Russian counterpart, ambassador Vasilly Nebenzia, in New York City.

Analysis -- The events at the United Nations Security Council surrounding the joint OPCW-UN-JIM investigation  report (“the report”) into the alleged Khan Sheikhoun chemical weapon attack are not being widely reported. This is unfortunate because they show that international opinion is swinging heavily against the report, which has lost

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Strange Twists in the Hariri Mystery

French President Macron has invited Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to Paris, a possible opportunity to determine whether Hariri’s sudden resignation, announced in Saudi Arabia, was coerced.

Dennis J Bernstein
بواسطة Dennis J Bernstein
A worker stands in front of a poster of outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri with Arabic words that read, "We are all Saad,", in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 11, 2017. Lebanon's president has called on Saudi Arabia to clarify the reasons why the country's prime minister has not returned home since his resignation which was announced from the kingdom. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

The strange case of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his surprise resignation, delivered in Saudi Arabia, has developed international overtones with rumors about his possible kidnapping by the Saudis and France extending an invitation for him to come to Paris before possibly returning to Lebanon. I spoke again to Beirut-based political

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Anti-BDS Laws and Pro-Israeli Parliament: Zionism Is Winning in Italy

Italy’s anti-Fascist, anti-military occupation and revolutionary past is being overlooked by self-serving politicians, growingly beholden to the pressures of a burgeoning pro-Israel lobby.

Ramzy Baroud
Romana Rubeo
بواسطة Ramzy Baroud
و Romana Rubeo
A Mural by students at the University of Cagliari in n Cagliari, Italy.

Analysis -- A proposed law at the Italian Parliament is set to punish the boycott of Israel. In the past, such an initiative would have been unthinkable. Alas, Italy, a country that had historic sympathies with the Palestinian cause has shifted its politics in a dramatic way in recent years. Most surprisingly, though, the Left is as implicated as

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I’ve Been Banned From Facebook for Sharing an Article About False Flags

In a corporatist system of government, corporate censorship is state censorship. When there’s no meaningful space between corporate power and government power, it doesn’t make much difference whether the guy silencing your dissent is Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Sessions.

Caitlin Johnstone
بواسطة Caitlin Johnstone
Poland | Facebook | Protest

Opinion -- My personal Facebook account, which has the maximum 5,000 friends and an additional 5,000+ followers, has been blocked from posting for three days. My page hasn’t been blocked yet, but we’ll see; I shared the article there, too. The reason given for this ban by the little pop-up boxes when I logged on just now was that a couple months

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