Did the Canadian Government Bribe Saudi Officials to Obtain its Arms Deal?
By Julie Lévesque, June 01 2016
In 1965, the United States and the UK were competing to sell war planes to Saudi Arabia. In order to get the lucrative contract, a « commission » had to be paid to members of the Saudi government. The history…
By Stephen Lendman, June 01 2016
A previous article called Clinton the most recklessly dangerous president aspirant in US history. Humanity’s fate is up for grabs with her finger on the nuclear trigger. She’s also damaged goods, vulnerable to indictment on federal racketeering charges, her Clinton…
Colluding in EU-British Lies: The Brexit Debate
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 01 2016
The Brexit argument (whether Britain should remain or otherwise in the European Union), has become hysterically hyperbolic. That was the view of former Tory MP Gyles Brandreth, expressed with usual alacrity on the news quiz show Have I Got News…
“Evil” Presidential Candidates: Write-in Voting and Political Protest
By William John Cox, May 31 2016
With the increasingly likelihood of a presidential contest between the generally despised Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, millions of angry voters are considering protesting the lineup by either sitting out the election or writing in alternatives. With almost one-third of…
The South African National Student Uprising of 1976: Looking Back 40 Years Later
By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 01 2016
On June 16, 1976, students in the Southwest Townships (Soweto) outside of Johannesburg stayed away from school in protest against the Bantu education system which was enacted by the racist apartheid government beginning in the early 1950s. The Bantu Education…
Learning from the History of Presidential Elections: Barry Goldwater versus Donald Trump
By Michael T. Bucci, June 01 2016
Those old enough to have lived through the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis; attended the movies Dr. Strangelove, On The Beach and Seven Days In May; and experienced November 22-25, 1963 “as it happened”, might remember Senator Barry…
