January 9, 2020 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

GRAPHIC footage from France’s Rouen shows levels of police violence that enraged protesters nationwide (VIDEOS)

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Demonstrators have been left bloodied and beaten after clashes with riot police in the French city of Rouen, as authorities clamp down on the pension reform protests which have swept the country. … Read More >GRAPHIC footage from France’s Rouen shows levels of police violence that enraged protesters nationwide (VIDEOS)

USA

The Global War of Error

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country’s a nightmare of inequality, and there’s a self-promoting madman in the White House, so isn’t it time to take pride in the rare institutional victories America has had in this century? … Read More >The Global War of Error

Multimedia

The Endless War With Iran

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Just like the cold war with the Soviet Union, the conflict between Washington and Tehran has been fought largely through proxies: in Yemen, in Syria, in Iraq. Iranian-aligned organizations like Hezbollah have attacked U.S. targets, such as the 1984 embassy bombing in Beirut. U.S. allies, like Israel, have assassinated Iranian scientists. … Read More >The Endless War With Iran

USA

Congress: War Profiteering Is Real. We Need to End It.

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Experts predict as many as a million people could die if the current tensions lead to a full-blown war. Millions more would become refugees across the Middle East, while working families across the U.S. would bear the brunt of our casualties. … Read More >Congress: War Profiteering Is Real. We Need to End It.

Middle East

US Regional Presence Makes Middle East Peace and Stability Unattainable

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

As long as tens of thousands of US combat troops, heavy weapons, and its jihadist proxies remain active in Middle East (ME) countries, a perpetual state of war will exist — peace, stability and security to be unattainable. … Read More >US Regional Presence Makes Middle East Peace and Stability Unattainable

USA

The US Propaganda Machine Justifies the Assassination of Qassem Suleimani

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Over the past two days, millions of people have marched in cities throughout Iran and Iraq to condemn the killing of Qassem Suleimani. … Read More >The US Propaganda Machine Justifies the Assassination of Qassem Suleimani

USA

Trump’s Iran ‘Punching Bag’: US Provocations to Continue. Baiting Iran to Escalate?

Posted on January 9, 2020August 4, 2023By Editor

Trump’s assassination of Iran’s general and senior diplomat, Soleimani, was a clear provocation by the US, designed to produce a further escalated military response by Iran. That did not happen. Iran did not take the bait. … Read More >Trump’s Iran ‘Punching Bag’: US Provocations to Continue. Baiting Iran to Escalate?

Middle East

Iranian Messages Behind Attacking US Bases in Iraq and the Consequences

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Just after midnight local time today, Iranian ballistic missiles “Fateh 313” hit two military bases in Iraq that host a significant concentration of US forces, along with other allies. The Iranian direct hit was the retaliation for the US assassination of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds brigade Sardar Qassem Soleimani and his companions, killed by a US drone at Baghdad airport last week. … Read More >Iranian Messages Behind Attacking US Bases in Iraq and the Consequences

USA

Trump’s Awful, Dishonest Iran Speech

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Trump’s remarks this morning show that his Iran policy remains as blinkered and reckless as ever. Following the Iranian retaliation last night that caused no casualties, the president does not appear to be escalating the conflict further for the moment. … Read More >Trump’s Awful, Dishonest Iran Speech

Latin America

Juan Guaidó’s Parallel Reality Show

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020By Editor

Fistfights and screaming matches broke out at Venezuela’s National Assembly on January 5th, when the assembly was scheduled to elect its leader. But it wasn’t what you might think. The fights weren’t between chavistas (those who support the Bolivarian Revolution and President Maduro) and oppositionists, but between members of the opposition itself. … Read More >Juan Guaidó’s Parallel Reality Show

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