Last night, an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council took place in New York to address the current diplomatic crisis over the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, England.
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, took the floor and proceeded to completely dismantled the entire British narrative regarding this scandal.
RT International reports…
Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian Studies and Politics at NYU and Princeton, and John Batchelor continue their (usually) weekly discussions of the new US-Russian Cold War. (Previous installments, now in their fourth year, are at TheNation.com)
21st Century Wire says…
In light of the recent collapse of Washington’s Russiagate narrative and the UK government’s ‘Novichok’ debacle, we thought it would be nice to share this gem with you.
The following is an update to the briefing note of 14 March 2018 from the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and media. (Readers’ comments on this update can be made here at Tim Hayward’s blog.)
The following is an interview with award-winning international journalist John advocating here on behalf of Wikileak’s founder Julian Assange – who has been arbitrarily detained for the last 5 years in the basement of Ecuadorian embassy in London.
The current state of anti-Russia hysteria is reminiscent of earlier dark chapters of American history, including the rush to war in Iraq of the early 2000s and McCarthyism of the 1950s, Patrick Henningsen observes. By Patrick Henningsen If there’s one…Read more →
The recent poisoning of a Russian spy has started a tit-for-tat of expelling diplomats between the US and Russia, an escalation of tensions that deserves serious questioning, explained former ambassador Craig Murray in an interview with Dennis J Bernstein and…Read more →
Stephen F. Cohen is a professor emeritus of Russian Studies and Politics at NYU and Princeton, and is regarded as one of North America’s foremost expert on East-West relations. For the last few years, he has been conducting a weekly discussion on the new US-Russian Cold War which is being escalated by the US and UK governments. Professor Cohen believes that Western rhetoric and actions seem intentionally designed to diminished diplomacy with Russia, while also diminishing Trump’s own capacity to negotiate.
Fifty years after the King assassination, Americans still have a hazy view of the House Select Committee on Assassinations’ findings, an ambiguous understanding that may end up characterizing American views on Robert Mueller’s probe as well, Bob Katz explains. By…Read more →
Tom Secker joins e today for our mid season breakdown of Homeland Season 7. We start off by discussing the first major arc of the season, the Ruby Ridge/Waco standoff between O’Keefe and and the FBI. Tom and I discuss the surprisingly balanced approach Homeland has taken to this topic. We discuss the idea that this is a clever attempt at portraying the CIA as the adults in the room willing to negotiate, as opposed to the psychotic gun totting FBI. We also explore the historical events Homeland is touching on: Ruby Ridge and Waco.
