End of the Empire: Iran Sanctions is about Gold and the End of U.S....

by Susan Posel Publisher's Note: Since I am involved in commodities, both in petroleum and gold, we will have a little more in depth article about this in the forthcoming...

Venezuela’s Full Membership: MERCOSUR as “Fifth World Power” signals Neo-Liberalism Defeat in Latin America

by Tamara Pearson August 2, 2012 (TSR) - Venezuela’s formal entry into the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) on July 31 will change the dynamics of the trade bloc, increase...

Argentina’s YPF to seek Chinese partners for shale E&P

August 2, 2012 (TSR) - Argentina's state-run oil company YPF plans to seek Chinese partners for developing large shale resources in the southwest of the country, a government official said...

IN-DEPTH: THE CIA, THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THE JOURNALISTS AND FREELANCERS WHO COVERTLY WORK FOR...

by Carl Bernstein, American Investigative Journalist, Author and Co-winner of 1973 Pulitzer Prize for the Watergate scandal that led to the Resignation of Former U.S. President Richard Nixon Publisher's Note: After leaving...

China Ahead of USA: Demand for Energy Tests Water Supply and Economic Stability in...

by Keith Schneider,  American Journalist, Online Communications Specialist,  Environmental Policy Expert and Senior Editor of Circle of Blue July 6, 2012 (TSR) - The coal mines of Inner Mongolia, China and...

Zuckerberg Dumped Facebook $1 bn in Shares Before IPO, Soon to Face Massive Lawsuit

June 5, 2012 (TSR) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg knew company shares were overpriced before the May initial public offering and quietly dumped around $1 billion in shares, the TMZ...

From the Balkans to Central Asia: U.S.-NATO Prepare for New Cold War II

by Rick Rozoff, Investigative journalist and Manager of STOP North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) May 2, 2012 (TSR) - Though infrequently acknowledged if even given consideration, the current historical period remains what...

Fukushima: A Nuclear War Without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation

by Michel Chossudovsky, Canadian Economist, Economic Adviser to governments of developing countries and Consultant for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Development Bank, International Labour Organization (ILO), World Health Organisation (WHO), et al. April...

AFGHANISTAN: America’s Lost War: America’s Imperial Arrogance Can Be Defeated

by Stephen Lendman April 24, 2012 (TSR) - America’s Afghan war is lost and illegal. The Bush administration got no Security Council authorization or congressional declaration of war. International law expert Francis...

The Politics of Imagined Opinion

March 13, 2012 (TSR)- Where do you locate yourself on the political spectrum? Are you liberal or conservative? On “the left”, “the right”, or perhaps you’re a bit of both...

West failed: Russia, Ukraine foiled plot to kill Putin

Moscow, February 28, 2012 (TSR) - Russian and Ukrainian security services have foiled a plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin after next week's presidential election, Ukraine's SBU counter-intelligence agency said on...

ROAD TO WW3: World Map of All Wars and Conflicts Happening In 2012

Jan. 17, 2012 (TSR) -  Aviation Week's Defense Technology International has compiled a summary of all the current and probable conflicts of 2012, so I made this map*. The only...