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The Federal Reserve Has No Integrity
Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler As we documented in previous articles, the gold price is driven down in the paper futures market by naked short selling by the Fed’s dependent bullion banks. Some people have a hard time accepting this fact even though it is known that the big banks have manipulated the LIBOR (London Interbank Overnight Rate –…
Read more »PCR Interviewed by Julian Charles, The Mind Renewed, March 27, 2014
PCR Interviewed by Julian Charles, The Mind Renewed, March 27, 2014 Ukraine: Obama’s Path To War And Armageddon? http://themindrenewed.com/interviews/2014/451-int-47
Read more »Western Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun — Paul Craig Roberts
Western Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun Paul Craig Roberts It is now apparent that the “Maiden protests” in Kiev were in actuality a Washington organized coup against the elected democratic government. The purpose of the coup is to put NATO military bases on Ukraine’s border with Russia and to impose an IMF austerity program that serves as cover for Western…
Read more »King World News Interview: Most Dangerous Crisis
PCR Interview With King World News The Most Dangerous Crisis In Mankind’s History http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/3/26_Paul_Craig_Roberts_-_The_Greatest_Crisis_In_Mankinds_History.html
Read more »Ukraine: Stefan Molyneux Interviews PCR
Ukraine: Stefan Molyneux Interviews PCR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrDMRe5850w
Read more »Edward Snowdon Is A Hero — Chris Hedges
“This House Would Call Edward Snowden A Hero” Chris Hedges defending the proposition at the Oxford Union Debate http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38036.htm
Read more »PCR Interviewed by Radio Slobodny Vysielac in Slovakia
On Ukraine and other matters, Dr. Roberts is interviewed by Norbert Lichtner on radio Slobodny Vysielac in Slovakia. Historically, the radio station appeared on the air when Slovakia was being oppressed by foreign powers (Germans 1944, Soviets 1968). Consistent with this history, the station reappeared in 2013 in response to US/EU imperialism. The language at the beginning of the interview…
Read more »Guest column by Diana Johnstone — Imposing NATO on the Reluctant
Guest column by Diana Johnstone In Ukraine as a whole, polls show that some seventy percent of the population is against joining NATO. Yet the US and its satellites keep speaking of Ukraine’s “right” to join NATO. Nobody’s right not to join NATO is ever mentioned. Read more: http://zcomm.org/znetarticle/ukraine-and-yugoslavia/
Read more »The Deep State That Governs America — Mike Lofgren
The Deep State That Governs America — Mike Lofgren Mike Lofgren, a Congressional staffer for 28 years, explains to Bill Moyer that neither Congress, the President, nor the American people govern the United States. http://billmoyers.com/episode/the-deep-state-hiding-in-plain-sight/
Read more »Three Who Made A War – Paul Craig Roberts
Three Who Made A War Paul Craig Roberts The Spanish-American War was caused by three people: Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst. The war, which killed a number of Spaniards and Americans, including some prominent Harvard “Swells,” was based entirely on lies and machinations of these three men and served no purpose other than their personal needs.…
Read more »Truthout Interviews PCR
Harrison Samphir of Truthout interviews PCR on Crimea, US Foreign Policy, and the Transformation of Mainstream Media into a Ministry of Propaganda http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22542-paul-craig-roberts-on-crimea-us-foreign-policy-and-the-transformation-of-mainstream-media
Read more »Jeffrey St. Clair explains how Obama conducts “freedom and democracy”
Status Quo at Gitmo Where the Torture Never Stops by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR First published, CounterPunch, Vol. 20, No. 10 (September 2013) It was shortly after five o’clock on a Saturday morning last April. The prisoners in the communal cellblock at Camp 6 in Guantanamo Bay Prison had just gathered for morning prayers. Suddenly the overhead lights went out, the…
Read more »John Pilger Explains How Australia Became Washington’s Puppet
Guest Column by John Pilger John Pilger explains how Australia became an American puppet state. http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/03/17/the-forgotten-coup/
Read more »Two Steps Forward, One Step Back — Paul Craig Roberts
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Paul Craig Roberts Washington’s plan to seize Ukraine and to evict Russia from its Black Sea naval base has come amiss. But to turn around Lenin’s quote, “two steps forward, one step back.” Do you remember all the tough talk coming from John Kerry, the White House Fool, Hilary Clinton, and the lickspittle Merkel…
Read more »The BBC: Washington’s Mouthpiece — Paul Craig Roberts
The BBC: Washington’s Mouthpiece Paul Craig Roberts Once upon a time the BBC was a news organization, but that was before the organization sold out to Washington. Today the BBC is a liar for Washington. Indeed, the BBC is a despicable organization that believes that “exceptional, indispensable” Washington has the right to determine the fate of all peoples. The proof…
Read more »95.7% of Crimeans Give The Finger To The White House Tyrant — Paul Craig Roberts
95.7% of Crimeans Give The Finger To The White House Tyrant Paul Craig Roberts Update: The latest figures released are: 83.1% voter turnout, 96.77% vote to join the Russian Federation. In an unprecedented turnout unmatched by any Western election, Crimeans voted 95.7% to join Russia. As I pointed out earlier today, under the twisted logic of Washington Crimea has never…
Read more »Obama Declares Self-Determination To Be A Threat To US National Security — Paul Craig Roberts
Obama Declares Self-Determination To Be A Threat To US National Security Paul Craig Roberts In his March 6 Executive Order, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine,” Obama declares that support for Crimean self-determination constitutes “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a…
Read more »Washington Has Set The World On A Path To War — Paul Craig Roberts
Washington Has Set The World On A Path To War Paul Craig Roberts Why is Washington so opposed to Crimean self-determination? The answer is that one of the main purposes of Washington’s coup in Kiev was to have the new puppet government evict Russia from its Black Sea naval base in Crimea. Washington cannot use the government Washington has installed…
Read more »World War 1 All Over Again — Paul Craig Roberts
World War 1 All Over Again The same fools play the same game Paul Craig Roberts “If you reduce the lie to a scientific system put it on thick and heavy, and with great effort and sufficient finances scatter it all over the world as the pure truth, you can deceive whole nations for a long time and drive them…
Read more »Venezuela Also Is Being Overthrown By The Criminal Regime In Washington — Paul Craig Roberts
Dear Readers, now that US Secretary of State John Kerry has issued an ultimatum to Russia, telling Putin that he has until Monday to follow Washington’s orders or else, hopefully everyone can see the repeat of the March of Folly that produced World War 1. In my last column, “Merkel Whores For Washington,” I mistakenly attributed to Khrushchev all transfers…
Read more »The New Russia
Dear readers: I recalled correctly from my Russian studies a half century ago that Soviet leaders had stuck Russian territories into Ukraine, but I mistakenly attributed all of the transfers to Khrushchev. The first gifts of Russian territory to Ukraine were made by Lenin. – PCR The New Russia An Interview With Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,” by Paul Klebnikov, in the…
Read more »THE FAILURE OF GERMAN LEADERSHIP Merkel Whores For Washington
THE FAILURE OF GERMAN LEADERSHIP Merkel Whores For Washington Paul Craig Roberts Washington, enabled by its compliant but stupid NATO puppets, is pushing the Ukrainian situation closer to war. German Chancellor Merkel has failed her country, Europe, and world peace. Germany is the strength of the EU and NATO. Had Merkel said “No” to sanctions on Russia, that would have…
Read more »Notice To Readers
Notice To Readers: The press of your emails together with rapidly developing dangerous events, such as those that Washington is creating in Ukraine and Venezuela, have forced me off my policy of personally responding to each PayPal donation. (We do not have addresses for those who donate directly to the bank account.) The backlog in emails is now very large.…
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Guest Column by Israel Shamir: The Ukrainian Pendulum
Guest Column by Israel Shamir: The Ukrainian Pendulum Israel Shamir is an Israeli journalist reporting from Russia. You can read his reporting and analysis of the situation in Ukraine here: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/03/07/the-ukrainian-pendulum/print The coup government in Ukraine is a curious mixture of nazi thugs and Jewish billionaire oligarchs. The gullible Ukrainian dupes who took to the streets in protests against their…
Read more »PCR Interview “Outside The Box” with Jason Liosatos, UK
PCR Interview “Outside The Box” with Jason Liosatos, UK Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMBl-w-2ZLU&list=UUL3Dm0whUpRNEjrH2AVTbfA Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2KJxOifKtE&list=UUL3Dm0whUpRNEjrH2AVTbfA
Read more »Obama Regime’s Hypocrisy Sets New World Record — Paul Craig Roberts
Obama Regime’s Hypocrisy Sets New World Record Paul Craig Roberts From the moment that Washington launched its orchestrated coup in Kiev, Washington has been accusing Russia of “intervening in Ukraine.” This propaganda ploy succeeded. The Western presstitute media reported (nonexistent) Russian intervention to the exclusion of coverage of Washington’s obvious intervention. Having falsely accused Russia of invading Crimea, the Obama…
Read more »US Abandoned International Law, Follows The Law Of The Jungle
US Abandoned International Law, Follows The Law Of The Jungle Willy Wimmer Willy Wimmer was state secretary at the German Defense Ministry and vice president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). This is what this well-informed member of the European Establishment told RT: http://rt.com/op-edge/ukraine-west-international-law-966/ The translation is not very good, but the message comes through. Western…
Read more »The Western Media Is A Lie Factory — Paul Craig Roberts
The Western Media Is A Lie Factory Someone is lying to us. Is it the New York Times and the Guardian, or is it Julie Hyland? Julie Hyland describes the neo-nazi forces that Washington’s Ukrainian coup either by intention or incompetence has installed in the violent seizure of power. Washington describes this unelected government, whose words and deeds have caused…
Read more »Corbett Report Interviews PCR on Ukraine
Foreign Intervention Tearing Ukraine Apart Corbett Report With PCR, Michel Chossudovsky, and William Engdahl http://www.globalresearch.ca/target-ukraine-how-foreign-intervention-is-tearing-the-country-apart/5371613
Read more »Putin Speaks
Putin Speaks Paul Craig Roberts You can read an English translation of Vladimir Putin’s March 4 press conference here: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37889.htm Americans have not experienced political leadership or an independent media for such a long time that they will be amazed at the straightforward answers from the Russian President and by media asking real questions, some of which show the influence…
Read more »No Jobs, No Economy, No Prospects For Peace Or Life — Paul Craig Roberts
Dear Readers, Several of you have told me that you are tired of reading about the deplorable state of affairs in Ukraine produced the by idiots that comprise “our” government. In this current posting you can read instead about the deplorable state of jobs in “your” economy or, rather, the absence of jobs. “Your” same government that lies to you…
Read more »If They Can Sanction Russia Over Crimea, We Can Sanction Israel Over Palestine
If They Can Sanction Russia Over Crimea, We Can Sanction Israel Over Palestine ROBERT NAIMAN, TRUTHOUT I’m so delighted that President Obama and Congress are moving to impose sanctions on Russia over its military intervention in Crimea. Regardless of whether one thinks this is a wise or just policy in the case of Russia, this is setting a great political precedent in the United…
Read more »Obama Comes Out Against Self-Determination — Paul Craig Roberts
Obama Comes Out Against Self-Determination Paul Craig Roberts The White House Fool has repeatedly declared erroneously and foolishly that it is “against international law” for Crimea to exercise self-determination. Self-determination, as used by Washington, is a propaganda term that serves Washington’s empire but is not permissible for real people to exercise. On March 6 Obama telephoned Putin to tell the…
Read more »Reagan Ended The Cold War and Obama Started It Up Again
PCR Interviewed By King World News About How the Cold War Was Ended and Started Again By Washington in Ukraine http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2014/3/1_Dr._Paul_Craig_Roberts.html
Read more »PCR Interviewed by King World News
PCR Interviewed by King World News The Washington Fools Will Get the Whole World Blown Up http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/3/5_Paul_Craig_Roberts_-_They_Will_Get_The_Whole_World_Blown_Up.html
Read more »The Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun
The Looting Of Ukraine Has Begun Paul Craig Roberts According to a report in Kommersant-Ukraine, the finance ministry of Washington’s stooges in Kiev who are pretending to be a government has prepared an economic austerity plan that will cut Ukrainian pensions from $160 to $80 so that Western bankers who lent money to Ukraine can be repaid at the expense…
Read more »The Road to World War 3: Ukraine, Russia and American Imperialism
PCR interviewed by Stefan Molyneux Freedomain Radio, Canada The Road to World War 3: Ukraine, Russia and American Imperialism http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37833.htm
Read more »Tom Are Is Watching As Israel Commits Genocide in Gaza
http://www.thomas-l-are.blogspot.com TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 Christie’s Bridge, Netanyahu’s diet Thomas Are It’s been a half a year and Chris Christie is still in the news. At least his administration is in trouble because they shut down two of three access lanes to the George Washington Bridge. Last August, a deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, emailed David Wildstein, the…
Read more »Israel Moves To Take Control Over the Federal Reserve
Israel Moves To Take Control Over the Federal Reserve The totally corrupt anti-American Obama regime is trying to appoint the head or former head of the Israeli Central Bank as the Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The scuttlebutt is that Obama has been paid tens of millions of dollars to deliver the US Federal Reserve to Israel’s control. I…
Read more »King World News Interviews PCR on the Threat from Washington’s Reckless Meddling in Ukraine
King World News Interviews PCR on the Threat from Washington’s Reckless Meddling in Ukraine http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/3/5_Paul_Craig_Roberts_-_The_Entire_World_Is_Now_In_Great_Danger.html http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/3/4_PCR_-_Ukraine_More_Dangerous_Than_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.html
Read more »Propaganda Rules The News –Paul Craig Roberts
Propaganda Rules The News Paul Craig Roberts Gerald Celente calls the Western media “presstitutes,” an ingenuous term that I often use. Presstitutes sell themselves to Washington for access and government sources and to keep their jobs. Ever since the corrupt Clinton regime permitted the concentration of the US media, there has been no journalistic independence in the United States except…
Read more »HOW AMERICA WAS LOST: Clarity Press releases PCR’s latest book in print.
PCR’s new book, HOW AMERICA WAS LOST, is now available:In Print by Clarity Press
Read more »The end could be nearer than you think — Paul Craig Roberts
March 3, 2014 The end could be nearer than you think Readers: We are having trouble today with the website. I do not know if it is problems caused by the typical incompetence of US business enterprises, including those who host websites and have offshored American jobs to foreign countries, or whether it is National Stasi Agency induced. Certainly, the…
Read more »Washington’s Arrogance, Hubris, and Evil Have Set the Stage for War
Washington’s Arrogance, Hubris, and Evil Have Set the Stage for War Paul Craig Roberts In some quarters public awareness is catching up with Stephen Lendman, Michel Chossudovsky, Rick Rozoff, myself and a few others in realizing the grave danger in the crisis that Washington has created in Ukraine. The puppet politicians who Washington intended to put in charge of Ukraine…
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