Politics

By Stephen Lendman

Against the backdrop of US - Cuban relations, the Havana Times broke the news, headlining on March 12, "Cuba Finds Alan Gross Guilty, Gets 15-Years," saying:

A US citizen, he was arrested on December 3, 2009, attempting to return home after his fifth Cuban visit in nine months, traveling on a tourist visa in spite of coming for other purposes.

Read more: Our Man in Havana

By Greg Palast

The no-BS info on Japan's disastrous nuclear operators

I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigations.

Read more: Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants

By MWC News

by Andrew Karnilov

It looks like the climate for large Russian oil-and-gas companies in Uzbekistan coincides with the caprices of Tashkent weather.

This is indicated by frequent visits of the heads of Russian companies JSC Lukoil and JSC Gazprom to the sunny republic to meet with the Uzbek Oil-and-Gas Corporation and Uzbek Government. On February 10 and 11, 2011 there were negotiations held with the delegation from JSC Lukoil led by the vice-president A.R.Kuzyaev.

Read more: Oil-and-gas passion of Uzbekistan

By Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb

Half a century ago, during the late Senator Joseph McCarthy fueled “great red’ scare” that terrorized many in America, my kindergarten teacher at Milwaukie Grammar School in Oregon, Miss Kidd, used to instruct our class of five and six year olds how to prepare for the coming Atomic bomb attack from the communists in the Soviet Union, who she explained, “did not like our freedom and wanted to kill all Americans.”

Read more: Congressman Peter King’s great Muslim scare

By Gilad Atzmon

A few days ago, I published a short piece about a BBC global poll gauging attitudes towards various countries worldwide.  In the poll, Israel came pretty much at the bottom. The world seems to dislike the Jewish State, and this is not a big surprise.

Read more: The Shekel Has Dropped