Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s death should have marked a turning point for the United States government’s approach to the protection of journalists overseas – but when an allied nation could be to blame, that becomes a problem. Abu Akleh, a veteran journalist who worked for Al-Jazeera, was many things: …
Read More »Most expensive work of American art revealed
A 1964 portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe by American artist Andy Warhol, known as a leading figure in the pop art movement, sold for $195 million at Christie’s on Monday night, becoming the most expensive piece of American art ever and the most a 20th-century work has fetched at a …
Read More »An open letter to the American people, as Russia celebrates its WW2 victory over the Nazis
In his 1998 classic, ‘The Greatest Generation’, famed NBC journalist Tom Brokow examined the lives and experiences of some of the millions of American men and women who fought in the Second World War. “At a time in their lives when their days and nights should have been filled with …
Read More »Putin doesn’t respect American leadership anymore – Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not respect American leadership anymore and demonstrates this lack of respect by talking about nuclear weapons “all the time,” former US President Donald Trump has complained. Speaking at a rally in Nebraska on Sunday, Trump said that unlike Joe Biden’s administration, under his leadership “America …
Read More »51 years of RFE/RL: How the CIA-founded American state run media outlet survived the Soviet collapse to fight Cold War 2.0
The first of May marks the 51st anniversary of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (hereinafter “RFE/RL”, although this didn’t become the official name until 1976) – radio stations which broadcast into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, respectively. As detailed in an internal CIA document from 1951 titled “Radio Aims and Objectives,” …
Read More »Fate of American Zelensky critic who went missing in Ukraine revealed
Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira, who went missing in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov a week ago, has appeared online on Friday, revealing that he had been held by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). “I’m in Kharkov. I’m OK. I just want to say that I’m back online.” Lira said in …
Read More »An American journalist goes missing in Ukraine. The silence is deafening
My personal journey into the drama-infused existence of Gonzalo Lira began in mid-February 2022, when I appeared as part of a panel discussion organized by Joe Lauria of Consortium News (CN), which included the British writer Alexander Mercouris. It was just prior to the Russian “special military operation” kicking off …
Read More »US exempts American journalists from Russia sanctions
American media organizations seeking to operate in Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk “regions of Ukraine” are allowed to do so under certain conditions, the US Treasury Department announced on Thursday in guidelines issued to clarify sanctions against Russia. According to the document called General License 25, news reporting organizations and their …
Read More »American military expert explains ‘slow’ Russian advance in Ukraine
Russia has largely achieved its objective of neutralizing the Ukrainian military, but Western governments mistakenly believe the deliberate progress designed to avoid civilian casualties reflects weakness and are funneling weapons to prolong the fighting, a former top Pentagon adviser has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has given strict orders from …
Read More »Biden pledges not to send American military to Ukraine
President Joe Biden has assured American lawmakers that US military personnel will not be taking part in the war in Ukraine, and not a single service member will be sent to the Eastern European country to fight the Russian Army. Delivering his State of the Union address to Congress on …
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