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Paul Craig Roberts reviews the “Essential Saker”
January 21, 2016 Blog, Community News and Announcements

Paul Craig Roberts reviews the “Essential Saker”

A Grand Book From The Saker by Paul Craig Roberts Several years ago a new commentator appeared on the scene. He writes under the pen name, The Saker, and describes himself as European born son of Russian refugees from the Bolshevik Revolution. He has two US college degrees and worked in Europe as a military analyst until his opposition to the US/NATO sponsored wars in Chechnia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo

Open Letter to Barack Obama in support of Ana Belen Montes
January 20, 2016 Blog, Community News and Announcements

Open Letter to Barack Obama in support of Ana Belen Montes

To the President of the United States, Mr. Barack Obama, From the International Movement of Solidarity with Mrs. Ana Belen Montes. Through this letter, hundreds of citizens of the world, not representing any Government, are asking you to first, assure more humane conditions to Mrs. Ana Belen Montes, inmate 25037-016 in the Federal Medical Center Prison in Carswell, since: 1) This woman, already close to 60 years of age, has

We are creating a “resistance network”
January 20, 2016 Blog, Community News and Announcements

We are creating a “resistance network”

Dear friends, Good news!  In the same spirit which makes me write a weekly column for the Unz Review and which makes me post weekly contribution by Alexander Mercouris from Russia Insider, I have made an agreement with the folks at the Greanville Post: they will be regularly posting my articles on the GP and I will regularly post their articles on the blog.  This is a very informal arrangement

60 Minutes Defames Russian Effort in Syria
January 20, 2016 Guest Analyses

60 Minutes Defames Russian Effort in Syria

by Patrice Greanville for the Greanville Post Taking no chances, CBS also manages to denigrate the brave Syrian Arab Army, just about one of the most heroic forces fighting ISIL and other brutal terrorists in the Middle East. The Treachery of The Western Media Patrice Greanville There’s a mystery at the heart of American journalism. How can normally mediocre ignoramuses—I refer to the rank and file of US media, especially television

Israel vs Iran: Israel loses, *big* time
January 19, 2016 Saker Analyses and Interviews

Israel vs Iran: Israel loses, *big* time

Today I have already posted two excellent analyses of the (possibly temporary) failure of the USA to submit Iran to its will: one by Alexander Mercouris, the other by Soraya Sepahpour Ulrich.  I shall not repeat their very arguments here, mainly because both see this as a conflict between the USA and Iran, whereas I see that as a conflict between Israel and Iran in which Israel attempted, but failed,

The Day After
January 18, 2016 Guest Analyses

The Day After

by Soraya Sepahpour Ulrich Some final thoughts – the day after Not the movie about a fictional war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact and a nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, but the Day After the Implementation Deal of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Although I said and wrote repeatedly in the past that the US stance toward Iran will not change, by now it

Iran versus US: Iran Wins
January 18, 2016 Saker Analyses and Interviews

Iran versus US: Iran Wins

The lifting of sanctions is an unequivocal victory for Iran, sealing its regional position, and leaving its nuclear capability intact by Alexander Mercouris for Russia Insider. Confirmation that international sanctions on Iran have at last been lifted is unequivocally a victory for Iran. The sanctions should never have been imposed in the first place. As I said in April last year in an article I wrote for Sputnik, the evidence

Heavy Metal Q&A – replies by Kakaouskia
January 17, 2016 Guest Analyses

Heavy Metal Q&A – replies by Kakaouskia

by Kakaouskia Greetings to the Saker community and readers. It is with pleasure that I am doing this Q&A with you. Many interesting questions have been raised by the community – to make this an easier reading I have grouped the questions together by “topic”. Also, some readers where kind enough to answer some of the questions; in those cases I will simply correct thing or add a comment if

Week Fifteen of the Russian Intervention in Syria: when no news is good news
January 17, 2016 Saker Analyses and Interviews

Week Fifteen of the Russian Intervention in Syria: when no news is good news

This column was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/week-fifteen-of-the-russian-intervention-in-syria-when-no-news-is-good-news/ We could say that the Russian intervention in Syria has settled into somewhat of a routine: the Russians are bombing, a lot, and the Syrians are advancing on almost all fronts, but slowly. While those who expected a rapid collapse of Daesh followed by a series of major government victories might be disappointed, I am personally rather encouraged by these events.

Rules for Tourists, Sevastopol, Summer 2016
January 17, 2016 Humor

Rules for Tourists, Sevastopol, Summer 2016

by Auslander Tourist season seems to start earlier every year. This year most hotels and hostels are already booked through the end of May, many visitors are coming down for the Victory Day Parade. This year it seems season will start around the middle of April. Time to lighten things up a bit with the new rules and regulations concerning our summer plague, aka tourists. You may come for a

Britain Awakes to Reality: The European Crisis of 2016
January 16, 2016 Guest Analyses

Britain Awakes to Reality: The European Crisis of 2016

by Henry Mangold Britain, once a great world power, is now in most respects ruled from Brussels, as part of the European Union. This transfer of power was carried out, essentially, by a conspiracy. To understand how this conspiracy was possible, it’s necessary to understand the present British constitution. In the eighteenth century, Britain had a hereditary king, who was responsible for defence and foreign affairs. Taxation and legislation were

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