“We’ve been here before,” College of William & Mary Professor Lawrence Wilkerson declared in a Monday The Real News interview in which he relates his less-than-optimistic take on an anticipated meeting between North Korea leader Kim Jong-un and United States...
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Russia Will Respond If US Attacks Syrian Government Forces
by Jason Ditz | Mar 14, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Recently,various US officials have been suggesting substantial attacks on the Syrian military are imminent. This talk of attacking Syria has provoked a warning from the Russian Foreign Ministry, and a second warning from top Russian generals. Russia’s military chief...
What is Driving New Drive for AUMF?
by Harper | Mar 12, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
After years of sitting back and letting Congressional authority to declare war transfer to the Executive Branch, it appears that some leading Members of the House and Senate are finally waking up to the consequences of their failure. On February 27, the House...
Five Minutes Five Issues: MSNBC Warmongering, Bipartisan Peace, Pardon, Pulse Killings, Wrongful Convictions
by Adam Dick | Mar 11, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.Listen to the new episode here:Read a transcript of the new episode,...
State Department’s War on Political Dissent
by RPI Staff | Mar 9, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The US State Department is spending millions of dollars spreading its own disinformation and propping up NGOs to destroy any individual or organization that does not toe the official US government line on the US global military empire. Through its "Global Engagement...
Ron Paul: It Looks Like the US will be in Iraq until the US is Bankrupt
by Adam Dick | Mar 8, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Questioned, in a Wednesday RT interview, about North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s recent comment that there is no intention to stay in Iraq “longer than necessary,” libertarian communicator Ron Paul quipped that “their...
Hypersonic War
by RPI Staff | Mar 7, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Was Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent speech, in which he highlighted several new "unstoppable" weapons systems, just electioneering? Was it an explicit threat to the US? Are we in a new Cold War...or something worse? RPI's Daniel McAdams joins Peter Lavelle,...
The Federal Reserve Wins in the Texas Democratic Primary
by Adam Dick | Mar 7, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
When Texas Democratic Party primary voters filled out their ballots on Tuesday, they encountered two propositions, on which they were invited to vote “for” or “against,” that mentioned the Federal Reserve. One proposition said the party should promote a “national jobs...
‘Operational pause’: Turkish offensive in Syria’s Afrin forces US to halt anti-ISIS battle
by RT | Mar 6, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Some US-aligned militias have switched their priorities to battle the Turkish-led offensive in Afrin instead of fighting ISIS terrorists, the Pentagon said, announcing a “pause” in ground operations in eastern Syria.On January 20, Turkey, with the help of the...
Five Minutes Five Issues: ‘Take the Guns First.’ AUMFs, Ukraine Weapons, No Guns List, Coffee Joint
by Adam Dick | Mar 4, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.Listen to the new episode here:Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Afghanistan’s President Offers Taliban Talks ‘Without Preconditions’
by Jason Ditz | Mar 1, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Following the Taliban having made two very public offers of peace talks in the past two weeks, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has issued his own statement offering to enter into talks with the Taliban insurgency “without preconditions.”Ghani offered to recognition of...
US Special Envoy on North Korea Retires After Trump Rejects Talks
by Jason Ditz | Feb 28, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US special envoy on North Korea Joseph Yun, an advocate of direct diplomacy with the reclusive nation since 2016 has informed the State Department of his intention to retire on Friday.Though he didn’t offer a specific statement on this sudden decision, it came...
Ron Paul Wins a Stosscar!
by Adam Dick | Feb 27, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences missed its opportunity to award libertarian communicator Ron Paul an Oscar after his small roles in the 2014 movies Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? and Alongside Night. But, on Tuesday — a week before the awarding of...
Five Minutes Five Issues: School Shootings, Korean War II, Sessions Nonsense, Syria Missions, Liberland
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Saturday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.Listen to the new episode here:Read a transcript of the new...
Ron Paul Rewind: No to Endorsing Mitt Romney, Yes to Endorsing Peace, Prosperity, Liberty, and the Constitution
by Adam Dick | Feb 21, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
At the 2012 Republican National Convention, Ron Paul told Fox News interviewer Neil Cavuto that Paul had no plans to endorse Mitt Romney or anybody else in the presidential election. Instead, Paul, who competed against Romney in the Republican presidential primary,...
Adam Dick on Alaska Radio: ‘Russiagate’ Indictments, School Shootings, and More
by Adam Dick | Feb 20, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Saturday, I was interviewed by hosts Joshua Bennett and Michael Anderson at KFAR radio in Fairbanks, Alaska regarding a number or issues in the news. The interview started with a discussion of the indictment of 13 Russian citizens and three companies that United...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Marijuana President, Attacking Assange, War Costs, School Shootings, Empire of Lies
by Adam Dick | Feb 18, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.Listen to the new episode here:Read a transcript of the new episode,...
In Trump’s 2019 Budget, Lockheed Looms Almost as Large as State Dept
by Jason Ditz | Feb 17, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In great measure, the Pentagon runs on Lockheed Martin. The US armsmaker racked up $35.2 billion in sales to the US government last year, a preposterously large figure that positions them both as heavily reliant on the government for its profits, and gives them a...
Strike Two: US Again Launches ‘Defense’ Attack on Russian and Syrian Forces in Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 14, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
For the second time in a week, US military forces occupying northeast Syria have attacked Syrian government forces, blowing up a Russian-made T-72 battle tank on Saturday. According to a statement made today by Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, commander of US Air Forces...
David Stockman Challenges Economy-Harming, Unnecessary US Military Spending
by Adam Dick | Feb 13, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Watch out for a recession and more trouble for American stocks ahead, warned investing, economy, and politics writer David Stockman in a Monday interview at Fox Business. Hearing Stockman’s informative analysis about that alone should be reason enough for people...
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