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Of Paul Street
Zio Sam, the Human Rights Hypocrite
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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [in English]. Signed by the United States and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, the document was a great and luminous step forward in articulating how human beings could organize their social and political systems in accordance with the ideals of democracy and civilization.
The United States has long mishandled the Universal Declaration (OF) as a weapon to be wielded selectively against officially designated enemies. But seven decades after signing the document (and trumpeted it), American society finds itself in situations, rarely noticed, of clear violation of the key principles of the declaration. Read More

Of James Peter
Why the UK, The European Union and the United States are uniting against Russia?
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Introduction
For much of the last decade the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union have waged a campaign to undermine and overthrow the Russian government and, in particular, to oust President Putin. Fundamental questions are at stake, including the real possibility of nuclear war.
The latest Western propaganda campaign, and one of the most virulent, it is the one that started with the accusation launched by the British regime of Prime Minister Theresa May. The British have claimed that Russian secret agents conspired to poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter in England, threatening the sovereignty and security of the British people. No evidence was ever presented. But the UK has expelled Russian diplomats and called for tougher sanctions, to increase tensions. The United Kingdom, its US and European backers are moving towards a breakdown in relations and increasing military proliferation.
A number of fundamental questions arise regarding the origins and growing intensity of this anti-Russian sentiment. Read More