Politics

The political landscape of the world is rapidly changing thanks to the collaboration between Russia, China, and Iran who promise to create an alternative to the Western New World Order, according to journalist Carol Gould.  Gould and other experts say that the convergence of these countries signifies the emergence of a new global paradigm, or a new ‘New World Order’, out of the chaos and crisis currently engulfing the West. Fort Russ reports: “What happened this weekend with the signing of the 17 trade agreements (between Iran and China.

Exclusive: The Obama administration finds itself caught in the contradictions of its Syrian policy, having backed radical jihadists to achieve another “regime change” but now finding that its opportunism is spreading chaos beyond the Mideast into Europe. But can the U.S. adjust course and abandon its jihadist clients, asks Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria The…

British Government officials spelt the word “language” wrong in an official press release announcing that new language tests are to be forced on immigrants. The ironic mistake comes as immigrant mothers are being threatened with deportation if they don’t improve their English language skills. On Friday, the Home Office published a press release which read “new English langauge test for family route migrants.” The Home Office promptly moved to rectify the error, but not before it caused a backlash online.

Paul O’Neill was fired from his job as George Bush’s Treasury Secretary for allegedly disagreeing with the former president’s policy on tax cuts. O’Neill has revealed that Bush had asked him prior to the 9/11 attacks to find him a way of invading Iraq.  Bush told the former Treasury Secretary 10 days after his inauguration to “go find me a way” to go into Iraq. What qualifies as suspicious behavior? Cheney meeting with nearly every oil executive in existence and discussing Iraq’s oil fields months before 9/11, even though those executives denied meeting with him before Congress?

A former US Senate foreign policy analyst in Washington has accused the U.S. of preparing to deliberately sabotage peace talks with Syria in order to justify an upcoming invasion.  In an interview with Iranian state media, James Jatras discussed remarks made by US Vice President Joe Biden, who announced that America was ready for military intervention in Syria if peace talks failed. Presstv.com reports: Press TV: What is your take on what the US vice president has said basically when he is talking about getting involved militarily now in Syria?