Articles by Bill Van Auken, WSWS
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Obama’s War Summit in Europe
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 May 2016
President Barack Obama ended his six-day trip through Saudi Arabia, Britain and Germany Monday [25 Apr 2016] with what amounted to a mini-war summit. The American president’s message to his European counterparts was that they must stop being “complacent” and work to build up their own military forces for interventions in the Middle East, North Africa and against Russia to the east. Obama’s host, Chancellor Merkel, proudly declared, “We are ready and willing to be militarily engaged,” citing the German military’s participation in ongoing interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali.
→ read full articleThe Drive to Impeachment and the Dangers Facing the Brazilian Working Class
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Apr 2016
If today the predominant layers of both domestic and foreign capital are pushing for Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, it is because they see a radical change in government as the means to dramatically accelerate reactionary capitalist policies already being pursued.
→ read full articleThe Mass Beheadings in Saudi Arabia
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2016
4 Jan 2015 – Washington’s closest ally in the Arab world, the dictatorial monarchy of Saudi Arabia, ushered in the New Year with a torrent of blood, simultaneously executing 47 prisoners. This wave of state murders unfolded at 12 separate prisons across the kingdom. The barbaric killing spree was a calculated political act driven by both domestic and international objectives.
→ read full articleSaudi Arabia and the “War on Terror”
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2015
A more fundamental question is what does the Saudi regime mean by “terrorism”? Clearly, it is not referring to the various Al Qaeda-linked groups fighting in Syria, all of which get substantial funding as well as large numbers of fighters and their religious-ideological inspiration from the Wahhabist Saudi kingdom.
→ read full articlePentagon Provocation on Russia’s Border
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Mar 2015
US armored vehicles flying American flags were paraded Tuesday [24 Feb 2015] through the Estonian city of Narva, just a few hundred yards from the Russian border. The provocative action, coming on the heels of the first anniversary of the US-orchestrated coup in Kiev, underscores the potentially catastrophic implications.
→ read full articleMexican Government Rushes to Close Case of Disappeared Students
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Feb 2015
Peña Nieto told Mexicans to get over the fate of the 43 students so he can move ahead with a “reform” agenda backed by Washington.
→ read full articleThe New York Times and Washington’s “Propaganda Bubble” on Ukraine
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
In 2002–2003, the stable of State Department propagandists at the Times played a crucial role in paving the way for a war that claimed the lives of over a million Iraqis and some 4,500 US troops. Now they are involved in an even more sinister propaganda operation that threatens to ignite a Third World War.
→ read full articleObama in Talks with “Rebel” Leader on Escalating Syrian War
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 May 2014
9 May 2014 – The Obama administration has entered into direct talks with the leader of the political front for Syria’s Western-backed “rebels” on arming them with US surface-to-air missiles, amid fresh confirmation that these forces are dominated by Al Qaeda-linked militias.
→ read full articleBrazil Marks 50 Years since US-Backed Coup
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Apr 2014
Brazil marks the 50th anniversary of the April 1, 1964, military coup that subjected Latin America’s largest country to 21 years of brutal dictatorship. The events were orchestrated by the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon and the White House under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
→ read full articleTwo Years after US-NATO War, Torture Rampant in Libya
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2013
Two years after the end of the US-NATO war in Libya, thousands in the North African country remain imprisoned without charges and are being subjected to systematic torture, according to a report released Tuesday [1 Oct 2013] by the United Nations.
→ read full articleNSA Casts Massive Surveillance Net Over Latin America
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2013
According to Rio de Janeiro-based daily O Globo, the most intensive surveillance has been conducted against US allies Brazil, Colombia and Mexico—and against Venezuela. Also subjected to the NSA surveillance net have been Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Paraguay, Chile, Peru and El Salvador, according to the O Globo report.
→ read full articleUS-Backed “Rebels” Carry Out Sectarian Massacre in Syria
Bill Van Auken, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
At least 60 people, including women, children and the elderly, were killed in a massacre of Shia Muslims by US-backed “rebels” in eastern Syria Tuesday [11 June 2013]. The slaughter in the village of Hatlah was reported by both the Syrian government and by a London-based human rights group that supports the Western-backed terrorist militias trying to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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