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Pussy Riot Aces Anarchy and Lennon and Tolstoy Smile

"Blessed are The Peacemakers: THEY shall be called the children of God."

(CLERMONT, FL) - On Tuesday, Pussy Riot received one of five LennonOne Grant for Peace awards and on Wednesday an appellate court in Moscow set free one of the three jailed members of the punk protest band but upheld the two-year prison sentences of her band mates.

In August they were convicted over their plea to the Virgin Mary to rid Russia of Vladimir V. Putin as he headed into a March election that handed him a third term.

CIA Helped Start Bloody Afghan-Soviet War in 1979

Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser from Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris - Written by Alexander Cockburn And Jeffrey St. Clair January 15, 1998

(PARIS) - The following has been translated from French by Bill Blum author of the indispensable, “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II” and “Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower”.

Obama`s Pussy Riot Hypocrisy

Obama's Selective Disappointment.

(PROVIDENCE, RI) - A White House spokesman says President Obama is "disappointed by the verdict" in the case against Russian punk band Pussy-Riot.

What a shame Mr. Obama is not "disappointed" by some other injustices!

Pussy Riot`s Big Squeeze in Russia`s Judicial System is a Systematic World Problem

As we constantly reveal, Human Rights violations go almost hand in hand with government arrest and prosecution.

(SALEM) - Most people are familiar with the plight of the Russian punk band, 'Pussy Riot'.

Their prison sentence as much as anything, is a result of having insulted Vladimir Putin, who found it appropriate as a president to be photographed shirtless which isn't exactly presidential.

Ukraine: Release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

William Gomes calls for an end to the increasing number of flagrant violations of the right to a fair trial.

(SALEM) - The saga of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, is by any reasonable examination, a lesson in textbook injustice.

The political opposition leader's imprisonment as a political prisoner is a bold slap in the face to all who work for the betterment of humanity.

Hindus Hail Russian Prosecutors` Statement of Not Seeking Bhagavad Gita Ban

It is one of the holiest scriptures of Hinduism and banning it would have deeply hurt the devotees.

(RENO, NV.) - Hindus have welcomed the reported statement of Russian prosecutors of not disputing the rejection by Tomsk regional court in Siberia (Russia) of proposed move to ban their ancient scripture Bhagavad Gita.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a “step in the right direction”.

War On All Fronts

Washington's three-front war: Syria, Lebanon, Iran in the Middle East, China in the Far East, Russia in Europe...

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Russian government has finally caught on that its political opposition is being financed by the US taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy and other CIA/State Department fronts.

It is an attempt to subvert the Russian government and install an American puppet state in the geographically largest country on earth, the one country with a nuclear arsenal sufficient to deter Washington’s aggression.

Atom Bomb and the Era of Disinformation

"In Hiroshima, 30 days after the first atomic bomb destroyed the city and shook the world-people are still dying, mysteriously and horribly..." - “The Atomic Plague”

(DELHI) - A basic human nature is to cover-up misdeeds that could be embarrassing. Politicians go to any length without remorse so do military leaders.

Whistleblower: My Oath is to the Constitution Not to Power Politics

Thomas Andrews Drake sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on the NSA.

(MELBOURNE) - He was an expert on electronic eavesdropping and had top secret security clearance.

He was also a decorated United States Air Force and United States Navy veteran, computer software expert, linguist, management and leadership specialist.

Should the US Fight a Nuclear War with Russia for Israel?

The US is being driven to military intervention by foolish hawks in this country whose arrogance of power has blinded them to the seriousness of a confrontation with Russia.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Russia’s Prime Minister Medvedev has fired a nuclear shot across the bow of both the US and the world.

Yet tragically the US media paid little attention to his warning of a possible nuclear confrontation over US interference in the Syrian problem.