Новости за 06.08.2017

The film director discusses the Iran-Contra affair and Ronald Reagan’s political maneuverings in the Middle East intended to help him beat Jimmy Carter.

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Working on wind turbines is the fastest-growing job sector in the United States now and in the foreseeable future.

As Japan marks 72 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we repost this August 2007 piece from Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer.

An undocumented migrant from Mexico waits for work as a day laborer in San Diego in February. (Gregory Bull / AP) California continues to lead the way in the fight against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ harsh crackdown on undocumented immigration. In July, California state officials sent a memo to staff at Labor Commission offices, instructing them to refuse entry to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workers who show up at offices to make arrests—unless they have a warrant. The Los Angeles Times reports... Читать дальше...

By John Pilger / JohnPilger.com There is no justification for the new U.S. sanctions against Russia, the world’s second most lethal nuclear power, except the promise of plunder.