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"Have You Committed your Three Felonies Today?" - Jim Jatras At RPI''s Media & War Conference

Our adversaries can always play the ace of spades...war. And at that point dissent will be a crime. It is uncertain whether our opposition to the gathering darkness will be effective, but what is not uncertain is our duty to oppose it. Jim Jatras on why we must find our voice to oppose war and empire...

The Idea That the Fed Is ‘Independent’ Is Absurd

By Robert P. Murphy

President Donald Trump sparked controversy — as is his wont — when he recently told CNBC that he was “not thrilled” with the Federal Reserve’s announced hikes in short-term interest rates, which he claimed would hinder the economic expansion for which his administration had worked so hard. “I’m letting them [the Fed] do what they feel is best,” he added, but this assurance was not enough to prevent journalists and policy experts from pronouncing Trump’s remarks as unprecede...

The Fed Has Created Stagnant Wages In An Age of Plenty

For the vast majority of people, wages have been stagnant since the 1970's. What happened in 1971? Well, that was the year that the U.S. dropped what was left of the gold standard. The major beneficiaries of that fateful decision have been the politically-connected and crony 1%.

The Torture Of Assange: A Blight On The US Justice System

Wikileaks founder and chief editor Julian Assange has been in solitary confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy for more than six years. Though the original charges have been dropped against him, he remains in the Embassy for fear of being extradited to the US for prosecution. His "crime"? Publishing things the government does not want us to know. It is past time for Assange to be freed.

“How To Win A Grassroots Media Rebellion“ - Caitlin Johnstone At Ron Paul Institute Conference

The mainstream media and its partners in government want to silence any non-regime voices. Australian renegade blogger joins the Ron Paul Institute's August 18th Washington conference to tell us how we can fight back!

UN Sees War Crimes In Yemen...But Mattis Vows Continued War Support

While the UN has found what it believes may be war crimes in the three plus year Saudi-led attack on Yemen, the US government still maintains that its role in helping guide Saudi attacks actually saves lives rather than takes them. Isn't it time to stand up to the Saudis and their partners in crime?

South Korea Seeks Peace With North: Will US Sanction Seoul?

President Trump's resident neocons, chiefly Mike Pompeo at State and National Security Advisor John Bolton, are determined to scuttle any moves toward peace with North Korea. With this week's cancellation of a Pompeo trip to Pyongyang, will they succeed in derailing Trump's big peace initiative?

Turkey Now, America Later?

By Ron Paul

President Trump recently imposed sanctions on Turkey to protest the Turkish government’s detention of an American pastor. Turkey has responded by increasing tariffs on US exports. The trade war is being blamed for the collapse of Turkey’s currency, the lira. While the sanctions may have played a role, Turkey’s currency crisis is rooted in the Turkish government’s fiscal and (especially) monetary policies.

In the past seven years, Turkey’s central bank has tripled the money supply an...

Another False Flag Gas Attack For Syria? Bolton Warns Of Massive US Response

As the Syrian military prepares to re-take Idlib province and end years of al-Qaeda control over the area, Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton warns that the Syrian government may try another gas attack. The neocons are not ready to admit defeat in Syria quite yet. Will the late John McCain's jihadist allies in Syria stage an attack and wait for the US military to act as their air force?

'Battlefield America The War on the American People': John Whitehead at RPI Media & War Conference

Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead warns us about the greatest threat to our freedoms and our way of life: an increasingly militarized government at all levels in the United States. This speech is from the Ron Paul Institute's 2018 Media & War conference on August 18th in Washington, DC.