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Hong Kong, the Treaty of Nanjing Returns

by Manlio Dinucci

Hong Kong, the Treaty of Nanjing Returns

Rome (Italy) | 24 September 2019
Clearly, some young people in Hong Kong have adopted British culture - after the handover to China of their special province. They do not know the history of their country and what they owe to the Peoples’ Republic of China. For their great grandparents, London had brought only misery and desolation, causing the collapse of the Middle Kingdom.

Justin Trudeau Needs a History Lesson

by Michael Jabara Carley

Justin Trudeau Needs a History Lesson

Montreal (Canada) | 1 September 2019
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
On August 23rd the Canadian Prime Minister’s office issued a statement to remember the so-called “black ribbon day,” a bogus holiday established in 2008-2009 by the European Parliament to commemorate the victims of fascist and communist “totalitarianism” and the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact in 1939. Various centre-right political groupings inside the European Parliament, along with the NATO (read US) Parliamentary Assembly (...)

«Current Concerns», n°2, January 23, 2019

Interpreting History

320. Interpreting History

Zurich (Switzerland) | 29 January 2019
War and peace. The tasks of the historical sciences, by Wolfgang van Biezen / 1244 – A Key to Peace in Europe. Defending Serbia’s right to the province of Kosovo and Metohija, by Marina Colic / The yellow vests movement or the unhealed wound of the 2005 referendum, by Arnaud Benedetti / Lessons for democracy when looking at France, by Karl Müller / Legalising Cannabis – who will profit from it?, by Jürg Barben / Free-for-all in the cannabis industry?, by Werner Wüthrich / Reflections on the popular initiative “Stop urban sprawl – for sustainable urban development (urban sprawl initiative)”, by Marianne Wüthrich / Education in the service of peace. To the book by Sara Randell “Ending the War — Operation Sunrise and Max Husmann”, by Winfried Pogorzelski / Cooperative Medical Centre Town of Tengen founded, by Jörg (...)

France apologizes to Serbia following Nato revisionism

France apologizes to Serbia following Nato revisionism

18 November 2018
On the occasion of the ceremonies held in Paris on 11 November 2018, the French government excluded the President of Serbia from the main tribune. This was for reasons for protocol. In contrast, Hashim Thaçi, President of Kosovo — a State that did not exist at this time — was given a prominent position close to the French President, Emmanuel Macron.
It was to provide help to Serbia that France entered the First World War.
Serbia lost a quarter of its population during the Great War. Serbian (...)

Stop the Turkish and international crime against Ocalan

by Savvas Kalèndéridès

Stop the Turkish and international crime against Ocalan

Athens (Greece) | 9 October 2018
20 years ago, the Kurds of Anatolia were struggling for the recognition of their culture by Turkey. Their leader, Abdullah Ocalan, first of all found refuge in Damascus, close to Hafez el-Assad, but was then kidnapped by Israël and Turkey after an international chase. He is still being held in a Turkish military base. It is since his incarceration that the Kurdish movement has begun to move closer to NATO. The officer of the Greek Intelligence services who accompanied him during his flight now speaks.

Estonia celebrates a Nazi Criminal

Estonia celebrates a Nazi Criminal

27 June 2018
On 22 June a commemorative plaque was dedicated to Colonel Alfons Rebane in Estonia.
Alfons Rebane collaborated with the Third Reich, holding the position of Standartenführer in the SS. He committed several war crimes in the Soviet Union.
The Estonian government did dissociate itself from this commemoration however it refused to go further and condemn it.
After the Second World War, Alfons Rebane collaborated with the United Kingdom in the context of a stay-behind operation (Gladio). (...)

The Russian V-Day Story (or the History of World War II not often Heard in the West)

by Michael Jabara Carley

The Russian V-Day Story (or the History of World War II not often Heard in the West)

Montreal (Canada) | 9 May 2018
How many of you have not seen some Hollywood film in which the Normandy landings are the great turning point of the war? “What if the landings had failed,” one often hears? “Oh…, nothing much,” is the appropriate reply. The war would have gone on longer, and the Red Army would have planted its flags on the Normandy beaches coming from the east.
Every May 9th the Russian Federation celebrates its most important national holiday, Victory Day, den’ pobedy. On that day in 1945 Marshal Georgy (...)

Germany will pay compensation to Jewish Algerians

Germany will pay compensation to Jewish Algerians

8 February 2018
The Federal Republic of Germany is going to pay a one-off compensation of 2,556 euros per person to the any Jewish person that had lived in Algeria during the Second World War. In this period, about 25, 000 persons lived in Algeria.
To benefit from this compensation, you (a Jewish person) will have to prove that you had lived in Algeria between the French-German armistice of 22 June 1940 and Operation Torch (when the Allies disembarked in North Africa) on 8 November 1942. During this (...)

The Cuban Communist Party: unity and revolution in perpetual motion

by Jorge Wejebe Cobo

The Cuban Communist Party: unity and revolution in perpetual motion

Havana (Cuba) | 5 October 2017
It was the night of 3 October 1965, in Havana, in what was then called the Chaplin Theatre (now known as the Carlos Marx Theatre): the very first Central Committee of the Communist Party was established and it established its official media, the newspaper, the Granma, the culmination of a defining stage in consolidating the Revolution.

When UN Gardens are visited by the olive green

by Jorge Wejebe Cobo

When UN Gardens are visited by the olive green

Havana (Cuba) | 20 September 2017
In UN headquarters in New York, there was really not much the Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold, could say in response to Fidel Castro, Cuba’s Prime Minister, as he was setting out to camp in the gardens of the UN building. This was Fidel’s response to a hotel in New York City refusing to let him and his country’s delegation to the 15th Session of the General Assembly, continue to stay there.

The Secret History of L’Oréal

by Thierry Meyssan

The Secret History of L'Oréal

Paris (France) | 17 June 2017
L’Oréal, the cosmetic giant, has just announced that it will restructure its capital. Thus the holding company established by Eugene Schueller during the Second World War will be wound up. The founder of this group was also one of the main financiers of the plot by La Cagoule and French Nazis. When France was liberated from German occupation, L’Oréal and its foreign subsidiaries provided refuge to criminals on the run. Today, the heiress of this group, Liliane Bettencourt, has become the richest woman in France. L’Oréal’s history reveals the hidden face of contemporary French politics.

State Security Agencies: a response to strategies of aggression

by Jorge Wejebe Cobo

State Security Agencies: a response to strategies of aggression

Havana (Cuba) | 4 April 2017
On Tuesday 23 December 1958, top officials of the North American government had their Christmas holidays interrupted by having to attend a meeting chaired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to evaluate the Cuban situation.

The Second Declaration of Havana, a program for the Revolution

by Jorge Wejebe Cobo

The Second Declaration of Havana, a program for the Revolution

Havana (Cuba) | 11 February 2017
At the beginning of 1962, US political aggression against Cuba knew no limits and far exceeded actions taken by the CIA and the US administration during the coups d’etat against the nationalist governments of Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954.

The war against historical memory is NATO’s long-term campaign

by Mateusz Piskorski

The war against historical memory is NATO's long-term campaign

Varsaw (Poland) | 19 May 2016
NATO is an immemorial alliance that liberated Europe from Nazism and protects us from the Russian bear, then that is what we should believe. The historical truth is very different, but NATO strives to revise it. A long-term task with dark consequences.

“The Art of War”

China’s Resistance

by Manlio Dinucci

China's Resistance

Rome (Italy) | 17 April 2016
The 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance against Japanese aggression is celebrated on 3 September in Peking. Not only Tokyo but also Washington and almost all EU governments are going to boycott it. They are sending only second rank representatives to Peking. A ridiculous attempt to erase History, paralleled to those in relation to the victory over Nazism, celebrated in Moscow on 9 May .
The historical basis: in the thirties, China was reduced (...)

History as Propaganda

Why the USSR Did Not ‘Win’ World War II (Part I)

by Michael Jabara Carley

Why the USSR Did Not ‘Win' World War II (Part I)

Montreal (Canada) | 19 March 2016
Over time, it is possible to completely rewrite history and interchange the roles of the actors. Professor Michael Jabara Carley examines here the example of the Second World War. This important event, extensively studied by many historians, was completely falsified, after 70 years of propaganda by the Atlantic Alliance.

Seventy years of harassing political establishment and people of Europe

by Andrey Fomin

Seventy years of harassing political establishment and people of Europe

Moscow (Russia) | 5 February 2016
Contrary to appearances, the decision of the United States to investigate a possible Russian aid to anti-European parties is not intended to protect Europeans from foreign interference. This is quite the opposite. For 70 years, Washington controls the West European politics prohibiting all forms of genuine democracy.

Why does France want to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic ?

by Thierry Meyssan

Why does France want to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic ?

Damascus (Syria) | 12 October 2015
Looking back over the history of the French colonisation of Syria, and comparing it with the actions of Presidents Sarkozy and Hollande, Thierry Meyssan brings to light the desire of certain of today’s French politicians to recolonise this country. Theirs is an anachronistic and criminal position which is steadily transforming France into one of the most hated states in the world.

«Quite Right Mr. Ambassador»

by Michael Jabara Carley

«Quite Right Mr. Ambassador»

Montreal (Canada) | 9 October 2015
Recently the Russian ambassador in Warsaw, Sergei Andreyev, gave an interview on a Polish television station about the lamentable state of Polish-Russian relations. World War II came up as a point of discussion, as it often does these days in the western Mainstream Media.

The Day the West Likes to Forget

by Michael Jabara Carley

The Day the West Likes to Forget

Montreal (Canada) | 25 September 2015
History is being rewritten by Nato. World War II would not have been an internal conflict of capitalism but a glorious struggle of democracy against Nazism. The Soviet Union would therefore have not played a significant role in the conflict. On the contrary, his regime would have made the longest possible alliance with Evil. This propaganda does not stand up to the facts.

by Michael Jabara Carley

23 August 1939

Montreal (Canada) | 23 August 2015
September 1939: a Polish girl mourns her sister killed in Warsaw by a German machine gun.
23 August marks the anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact which allowed Hitlerite Germany to attack Poland nine days later without fear of Soviet intervention against it. There will undoubtedly be comment in the western Mainstream Media about Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin «betraying» his would-be French and British «allies», about «stabbing Poland in the back», «colluding» with Adolf Hitler, (...)

Madame Bokova, Palmyra, Sana’a and Niniveh demand your resignation

by Hassan Hamadé

Madame Bokova, Palmyra, Sana'a and Niniveh demand your resignation

Beirut (Lebanon) | 27 June 2015
Madame,
It is almost a month and a half that of one of our most prestigious archaeological remains, the pearl of our ancient patrimony ,other similar headlights of Syrian Mesopotamian culture have fallen into the destructive hands of Daesh , total destruction, be it by bulldozers or explosion. Therefore this letter addressed to you is a cry of alarm, an SOS which can be summarized in one word. Palmyra.
Have you heard of this word before? It does not seem so alas! (...)

Anglo-American Money Owners Organized World War II

by Valentin Katasonov

Anglo-American Money Owners Organized World War II

Moscow (Russia) | 7 May 2015
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory against Nazism, we publish a study of Valentin Katasonov on financing of the NSDAP and the rearmament of the Third Reich. The author deals with new documents that confirm the organization of the Second World War by US and UK Bankers, covered by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in the hope of destroying the USSR. This study raises new questions that will be addressed in a future article.

The Neo-Con Attempt to Rewrite the History of World War II

by Wayne Madsen

The Neo-Con Attempt to Rewrite the History of World War II

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 25 March 2015
After the fall of the Soviet Union, former U.S. president and one-time Cold Warrior Richard Nixon devoted the last few remaining years of his life to ensuring that Russia found its proper place in the international community. Nixon advised then-president Bill Clinton on the proper way to deal with the Russian Federation, the internationally-recognized successor state to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. One thing that Nixon would have never tolerated was the current neo-conservative penchant to deny Russia’s major role in World War II’s – known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War – victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany. Today’s leaders of the United States and their fellow-travelers in Britain, eastern Europe, and other countries would, therefore, find themselves being berated by Nixon over their failure to participate in the annual May 9 Victory Day ceremony held in (...)

How Germany Was Partitioned. Lessons for Ukraine

by Yuriy Rubtsov

How Germany Was Partitioned. Lessons for Ukraine

Moscow (Russia) | 14 December 2014
Western nations have explained their support for Kyiv’s new post-coup regime by claiming they are trying to prevent Russia from destroying Ukraine as a single, unified state. However, it is increasingly evident that it is in fact Washington, Brussels, Bonn, and now Warsaw that are setting the stage for Ukraine’s dismemberment.

Salvador Allende: 40 years after his physical disappearance

by Rosa María González López

Salvador Allende: 40 years after his physical disappearance

Havana (Cuba) | 12 September 2013
On 4 September 1970, the doctor and parliamentarian, Salvador Allende Gossens, a presidential candidate for the political coalition, Unidad Popular, of socialist popularity and supported by progressive sectors and the country’s left triumphed in the elections. He became the new constitutional president of Chile.
A month later – on 4 November – he was sworn into office - this natural leader of the dispossessed, the peasants, the workers and students; a sympathizer and supporter of (...)

Atlantism

The Institute of Social History, an antisocial organisation

by Annie Lacroix-Riz

The Institute of Social History, an antisocial organisation

Paris (France) | 11 November 2005
The Institute of Social History, a branch of the French employers’ organization in charge of fighting the communist influence inside the workers’ movement was headed – after World War II – by corrupt former communists and collaborators of the Nazi occupying forces that had just been released from prison. It was soon incorporated to the Atlantist networks and largely financed by the CIA; it played and active role in the division of the French trade union movement. With the help of archive documents, professor Annie Lacroix-Riz describes in detail that manipulation in a time when the new US policy tries to revive the Institute of Social History.

The European Union’s Secret History

by Thierry Meyssan

The European Union's Secret History

Paris (France) | 28 June 2004
After liberating Western Europe in 1945, the United Kingdom and the United States decide to recast it, by creating the United States of Europe. Flooding millions of dollars, the CIA and JIC finance pro-European associations to mould them into instruments to contain communism. Allen Dulles and Joseph Retinger manage to establish a European Council and the ECSC, but they fail to establish a European Defense Community.

Terrorism

The World Anti-Communist League: the Internationale of Crime

by Thierry Meyssan

The World Anti-Communist League: the Internationale of Crime

Paris (France) | 12 May 2004
The World Anti-Communist League (WACL) was established in Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek, Reverend Moon and Nazi and Japanese war criminals. It was first used under Nixon to spread counter-insurrectionary measures in South East Asia and Latin America. At that time, seven Heads of State participated at its meetings. It experienced a new lease of life under Reagan, becoming a shared instrument of the US industrial-military matrix and the CIA during the Cold War. It was then in charge of political assassinations and training counter-guerrillas in all conflict zones, including Afghanistan where it was represented by Osama Bin Laden.

Fulton Speech on the ’Iron Curtain’

by Winston Churchill

Fulton Speech on the 'Iron Curtain'

5 March 1946
‘The Sinews of Peace’
President McCluer,
ladies and gentlemen,
and last but certainly not least, the President of the United States of America:
I am very glad indeed to come to Westminster College this afternoon, and I am complimented that you should give me a degree from an institution whose reputation has been so solidly established. The name "Westminster" somehow or other seems familiar to me. I feel as if I’ve heard of it before. Indeed now that I come to think of it, it was at (...)

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Why does France want to overthrow the Syrian Arab Republic ?

Anglo-American Money Owners Organized World War II

Why the USSR Did Not ‘Win’ World War II (Part I)
History as Propaganda

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Hong Kong, the Treaty of Nanjing Returns

The Russian V-Day Story (or the History of World War II not often Heard in the West)

How Germany Was Partitioned. Lessons for Ukraine

Justin Trudeau Needs a History Lesson

The Neo-Con Attempt to Rewrite the History of World War II

Seventy years of harassing political establishment and people of Europe

The Day the West Likes to Forget

The war against historical memory is NATO’s long-term campaign

The Institute of Social History, an antisocial organisation
Atlantism

The World Anti-Communist League: the Internationale of Crime
Terrorism

The European Union’s Secret History