• With the Arms Trade, Profit Trumps Human Suffering
• What If Apollo 11 Had Gone Wrong? NASA Had a Contingency Plan
• Meet Poppy Northcutt, One of the Pioneering Women of the Apollo Space Program
• Rand Paul Blocks 9/11 Victims Fund
• Leaked Documents Prompt Massive Protests In Puerto Rico, Calls For Governor’s Resignation
• In Case You Were Unaware, Mitch McConnell Is the Worst
• HRW Report: Syria’s Counterterrorism Law Robs People of Their Livelihood
• Discontent With China Underscores Hong Kong Protests
• Trump’s Racist Tweets Against Minority Congresswomen Part of Larger Political Strategy
• Trump Murdered the Iran Deal — And Europe Isn’t Too Happy About It

With the Arms Trade, Profit Trumps Human Suffering

The US and UK continue to supply arms and ammunition to the Saudi led grouping responsible for the death of tens of thousands of innocent civilians and the destruction of Yemen. (By Abdul Rahman, Peoples Dispatch) Imperialist world politics revolve around two axes; trade and war. Wars are profitable ventures for capitalism. Threats, real or […]

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What If Apollo 11 Had Gone Wrong? NASA Had a Contingency Plan

This Saturday is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 space program’s landing on the moon. In honor of the achievement, Citizen Truth will run a series of articles about little known aspects of the Apollo 11 space program all week.  Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin always knew the most dangerous part of the Apollo […]

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Meet Poppy Northcutt, One of the Pioneering Women of the Apollo Space Program

This Saturday is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 space program’s landing on the moon. In honor of the achievement, Citizen Truth will run a series of articles about little known aspects of the Apollo 11 space program all week.  While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are infamous names in history and key members […]

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Rand Paul Blocks 9/11 Victims Fund

“I am deeply disappointed that my colleague has just objected to the desperately needed and urgent bill for our 9/11 first responders.” Sen. Kristen Gillibrand asked the senate for unanimous consent to reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation on Wednesday, but was blocked by libertarian Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who cited concern over the growing […]

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Leaked Documents Prompt Massive Protests In Puerto Rico, Calls For Governor’s Resignation

“I have not committed an illegal act and I have not committed an act of corruption. I committed some improper acts and I asked forgiveness for that,” Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló. Puerto Rico’s political crisis is unraveling at a rapid pace, as leaked private messages between Governor Ricardo Rosselló and nine members of his […]

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In Case You Were Unaware, Mitch McConnell Is the Worst

Mitch McConnell is the worst, knows he’s the worst, and doesn’t care. How do you root for someone like him?

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HRW Report: Syria’s Counterterrorism Law Robs People of Their Livelihood

“As with other legal instruments, Syria is using Decree 63 to authorize abusive and arbitrary practices that rob people of their very livelihoods.” In a statement released Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern over what the organization termed a collective punishment policy practiced by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The statement accuses Syria of casting […]

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Discontent With China Underscores Hong Kong Protests

“This is about them voicing their discontent and this discontent is really about China.” Record-breaking protests in Hong Kong which have persisted through June and July stemmed from a bill which would have allowed criminal extradition requests from governments in China, Macau, and Taiwan to be processed by Hong Kong courts. Activists worried such a […]

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Trump’s Racist Tweets Against Minority Congresswomen Part of Larger Political Strategy

“This is a disruptive distraction from the issues of care, concern, and consequence to the American people.” President Trump’s openly racist comments to four congresswomen of color have dominated news headlines in recent days, encapsulating the political strategy of a self-proclaimed “stable genius” who uses calculated racism as his most trusted means of distraction and […]

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Trump Murdered the Iran Deal — And Europe Isn’t Too Happy About It

“The risks are such that it is necessary for all stakeholders to pause, and consider the possible consequences of their actions.” Europe did not want Trump and the United States to walk out of the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). JCPOA was the deal negotiated with great effort by Iran and the P5+1 […]

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