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class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/31/">31</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>PCR Interviewed by Greg Hunter USA Watchdog The Fed, The Economy, Rigged Markets Fed Most Certainly Will Not Raise Interest Rates—Paul Craig Roberts</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/31/pcr-interviewed-greg-hunter-usa-watchdog/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33971" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33971 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a 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We don’t need no stinking justice!" rel="bookmark">Justice?! We don’t need no stinking justice!</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/31/">31</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Justice?! We don’t need no stinking justice! As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama, a professor of constitutional law, lauded whistleblowers as “part of a healthy democracy [and they] must be protected from reprisal”. In 2012, the campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama boasted on its website that he had prosecuted more whistleblowers in his first term than all…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/31/justice-dont-need-stinking-justice/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33954" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33954 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/eus-greek-austerity-plan-rejected-imf-paul-craig-roberts/" title="EU’s Greek Austerity Plan Rejected By The IMF — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">EU’s Greek Austerity Plan Rejected By The IMF — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/">30</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>EU’s Greek Debt Austerity Plan Rejected By The IMF Paul Craig Roberts I have maintained since the so-called Greek Debt “crisis” began back in 2010, I believe it was, that the imposition of austerity on Greece could not possibly work and that the only solution was to write down the debt to a level that Greece could service and introduce…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/eus-greek-austerity-plan-rejected-imf-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33946" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33946 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/shot-mh-17-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Who Shot Down MH-17? — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Who Shot Down MH-17? — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/">30</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Who Shot Down MH-17? Paul Craig Roberts The available evidence convinces me that the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine was a plot hatched in Washington in order to blame Russia, blame which helps Washington’s pressure on Europe for sanctions against Russia. An alternative explanation is that Washington’s stooge government in Kiev in an assassination attempt against Vladimir Putin mistook…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/shot-mh-17-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33940" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33940 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/washington-intends-coerce-russia-submission/" title="Washington Intends To Coerce Russia Into Submission" rel="bookmark">Washington Intends To Coerce Russia Into Submission</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/">30</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Washington Intends To Coerce Russia Into Submission PCR Interviewed by Sputnik http://sputniknews.com/politics/20150729/1025187577.html#ixzz3hIpJ6arr</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/30/washington-intends-coerce-russia-submission/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33915" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33915 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/29/incongruities-news-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Incongruities in the News — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Incongruities in the News — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/29/">29</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Incongruities in the News Paul Craig Roberts Jonathan Pollard, a paid spy for Israel described by Michael D. Shear as “one of the country’s most notorious spies,” has been pardoned from his life sentence. It strikes me as hypocritical for the US government to sentence anyone to prison for spying when the government itself spies on everyone everywhere. All Americans…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/29/incongruities-news-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33883" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33883 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-john-w-whitehead">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/28/somebody-please-bring-freedom-democracy-america/" title="Would Somebody Please Bring Freedom & Democracy To America" rel="bookmark">Would Somebody Please Bring Freedom & Democracy To America</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/28/">28</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/john-w-whitehead/" rel="category tag">John W. Whitehead</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Clearly, the language of freedom is no longer the common tongue spoken by the citizenry and their government. With the government having shifted into a language of force, “we the people” have been reduced to suspects in a surveillance state, criminals in a police state, and enemy combatants in a military empire. — John W. Whitehead Drivers, Beware: The Costly,…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/28/somebody-please-bring-freedom-democracy-america/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33862" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33862 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews category-presstv">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/27/pcr-interviewed-press-tv-re-russia-existential-threat-th/" title="PCR Interviewed by Press TV Re: Russia an “Existential Threat” to th" rel="bookmark">PCR Interviewed by Press TV Re: Russia an “Existential Threat” to th</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/27/">27</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/presstv/" rel="category tag">PressTv</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>PCR Interviewed by Press TV Re: Russia an “Existential Threat” to the US http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/07/27/422041/US-independent-Russia-Iran</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/27/pcr-interviewed-press-tv-re-russia-existential-threat-th/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33842" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33842 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-dave-kranzler-guest-contributions">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/27/supply-demand-gold-silver-futures-markets-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="Supply and Demand in the Gold and Silver Futures Markets – Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler" rel="bookmark">Supply and Demand in the Gold and Silver Futures Markets – Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/27/">27</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/dave-kranzler-guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Dave Kranzler</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>This article establishes that the price of gold and silver in the futures markets in which cash is the predominant means of settlement is inconsistent with the conditions of supply and demand in the actual physical or current market where physical bullion is bought and sold as opposed to transactions in uncovered paper claims to bullion in the futures markets. The…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/27/supply-demand-gold-silver-futures-markets-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33807" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33807 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/politics-timber-theft-jeffrey-st-clair/" title="The Politics of Timber Theft — Jeffrey St. Clair" rel="bookmark">The Politics of Timber Theft — Jeffrey St. Clair</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/">25</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The Politics of Timber Theft Steal a Tree, Go to Jail; Steal a Forest, Meet the President By Jeffrey St. Clair Republished here with permission is a chapter from Jeffrey St. Clair’s 2008 book, Born Under A Bad Sky. St. Clair has provided an outstanding report of corrupt government at work. Even environmentalists in the Forest Service who are appointed…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/politics-timber-theft-jeffrey-st-clair/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33805" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33805 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-john-w-whitehead">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/blueprint-locking-nation-john-w-whitehead/" title="A Blueprint For Locking Down Our Nation — John W. Whitehead" rel="bookmark">A Blueprint For Locking Down Our Nation — John W. Whitehead</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/">25</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/john-w-whitehead/" rel="category tag">John W. Whitehead</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>A Blueprint For Locking Down Our Nation John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute John Whitehead asks the questions that Congress and the media are not asking. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-28/turning-america-battlefield-blueprint-locking-down-nation</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/blueprint-locking-nation-john-w-whitehead/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33802" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33802 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/pcr-interviewed-julian-charles-mind-renewed-uk/" title="PCR Interviewed by Julian Charles of The Mind Renewed, UK" rel="bookmark">PCR Interviewed by Julian Charles of The Mind Renewed, UK</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/">25</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>PCR Interviewed by Julian Charles of The Mind Renewed, UK Greece, Russia, the EU and the US http://themindrenewed.com/interviews/2015/727-int-086 The program notes are here: http://themindrenewed.com/interviews/2015/22-interviewnotes/728-int-086n</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/25/pcr-interviewed-julian-charles-mind-renewed-uk/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33751" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33751 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-guest-contributions category-john-w-whitehead">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/23/eroding-character-american-people-paul-craig-roberts/" title="The Eroding Character of the American People — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">The Eroding Character of the American People — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/23/">23</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/john-w-whitehead/" rel="category tag">John W. Whitehead</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The Eroding Character of the American People Paul Craig Roberts How can the life of such a man Be in the palm of some fool’s hand? To see him obviously framed Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land Where justice is a game.—Bob Dylan, “Hurricane” Attorney John W. Whitehead opens a recent posting (see below)…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/23/eroding-character-american-people-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33717" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33717 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/21/falsifying-history-behalf-agendas/" title="Falsifying History In Behalf Of Agendas" rel="bookmark">Falsifying History In Behalf Of Agendas</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/21/">21</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Falsifying History In Behalf Of Agendas Paul Craig Roberts In an article on April 13 ( http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/04/13/power-lies/ ) I used the so-called Civil War and the myths with which court historians have encumbered that war to show how history is falsified in order to serve agendas. I pointed out that it was a war of secession, not a civil war…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/21/falsifying-history-behalf-agendas/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33662" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33662 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews category-russia-today">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/19/rt-interviews-pcr-downing-mh-17/" title="RT Interviews PCR on Downing of MH-17" rel="bookmark">RT Interviews PCR on Downing of MH-17</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/19/">19</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/russia-today/" rel="category tag">Russia Today</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>RT Interviews PCR on Downing of MH-17 http://www.rt.com/op-edge/310103-mh17-russia-tribunal-media/</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/19/rt-interviews-pcr-downing-mh-17/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33659" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33659 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/19/wealthy-germans-forced-pensions-poor-greeks-94-monthly/" title="Wealthy Germans Forced Pensions of Poor Greeks Down to $94 monthly" rel="bookmark">Wealthy Germans Forced Pensions of Poor Greeks Down to $94 monthly</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/19/">19</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>EU proves that “democracy,” “compassion,” “good will,” are cant used to cloak Western looting and oppression. Mr. George Romanias, Greek Secretary General on Social Services, has said today, speaking to the Greek MEGA TV station: “Ι cannot stay in the Ministry. I went to apply some principles. I cannot do the opposite” Mr Romanias said adding that he will submit…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/19/wealthy-germans-forced-pensions-poor-greeks-94-monthly/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33635" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33635 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/18/real-reasons-iran-agreement-paul-craig-roberts/" title="The Real Reasons For the Iran Agreement — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">The Real Reasons For the Iran Agreement — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/18/">18</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The Real Reasons For the Iran Agreement Paul Craig Roberts Obama is being praised as a man of peace for the nuclear agreement with Iran. Some are asking if Obama will take the next step and repair US-Russian relations and bring the Ukrainian imbroglio to an end? If so he hasn’t told Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland or his…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/18/real-reasons-iran-agreement-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33625" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33625 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/18/night-watchman/" title="The Night Watchman" rel="bookmark">The Night Watchman</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/18/">18</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Whether True Or A Parody The Night Watchman Has A Valid Story And An Entertaining One THE NIGHT WATCHMAN Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, “Someone may steal from it at night.” So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. Then…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/18/night-watchman/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33608" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33608 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/17/greeces-lesson-russia-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Greece’s Lesson For Russia — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Greece’s Lesson For Russia — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/17/">17</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Greece’s Lesson For Russia Paul Craig Roberts “Greece’s debt can now only be made sustainable through debt relief measures that go far beyond what Europe has been willing to consider so far.” — International Monetary Fund Greece’s lesson for Russia, and for China and Iran, is to avoid all financial relationships with the West. The West simply cannot be trusted.…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/17/greeces-lesson-russia-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33574" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33574 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/outside-box-interview-pcr-jason-liosatos/" title="Outside The Box Interview with PCR by Jason Liosatos" rel="bookmark">Outside The Box Interview with PCR by Jason Liosatos</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/">15</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Outside The Box Interview with PCR by Jason Liosatos</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/outside-box-interview-pcr-jason-liosatos/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33555" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33555 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/greece-sound-fury-signifying-much-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Greece: Sound and Fury Signifying Much — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Greece: Sound and Fury Signifying Much — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/">15</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Greece: Sound and Fury Signifying Much Paul Craig Roberts All of Europe, and insouciant Americans and Canadians as well, are put on notice by Syriza’s surrender to the agents of the One Percent. The message from the collapse of Syriza is that the social welfare system throughout the West will be dismantled. The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/greece-sound-fury-signifying-much-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33560" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33560 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/lost-chance-greece/" title="Lost Chance In Greece" rel="bookmark">Lost Chance In Greece</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/">15</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Lost Chance In Greece Syriza turned its back to the opportunity to save Greece by removing the country from the EU.The cost of this failure goes far beyond Greece and is political as well as economic. Syriza’s failure threatens the sovereignty of EU member states as well as their social welfare systems. More importantly, an opportunity to avoid World War…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/15/lost-chance-greece/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33460" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33460 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/10/pentagon-concludes-america-safe-unless-conquers-world-paul-craig-roberts-3/" title="Pentagon Concludes America Not Safe Unless It Conquers The World — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Pentagon Concludes America Not Safe Unless It Conquers The World — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/10/">10</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Pentagon Concludes America Not Safe Unless It Conquers The World Paul Craig Roberts The Pentagon has released its “National Military Strategy of the United States of America 2015,” June 2015. http://news.usni.org/2015/07/02/document-2015-u-s-national-military-strategy The document announces a shift in focus from terrorists to “state actors” that “are challenging international norms.” It is important to understand what these words mean. Governments that challenge…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/10/pentagon-concludes-america-safe-unless-conquers-world-paul-craig-roberts-3/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33425" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33425 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/08/big-banks-using-derivatives-suppress-bullion-prices-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="Are Big Banks Using Derivatives To Suppress Bullion Prices? — Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler" rel="bookmark">Are Big Banks Using Derivatives To Suppress Bullion Prices? — Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/08/">08</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Are Big Banks Using Derivatives To Suppress Bullion Prices? Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler We have explained on a number of occasions how the Federal Reserve’s agents, the bullion banks (principally JPMorganChase, HSBC, and Scotia) sell uncovered shorts (“naked shorts”) on the Comex (gold futures market) in order to drive down an otherwise rising price of gold. By dumping…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/08/big-banks-using-derivatives-suppress-bullion-prices-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33403" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33403 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/07/nuclear-agreement-iran-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Nuclear Agreement With Iran — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Nuclear Agreement With Iran — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/07/">07</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Nuclear Agreement With Iran Paul Craig Roberts Washington’s issue with Iran has never been Iran’s nuclear energy program. The notion pushed by the neoconservatives that Iran only had a nuclear energy program (5% uranium enrichment) in order to hide a nuclear weapons program (95+% enrichment) was always a cover for Washington’s real opposition to Iran and Washington’s real agenda. From…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/07/nuclear-agreement-iran-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33400" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33400 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/07/greece-eu-situation-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Greece And The EU Situation — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Greece And The EU Situation — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/07/">07</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Greece And The EU Situation Paul Craig Roberts I doubt that there will be a Greek exit. The Greek referendum, in which the Greek government’s position easily prevailed, tells the troika (EU Commission, European Central Bank, IMF, with of course Washington as the puppet master) that the Greek people support their government’s position that the years of austerity to which…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/07/greece-eu-situation-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33375" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33375 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/06/congress-protect-executive-branch-paul-craig-roberts-2/" title="Congress Should Protect Itself From The Executive Branch — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Congress Should Protect Itself From The Executive Branch — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/06/">06</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Congress Should Protect Itself From The Executive Branch Paul Craig Roberts Gary Hart was a good senator, an independent person. Consequently, he was eliminated with a sexual scandal. The woman was a ten, and the powers that be got rid of Hart. Better to go that way than with an airplane crash or a frame-up that leads to prison like…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/06/congress-protect-executive-branch-paul-craig-roberts-2/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33356" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33356 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/05/greeks-vote-eu-imposed-austerity-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Greeks Vote NO To EU-Imposed Austerity Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Greeks Vote NO To EU-Imposed Austerity Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/05/">05</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Greeks Vote NO To EU-Imposed Austerity Paul Craig Roberts With 90% of the votes counted, the Greek people have voted 61% to 39% against accepting the latest round of austerity that the EU is trying to impose on the Greek people for the benefit of the One Percent. What is amazing is that 39% voted for the One Percent against…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/05/greeks-vote-eu-imposed-austerity-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33316" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33316 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/privately-owned-greek-media-line-one-percent-greek-people/" title="Privately Owned Greek Media Line Up With The One Percent Against The Greek People" rel="bookmark">Privately Owned Greek Media Line Up With The One Percent Against The Greek People</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/">04</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The latest report from Greece indicates that the privately owned Greek media have taken a stand against the Greek people and for the One Percent: Yesterday’s demonstration in favor of ‘No’ in Syntagma Square of Athens had gigantic proportions and great fighting spirit. Instead, the rally of supporters of ‘Yes’ was enormously smaller without breath and passion. Of course, with…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/privately-owned-greek-media-line-one-percent-greek-people/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33315" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33315 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/putin-dont-expect-change-hostile-policies-toward-russia/" title="Putin: “We don’t expect any change in hostile policies toward Russia”" rel="bookmark">Putin: “We don’t expect any change in hostile policies toward Russia”</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/">04</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Putin: “We don’t expect any change in hostile policies toward Russia” http://rt.com/news/271564-putin-west-russia-pressure/</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/putin-dont-expect-change-hostile-policies-toward-russia/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33312" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33312 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/capitalism-become-socially-dysfunctional/" title="Capitalism Has Become Socially Dysfunctional" rel="bookmark">Capitalism Has Become Socially Dysfunctional</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/">04</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Capitalism Has Become Socially Dysfunctional Paul Craig Roberts If you have not read John Perkins’ book, Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man, you should. The book is easy to read and explains clearly from the inside how US corporations deceive foreign governments into debts that they cannot service or repay and then use the IMF and World Bank as looting…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/04/capitalism-become-socially-dysfunctional/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33300" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33300 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/guest-columns-jack-kerwick-ilana-mercer/" title="Guest Columns by Jack Kerwick and Ilana Mercer on the Confederate flag" rel="bookmark">Guest Columns by Jack Kerwick and Ilana Mercer on the Confederate flag</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/">03</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The Fake Controversy of the Confederate Flag–And Why It Matters JACK KERWICK Reprinted from The Unz Review, JULY 3, 2015 http://www.unz.com/article/the-fake-controversy-of-the-confederate-flag-and-why-it-matters/ The war between the North and South was not a civil war. A civil war is when contending parties fight for control of the state. The South was not fighting for control of the United States. The South was forced…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/guest-columns-jack-kerwick-ilana-mercer/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33298" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33298 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/reported-good-news-bad-news-john-williams/" title="The Reported ‘Good News’ Was Bad News — John Williams" rel="bookmark">The Reported ‘Good News’ Was Bad News — John Williams</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/">03</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>This is from John Williams’ (shadowstats.com) introduction to his detailed report on the shortcomings of the June jobs and employment report. “The Good News in the Reporting of June Labor Conditions Was Not Good News. Headline June employment and unemployment numbers were more typical of deteriorating, broad economic activity than they were of an expanding economy in its purported sixth…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/reported-good-news-bad-news-john-williams/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33295" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33295 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/greece-musings-july-4th-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Greece and Other Musings On July 4th — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Greece and Other Musings On July 4th — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/">03</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Greece and Other Musings On July 4th Paul Craig Roberts If you become stuck in a boring July 4 hot air speech, distract yourself with this question: Are the values that Western civilization allegedly represents still extant? You don’t need to get heavy into philosophy. See if you can find any of the professed values reflected in current events. For…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/03/greece-musings-july-4th-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33269" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33269 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/sundays-vote-will-determine-liberty-serfdom-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Sunday’s Vote Will Determine Liberty Or Serfdom — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Sunday’s Vote Will Determine Liberty Or Serfdom — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/">02</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Sunday’s Vote Will Determine Liberty Or Serfdom Paul Craig Roberts According to history books, democracy originated in Greece. Of course, historians could be mistaken, but this is the prevailing view among Western populations with enough awareness to be interested to know. What we are witnessing today, July 2, 2015, is that after 2,500 years in the Western World only the…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/sundays-vote-will-determine-liberty-serfdom-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33266" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33266 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/can-save-europe-james-k-galbraith/" title="Only the “No” Can Save Europe — James K. Galbraith" rel="bookmark">Only the “No” Can Save Europe — James K. Galbraith</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/">02</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>James Galbraith Explains That The Independence of All Western Nations Is at State In Greece’s Sunday Vote James Galbraith, a professor at the University of Texas, explains what is at stake this Sunday. This is an important article. Because of the presstitute Western press, Americans, Europeans, Canadians, and Australians have no comprehension that their own liberty, or what little remains…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/can-save-europe-james-k-galbraith/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33254" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33254 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/genocide-greek-people-peter-koenig/" title="Genocide of the Greek People — Peter Koenig" rel="bookmark">Genocide of the Greek People — Peter Koenig</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/">02</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Peter Koenig on the Delphi Declaration Peter Koenig explains the attack by international finance on Greece, an attack aimed at terminating the sovereignty of Greece and reducing the Greek people, soon to be followed by the Italian and Spanish people and eventually the French and Germans themselves, to penury. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42263.htm</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/02/genocide-greek-people-peter-koenig/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33237" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33237 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-john-w-whitehead">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/emergence-orwellian-newspeak-death-free-speech/" title="The Emergence of Orwellian Newspeak and the Death of Free Speech" rel="bookmark">The Emergence of Orwellian Newspeak and the Death of Free Speech</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/">01</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/john-w-whitehead/" rel="category tag">John W. Whitehead</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Guest Column by John Whitehead The Emergence of Orwellian Newspeak and the Death of Free Speech John Whitehead warns us, correctly, that we are losing both the ability to speak freely and the ability to speak intelligently as words and their meanings are being proscribed. https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_emergence_of_orwellian_newspeak_and_the_death_of_free_speech</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/emergence-orwellian-newspeak-death-free-speech/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33236" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33236 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/marketing-russian-threat/" title="Marketing the ‘Russian Threat’" rel="bookmark">Marketing the ‘Russian Threat’</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/">01</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Guest Column by Finian Cunningham Finian Cunningham explains that about half of the Greek debt is due to military spending in response to the hyped “Turkish threat.” Now it is Eastern Europe and Scandinavia that are busting their budgets due to the hyped “Russian threat.” The benefactors of the “threats” are the US, UK, German, and French military industries. The…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/marketing-russian-threat/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33230" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33230 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/mother-earth-decided-cleanse-ravage/" title="Has Mother Earth Decided To Cleanse Herself Of Those Who Ravage Her?" rel="bookmark">Has Mother Earth Decided To Cleanse Herself Of Those Who Ravage Her?</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/">01</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Has Mother Earth Decided To Cleanse Herself Of Those Who Ravage Her? Paul Craig Roberts Dahr Jamail is one of the last reporters in the Western world. Be certain to read his report on the “Sixth Great Mass Extinction” here: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31612-sixth-great-mass-extinction-event-begins-2015-on-pace-to-become-hottest-year-on-record His report is also available on Information Clearing House: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42281.htm I have concluded that only the young, who have…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/mother-earth-decided-cleanse-ravage/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33228" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33228 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/care-feeding-financial-black-hole-dmitry-orlov/" title="The Care and Feeding of a Financial Black Hole — Dmitry Orlov" rel="bookmark">The Care and Feeding of a Financial Black Hole — Dmitry Orlov</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/">01</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Guest Column by Dmitry Orlov Dmitry Orlov has a clever way of putting things. Here he describes the self-destruction of the Western world. The Care and Feeding of a Financial Black Hole By Dmitry Orlov A while ago I had the pleasure of hearing Sergey Glazyev—economist, politician, member of the Academy of Sciences, adviser to Pres. Putin—say something that very…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/care-feeding-financial-black-hole-dmitry-orlov/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-33209" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-33209 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/greece-can-save-west-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Greece Again Can Save The West — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Greece Again Can Save The West — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/01/">01</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/07/">July</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2015/">2015</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Greece Again Can Save The West Paul Craig Roberts Like Marathon, Thermopylae, Plateau and Mycale roughly 2,500 years ago, Western freedom again depends on Greece. Today Washington and its empire of European vassal states are playing the part of the Persian Empire, and belatedly the Greeks have formed a government, Syriza, that refuses to submit to the Washington Empire. 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