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  Herland Report: On endless repeat we hear the same message of “implementing democracy” and “saving the nation from the brutal dictator”, from Iraq to Afghanistan, from Libya to Syria. Now Venezuela: “Genocide by state leader”, “Maduro is killing his own people”, “if US does not win, Venezuela will become another Syria”, as stated by  Senators such as Rick Scott …

  Herland Report: The Democrats cannot stop making fools of themselves.  Thom Hartmann is an example. He writes for Common Dreams and has a progressive talk radio program.  During the George W. Bush regime I was a frequent guest on his program. It was OK to tell the truth about the Bush regime’s  deceits and illegal wars of aggression.  But …

  Herland Report: “Setting fire to the ground,” a “major catastrophe,” bringing “new instability” are the headlines that have greeted Donald Trump’s unorthodox decisions over the past year. Withdrawing from UNESCO, moving the US Embassy, leaving the Iran deal and cutting funding to UNRWA and funding for Pakistan were seen as extreme decisions in the Middle East and around the world. Insofar …

  Western Idealism has Failed Completely: The 1960’s ideology has always just been a utopia, now people realize it is a failed project and react against the establishment. The successful author and chief editor of the Norwegian newspaper Resett, Helge Luraas, has been a public figure in Scandinavia for many years. Watch the show below. In this interview he speaks …

  Herland Report: Noam Chomsky: America as falling star: Noam Chomsky, one of America’s leading intellectuals and a highly cited researcher, has advanced a depressing image of the USA as a nation that has evolved into a major cause of terror. For some time Chomsky has argued that the USA is not a democracy. It is in fact a one-party …

  Herland Report: Saudi Arabia wahhabisme er betydelig ideologisk trussel mot Europa: Wahhabiere/fundamentalister, for hvem det er forbudt å klippe skjegget, fordømmer kristne, jøder, andre troende og muslimer som ikke er enige med dem, for å være «frafalne», «hedninger» og «vantro» – som fortjener å bli massakrert og drept. Wahhabikampanjen har nådd Norge. Moskeer er bygget eller egnete lokaler kjøpt, med midler fra …

  Herland Report: The US is leading terrorist state: Noam Chomsky, one of the most cited scholars in the world, a leading US intellectual and one of the eight most cited in history writes shockingly in TruthOut: “It’s official: The U.S. is the world’s leading terrorist state, and proud of it.” That should have been the headline for the lead story …

  Herland Report: Walid al-Kubaisi intervjuet av Herland Report TV: Filmskaper og forfatter, Walid al-Kubaisi samtaler med religionshistoriker Hanne Nabintu Herland om islam og utfordringene i Midtøsten. Han beskriver her at problemet med dagens ekstremistisk sunni-islam er at disse støttes fra grupper over hele verden og er også Vestens samarbeidspartnere. Han forteller hvorledes man i Irak, al-Kubaisis opprinnelsesland, forteller at det var …

  Herland Report: Pope Francis on Christmas Day wished courage and warmth for the world in his Christmas Eve mass homily, as God is stronger than “darkness and corruption,” RT reports.  He also made a phone call to Iraqi refugees who fled ISIS violence, saying that they are “like Jesus” on this night. (Photo: Reuters) “Through the course of history, the …