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Stephen Lendman was born in 1934 in Boston, MA. In 1956, he received a BA from Harvard University. Two years of US Army service followed, then an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. After working seven years as a marketing research analyst, he joined the Lendman Group family business in 1967. He remained there until retiring at year end 1999. Writing on major world and national issues began in summer 2005. In early 2007, radio hosting followed. Lendman now hosts the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network three times weekly. Distinguished guests are featured. Listen live or archived. Major world and national issues are discussed. Lendman is a 2008 Project Censored winner and 2011 Mexican Journalists Club international journalism award recipient.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 12, 2013 Attacking Venezuela's Democratic Process
Jimmy Carter calls Venezuelan elections the world's best. He does so for good reason. They shame America's sham process. Duopoly power controls things. People have no say.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 11, 2013 Mistreating Palestinian Children
Societies perhaps are best judged by how they treat prisoners, their most disadvantaged and children.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 11, 2013 Force-Fed UK Austerity
Since 2008, America, Britain and other European nations force-fed austerity harshness. Neoliberal and imperial priorities take precedence.
SHARE Thursday, April 11, 2013 Deplorable Bahraini Human Rights Abuses Continue
In summer 2010, sporadic protests began. In mid-February 2011, major ones erupted. Bahrainis want democracy. They want King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalif's repressive regime replaced.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Thatcherism
Thatcherism represents Chicago School fundamentalism writ large. She's gone. She won't be missed.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Obama's War on Social America
Obama, Republicans and most democrats are in lockstep. They claim Medicare and Social Security are going broke. They lie saying so. When properly administered, both programs are sound. Modest adjustments only are needed to assure it.
(19 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Secret FDIC Plan to Loot Bank Accounts
It shouldn't surprise. It's already policy. Market analyst Graham Summers explained. Depositor theft is coming. Europe is banker occupied territory. So is America.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Exploiting Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated annually. It runs from sundown April 7 to sunset April 8. This year's theme is "Defiance and Rebellion during the Holocaust: 70 years Since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising."
SHARE Tuesday, April 9, 2013 New York Times Supports Targeted Killings
It doesn't surprise. When America goes to war or plans one, Times editors march in lockstep. They support imperial lawlessness.
SHARE Monday, April 8, 2013 More Peace Process Hypocrisy
On April 6, John Kerry began a multi-nation tour. He'll travel to Europe and East Asia. His first stop is Turkey. He'll meet with Netanyahu and Abbas. He wants peace talks restarted.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 7, 2013 Defending IMF Financial Terrorism
On March 29, New York Times editors headlined "Strengthening the IMF." What demands abolition, they support. It doesn't surprise.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 7, 2013 Iranian Nuclear Talks
On April 5, so-called P5+1 talks began. They picked up where previous ones left off. Countries involved include America, Britain, China, Russia, France and Germany. Almaty, Kazahhstan played host. It did so for the second time.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 6, 2013 Another Dismal Jobs Report
Putting lipstick on this pig doesn't wash. One analyst said March data was miserable from every angle. Economist David Rosenberg called it "one soft US jobs report." It "quash(ed) the consensus view of economic re-acceleration."
SHARE Saturday, April 6, 2013 BOJ Increases QE
On April 4, the Financial Times headlined "Bank of Japan follows the Fed, on steroids." Pedal-to-the-metal reflects new governor Haruhiko Kuroda's policy.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 6, 2013 Permanent War: Longstanding US Policy
Wars define America. They reflect longstanding policy. They're permanent. They've been waged every year in the nation's history. They target enemies at home and abroad. When none exist, they're invented.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 5, 2013 Institutionalized Barbarism: Official Israeli Policy
A previous article discussed Arafat Jaradat. Shin Bet interrogators killed him. They tortured him to death. Independent autopsy results proved it.
SHARE Friday, April 5, 2013 Playing the North Korea Card
For decades, North Korea's wanted normalized relations with Washington. It's been repeatedly rebuffed. Promises made were broken. America needs enemies.
SHARE Thursday, April 4, 2013 Israeli Murder by Neglect
Israel operates one of the world's most unconscionable gulags. Thousands of Palestinian political prisoners fill it.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 4, 2013 Public Banking: What Better Time Than Now
Money power in private hands games the system. It does so destructively. Controlling money, credit and debt for private enrichment assures speculation, booms, busts, inflation, deflation, instability, crisis, recessions and depressions.