The Intelligence Hour with Kevin Shipp – 08.14.17

On this edition of The Intelligence Hour, host Kevin Shipp interviews Paul Williams, PhD, investigative journalist and author of, Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA and the Mafia, and his recently released book, Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church. Paul Williams reveals, in detail, the CIA’s connection to the Vatican, its role in laundering billions of …

The Intelligence Hour with Kevin Shipp – 08.07.17

On today’s broadcast of The Intelligence Hour, Kevin Shipp interviews Les Filotas.  Mr. Filotas is an aeronautical engineer, an aviation expert and was a member of the Canadian Aviation Safety Board (CASB) investigating the horrific crash of Arrow Air flight 1285. Arrow Air had been used by the CIA to illegally transport arms during the Iran Contra scandal. Mr. Filotas documents that the US government and …

RAMZY BAROUD – The Native American and the Palestinian: A Spirited Fight for Justice

Thousands of Native Americans resurrected the fighting spirit of their forefathers as they stood in unprecedented unity to contest an oil company’s desecration of their sacred land in North Dakota. Considering its burdened historical context, this has been one of the most moving events in recent memory. The standoff, involving 5,000-strong Native American protesters, including representatives of 200 tribes and …

How work can lead to suicide in a globalised economy

A Paris prosecutor recently called for the former CEO and six senior managers of telecoms provider, France Télécom, to face criminal charges for workplace harassment. The recommendation followed a lengthy inquiry into the suicides of a number of employees at the company between 2005 and 2009. The prosecutor accused management of deliberately “destabilising” employees and creating a “stressful professional climate” through a …

Drilling & Nuclear Power in the Arctic by ROBERT HUNZIKER

In the farthest regions of the north, the Russians have already drilled, but the Americans are coming. Shell makes preparation to drill. So it is, the most distant Northern Hemisphere will never be the same. Not only that, but astonishingly, Russia is doubling down on its risky energy play with grandiose plans to power Arctic drill rigs with floating nuclear …

The Sea Party Rebellion – Ralph Nader

Gas is cheap. America is pumping more domestic oil than at any time in the last 30 years. But two newly released science reports have reached disturbing conclusions. One in the journal Science states human activities threaten mass-extinction of marine life in the ocean, the other in the journal Nature tells us that to avoid the most catastrophic effects of fossil fuel fired climate …

Chelsea Manning and the Deepwater Horizon Killings – Greg Palast

The military whistleblower’s 2010 Wikileaks dump included information that could have saved the 11 BP workers who died that spring in the Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster. Five years ago Monday, 11 men died on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig — despite Chelsea Manning’s effort to save their lives. Let me explain. The BP drilling rig blew itself to …

Smart Show – 04.20.15

April 20th marked the five-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, when a deep-water oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and unleashing an 87-day undersea geyser of oil that spewed at least 518 million liters into the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists and BP have each recently filed reports on the current status of the Gulf ecosystem. each entity clearlyhas used the findings to underscore their point of view. Some examples, BP says the massive cleanup efforts have been “highly effective” and have prevented a lot of oil from reaching the shorelines. The National Wildlife Federation says BP is still cleaning up its mess 5 years later. A 28,000 tarmat was discovered just a few weeks ago. BP says oiled beaches and marsh areas have “largely recovered,” while the National Wildlife Federation says the coastal wetlands continue to show signs of visible oil years later.

US Plans New Offshore Drilling Rules, But Questions Remain

The U.S. is set to announce new regulations on offshore oil and gas drilling as an increased safeguard against disasters like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to reports from Obama administration officials who spoke to the New York Times on Friday. The announcement, which could come as soon as Monday, is set to be timed with the five-year …