The Framing of Bo Xilai Or: How the East was won by Justin Raimondo, April 13, 2012 Murder and politics – they go together quite well. Wars, assassinations, violent purges: these are the woof and warp of politics, which is, after all, nothing but organized coercion or the threat of it. Combine this with [...]
Kicking off the 2011 Revolts in the age of the Networked Individual Wed, 04/11/2012 – 06:27 — AndrewNFlood Printer-friendly version To what extent do the revolutions and revolts of 2011 reflect a new world born from the shell of the old? Were these revolts of the [...]
A Palestine solidarity protest on March 28, 2009 at Place du Chatelet in Paris, France. Photo Credit: Olga Besnard / Shutterstock.com LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. I read with great interest Peter Beinart’s recent New York Timesop-ed “To [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)An interview with academic and author Dr. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam on the consequences of a future war with Iran. War on Iran: America’s Next Catastrophe in the Middle [...]
. The Campaign to Privatize the World by David Macaray One of the biggest con games going on at the moment is the sustained attack on the U.S. public school system. It’s being perpetrated by predatory entrepreneurs (disguised as “concerned citizens” and “education reformers”) hoping to persuade the parents of school-age children that the only [...]
Electoral posters in Seville, Andalucia, March 2012. Brussels and international bond markets are becoming increasingly worried about Spain’s indebted regions. Photograph: Marcelo Del Pozo/REUTERS Further proof that austerity is just a word. What is really happening is that the so called global economy is just the same as any domestic economy. That is it is [...]
The Obama administration called the rocket launch a ‘provocative action’ that threatens regional security. Photograph: Ekaterina Shtukina/Ria Novosti/EPA Obama engagement policy ‘in tatters’ after North Korean rocket defiance US officials expect Pyongyang to carry out third nuclear test in near future, respresenting significant policy failure for president guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 April 2012 17.56 BST Article history [...]
Iran‘s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has told Russian and Chinese diplomats he has come prepared for substantive negotiation. Photograph: Osman Orsal/Reuters The first international negotiations on Iran‘s nuclear programme for 15 months will get under way on Saturday in Istanbul amid increasing signs that Tehran is prepared to trade limits on its enrichment of uranium [...]
