Israeli riot policemen arresting an Israeli activist, after Israeli police blocked the exit from an event by Zochrot (“Remembering”) organization, commemorating the Palestinian Nakba, in the midst of the Zionist Independence day celebration, in central Tel Aviv, April 25, 2012. Photo Credit: Activestills.org Where Historical Facts Are Crimes: Why Israel is a ‘Fear Society’ Key [...]
John Brennan, chief counterterrorism advisor to President Obama. Photo Credit: Pete Souza/White House The Obama Team Just Doesn’t Get It: US Violence and Occupation Spark Terrorism There is almost no discussion about why so many people in the Muslim world object to U.S. policies so strongly that they are inclined to resist violently. May 3, [...]
Why I Interrupted Obama’s Counterterrorism Adviser: Because the U.S. Keeps Killing Innocents Abroad “Mr. Brennan, will you speak out about the innocents killed by the U.S. in our drone strikes?,” asked Benjamin during a speech marking the anniversary of bin Laden’s death. May 2, 2012 | Photo Credit: AFP LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing [...]
Suggested Topics Al-Qaeda O Lordy, lordy. So there’s Bin Laden, hiding in Abbottabad and he’s waffling on about Fisk. Should The Independent’s man in the Middle East and my old chum Abdul Bari Atwan be given exclusive material on the 10th anniversary of the international crimes against humanity of 9/11 (my definition, not OBL‘s)? Can OBL be [...]
Golden Dawn, a neo-Nazi party, will likely clear the 3 per cent of the vote it needs to gain seats in Parliament [EPA] New York, NY - On May 6, 2012, the people of Greece are called upon to conduct the most important national elections in their recent history. The gravity of the occasion is not [...]
Loverdos is a minister for so-called Social Solidarity – hardly what one would expect from his issuing of compulsory health certificates for all migrants, says the author [AP] London, United Kingdom - On April 1, 2012 two ministers of the Greek coalition government held a joint press conference: Michalis Chrisochoidis, minister for Citizen Protection (administering the [...]
Photo Credit: Shutterstock/Anton Prado PHOTO LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. Why I Had to Get Out: Confessions of a Wall Street Insider The culture of Wall Street is pervasive and contagious. I drank the Kool Aid. I’m out of it now. [...]
The Tinder-Box Society Wednesday, 02 May 2012 09:46By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog | Op-Ed Labor groups and others affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street moment march from Union Square to Wall Street in New York, May 1, 2012. Thousands of protesters gathered in New York on Tuesday as part of widespread protests coordinated by Occupy [...]
Soldiers acting as part of Operation Pranoo Verbena in order to disrupt Taliban operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2012. (Photo: MATEUS_27:24&25) Henry A. Giroux | Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life Wednesday, 02 May 2012 10:03By Henry A Giroux, Truthout | Op-Ed Since 9/11, the war on terror and the campaign for homeland security have increasingly [...]
“We Did Not Choose This War” and Other Hypocrisies By Leah Bolger and David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/we-did-not-choose-war-and-other-hypocrisies “We did not choose this war. This war came to us on 9/11. We don’t go looking for a fight. But when we see our homeland violated, when we see our fellow citizens killed, then we [...]
