By Moe Ali Nayel UN soldier atop armored vehicle overlooks Lebanon-Israel border. Israel’s daily violations of Lebanese sovereignty are ignored in the Western press. (Karamallah Daher / Reuters) [The Plain Fact Is that Israel Just Can’t Get Alone With Anybody. … Continue reading
Despite Annulment, Genocide Trial a Breakthrough for Justice and Truth The Strange Trial of Ríos Montt by LUZ MENDEZ The sentence of 80 years in prison against former de facto president Efraín Ríos Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity … Continue reading
Generation Leftover by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR EXCERPT FROM BELOW: “We remain strangely impassive in the face of our own extinction.” Is there a Left in America today? There is, of course, a Left ideology, a Left of the mind, a … Continue reading
Challenging the conventional western narrative on terrorism produces unique amounts of rage and bile. It’s worth examining why Afghan villagers in the Kunar province sit near the bodies of 10 children killed in a Nato airstrike in Afghanistan on 7 … Continue reading
WASHINGTON—A 150 percent increase in teen pregnancy rates over the past decade has led more high schools to eliminate “Fuck Your Brains Out,” a national sexual education program that encourages adolescents to have sex frequently and with as many partners … Continue reading
Why Hedge Funds Get Away With Siphoning Off America’s Wealth” By Nomi Prins “How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away With Siphoning Off America’s Wealth” A book by Les Leopold Les Leopold’s latest masterpiece, … Continue reading
By Laura Flanders Remember the phrase “good union job”? In contrast to the contingent fragile world of retail, service and fast food, a good union job is the sort union coal miners have. At least that’s what thousands of veteran … Continue reading
By Dr Tommy J Curry, Racism Review As an historical entity, the Black press has not only offered critical commentaries and political critiques of the sempiternal racism of the modern world, but correctives as to how white newspapers, opinion-makers, legislators, … Continue reading
Constitutional law professor Marjorie Cohn is our new Guantanamo/civil rights reporter and analyst. Her work is being supported by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. As one of the 1,200-plus signatories to the full-page ad that appeared in The New … Continue reading
What if we bought cars, bicycles, houses and refrigerators the way we buy Dell Computers? Do you want a transmission with that? Do you want an engine cooling system with that? Do you want tires with that? Do you want … Continue reading
[The headline sounds like it should be used with the names "Nixon" or "Bush/Cheney".] Prosecution of whistleblowers, dragnet seizure of phone records, the threatened criminalization of basic news-gathering—it’s dangerous for the media, and dangerous for democracy. ? When Democrats nominated … Continue reading
In an open letter to The Nation, a young socialist argues that liberalism–including much of what’s published in this magazine–seems well-intentioned but inadequate, and that the solution lies in the re-emergence of American radicalism. By Bhaskar Sunkara When I was … Continue reading
The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide. And one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment: ecocide. But we don’t have a word for … Continue reading
Here is another great site for news. It is unreal how much activism is going on right now in The US Empire which goes unreported by the Thatcherite Capitalism Corporate Big Media. You can sign up on this site for … Continue reading
Tibet is not a playground for the rich. It is a country under military occupation whose people are subjected to gross human rights abuses, where peaceful protests are brutally suppressed and the local culture, religion and language is being wiped … Continue reading
This week, the end of May 2013, the European Elections are exactly one year out, and as things stand today, Pirate representation in the European Parliament can be expected to triple. This would follow a Swedish re-election, a German entry, … Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Nearly a dozen years after the hijackings that transformed America, President Obama said Thursday that it was time to narrow the scope of the grinding battle against terrorists and begin the transition to a day when the country … Continue reading
Day Two of Sit-In at Governor Quinn’s Office to Demand a Moratorium on Fracking brings a Second Arrest By Margaret Flowers Springfield, IL– An anti-fracking sit-in at Governor Quinn’s office Tuesday continued Wednesday and resulted in another arrest. To date, … Continue reading
Occupy Washington DC/October2011.org [All this news going on in NYC and Washington DC and NOT A PEEP out of Totalitarian Capitalism Corporate Big Media.
[Please click on text to go directly to site for photos and links to media coverage of the actions to end "too big to jail."] Yesterday the Home Defenders League organized a protest that began at Freedom Plaza and ended … Continue reading
I have been experiencing unusual “connectivity problems”, exceptionally delayed access to my Facebook page and now today, 8:40 am CDT I am experiencing a problem with Twitter. I tried to post a link from this website to Twitter and the … Continue reading
The Free Cooper Union effort has led to over 50 students, faculty, and staff maintaining a sit-in occupation inside college President Jamshed Bharucha’s office on the 7th floor of the Foundation Building of the Cooper Union. [Please click on text … Continue reading
By Kevin Zeese Thousands of students marched on city hall in Philadelphia in one of the largest student walk-outs in history. (This weekend there will be three days of protess in Chicago over education as well.) Below are the demands … Continue reading
Obama’s Real Legacy: Savior of Corporate Fascism By Patrick Walker It’s downright weird to watch America’s right wingnuts react to Obama. Sometimes you just have to admire how their racism goes so deep it overcomes their native love for fascism. … Continue reading
By Rob Kall This morning, I found a little green caterpillar crawling on my arm, in bed, as I was waking up. I took it outside so it could become a butterfly or moth. If it had been a mosquito … Continue reading