Lundberg: Subtle Genocide Is Revisiting Cerro Rico, Bolivia
by Jan Lundberg The scene of several million deaths at the hands of Spaniard invaders, Cerro Rico ("rich hill") is just above the city of Potosí in Bolivia. In May 2010, I noted significant amounts of...
View ArticlePersian Gulf's name is an eternal reality: Prof. Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh -...
by Kourosh Ziabari Prof. Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh is a prominent Iranologist, geopolitics researcher, historian and political scientist. He teaches geopolitics at the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran....
View ArticleSexual Assault Coverage by Media Shows Double Standard, Paternalism, and Sexism
by Walter Brasch Ph.D. Lara Logan, CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent, was beaten and sexually assaulted, Feb. 11, while on assignment in Cairo to report on the revolution that concluded that...
View ArticleTawtin or Return: Divergent views from Lebanon, but one common goal
by Franklin Lamb Ph.D. at Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut Lebanese opponents of civil rights for Palestinian Refugees often use less objective and more crude wording to define "tawtin" ("settlement") than...
View ArticleFrom the Gulf to the Ocean: The Middle East is Changing
by Ramzy Baroud Now that the Egyptian people have finally wrestled their freedom from the hands of a very stubborn regime, accolades to the revolution are pouring in from all directions. Even those who...
View ArticleGaddafi aborted Venezuela flight after UK spies discovered escape plans
by Roy S. Carson (vheadline.com) VHeadline can exclusively reveal that diplomatic sources claim Libya's President Muammar Gaddafi aborted plans to flee to Venezuela when British MI6 intelligence agents...
View ArticleSilvia Cattori: An Interview With Gilad Atzmon-To Call A Spade A Spade
Gilad Atzmon is an outstandingly charming man. He is often described by music critics as one of the finest contemporary jazz saxophonists. But Atzmon is more than just a musician: for those who follow...
View ArticleTill September: The PA’s Meaningless Deadlines
by Ramzy Baroud Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that dramatic changes are underway in the occupied Palestinian territories. This...
View ArticleRobert Jensen: Consciousness rising, world fading
by Robert Jensen Ph.D. Our stories of awakenings -- whether moral, intellectual, religious, artistic, or sexual -- are tricky. Honest self-reflection doesn't come easy, and self-satisfied accounts...
View ArticleIndonesia – The Worst Example For Revolutions In Arab World
by Andre Vltchek As several revolts shook recently big part of Arab world, as Hosni Mubarak stepped down and the leaders of Bahrain and Libya could not think about anything better than to order bloody...
View ArticleThe Enduring Mystique of the Marshall Plan
by William Blum Amidst all the stirring political upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East the name "Marshall Plan" keeps being repeated by political figures and media around the world as the key...
View ArticleGeorge Katsiaficas: U.S. Human Rights Policy is Self-serving and Duplicitous
by Kourosh Ziabari in Iran George Katsiaficas is a renowned university professor, sociologist, author and activist. He is a visiting American Professor of Humanities and Sociology at Chonnam National...
View ArticleInflation Hits Money and Lies
by Joel S. Hirschhorn How do the powerful keep the US population dumb and distracted? A key tactic has been using methodologies that produce totally misleading underestimates of key economic...
View ArticleJames Petras Ph.D. - Washington’s Long War Against Africa
by James Petras Ph.D. The US bombing of Libya in support of rebel clients in the spring of 2011 is part and parcel of a sustained policy of military intervention in Africa since at least the mid...
View ArticleWhy the “Obama Doctrine” won’t help the Shia majority in Bahrain
by Franklin Lamb Ph.D. Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi passed through Beirut a couple of weeks ago and gave a terrific lecture at the American University of Beirut entitled "Preliminary...
View ArticleUSAID Sides With Chevron Against Niger Delta Rebels - works to create new...
by Matthew Nasuti In February 2011, in a little known development, the Obama Administration decided to seek new enemies abroad by choosing sides in a low level civil war being waged in southern...
View ArticleNow Israel Is Free to Declare Its Innocence before the International Court of...
by William A. Cook Ph.D. Thank God Judge Goldstone recanted his judgment on Israel and its IDF forces in the slaughter inflicted on Gaza during its Christmas invasion in 2008-2009; both are now...
View Article‘Matter of Policy’: Gaza War and Goldstone’s Moral Collapse
by Ramzy Baroud Shocking is not a sufficient term to describe Justice Richard Goldstone’s decision to recant parts of the 2009 report on alleged war crimes in Gaza. The document, known as the Goldstone...
View ArticleNaseer Aruri Ph.D.: No politician with an "anti-Zionist mindset" could ever...
by Kourosh Ziabari in Iran Naseer Aruri is Chancellor Professor (emeritus) of Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. He is president of Trans-Arab Research Institute in Boston....
View ArticleInterstates And States of Grief
by Phil Rockstroh I’m in Atlanta, Georgia, at present, among the scent of pine trees and the reek of southern denial. The moribund economy has thwarted the city’s manic drive to silence its resentful...
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