By John Pilger. Republished from Information Clearing House. When Britain lost control of Egypt in 1956, Prime Minister Anthony Eden said he wanted the nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser “destroyed … murdered … I don’t give a damn if there’s anarchy and chaos in Egypt”. Those insolent Arabs, Winston Churchill had urged in 1951, should [...]
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… The American author William Faulkner once wrote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” And like a horde of flesh-eating zombies shuffling out of a parking garage to feast on what’s left of our freedoms, the Obama administration has promised to revive a proposal thought dead by most: [...]
By Stephen Lendman In 1991, after the Soviet Union dissolved, everything changed but stayed the same. As a result, today’s stakes are far greater, presenting much larger threats to world peace. In America, neocons are still dominant. Obama is more belligerent than Bush, waging four wars and various proxy ones. The Israeli Lobby, Christian Right, [...]
By Phil Rockstroh “Human language is like a cracked kettle drum on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when what we long to do is make music that will move the stars to pity.” –Gustave Flaubert Descartes, I’ve heard tale: On the night before you published your treatise, Rules For The [...]
By Ramzy Baroud The Palestinian security officer at the Rafah border was overly polite. He wore a black uniform and walked around self-assuredly, as he instructed weary travelers on their next moves before being allowed back into Gaza. On the other side of the border, in Egypt, there was much anxiety, fear and anticipation. Share [...]
By Jackie Smith Oregon has a morbid past concerning the history of its mental health care. The practice of Eugenics from the nineteenth and twentieth-century adopted stigmas that remain attached to those affected today. In the U.S., people of non-minority and from various ethnic backgrounds may share different cultural norms and beliefs than the majority [...]
By Joel S. Hirschhorn The outspoken scholar and Princeton University professor Cornel West has been viciously attacked by many on the political left, especially supporters of President Obama. Why? Because he had the courage to call Obama a “black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.” For more of West’s [...]
By Anwaar Hussain of Truth Spring. This one will be as painful to read as it was to write. There is this old method of hunting practiced in some parts of the world. It is called a fire-hunt. Two people are required. One goes ahead carrying a blazing torch (or a high powered flash light [...]
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