By Stephen Lendman Syria remains the region’s only independent secular state. Washington aims to replace its regime with a client one. Libya’s model was replicated. Months of externally generated violence followed. So far it’s short of war. For how long is uncertain. Obama can’t wait to wage another one to keep ravaging the world one [...]
By Ramzy Baroud Mustafa Tamimi was a 28-year-old resident of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. His meticulously trimmed beard served as the centerpiece of his handsome face. In December 2009, when an Israeli soldier shot him from a short distance with a tear gas canister, half of Mustafa’s face went missing. More [...]
By Joel S. Hirschhorn There is a growing convergence of thinking about where the US Occupy movement should go as a next step to turning its values, concerns and commitments into changing what most Americans see as broken government under control of corporate interests. When it comes to political and social movements, history shows us [...]
By Glen Ford. Republished from the Black Agenda Report. A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford “NATO carried out a plan designed for no other purpose than to hide the killing of civilians, to methodically suppress all evidence of war crimes.” After leaving the door open to the United States and its European allies [...]
By Stephen Lendman The idea’s been around for years. More recently, bipartisan support’s been growing. Various plans have circulated. A 2006 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study assessed “Designing a Premium Support System (PSS) for Medicare.” It discussed pros, cons, other choices and implications in terms of costs and recipient benefits. Share on Facebook
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… Wars don’t just happen. Before the first bomb falls disinformation specialists prepare the ground. Leading media outlets, foreign policy journals and a plethora of think tanks funded by elite foundations, energy and weapons’ conglomerates, “right,” “left” or “center” take your pick, churn out war propaganda disguised as “analysis.” Share on [...]
By Richard D. Wolff Republished from TruthOut. Imagine a democratic alternative to police evictions of Occupy encampments across America’s cities and towns. What if the decision to evict or not had been made by referendum? Voters could have determined whether to continue the long overdue public debates over inequality, injustice and capitalism that were [...]
Joel S. Hirschhorn The trick to maintaining the US delusional democracy is feeding the illusion for citizens that voting and elections really matter. But when both major parties are owned by rich and corporate elites it matters less than most people think whether Republicans or Democrats win and control Congress or the White House. Their [...]
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