By Ramzy Baroud
Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book – or any piece of writing for that matter – is meant to provide a sense of completion. Sociological …
Articles focused on debunking lies, propaganda, cultural memes.
Where one stands influences one’s experience. Social justice focus.
The undermining of legal and natural rights.
As the name depicts, we live in a world with limited resources. We have squandered them in a profligate manner. Now as they become increasingly scarce, so grows the conflicts to control them
Articles by Rowan which focus on the context of the issues examined.
By Ramzy Baroud
Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book – or any piece of writing for that matter – is meant to provide a sense of completion. Sociological explanations are offered to offset the confusion caused by apparent inconsistency in human behavior. At times a reader is asked to take a stance, or choose sides. Read the full story »
By Adil E. Shamoo. Originally posted at FPIF.
Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people …
By John Chuckman in response to Aluf Benn.
Representatives for these "direct talks" on the Palestinian side in a sense do not even exist: Abbas’s election mandate timed out a year ago, and he …
By Beth Tuckey. Originally published at Foreign Policy in Focus.
In what may be President Obama’s most significant foray into changing U.S.-Africa policy since his election in 2008, the United States is …
By Koroush Ziabari
As the racist regime of Israel moves toward greater international isolation due to its aggressive, belligerent policies, Iran receives wider support from the world’s nations for its uncompromising resistance against …
By Tom Burghardt of Antifascist Calling
While centrist political hacks, crypto-fascist block heads and know-nothing déclassé "mama grizzlies" are intent on destroying what little remains of American democracy (I refer of course, to the …
By Kourosh Ziabari
Those who mastermind the U.S.-directed psychological operation against Iran have obliviously forgotten that we’re now accustomed to seeing the uninteresting, exhausting charade of "will attack Iran"; you put the subject for it, either …
By Ramzy Baroud.
The controversy over the right of Muslim Americans to build community center and mosque a short distance from the site of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is both strange and outright inappropriate. …
Carolyn Baker interviews Michael Brownlee. Republished from Speaking Truth to Power.
For several years, Michael Brownlee and Lynnette-Marie Hanthorn have pioneered relocalization in Boulder County, Colorado. Their latest project is the Boulder County Eat …
Phil Rockstroh
The devices employed in US election cycles and its national politics, in general, are akin to the dramatic conventions of children’s theatre. Every two to four years, voters are instructed to clap their hands …
By Kourosh Ziabari
The trilateral summit of the presidents of three Persian-speaking countries of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan wrapped up on August 5 in Tehran and recorded another unforgettable event in the memory of the …
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