Obama Adminsitration Silencing Palistani Drone-Strike Lawyer
Obama Adminsitration Silencing Palistani Drone-Strike Lawyer Medea Benjamin “Information Clearing House” — When is the last time you heard from a civilian victim of the CIA’s secret drone strikes? Sure, most of them can’t speak because they’re deceased. But many leave behind bereaved and angry family members ready to proclaim their innocence and denounce the... Read More
‘I’ve Been Duped’
‘I’ve Been Duped’ Reflections on Israel and Palestine Rick Steeves April 09, 2012 “Huffington Post” – – Do you know the frustration you feel when you believed in something strongly and then you realize that the information that made you believe was from a source with an agenda to deceive? I just watched a powerful... Read More
Reality in Occupied Palestine
Reality in Occupied Palestine Stephen Lendman Gaza’s attacked regularly. Dozens of West Bank incursions occur weekly. Police state harshness and arrests follow. In the week ending April 5, one Palestinian was killed and dozens injured, including 18 children. They were nonviolently commemorating Land Day. Many others, including an international human rights defender, were wounded during... Read More
Hasbara in 1988: ‘despite difficulties, South Africa is a vital, progressive state with much to admire’
Hasbara in 1988: ‘despite difficulties, South Africa is a vital, progressive state with much to admire’ Phan Nguyen First of an ongoing series by Phan Nguyen on the use of the apartheid analogy. Defenders of South African apartheid said blacks were doing better there than in other African countries and South Africa was an asset... Read More
Whose Corporations? Our Corporations!
Whose Corporations? Our Corporations! Ken Jacobson The idea that corporations are obligated only to shareholders is a dangerous fad. Law and precedent say they owe a strong duty to the 99%. Corporations are not working for the 99 percent. But this wasn’t always the case. In a special five-part AlterNet series, William Lazonick, professor at... Read More
Bishop Riah Easter 2012 Message
Dear Friends, “What reason have atheists for saying that we cannot rise again? Which is the more difficult to be born or to rise again? Is it more difficult to come into being than return to it?” Blaise Pascal, a French Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor, Writer and Catholic Philosopher. “Back from the Dead” was the title... Read More
Occupy Takes Aim at ALEC Today in 70 US Cities
Occupy Takes Aim at ALEC Today in 70 US Cities Yana Kunichoff The Occupy movement, since its inception in September 2011, has been against corporate greed. And in 70 cities across the country, it’s found one target that best shows the rampant corporate control of our judicial system that Occupiers see as a central grievance:... Read More
Jeffrey Sachs’ Reform Candidacy for World Bank President
Jeffrey Sachs’ Reform Candidacy for World Bank President by: Staff, Center for Economic and Policy Research | Op-Ed Supports a “Competitive Process” That Will Address Pressing Issues Washington, D.C.- Economist and health expert Jeffrey Sachs’ reported candidacy for World Bank president is welcome news for the two-and-a-half billion people around the world living in poverty,... Read More
Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became “People” – and How You Can Fight Back
Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became “People” – and How You Can Fight Back Thom Hartmann If you believe that corporations should not have the same rights as people – if you are appalled by the 2010 Citizens United decision – then this is the book for you. Thom Hartmann wrote this prescient book, now updated,... Read More
Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It
“Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It.” [Book] If you believe corporate personhood is a threat to democracy, then “Corporations Are Not People” is a must-read book. (Truthout also strongly recommends Thom Hartmann’s “Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became People — and How You... Read More
President Obama and His Key Advisors are a Gang of War Criminals
President Obama and His key Advisors are a Gang of War Criminals Dave Lindorff February 29, 2012 “Information Clearing House” —- If a bunch of street toughs decided to gang up and beat the crap out of some guy in the neighborhood because they feared he might be planning to buy a gun to protect... Read More
Dr Ghada Karmi @ Israeli Apartheid Week, Middlesex University – UK
Dr Ghada Karmi @ Israeli Apartheid Week, Middlesex University – UK Dr Ghada Karmi (Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic) – speaks at the “Is Israel an Apartheid State?”. As part of a series of events for “Israeli Apartheid Week”. The panel discussion was organised by The Middlesex University Free Palestine Society, London, UK.... Read More
Nestlé Test Case: Charges filed on murder of Colombian Trade Unionist
Nestlé Test Case: Charges filed on murder of Colombian Trade Unionist European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) 6 March 2012 ECCHR and the Colombian trade union SINALTRAINAL yesterday filed charges with the Swiss public prosecutor in Zug against the company Nestlé and members of its senior management. They are accused of being responsible,... Read More
US Congress passes authoritarian anti-protest law
US Congress passes authoritarian anti-protest law Tom Carter A bill passed Monday in the US Congress and Thursday in the Senate would make it a felony—a serious criminal offense punishable by lengthy terms of incarceration—to participate in many forms of protest associated with the Occupy Wall Street protests of last year. Several commentators have dubbed... Read More
How to Leave Guantánamo: Via a Plea Deal, or In A Coffin
How to Leave Guantánamo: By Means of a Plea Deal or In A Coffin Andy Worthington Guantánamo briefly emerged from the shadows on Wednesday, February 29, when Majid Khan, a Pakistani national described as one of 14 “high-value detainees” when he arrived at Guantánamo in September 2006, after three and a half years in secret CIA... Read More