Politics

Richard Goldstone, South African Jewish Jurist The Goldstone Chronicles By Roger Cohen We have a new verb, “to Goldstone.” Its meaning: To make a finding, and then partially retract it for uncertain motive. Etymology: the strange actions of a respected South African Jewish jurist under intense pressure from Israel, the …

Obama’s Fateful Abuse of War Powers April 9, 2011 by Paul Findley The acts of war ordered by President Barack Obama against the government of Libya violated provisions of the U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973. He also exceeded his authority by pledging U.S. combat support to …

J Street Conference Poster The J Street Scam By Philip Giraldi J Street is seductive. Americans have been bombarded with propaganda about Israel ever since the foundation of the country over sixty years ago. More recently, the United States has been designated by the media and the chattering classes as …

The village of Lifta today. Erasing Palestine From Lifta The Israel Land Administration (ILA) has put a plan in place which would see land in the village of Lifta, a former Palestinian village situated on the north-west edge of Jerusalem sold to private developers. A plan which would see Palestinian …

US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates with M. Tantawi of Egypt in 2008 A Glorified Military Coup in Egypt: An Aborted Revolution or the Genesis of a Genuine Revolution? by Behzad Majdian Millions of people in Egypt and all over the Middle East erupted in joy as Omar Suleiman announced on …

Open letter of Russian doctors in Libya to the President of the Russian Federation […] Today, there is blatant external aggression of USA and NATO against a sovereign country – Libya. And if anyone can doubt this, then we say this obvious fact is well known, because all this is …

US Awacs monitor Libya The Euro-US War on Libya: Official Lies and Misconceptions of Critics By James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya Many critics of the ongoing Euro-US wars in the Middle East and, now, North Africa, have based their arguments on clichés and generalizations devoid of fact. The most common …

Protesters In Bahrain TSUNAMI IN THE MID-EAST William A. Cook It’s curious to consider how events in one part of the world offer images that reflect conditions in another part, as the devastation in Japan provides a glimpse into the eruptions spreading throughout the mid-east. The suddenness of the tsunami, …

Egytian revolution re-shaping the region EMPIRE’S NEW “DEMOCRATIC” PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST By Behzad Majdian If you have an uneasy feeling that there is something suspicious about the overthrow of Mubarak in Egypt, you are not alone. The dictator has been ousted; yet the dictatorship structure remains intact. And …

Gen David Petraeus: US online psychological operations are aimed at’countering extremist ideology and propaganda’. AP Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media Military’s ‘sock puppet’ software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda Jeff Jarvis: Washington shows the morals of a clumsy spammer Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain …