Ahmad Wali Masoud, former Afghan Ambassador to Britai, and one of the six brothers of the slain Afghan legend Ahmad Shah Massoud, tells the Daily Beast that American backing for Hamid Karzai is leading to possible revolution: Why did they pump billions of dollars into this country through one man, but do not promote political…
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Palestine not for sale
I just signed this statement: The US Palestinian Community Network calls upon all organizations, associations, and Palestinian and Arab community groups, as well as solidarity organizations, and individuals, to sign on to the below statement rejecting the resumption of direct negotiations, in the midst of ongoing Israeli structural racism and violence inflicted upon Palestinians, to…
Few easy steps to Mid-East failure
A handy PowerPoint guide to the currently fruitless Middle East “peace” talks.
Wasted dollars and lives in Iraq
The latest estimate by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes is that the Iraq war has cost US$3 trillion and beyond.
Protecting workers isn’t seen as priority
Here’s a report ignored by most of the mainstream media. Wonder why? (hint; too many corporate journalists and owners are close to these organisations): Many European companies that publicly embrace workers’ rights under global labor standards nevertheless undermine workers’ rights in their US operations, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today. The 128-page…
Israel’s next generation of defenders
After Orthodox Jew Peter Beinart recently wrote in the New York Review of Books that growing numbers of young American Jews are turning away from Israel – oncoming fascism doesn’t help – a number of Zionist sociologists have rejected his thesis. Young Jews? They still love Israel, what a wonderful democracy, wholesome and fun.
Zionists spying inside their favourite country
That’s what friends are for: The CIA took an internal poll not long ago about friendly foreign intelligence agencies. The question, mostly directed to employees of the clandestine service branch, was: Which are the best allies among friendly spy services, in terms of liaison with the CIA, and which are the worst? In other words,…
Don’t believe everything you read on Twitter
What connects actor John Cusack, Twitter, Fox News and shameless propaganda?
Obama sees massive successes in the Middle East
No wonder US foreign policy is viewed with such contempt around the world. Iraq is in chaos and the Middle East remains unstable. But from the comfort of the White House: “From a political perspective, it’s been a good week for [Obama]… — but more importantly, it’s been a very good week for America’s national security… —…