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U.S. Backed "Free Syria Army" Commander Openly Promises GENOCIDE  - by Steven ArguePhoto: Ghost town of Tawergha, Libya where 30,000 black Africans were "cleansed" by U.S. backed "rebels" after taking power with U.S. military aid and air strikes. [Photo: BBC] Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 9:50AM
His Holiness talks peace, love and compassion in Louisville  - by Elisabeth The Tibet Post InternationalDharamshala: -His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet met with Vietnamese Buddhists, middle and high school students and the top official in Louisville, before ending his two week US tour. Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:08AM 
Mission Creep Toward Full-Scale War on Syria - by Stephen LendmanSyria Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 12:10AM 
This Week in Palestine, May 17th, 2013 (audio/mpeg 5.6MB) - by IMEMCWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for May 11th to the 17th 2013. Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 9:52PM
Abusing Prisoners Decreases Public Safety --An interview with author Shawn Griffith  - by Angola 3 NewsIf given the attention it deserves, an important new book is certain to make significant contributions to the public discussions of US prison policy. The author, Shawn Griffith, was released last year from Florida’s prison system at the age of 41, after spending most of his life, almost 24 years, behind bars, including seven in solitary confinement. Facing the US PrisonProblem 2.3 Million Strong: An Ex-Con’s View of the Mistakes and the Solution was self-published just months after Griffi... Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 5:35PM
Frankenfarms labels GMOs, prepares to March on Monsanto on May 25  - by indyradio.nuSince the US government won't be issuing a GMO ban, we need to label them. So get yourself a label and STICK IT ON THE CAN. Here we have a message from Frankenfarms Laboratories, as we prepare for our finest moment.
Monsanto is fighting globally to take control of our food supply. They are doing their best work in the US, where they already control the government. But they will not be unopposed. On May 25, we will take to the streets, and turn the tables. Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:03AM
Economic Ethics After the Crisis - by Peter UlrichPeter Ulrich is an emeritus professor of Economic Ethics at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and author of Integrative Economic Ethics (2008). The economy should be embedded in society; society should not be embedded in the economy. The myth of the invisible hand, the self-correcting or self-healing market, is based on the notion that fulfilling private interests brings the public good. Neoliberal myths must be unmasked and the economy restrained from environmental destruction, expo... Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 5:53AM
Global Warming to exacerbate Heat related deaths, more storms for New York  - by Takver - Climate IMCThe residents of Manhattan and New York are already feeling the effects of global warming after experiencing Hurricanes Irene and Superstorm Sandy. But more is in store with more frequent large storms, rising sea levels, and higher temperatures and heatwaves in summer. The latest scientific study identifies that rising temperatures and heatwaves are likely to substantially increase temperature related deaths in the city. Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:06AM
Chokwe Lumumba's close race in Mississippi: Colorlines Editor Bob Wing on why it matters (audio/mpeg 2.7MB) - by KPFA Evening News, Ann Garrison, 05.18.2013The Jackson, Mississippi press is reporting "crunch time" in a close mayor's race. Jackson’s population is majority Black and Democratic, so Tuesday’s Democratic primary run-off, between Black Democrat Chokwe Lumumba and Black Democrat Jonathan Lee, will effectively determine who the city’s next mayor will be. The Jackson Free Press reports, however, that donors to the Jonathan Lee campaign have also given $1.2 million to federal Republican campaigns since 2008. Second District Mississi... Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 7:03AM
Creative Destruction - by Rudolf HickelThe exodus from the casino capitalism producing ever faster and ever deeper crises cannot succeed without a broad and powerful democratic base. Parliamentary democracy is urged to finally take up the struggle around the primacy of politics against the financial markets. Financial markets have nothing to do with the idylle of market competition. Dethroning the financial markets means reducing the speculation businesses. Speculation shopping represents 80% of the world economy while their busin... Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 4:26AM
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture - by Stephen Lendmantorture Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 11:48PM
Women, Revolution, and Counter-Revolution in Syria  - by Steven Argue[Photo: female Commander Engizek who leads a combat brigade of the Committees for the Protection of the Kurdish People (YPG) in Syrian Kurdistan. The brigade under her command is 20 percent women. Lebanon Daily Star, 22 April 2013.] Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 7:01AM
Release of Two Books on the Same Day Recall the Aerial Massacre in Laos Fifty Years Ago  - by N. Lombardi Jr.The publication date of two different books, to be released on May 31 2013, is a coincidence that could turn out to be a fortuitous one for each, in that both deal with the same topic, the secret war in Laos that took place during the 1960's, and whose geographical focus is the same area of northern Laos. One is a novel, The Plain of Jars, while the other is a reprint of a 1972 anthology of bombing survivor stories, Voices from the Plain of Jars. Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 9:03PM |