America's Addiction: Waging Illegal Wars
by Stephen Lendman With regard to war, international and constitutional laws are clear. Under the Constitution's Article I, Section 8, only Congress may declare war, not the president. That, in fact, last happened on December 8, 1941 after Japan… more »
Doctors on Israel's Forty-Four Year Occupation
by Stephen Lendman Under international law, Israel's 44 year occupation is oppressive and illegal for having: -- attacked a nonbelligerent state; -- annexed it forcefully; -- exploited its resources and people; -- stolen their land and property; more »
Former Political Prisoner Geronimo Pratt Dies
by Stephen Lendman Reporting his death, AP said: "Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt" died at age 63 in a small (Tanzania village) "where he had lived for at least half a decade, a friend of Pratt's in Arusha, former Black Panther… more »
Continuing Bahraini State Terror
by Stephen Lendman For months, Bahraini and Saudi security forces targeted nonviolent protesters and activists wanting the repressive Al Khalifa monarchy replaced by constitutionally elected government, political freedom, and social justice, what… more »
Israelis Rush for Second Passports
By FRANKLIN LAMB Beirut Perhaps historians or cultural anthropologists surveying the course of human events can identify for us a land, in addition to Palestine, where such a large percentage of a recently arrived colonial population prepared to… more »
Jack Kevorkian meant well
Mary Shaw Dr. Jack Kevorkian passed away on June 3. He died the old-fashioned way - in a Michigan hospital bed while suffering from pulmonary thrombosis. Kevorkian, also known as "Dr. Death", was famous as a proponent and provider of physician-assisted… more »
Truth, the First Casualty of War: Friendly Fire, FUBAR, SNAFU, 9/11 and the Pat Tillman Story
By Gary G. Kohls, MD Duty to Warn - According to the most comprehensive survey of American war casualties (both fatal and nonfatal), 21 % of the casualties in World War II, 39 % of the casualties in Vietnam and 52 % of the casualties in the first Gulf… more »
Empire or Republic: from Joplin, Missouri to Kabul, Afghanistan
James Petras Introduction On May 29, 2011, President Obama visited Joplin, Missouri, the site of a devastating tornado that killed 140 and pronounced it a terrible “tragedy”. But were the deaths the inevitable result of ‘natural events’ beyond the human… more »
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