Strangling the King's opponents: Swaziland's 'war on terrorism'
Dr. Jabulane Matsebula When King Mswati III addressed the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2008, the emphasis of his speech was on the threat of terrorism. His speech was a carbon copy of what is now an outdated political discourse… more »
Obama preserves our way of life
Mickey Z. Awakened by the muffled, distant howls of slaughtered Indians, Uncle Sam rises from his bed and hits the light switch…blissfully, purposefully unaware of how valley fills enable him to gain access to that electricity day after day. *** Here’s… more »
Lurching Toward Gomorrah: More Signs of An Unstoppable Economic Meltdown
by Stephen Lendman Crisis denialists are still around but are slowly and grudgingly giving way to the reality that global capitalism is in serious crisis as recession lurches toward depression in a continuing downward spiral. Nearly every new data… more »
Centrism, Paris and the Futility of Barack Obama
By Gaither Stewart (Paris) Some cities are open to surrounding plains or the open seas and the eternal firmament overhead. Port cities and plains cities in fact place no limits. Such cities are to be seen, possessed and participated in. They don’t need… more »
Rahm the Mechanic goes to Washington: The Jim Zogby Dilemma
By Hesham Tillawi, PhD currentissues.tv Every day, I am assaulted by something in the topsy-turvey world of US politics that amazes me and makes me say to myself, 'Well I guess I have seen it all now', only for it to be outdone and replaced the very… more »
Free Gaza Movement’s Story
Greta Berlin and Mary Hughes-Thompson interviewed by Joe Fallisi Joe Fallisi : Dear Greta, dear Mary, you’re two of the founders and deeply involved organizers of Free Gaza. In my opinion, it is one of the few new world realities in the fight for human… more »
The Auto Bailout Shows the Failure of Corporate-Government More than the Failure of Detroit And, Solving it Presents Opportunities for a New Economy
Kevin Zeese While the automobile companies deserve some blame for the problems in their industry, there is blame to spread around. The root cause of the biggest problems is the alliance between big corporations and government which has led to poor… more »
The Rights of Women as Casualties of War
Ramzy Baroud Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar tragedies. But their losses also helped further delineate the plight of millions of women in war zones and poor countries. The… more »
Obama’s Birth Certificate: Is Alan Keyes a Sore Loser?
William Hughes “If we would learn what the human race really is...we need only observe it at election time.” - Mark Twain Maybe, it’s the Joe Lieberman effect! He’s in, he’s out, he’s back in the Democratic Party fold again. It is all so confusing. So… more »
Gaza: A Dire life Zone Still Clings to Hope
Sameh A. Habeeb Gaza Strip, 20, Nov, 2008- Following Israeli raids that killed around 15 Palestinians within one week, many rockets were fired into Israel in a reprisal of Israeli's provocation. As usual Israel started to blame Palestinians despite it… more »
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