posted November 14, 2012 by Ahram Online Ahmed Jaabari, 52, assassinated in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City, was one of the highest-ranking members of Hamas’s armed wing and a life-long activist in the struggle against occupation Ahmed al-Jaabari a high ranking member the Hamas movement’s armed wing was assassinated Wednesday by […]
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by Noam Chomsky posted November 7, 2012 by Information Clearing House Even a single night in jail is enough to give a taste of what it means to be under the total control of some external force. And it hardly takes more than a day in Gaza to begin to appreciate what it must be
by John Pilger posted November 10, 2012 by Dissident Voice In 1999, I travelled to Iraq with Denis Halliday who had resigned as assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations rather than enforce a punitive UN embargo on Iraq. Devised and policed by the United States and Britain, the extreme suffering caused by these “sanctions” included,
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by Eric Walberg posted October 30, 2012 by PressTV The West’s attempts to destroy the Iranian economy through heightened sanctions-including most imports, oil exports and use of banks for trade operations-is having its affect. According to Johns Hopkins University Professor Steve Hanke, Iran is facing hyperinflation, with a monthly inflation rate of nearly 70% per
by Jack Douglas posted November 7, 2012 by LewRockwell.com Vast social revolutions and wars are often preceded by periods of giving up on reforms, despairing withdrawal from public life by the best and brightest, and even peacefulness which seems to have become the normal condition in spite of deep conflicts and growing crises beneath the
by Roula Khalaf posted November 2, 2012 by Financial Times Behind the scenes and on the street women are now stepping out of the shadows and emerging as a vital political force in Egypt Sondos Asem was five years old when Hosni Mubarak’s security men broke into the family home after midnight, dragged her father
by Ellen Brown posted November 8, 2012 by Web of Debt Blog In the 2012 edition of Occupy Money released last week, Professor Margrit Kennedy writes that a stunning 35% to 40% of everything we buy goes to interest. This interest goes to bankers, financiers, and bondholders, who take a 35% to 40% cut of our
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by Atul Aneja posted November 1, 2012 by The Hindu Although the U.S. is in denial, there is every reason to believe that it was Tahloob, a movement of pro-Qadhafi loyalists, that killed Ambassador Stevens Spin doctors in the United States are finding it hard to explain the September 11 strike in Benghazi that killed
by Pepe Escobar posted November 17, 2012 by Asia Times Online So many wars to launch, so little time. When you’re the political leader of the most militarized nation on the planet – as is the case with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu – you gotta find ways to play with your toys. Even
posted August 30, 2012 by khamenei.ir The following is the full text of Ayatollah Khamenei’s inaugural address delivered on August 30, 2012 at the 16th Non-Aligned Summit in Tehran. In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Two Worlds, and may peace and blessings be
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