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On Political Precondition

On Political Precondition

Understanding the relevance of political preconditions is crucial to rational behavior in seeking solutions to long festering problems.…

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott

Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of Boycott

It is an event “of cosmic proportions”, said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June.…

Gangster State America

Gangster State America

There are many signs of gangster state America. One is the collusion between federal authorities and banksters in a criminal conspiracy to rig the markets for gold…

Why Massoud Barzani of Kurdistan is Part of the Failure of US Policy in the Middle East

Now is the time for the US to align itself with the wishes of the people of Kurdistan.…

How Elites and Media Minimize Dissent and Bury Truth

Those few Americans who are free of the constraints imposed by dogmas on their ability to think and to process information have a huge responsibility for their small…

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Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns

Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns

That the decline in gold and silver prices is an orchestration is apparent from the…

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

After nearly 27 months of turmoil, the public opinion pendulum is markedly shifting back in…

China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice

China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice

China gained Observer status in the Arctic Council this week, following weeks of assiduous courting…

Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation

Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation

It’s perhaps just a case of terrible inertia on the part of those gunning for…

The Syrian Riddle

The Syrian Riddle

Persuading those who are ideologically drunk and politically myopic is often a hopeless undertaking.…

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Special Reports

Israel’s Illegal Use of White Phosphorus During ‘Operation Cast Lead’

Israel’s Illegal Use of White Phosphorus During ‘Operation Cast Lead’

How the U.S. Media Tries to Cover Up Israeli War Crimes…

Accidental Alchemy: Forging the Taliban into Effective Governance by Default

Accidental Alchemy: Forging the Taliban into Effective Governance by Default

Afghanistan stands on the cusp of a decision. They can bury the elders and ignore their ways as the Karzai government spirals deeper into corruption, or they…

Stuffing the Genie Back in the Bottle: Can Threats to the IT Supply Chain Be Mitigated?

Stuffing the Genie Back in the Bottle: Can Threats to the IT Supply Chain Be Mitigated?

The United States encouraged the very globalization that it now sees as a threat. If the U.S. fears companies like Huawei, then the government needs to be…

When Idols Turn to Sand: How the West Nearly Killed Malala Yousafzai

When Idols Turn to Sand: How the West Nearly Killed Malala Yousafzai

When the world should have viewed her as a child, they made her a symbol. Rather than caution her on diplomacy, the world encouraged her brazen outcries.…

Arts & Culture

Al-Nakba (Documentary on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine)

A documentary on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.…

North America

Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns

That the decline in gold and silver prices is an orchestration is apparent from the fact that the demand for bullion in the physical market has increased…

South America

Would you believe that the United States tried to do something that was not nice against Hugo Chávez?

In a secret US cable to the State Department, former US ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to destabilize the government of the late…

Europe

The Syrian Riddle

Persuading those who are ideologically drunk and politically myopic is often a hopeless undertaking.…

Africa

The UN and 250,000 Dead Somalis

The UN has announced that in 2010-2012, including the Great Horn of Africa Drought period, at least 250,000 Somalis starved to death.…

Middle East

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

After nearly 27 months of turmoil, the public opinion pendulum is markedly shifting back in support of the current regime.…

Asia

China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice

China gained Observer status in the Arctic Council this week, following weeks of assiduous courting of the Nordic countries involved with the Council.…

Oceania

Jeremy Griffith’s ‘Freedom’: A Book for Our Time

In time Freedom will not only stand alongside these literary monuments, it will have such a profound and transformative effect on humanity that its importance will be…

Editorial

The Demonization of Richard Falk

It is clear from the hysterical reactions to Mr. Falk’s commentary on the Boston bombings that his own sin is in speaking uncomfortable truths many Americans don’t…

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