(Istanbul: Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On October 22, Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of […]
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Bombings shake Damascus, kill 70
The continuing turmoil in Syria turned even more deadly on Thursday morning when two enormous bombs were set off at a government intelligence building in […]
The New Energy Wars (Klare)
Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: The Energy Wars Heat Up Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive By Michael T. […]
Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis (Serle)
Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Jounalism: For more than two decades Somalia has been pummelled by a bloody conflict. The country has […]
New Israeli government likely won’t launch Iran attack
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu moved from the far right to just the Right on Tuesday by bringing into his government the center-right Kadima Party, […]
Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)
Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com Plutonomy and the Precariat On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline By Noam Chomsky The Occupy movement has […]
Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in India on Monday that New Delhi can reduce its oil imports from Iran further, pressuring that country to […]
How the people’s rights are abridged (James Madison Poster)
Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia
The bad economy in France and outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy’s refusal to do a stimulus program, preferring instead “austerity,” were the primary reasons he lost […]
“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments” (Kahlil Gibran Poster)
From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.