December 7, 2008
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Michael Parenti: Afghanistan, Another Untold Story
The war against Afghanistan, a battered impoverished country, continues to be portrayed in US official circles as a gallant crusade against terrorism. If it ever was that, it also has been a means to other things: destroying a leftist revolutionary social order, gaining profitable control of one of the last vast untapped reserves of the… Continue reading
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MIR: West Bank Stories
6 December, 2008 Warning.This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. Palestinians brace themselves for more attacks by extremist Israeli settlers. Will the Israeli government be able to contain the violence? And can Palestinians win in Israeli courts? Answers to these questions Continue reading
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Eileen Fleming: GazaFriends – Kidnapped at Gunpoint and Deported by Israeli Forces: And She Will Return
On November 18, 2008, Darlene Wallach of California was kidnapped at gunpoint by Israeli forces and deported to New York City on Thanksgiving Day. She arrived without money, passport, cell phone, warm winter clothes and had no way of contacting her family and friends in California, London, or Cyprus. Continue reading