June 2009
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Azmi Bishara, "Iran: An Alternative Reading"
Political competition is systematised in the form of regularly held elections in which rivals espouse different platforms within the framework of the agreed upon rules of the game, just as do political parties within capitalist frameworks. The difference between Democrats and Republicans in the US is not much greater than that between reformists and conservatives… Continue reading
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Why do we allow the US to act like a failed state on climate change? By George Monbiot
Thanks to the lobbying work of the coal and oil companies, and the vast army of thinktanks, PR consultants and astroturfers they have sponsored, thanks too to the domination of the airwaves by loony right shock jocks, the debate over issues like this has become so mad that any progress at all is little short… Continue reading
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Award Winning Movie: “SUPERPOWER” By Barbara-Anne Steegmuller
Superpower: Far from a conspiracy film about the dangers of government secrets and regime change, this well-balanced film straddles the philosophical divide and allows viewers to understand the US quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy that is exposed through review of historical events, personal interviews, and analysis of US foreign policy. Continue reading
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Obama Moves to Fund Iranian Dissidents By Jason Ditz
Despite President Barack Obama’s persistent claims that the United States is not meddling in the post-election furore in Iran, the administration is moving forward with plans to subsidize Iranian dissident groups to the tune of $20 million in the form of USAID grants. Continue reading
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Iran’s Coming Revolution: For Civil Rights Or Beyond?
Playing with revolution, however, is a lot like playing with fire — both can quickly get out of control. In the case of Iran this means that the abstract demand for democracy — coming from the Iranian opposition — can soon be overrun by more concrete, ‘radical’ demands. Continue reading
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Venezuela: A “Critical Evaluation” of the Bolivarian Process By Vladimir Acosta
My starting point, of course, is the idea of all the extraordinary achievements that have been obtained here in these 10 years. This is a different country to that which existed here ten years ago, it is another Venezuela, and what has happened here is truly extraordinary. Continue reading
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Video: A People’s History of the American Empire by Howard Zinn
Video: A People’s History of the American Empire by Howard Zinn Continue reading
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Interview with Cynthia McKinney on Gaza
Video: Interview with Cynthia McKinney on Gaza Continue reading
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Iran's identity crisis By Abbas Barzegar
Iran is having an identity crisis. Since the Iranian revolution turned into an Islamic Republic few voices other than the party line have been accepted in the public realm. Nonetheless, the vacuum left by the flight of the wealthy elite after the revolution (now mostly in Los Angeles) has led to the rise of an… Continue reading
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Video: Free Gaza Special Edition Departing to Gaza
Video: Boats have not left today due to Israeli pressure on the Free Gaza Movement. We try again tomorrow. Continue reading
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Free Gaza and the Spirit of Humanity prevented from leaving Cyprus for Gaza
Tomorrow we will deliver a waiver, signed by all going to Gaza, that we absolve Cyprus of all responsibility for our safety. We would like to tell our friends here in Cyprus that though we understand and appreciate their concerns, we will not back down to Israel’s threats and intimidation. Continue reading
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McKinney Rejoins Voyage to Defy US-Israeli Blockade of Gaza – “Sink Us or Arrest Usl”
When the Free Gaza Movement attempted to send a boatload of supplies to Gaza last December, the Israeli Navy rammed the vessel, the Dignity, almost sinking it. This week, activists will send two boats on the voyage from Cyprus to Gaza, carrying cement, toys and 38 passengers, among them former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Mckinney, who… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, Events in London during July 2009
Housmans Radical Books, Events in London during JULY 2009 Continue reading
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Illusion, Reality & Courage in Iran By Carl Bloice
Obama has said openly that what he wanted to avoid was making himself and the U.S. the subject of the Iranian political struggle. Good thinking. What has happened, however, is that Iran has become the subject of political struggle in the U.S. – or, rather a weapon in the hand of those sought to destroy… Continue reading
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School of the Americas: A Thoroughly Un-American Institution
Opened in 1946 at Fort Gulick in the former U.S. Panama Canal Zone, the School of the Americas (SOA) has, over its lifetime, trained more than 64,000 Latin American and Caribbean members of the uniformed armed forces in an extensive program of military operations. Its graduates have included ten different Latin American military officers who… Continue reading
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Majority Leader Hoyer Needs to Know that the Uribe Government of Colombia is Not Fit for an FTA
The most outspoken Democratic proponent of an ill-deserved Free Trade Agreement with Bogotá has not only reversed his own position on the deal, but has defended and legitimized a corrupt, venal government, heavily tied to political scandals and human rights violations, whose legislative backers are being indicted in droves. Only Colombia’s elite will be the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 