Human Rights
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How ‘Human Rights’ Became a Western Weapon
August 1st marked the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords’ inking. The event’s golden jubilee passed without much in the way of mainstream comment, or recognition. Yet, the date was absolutely seismic, its destructive consequences reverberating today throughout Europe and beyond. The Accords not only signed the death warrants of the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact,… Continue reading
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Make White People accountable again
Daniel Penny, the white Marine veteran who was acquitted of negligent homicide in the death of Black subway-performer Jordan Neely earlier this week, will attend today’s nationally televised Army-Navy football game as a personal guest of Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and other leading MAGA figures. It will be another milestone in Penny’s journey from cold-blooded… Continue reading
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The West believes antisemitism is a more egregious problem than genocide
Now. Thousands of people from all over England march through Central London calling for an immediate ceasefie. So far over 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict following the attack on November 7th. They are asking that the UK Government stops supplying arms to Israel. (Photo: Karl Black/Alamy Live News/Pearls and Irritations) Continue reading
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Nicaragua and the Western ‘Human Rights ‘Industry
John Heartfield’s famous photomontage of a newspaper cabbagehead had the caption “Whoever Reads Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind and Deaf!” The caption is even more true now as the 21st Century moves into its third decade. Continue reading
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The coronavirus crisis: revealing an ugly truth about the UK and human rights
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed to many what was already obvious to plenty: that after forty years of privatisation and deregulation and after 10 years of austerity, the United Kingdom is a country in which financial interests too often override those of our most vulnerable citizens. Continue reading
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Russia & China: ‘No to sanctions rhetoric, regime change in other countries’
Moscow and Beijing have rejected the imposition of sanctions as political tools and condemned attempts at “encouraging and financing” regime changes in other countries in a joint statement released during President Putin’s official visit to China. Continue reading
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Russia & China: ‘No to sanctions rhetoric, regime change in other countries’
Moscow and Beijing have rejected the imposition of sanctions as political tools and condemned attempts at “encouraging and financing” regime changes in other countries in a joint statement released during President Putin’s official visit to China. Continue reading
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Will Ukraine have any borders by 2015?
Earlier this month Ukraine border service officials “significantly restricted” entry of adult males from Russia. Unsurprisingly, this human rights violation went almost unnoticed by international HR organizations. Ghetto-style segregation in the 21th century is a sad reality on a territory of chaos and violence, formerly known as Ukrainian Republic. Continue reading
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Starved & evicted: Britain’s poor now treated worse than animals By Tony Gosling
If someone had told me a decade ago that the British government would deliberately starve my fellow countrymen in an attempt to bully them into slave labor jobs that wouldn’t even pay the bills, I would have laughed in their face. Continue reading
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Russia Under Attack. “Neocon Ideologues are Pushing the World toward Destruction” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
In a number of my articles I have explained that the Soviet Union served as a constraint on US power. The Soviet collapse unleashed the neoconservative drive for US world hegemony. Russia under Putin, China, and Iran are the only constraints on the neoconservative agenda. Continue reading
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“GRANITO: How to Nail a Dictator” now available on iTunes By Kate Doyle
In a startling loop of time and memory, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator shows how a filmmaker’s first documentary became instrumental in the indictment and conviction of Guatemala’s ex-dictator Ríos Montt for genocide against the Mayan population. “Granito” transports us back in time through haunting tale of state repression and violence, and then returns… Continue reading
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The Strange Thing About Cluster Bombs By Jim Naureckas
That’s the strange thing about cluster bombs: When they’re used by official enemies, they’re weapons of indiscriminate terror (FAIR Blog, 4/16/11,1/2/13). When they’re used by the United States, they’re not much worth talking about. Continue reading
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Cooked Up Evidence. Trying to Fool the Public over Syria By Colin Todhunter
Despite the stance expressed by Lukashevich, Russia has been depicted by various prominent Western politicians as an obstacle to ‘humanitarian’ military intervention in Syria. As hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries continue to mount as a result of US-led wars in the world, such humanitarian concerns ring hollow. Continue reading
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Video: Syria: Only Rebels Benefit from Recent Chemical Attack By grtv
Wildly varying reports have emerged of recent chemical weapons use in Syria, with hundreds allegedly killed in the latest attack. Continue reading
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Syria: Only Rebels Benefit from Recent Chemical Attack By grtv
Wildly varying reports have emerged of recent chemical weapons use in Syria, with hundreds allegedly killed in the latest attack. RT talks to reporter and international affairs analyst Patrick Henningsen. Continue reading
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Syria gas attack story has whiff of Saudi war propaganda By William Engdahl
The reports of massive chemical attacks in Syria might become the “red line” for the US for active military intervention. But even rudimentary analysis of the story shows it is too early to believe its credibility. Continue reading
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The rules of secret justice in Britain By Angela Patrick
To impliment the deployment of ‘Secret Justice’ in the UK the government has to table the rules that will deliver the legisation. It has done so in a sneaky fashion and has announced they will be debated and decided in the House of Commons tomorrow! Continue reading
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Shocking video shows Mos Def reacting to gruesome Gitmo-style force-feeding
Extremely graphic footage featuring US actor and rapper Yasiin Bey, otherwise known as Mos Def, has revealed what the standard operating procedure for force-feeding Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers may look and feel like. Continue reading
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Video: Wikileaks Releases Kissinger Cables and Two Decisions in Manning Trial
Michael Ratner: Kissinger files show important role Wikileaks continues to play revealing real history of US foreign policy; Judge makes one decision favorable to Manning, one not Continue reading
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Video: Bradley Manning Tells Court Public Have the Right to Know About US War Crimes
American Attorney for Julian Assange, Michael Ratner, reports he was in the courtroom and witnessed Manning speak with confidence and intelligence as he detailed the outrages that drove him to upload the documents to Wikileaks Continue reading
The New Dark Age 