Independently produced documentary about the abduction and illegal detention of Pakistani citizens by Pakistani intelligence agencies. Watch doc.

“how america makes its enemies disappear” by petra bartosiewicz harper’s magazine, november 2009 back in 2007, i was writing about the large number of people “disappeared” in pakistan under musharraf’s regime. as i talked to different anti-war and student groups, … Continue reading →

Many veterans that Ruhman and her colleagues interviewed claimed that automatic U.S. Citizenship was promised to them by recruitment officers in return for service. In reality, non-citizens who serve in the military must still apply for citizenship. However, many veterans … Continue reading →

The real problem is that the flagship of India’s miraculous ‘growth’ story has run aground. It came at a huge social and environmental cost. And now, as the rivers dry up and forests disappear, as the water table recedes and … Continue reading →

AS MANY of you have no doubt witnessed, the word “socialism” has returned to the forefront of the American political debate. Newsweek had a front cover declaring “We Are All Socialists,” the Nation magazine had a forum on what socialism … Continue reading →

get out of afghanistan, use that money to pay for healthcare, don’t be afraid of big govt – if there’s no big govt, there’s going to be big corporations over which u have no control. at least u can vote … Continue reading →

Turkey extended a regional peace drive to Iraqi Kurds when Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu met with top Kurdish officials in a landmark visit to Arbil. “It is time for Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis to rebuild the Middle East. … Continue reading →

“Your presence in the region is not good for peace,” a resident of the tribal areas said, referring to the U.S. military, “because it gives rise to frustration and irritation among the people of this region.” At another point he … Continue reading →

Malalai Joya is one of Afghanistan’s leading democracy activists. In 2005, she became the youngest person ever elected to the Afghan parliament. She was suspended in 2007 for her denunciation of warlords and their cronies in government. She has just … Continue reading →

CNN’s heidi collins interviews malalai joya. collins is such an arrogant moron – talking down to malalai about what it’s like to be an afghan living under american occupation – she says: occupation is “your” word and many would take … Continue reading →

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“Domestic extremism” is the subversion of the new surveillance state, though without even the spurious definition the cold war term was given. The police intelligence apparatus insists it’s only interested in “extremists”, not the groups they’re part of. [...] That … Continue reading →