calls into question all the “grainy” al-qaeda/bin laden videos, no? During planning for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the CIA’s Iraq Operations Group kicked around a number of ideas for discrediting Saddam Hussein in the eyes of his people. One … Continue reading →

We may well wonder, in these conditions, what is going to happen when the crisis enters its next phases? There will be protest movements, almost certainly, but they will find themselves isolated, and possibly they will become deviated towards violence, … Continue reading →

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We are facing the collapse of the world’s financial system. It is the end of globalization. And in these final moments the rich are trying to get all they can while there is still time. The fusion of corporatism, militarism … Continue reading →

Modern totalitarianism can integrate the masses so completely into the political structure, through terror and propaganda, that they become the architects of their own enslavement. (Dwight Macdonald)

House Kills Plan to Close Guantánamo: How lawmakers have refused to give Obama $350 million (out of a $700 billion war budget) to buy a prison in Illinois and close Guantanamo – and why this should encourage the administration to … Continue reading →

Many Pakistanis, including some Pakistani military officials, feel astounded by the U.S. government suggestion that Pakistan should do more to dislodge militants from strongholds in FATA and in other parts of Pakistan. The Pakistani military says the casualty figures and … Continue reading →

The drone strike had killed three people. Their bodies, carbonized, were fully burned. They could only be identified by their legs and hands. One body was still on fire when he reached there. Then he learned that the charred and … Continue reading →

For those who think that President Obama banned torture centers like this, think again. Obama’s Executive Order only banned CIA secret prisons. This administration thus apparently intended from the beginning to maintain its torture facility, only under a Defense Department … Continue reading →

With the latest news that ADHD in children is linked to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables, it is more important than ever to be aware of what we are putting on our plates. Of the 1.2 billion pounds … Continue reading →

It is a crime to exploit patriotism in the service of hatred, and it is, finally, a crime to ensconce the sword as the modern god, whereas all science is toiling to achieve the coming era of truth and justice. … Continue reading →

it is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and myths that surround it. (john pilger)

Naomi Wolf has been outspoken about the loss of civil liberties and our creeping police state. In this interview she explains how things are getting much worse under Obama. Full interview.

Women supporters of Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami hold a placard during a protest against Facebook in Karachi May 19, 2010. Full article. my two cents on the “draw muhammad” controversy: this is hardly about free speech. it’s not like people … Continue reading →

Washington’s zeal for deregulation let offshore oil drilling proceed virtually without interference from government, even though scientists and engineers repeatedly raised safety and environmental concerns over the past decade. Warned specifically that the blowout-prevention technology drillers were relying on to … Continue reading →

Today, the richest 1% of the US population owns close to 40% of its wealth. The top 25% of US households own 87%. The rest is divided up among middle and low income Americans. In that competition white people come … Continue reading →

1,000 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan. Please take a moment to voice your opposition to this costly, bloody war that’s not making us safer. This is a heartbreaking toll on American families. These were people’s sons and daughters, … Continue reading →

As U.S. test scores drop below those of impoverished countries, some are saying it is time to demand sweeping change. “McCarthyism wasn’t such a bad thing after all” seems to be the mantra of a small band of right-wing extremists, … Continue reading →

The point here is that there is every indication that the air war is going to intensify in Pakistan on two fronts. The US drone campaign appears to be escalating and the Pakistani military is building up, modernizing and elevating … Continue reading →

shame on the pakistani army! “OSLO: Pakistan suffered the highest number of internally displaced people in 2009 due to the Taliban insurgency and Pakistan’s military response, a United Nations study showed on Monday.” Full article.

This attitude, that some amount of suffering is necessary in the current [economic] system, and that any major changes in it would be self-defeating, is what I call Sacrificing to the Volcano God. We have turned economics into a religion, … Continue reading →

Texas is home to one of the fastest growing Pakistani communities in the United States. In the Dallas area alone, there are at least three places on the radio dial where you can get news and music in Urdu. And … Continue reading →

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An estimated 100,000 people who disappeared during the 1936-39 Civil War are still unaccounted for, including Spain’s best known 20th-century poet, Federico Garcia Lorca. Garzon opened the investigation at the request of victims’ relatives in October 2008. Most of the … Continue reading →

According to a report from Alexandria’s Town Talk newspaper, LaSalle Parish Sheriff Scott Franklin prepared the assembled crowd for a violent day. “It’s going to be like Baghdad out in this community at five am,” he continued dramatically, explaining that … Continue reading →

It has been a hidden war ignored by the outside world. Up to last week nobody paid much attention to the fighting in north-west Pakistan, though more soldiers and civilians have probably been dying there over the last year than … Continue reading →

robert pape who has studied terrorism and looked at the numbers talks sense – if u want to end suicide attacks, end occupation. farhana ali did not impress me. she’s an instructor for the u.s. afpak team so she’s obviously … Continue reading →

I’d like to invite Pipes and Goldberg to imagine an alternative universe, a universe in which behaviors — such as planting a bomb — don’t have a single “root” cause. In this universe, bomb-planting behavior is kind of like the … Continue reading →

“The [Miranda] system we have in place has proven to be effective,” Holder told host Jake Tapper. “I think we also want to look and determine whether we have the necessary flexibility – whether we have a system that deals … Continue reading →

As solicitor general, Kagan is supposed to represent the interests of the American people in matters that come before the Supreme Court. Instead, she has gone to bat for Monsanto. In a case that the court is currently considering, Monsanto … Continue reading →

We, too, Mr. President, are America. We have our share of criminals amongst us, as do any other people. But we are not all terrorists, and we are tired of feeling false guilt or shame every time a criminal among … Continue reading →

cesaire demonstrates how colonialism works to “decivilize” the colonizer; torture, violence, race hatred, and immorality constitute a dead weight on the so-called civilized, pulling the master class deeper and deeper into the abyss of barbarism. (robin d.g. kelley, a poetics … Continue reading →