brilliant! “A third argument, very prominent today, is that the burqa is a symbol of male domination that symbolizes the objectification of women (that they are being seen as mere objects). A Catalonian legislator recently called the burqa a “degrading … Continue reading →

All these decades later, destiny or providence or something has delivered Mr. Feldman and Mr. Bayyari to the same acre of land at the bottom of one of Fayetteville’s many hills. There Mr. Bayyari, now a general contractor, will build … Continue reading →

The international community has largely remained silent on the plight of Kashmiris. Apart from a few exceptions, the international news media has failed to report on the systematic nature of oppression in Kashmir. It is time the human rights and … Continue reading →

Remarks made by Bono, New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and President Barack Obama stating they hoped Palestinians would find their Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) or Gandhi completely ignore Palestinian nonviolent resistance to brutal oppression. The presumption that … Continue reading →

if this is not a violation of privacy, i don’t know what is. A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate requiring all airports to use full-body scanners lacks sufficient privacy safeguards, says a prominent watchdog group. The Electronic Privacy Information … Continue reading →

Tens of thousands of people attended a memorial ceremony today, June 11, marking the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, when Bosnian Serb paramilitaries executed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys toward the end of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. … Continue reading →

“If they build a mosque there, I’m going to bomb the mosque,” said one outraged resident who lives across the street from the proposed house of worship between East 28th and East 29th streets on Voorhies Avenue. The resident, who … Continue reading →

If the security forces can treat dead women like hunting trophies, not only trussing their bodies to poles, but taking pride in displaying their kill, is it surprising that their behaviour towards the living is so atrocious? After every deadly … Continue reading →

We are told, in many analysis features, that what we have to deal with in the Middle East are “competing narratives”. How very cosy. There’s no justice, no injustice, just a couple of people who tell different history stories. “Competing … Continue reading →

verdict in oscar grant’s murder: “involuntary manslaughter” – so much for our democracy and freedoms!

Having someone who was part of the slaughter of 80 civilians in Lebanon on your Board is fine. And having a former AIPAC official with an obvious bias toward Israel (just watch Blitzer in this 5-minute clip if you have … Continue reading →

Secondary only to ending the siege of Gaza and achieving Statehood, the enactment of the basic civil right to work and to own a home for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Refugees living in squalor in Lebanon is perhaps … Continue reading →

most excellent, altho a bit hypocritical considering the brutal military occupation of kashmir by the indian army. Dockworkers at the major Indian port of Cochin are refusing to unload Israeli cargo in protest of Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip. … Continue reading →

A 43-year-old Iranian woman will not be stoned to death after an international campaign launched by her children. It is unclear whether the authorities have lifted the death sentence for alleged adultery against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani or if she faces … Continue reading →

The occupation of the Palestinian territories defines Israel’s economy in a large way. About two-thirds of Israel’s history, it has been occupying power, controlling Palestinian territories. But even before that occupation, Israel has created a very particular system of economic … Continue reading →

this has nothing to do with islam. it’s a barbaric pre-islamic custom that needs to stop. pls sign this petition.

WARSCHAWSKI: [Since 9/11] the discourse of clash of civilizations has become deeply internalized in Israeli discourse and by the Israeli public – that we Israel are the front line defending not only ourselves but so-called Judeo-Christian civilization against not just … Continue reading →

Most recently, this duplicitous landscape of war-on-terror “success” has been illuminated yet again by the case of four alleged Newburgh, New York, conspirators — the Newburgh Four — and in the botched arrest and fatal shooting (a first for federal … Continue reading →

So between Afghanistan and Paksitan combined, there are a few hundred Al Qeada members total. All of this ongoing war and those hundreds of billions of dollars spent and those deaths and the decade of occupation, and those bombings and … Continue reading →

An Indian MP’s call for the children of a recently-contacted Andaman Island tribe to be removed from their parents and sent to residential schools has sparked worldwide outrage. Full article.

First published: Thursday, July 1, 2010 On 9/11, a small group of terrorists attacked the United States. In response, our government has spent the past nine years waging a “war on terror.” It exploited those attacks as an excuse to … Continue reading →

excuse me while i puke: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution. The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for “steadfast” … Continue reading →

Naomi Klein: One of the most important messages that we really need to learn in this moment is if we are going to oppose the strategy that these G20 leaders have just put on the table for how to deal … Continue reading →

Gita Sahgal has contributed to the current climate of intolerance and islamophobia in Britain, where the families of Muslim women like those I mentioned at the start, are having their hopes and dreams of a normal life in Britain dashed. … Continue reading →

A new report released by Amnesty International sheds light on the “discriminatory policies” that Israel imposes on the Palestinian population of both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel uses more than 80% of water from the main underground source, … Continue reading →

Children living in the poorest parts of the West Bank face significantly worse conditions than their counterparts in Gaza, a study conducted by an international youth charity has found. The report by Save the Children UK says that families forced … Continue reading →

The fact that the mass-media have so enthusiastically embraced a regime with the worst human rights record since the fall of the military dictators of the 1970s – 1980s is indicative of the right turn under the Obama Wall Street … Continue reading →

while i don’t agree with some of AI’s analysis, human rights violations r rife in northwestern pakistan. the situation has devolved into a horrific humanitarian crisis. “In April 2009, the Pakistani army launched a major offensive in Malakand Division (NWFP) … Continue reading →