Teju Cole: There’s a place in the political sphere for direct speech and, in the past few years in the U.S., there has been a chilling effect on a certain kind of direct speech pertaining to rights. The president is … Continue reading →

David Dennis: On Sunday, shots were fired into a crowd during a parade in the New Orleans 7th ward. Police said they saw three suspects running from the scene. This is the largest mass shooting in the United States where … Continue reading →

65 years of nakba.

Terri Judd: Emaciated and frail, more than 100 men lie on concrete floors of freezing, solitary cells in Guantánamo, silently starving themselves to death. Stripped of all possessions, even basics such as a sleeping mat or soap, they lie listlessly … Continue reading →

so PTI might not have won these elections but pls enough with all the negativity and fb jabs. this is the first time in pakistan’s history that an elected govt completed a full 5 yr term, voter turnout was spectacular … Continue reading →

YES! … A court in Guatemala has found former military leader Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. A three-judge tribunal sentenced the 86-year-old to 80 years in prison. Rios Montt was convicted of ordering the deaths … Continue reading →

however much i detest time magazine, and other miscellaneous disney journalism, i love this picture of imran. captivating legend? yes. the long shot? yes. polarizing? i just don’t get it. good luck imran.

A verdict is expected as early as today in the historic trial against U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, the first head of state in the Americas to stand trial for genocide. He is charged with overseeing the slaughter of … Continue reading →

Jaclyn Friedman, executive director of Women, Action and the Media and editor of the anthology, “Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape,” says the Cleveland case is “an extreme example of a pervasive dynamic … Continue reading →

Noam Sheizaf: The occupation – which will celebrate 46 years next month – is obviously an Israeli project, to which all elements of society contribute and from which almost all benefit. The high-tech industry’s connection to the military has been … Continue reading →

Dave Marsh: Here, Bono becomes less the many-sided symbolic figure and more a fallible (sometimes likable, sometimes detestable) human. Think of the former Paul Hewson as the first self-created one dimensional man (all front, no back). Browne’s dug past the … Continue reading →

in case there’s any doubt left, i would’ve voted for imran khan if i could have. even if he doesn’t win this election, he will be an important part of the opposition. he can continue to hone his skills and … Continue reading →

Professor Hawking’s letter to the conference guest speaker organiser stated: “I have received a number of emails from Palestinian academics. They are unanimous that I should respect the boycott. In view of this, I must withdraw from the conference. Had … Continue reading →

rape is not just something that happens in india. this needs to stop. “A shocking new report by the Pentagon has found that 70 sexual assaults may be taking place within the U.S. military every day. The report estimates there … Continue reading →

looking at the video, it’s absolutely incredible to me that there is no security detail for imran khan. i understand that he’s a man of the people, but for heaven’s sake let his entourage be a bit more organized. no … Continue reading →

Gary Younge: First, Obama’s second-term cabinet will probably have fewer black members than his first and those of either George W Bush or Bill Clinton. Meanwhile, there are the same number of black governors and Congressmen and one less elected … Continue reading →

Assata Shakur: Please let me take a moment to tell you about myself. My name is Assata Shakur and I was born and raised in the United States. I am a descendant of Africans who were kidnapped and brought to … Continue reading →

On the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, thousands are commemorating the 10th anniversary of when the U.S. Navy stopped using their home as a bombing range. Since the 1940s, the Navy used nearly three-quarters of the island for bombing practice, … Continue reading →

…the American Medical Association (AMA), the largest association of US physicians, has sent a letter to Chuck Hagel, US secretary of defense, protesting against the force feedings, arguing they violate medical ethics. “The American Medical Association (AMA) noted in 2005 … Continue reading →

David Shorter: If I pay attention to my own body as a person going through checkpoints, I see how I start to look down, not wanting to make eye contact. How your shoulders start to cave in so you do … Continue reading →

Private First Class Kimberly Rivera — a conscientious objector and pregnant mother of four — has just been sentenced to military prison for refusing to serve in the Iraq War. Rivera was on a two-week leave in December 2006 when … Continue reading →

The U.S. military has acknowledged for the first time the number of prisoners on hunger strike at the military prison has topped 100. About a fifth of the hunger strikers are now being force-fed. Lawyers for the prisoners say more … Continue reading →

shameful how the lives of human beings can be sacrificed for the sake of cheap walmart clothing. listen to one of the survivors on democracy now here.

excellent interview with Trevor Aaronson about the FBI’s sting operations (reminiscent of the war on drugs) and their prior contact with tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011, followed by an interview with Charlotte Silver on preemptive prosecution, the FBI’s complete lack of … Continue reading →

Your book describes, I think you call it, “suffering on an almost unimaginable scale.” Artillery shelling, bombing, the destruction of villages by infantry, revenge missions, massacres, incredibly sadistic rapes, the gunning down of Vietnamese farmers and fisherman from helicopter gunships, … Continue reading →

Bill talks to scientist and philosopher Vandana Shiva, who’s become a rock star in the global battle over genetically modified seeds. These seeds — considered “intellectual property” by the big companies who own the patents — are globally marketed to … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwald: Needless to say, Tsarnaev is probably the single most hated figure in America now. As a result, as Bazelon noted, not many people will care what is done to him, just like few people care what happens to … Continue reading →

Tim Wise: White privilege is knowing that if the bomber turns out to be white, he or she will be viewed as an exception to an otherwise non-white rule, an aberration, an anomaly, and that he or she will be … Continue reading →

Samar Hazboun: Over the past 11 years, according to Defence for Children International, some 7,500 children have been detained in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. Muhammad Daoud Dirbas, at the age of six, was the youngest child to have been … Continue reading →

“When you think about the fact 4,500 Americans die a year in workplace accidents and we only spend $500 million [on OSHA], and then you compare that to the hundreds of billions of dollars we spend overseas protecting Americans from … Continue reading →

april 17, 2013: u.s. terror attacks kill 5 human beings in pakistan. they might have been men, women or children. they might have been having dinner at home or visiting relatives. they might have been decapitated or smashed or their … Continue reading →

DAVE ZIRIN: I just feel so strongly that this is one of those moments where we need to come together in true empathy, look at Boston, look at Baghdad, look at Mogadishu, look at Yemen, and ask ourselves the question: … Continue reading →

april 15, 2013: heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed and injured in boston and iraq today. all life is equally precious and all violence equally vile. may all human beings be more mindful of their common humanity and … Continue reading →

April 11, 2013 Israelis: I am Samer Issawi on hunger strike for eight consecutive months, laying in one of your hospitals called Kaplan. On my body is a medical devise connected to a surveillance room operating 24 hours a day. … Continue reading →

if the BBC is an evangelist of imperial power, then the NYT is a pre-emptive war revivalist. simply unbelievable. Jeremi Suri: Destroying the North Korean missile before it is launched is the best of bad options on the Korean Peninsula. … Continue reading →

Binyavanga Wainaina: Those countries, Brics as they are called, who think development is about bridges, roads, rail and electricity are not investing in democracy. Europe and the west, they have a simple way of developing Africa. They give money to … Continue reading →

John Pilger: The BBC became an evangelist of imperial power, with ‘impartiality’ duly suspended whenever that power was threatened. This ‘principle’ has applied to the BBC’s coverage of every colonial war of the modern era: from the covered-up genocide in … Continue reading →

the fierce susan abulhawa.

BRING OUT YOUR DEAD is a visual-audio exhibit that seeks to create dialogue over the effects of the United State’s drone warfare practices in Pakistan (a country it is not by any official declaration at war with) through the lens … Continue reading →

u can watch this documentary online, for free, until april 15th. it’s about america’s war on drugs – its history, its politics, its economics, its victims, its failure. the entire doc is great but if u have less time pls … Continue reading →