The First Domino Falls in Greece
By: Shamus Cooke After the last Greek elections rejected austerity and caused a global uproar, early polling indicates that the next Greek elections — scheduled for June 17 — will [...]
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Societal Change — Planned or Incidental?
By: Alton C. Thompson Societal change usually—but not always—results from decision-making by individuals, with some individuals having more impact than others, of course. At times societal change occurs in response [...]
Erasing the Nakba
By: Neve Gordon Israel’s tireless efforts to conceal the historical events leading to its creation. Be’er-Sheva, Israel – I first heard about the Nakba in the late 1980s, while I was [...]
The Linguistic Solution to Our Problems
By: Alton C. Thompson Who would have thunk it?! It has recently been discovered that certain linguistic innovations have the inherent ability to address some of our problems as humans. [...]
Greece Reflects Growing Economic Turmoil
By: Stephen Lendman Straightjacket Eurozone rules trap 17 dissimilar countries. Greece proved most vulnerable. It’s cratering under imposed austerity. It’s the epicenter of Europe’s deepening economic crisis. Fed up Greeks [...]
The Assault on Truth
By: Alton C. Thompson Here is a famous passage from the gospel of John, Chapter 18: 28 Thenthe Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas [the Roman-appointed Jewishhigh priest] to the palace [...]
Syria and Iran in Focus
By: Stephen Lendman America’s longstanding agenda targets both countries. Israel wants regional rivals removed. Washington wants independent regimes replaced by pro-Western puppet ones. All options are considered, including war. For [...]
The Zionist Scenario — Now And In The Future (An Analysis)
By: Lawrence Davidson, Ph.D Part I — The Death Knell of the Two State Solution Over the past month Palestinian leaders have begun to publicly acknowledge that continuing actions by the Israeli [...]
Boy Wonder
By: Alton C. Thompson Most child “stars” attain that status because they have certain abilities (whether “natural” or acquired), and are “pushed” by their parents. The latter tends to occur [...]
POP QUIZ: How Well Do You Know The US?
By: Charles Rayner Kelly 1) How many US military personnel does the DOD estimate were raped or assaulted in 2010? 0 5 76 113 15,790 2) Democracy supposes who should [...]
