Yes, the 99% Spring is a Fraud
By: Charles M. Young With hindsight gained by googling “MoveOn” and “co-opt” after the fact, I can’t claim that nobody tried to warn me. Many websites with left and even [...]
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Recent Happenings
Protesting for Justice in Bahrain
By: Stephen Lendman Long-suffering Bahrainis want democratic change. In response, Al Khalifa security forces attack them. Washington turns a blind eye. So did Formula One’s governing body. On April 22, [...]
Iran’s Historic Anniversary
February 11 marked the 33rd anniversary of Iran’s 1979 revolution. It ended a generation of repressive rule under Washington’s installed Reza Shah Pahlavi. In late 1947, Iran demanded more revenue [...]
Unrelenting Global Economic Crisis — A Doomsday View of 2012
Introduction The economic, political and social outlook for 2012 is profoundly negative. The almost universal consensus, even among mainstream orthodox economists is pessimistic regarding the world economy. Although, even here, [...]
Russia Bashing
On December 4, parliamentary elections were held to fill 450 State Duma seats, Russia’s Federal Assembly lower house. With nearly all votes counted, RIA Novosti said Medvedev/Putin’s United Russia party [...]
America’s Media War on Iran
When Washington goes to war or threatens it, America’s media march in lockstep, cheerleading. Fiction substitutes for fact. News is carefully filtered, dissent marginalized, and supporting imperial belligerence substitutes for [...]
Lynching Joe Paterno in the Court of Public Opinion
Author’s Note: The Sandusky scandal is making news around the world. Unfortunately an honorable man, Joe Paterno is getting caught in the whirlwind. I’ve received two BAs (with distinction) and one [...]
Transforming Easy Cynicism (And Other Forms Of Conformity) Into Deep Resistance
In my opinion, when people opine that the OWS movement is about–or should be about–the airing of this particular grievance or that it must bandy this or that particular demand–they [...]
Gaddafi — Dead or Alive?
Either way he became a legend in his own time. Thursday on the Progressive Radio News Hour, James Petras reported information he received from a reliable Argentina source saying he’s [...]
What does Gaddafi’s fall mean for Africa?
When the UN Security Council passes resolutions allowing intervention, third parties such as NATO can carry out the interventions without accountability to anyone. “Kampala ‘mute’ as Gaddafi falls,” is how [...]
