Three years ago this month, I wrote a piece entitled “Who’s to Blame for the Iraq War?” to mark the seventh anniversary of the US invasion. My sole purpose in compiling a by-no-means-exhaustive list of 20…
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Whenever there is a protest in Portugal you are almost certain to hear the haunting song “Grandola, Vila Morena” (“Grandola, sunburnt town”), with its line “who most rules within you, O city, is the people”….
A thrilling scene took place recently with the United States Senate, playing host as its backdrop. Reichsmarchall Brennan Barack Obama’s kill-list aficionado, had to overcome a Mr. Smith-style filibuster. He had to do…
There is little doubt that civilians on both sides of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) are weighed down with anxiety as both countries carry out provocative large-scale military drills amid threats of nuclear war. North…
Responsibility to Protect And The Myth of Large Numbers The United States often uses exaggerated civilian casualty numbers to make a case for military intervention in strife-torn regions Since the 1990s, the West has justified…
On March 5, 2013, Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela and world leader against imperialism, died. Washington imperialists and their media and think tank whores expressed gleeful sighs of relief as did the brainwashed US population….
Text of author’s presentation to a meeting at the United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva, March 15, 2013 For two decades, Iraqi children have been subjected to grave violations of human rights.Due to…
Cutting Corporate Welfare Queens Off from the Dole Would be the Best Way to Cut the Debt Image by William Banzai In previous installments, we’ve noted that we could more than offset the…
George Bush sold the war as quick and cheap; it was long and costly. Even now, the US is paying billions to private contractors When the US invaded Iraq in March 2003, the…
WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS: Class oriented – uniting – democratic – modern – independent! While the 1,426 billionaires of the world are celebrating their rankings at the Forbes Magazine’s 2013 List of Billionaires,…