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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shot by Israeli Army in Palestine

The footage shows Irish Noble Peace Prize recipient, Mairead Maguire getting shot at with rubber-coated-metal bullets by the Israeli army in an unprovoked attack>>>

What's an Iraqi or Iranian life worth?

I would like to ask a question to which many of us almost intuitively know the answer: is an Iraqi life worth as much as an American life? >>>

Consequences of a US Attack on Iran

Extensive quotation from Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Professor of International Relations and Politics at Durham University (UK), entitled Iran and the United States: Back from the Brink >>>

Mubarak, Autocracy and the Arab Oxymoron

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak as many had already anticipated extended the decades-old state of emergency by a further two years as of the 1st of June>>>

Bush Administration, Extortion and Iraq

Now it appears that the thugs who man the Bush administration have decided to resort to outright extortion in order to pummel the Iraqi government into accepting the indefinite stay of the US occupation >>>

"Hate Couture" and "Terror Scarves": An All New Low, If That Were Even Possible!

Dunkin' Donuts, recently pulled an ad in which a well-known celebrity chef, Rachel Ray, dons the traditional Arab garment known as the keffiyeh under pressure from rightwing hatemongers>>>

Ethical Celebrities or the Celebrity of Ethics?

Today, it seems that celebrities and a social conscience are two indissociable halves of a single package. Nowadays every celeb and his mother seems to be peddling his or her philanthropic wares>>>

Avarice Masquerading as Altruism? The Protracted Struggle to Rebuild Iraq

The effort to rebuild Iraq has been riddled with problems since the US-led invasion of March 2003. Corruption on all sides...>>>

The Media and Violence: A Perennial Question

Do violent films promote and engender violence and violent crimes, or do they merely reflect the violence inherent in our societies? >>>

Iraq = American Protectorate: Have Iraqis Lost Their Country?

George W. Bush wants to ensure that Iraq is transformed indefinitely into an American protectorate, irrespective of the outcome of the 2008 presidential elections >>>

The Trial of Khosro Golsorkhi : Victim of the Shah's Firing Squad

This is some incredible stuff...Khosrow Golsorkhi (1944-1974), a Marxist-Leninist with a rare gift for poetic composition, was given the opportunity to speak at his trial>>>

The New Colossus: Chavez and the Democratic Revolutionaries of Latin America

Last month saw the popular election to the presidential office of a bearded and bespectacled cleric in the small Latin American Republic of Paraguay>>>

Chavez, Mossadegh and The Revolution Will Not be Televised

Must Watch Chavez Documentary: The Revolution Will Not be Televised. >>>

Democratic Revolutionaries of Latin America

A little random. But I felt like posting Chavez's 'infamous' or 'inspired' speech, depending on your political allegiances, at the UN 'way back' in 2006 >>>

Mini Book Review: Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq by Patrick Cockburn

The London Independent's Patrick Cockburn's new book Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq is crucial to understanding the new political dynamic governing today's Iraq >>>