For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece in The New Republic wasn’t sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been “making everything up.”… Read More ›
By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations BERKELEY — Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of… Read More ›
Experts confirm that Iran’s president did not call for Israel to be ‘wiped off the map’. Reports that he did serve to strengthen western hawks. by Jonathan Steele My recent comment piece explaining how Iran’s president was badly misquoted when… Read More ›
Egypt’s supreme court has caused widespread alarm by calling for the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and for fresh elections. Two days before Egyptians choose a new president, it has declared last year’s parliamentary vote unconstitutional. Muslim Brotherhood… Read More ›
All of those troops leaving Afghanistan during the next two years will have to go somewhere, right? The US Army will deploy thousands of soldiers across the continent of Africa during 2013. The Army Times confirms that the US military… Read More ›
An Israeli lawmaker says Syrian opposition leaders have told him they want peace with Israel after Syrian President Bashar Assad falls. Israel and Syria are bitter enemies. They have fought several major wars, and Syria backs violent anti-Israel groups. Isaac… Read More ›
ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek far-right politician who slapped a woman in the face and threw water in the face of another during a live TV election debate threatened to sue his victims on Saturday, after accusing them of provoking… Read More ›
Preliminary Remarks On June 6th 2012, the long-anticipated results of the recall election for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came to its end, resulting in a victory for Republican Scott Walker over Democratic Tom Barrett. Walker won with a leading percentage… Read More ›
By Daily Mail Reporter Controversial report says soldiers parachuted into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground tunnels U.S. military denies report, saying quotes were ‘made up’ A team of specially-trained U.S. commandos infiltrated North Korea in a spy mission… Read More ›
Three key witnesses in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman change their accounts in ways that could damage the defendant. The fourth abandons her initial story altogether. By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence released last… Read More ›
by Malav Kanuga Origins of an unlimited general strike (“grève générale illimitée”) Students in Quebec are marking their 100th day of an unlimited general strike on Tuesday, May 22nd, the culmination of the most stunning mass protest movements of recent… Read More ›
By Steve Lyttle, McClatchy Newspapers CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina pastor’s sermon in which he called for gays and lesbians to be placed in a form of concentration camp has spurred a protest planned at the church this Sunday…. Read More ›
BY NATASHA KORECKI When the NATO Summit in Chicago was still on the horizon, a group of self-proclaimed “hacktivists” was gearing up. A member of AntiS3curityOPS, which has taken credit for taking the City of Chicago’s website offline on Sunday,… Read More ›
by Occupy Chicago Press Relations PRESS RELEASE Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild For Immediate Release: May 21, 2012 National Lawyers Guild Releases Photograph of Suspected Police Informant Involved in Terrorism-Related Cases Chicago, IL — Investigations by the NLG… Read More ›
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