Q. Is Obama better than Bush? A. It depends how you like your imperialism – with a white face or a black one. By Stephen Gowans US president Barack Obama’s speech at Accra, Ghana on July 11, 2009 was equal… Read More ›
World History
Holocaust Survivors Blast Nazi Garb at Protest
By ARON HELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM January 1, 2012 (AP) Images of ultra-Orthodox Jews dressing up as Nazi concentration camp inmates during a protest drew widespread condemnation Sunday and added a new twist to a simmering battle over growing extremism… Read More ›
The real ‘invented’ people
Newt Gingrich’s controversial statement begs the question: Who invented a nationality? The Palestinians or the Israelis? It is hard to believe that anyone who defends Israel’s legitimacy as a state would buy into former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s argument that Palestine… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: Must We Adore Vaclav Havel?
No figure among the capitalist restorationists in the East has won more adulation from U.S. officials, media pundits, and academics than Vaclav Havel, a playwright who became the first president of post-Communist Czechoslovakia and later president of the Czech Republic…. Read More ›
Turkey Slams France Over Genocide Bill
by The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s prime minister on Saturday sharply criticized France for a bill that would make it a crime to deny the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians was genocide. Saying France should… Read More ›
On “Islamofascism” & Islamophobia
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has seen the explosive growth of an industry of anti-Muslim pundits, many of whom appear as regular commentators on cable news and print media. A number of these individuals have… Read More ›
Review of “Confessions of an Economic Hitman”
When someone writes and speaks out to expose a system of injustice from the perspective of a former insider, every effort is taken to discredit such a person. The more controversial the information they bring forward, the more their character… Read More ›
A Rape in Haiti
Video Shows UN Troops in Sexual Assault by MARK WEISBROT The video is profoundly disturbing. It shows four men, identified as Uruguayan troops from the UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), apparently raping an 18-year old Haitian youth. Two of them… Read More ›
The American Thanksgiving: Rejoicing In Genocide And White Supremacy
By Glen Ford 27 November, 2006 Black Agenda Report “Thanksgiving as presently celebrated is an affront to civilization.” Nobody but Americans celebrates Thanksgiving. It is reserved by history and the intent of “the founders” as the supremely white American holiday,… Read More ›
Celebrating Genocide!
Dan Brook Many people annually get as stuffed as their turkeys in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is a quintessentially American holiday, so much so that it is not just a holiday, but really is (as the etymology implies)… Read More ›
Review of “Genocide and the Second Reich”
Intro The genocide of the Herero and Namaqua tribes of Namibia is a part of the history of the German Empires, and imperialism and colonialism in general, which has been forgotten and blanked out. It is not commonly known that… Read More ›
Côte d’Ivoire: Two Oligarchic Factions Tear the Country Apart
Jean Nanga Two “presidents of the Republic”, the outgoing Laurent Koudou Gbagbo and his rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara, are tearing Ivory Coast apart. Each of the “presidents” relies on real support at the national level. This internal virtually balanced “legitimacy”,… Read More ›
Myths About Socialism: Redistribution of Wealth?
Probably one of the most common right-wing arguments against social welfare spending is that it constitutes “redistribution of wealth” or “sharing the wealth,” and is thus a road to socialism. Indeed, “socialism” is often defined by these reactionaries as the… Read More ›
Rick Perry Voted Against Sanctions On Apartheid-Era South Africa
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservatives concerned about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s Democratic past may have one less reason to worry. From Perry’s past comes a crucial rebellion: a vote against a Democrat’s proposal to sanction Apartheid-era South Africa. In 1985, another… Read More ›
American Party of Labor Statement on the Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
No the Colonization of Libya! With the victory of the NATO-backed rebels and the National Transitional Council, Libya has been colonized once again. Moammar Gaddafi, the leader of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, has been killed according to the country’s rebel… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 