Rodney King, who died Sunday at 47, struggled with demons in the years after his beating by LAPD police officers made him a household name. King became a symbol for police brutality and troubled relations between the LAPD and minority… Read More ›
Imperialism
Is the US Poised to Regain Control of Latin America with Regional Proxy Wars Through Colombia?
The Summit of the Americas, Drug Legalization, ‘Asymmetric’ Relations & Security Cooperation by ANNIE BIRD The Summits of the Americas began in 1994 as forums to promote free trade. In 2009 the Summit’s focus shifted to demands for the inclusion… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: U.S. Aggression & Propaganda Against Cuba
Why the unrelieved U.S. antagonism toward Cuba? by Michael Parenti In recent times, U.S.-Cuban relations have gone from bad to worse. Under the Administration of George W. Bush, the U.S. boycott has been more stringently imposed. Anti-government agitation within Cuba… Read More ›
Election apocalypse: Greeks hoard canned food
NERVOUS Greeks are withdrawing up to 800 million euros ($1.01 billion) a day and stocking up on canned food as they fear the country will be forced to leave the eurozone after this Sunday’s election. Greek citizens fear the ramifications… Read More ›
US expands ‘shadow war’ in Africa with spy planes, report says
By Dylan Stableford The U.S. military is expanding its intelligence-gathering operations across Africa, the Washington Post reports, mainly using small, unarmed planes “equipped with hidden sensors that can record full-motion video, track infrared heat patterns, and vacuum up radio and… Read More ›
Tunisian court sentences Ben Ali to life in prison
A Tunisian military court has sentenced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to life in prison for the killings of protesters during last year’s popular revolution that ousted the longtime dictator. The verdict was handed down in absentia on Wednesday after… Read More ›
US to deploy more than 3,000 troops to Africa
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 ›
Hundreds protest in Israel illegal immigration battle
By Dan Morgan and Guy Azriel Jerusalem (CNN) — Several hundred Sudanese immigrants rallied Sunday on the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding refugee status. Marching towards the United Nations Refugee Agency building, the demonstrators held up banners reading “We are… Read More ›
Syrian rebels aim to use chemical weapons, blame Damascus – report
The armed Syrian opposition has got their hands on chemical weapons, which they acquired from Libya, a media report claims. They allegedly plan to use it against civilians and pin the atrocity on the Bashar al-Assad regime. The report by… Read More ›
Women protesters in Egypt are assaulted
Attackers invade rally against sex harassment By Aya Batrawy CAIRO – A mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march seeking an end to sexual harassment Friday, with the attackers overwhelming the male guardians and groping and molesting… Read More ›
Armed men rally for Islamic law in Libya’s Benghazi
Hundreds of armed Libyan men calling for Islamic law staged a demonstration on Thursday in the eastern city of Benghazi, an AFP photographer said. More than 300 men poured into Benghazi’s iconic Freedom Square, some of them on vehicles mounted… Read More ›
Israeli: Syrian rebels want peace with Israel
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 ›
Drone attacks create terrorist safe havens, warns former CIA official
Indiscriminate use of drones in Middle East causes too many civilian casualties, warns former CIA counterterrorism head A former top terrorism official at the CIA has warned that President Barack Obama’s controversial drone programme is far too indiscriminate in hitting… Read More ›
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