A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford U.S. media show no remorse for falsely reporting that Libyan soldiers were using rape as a weapon of war, although Amnesty International has “not found any evidence or a single victim of… Read More ›
International
Translations, Party Statements, and News from Around the World.
Pacifism: How to Do The Enemy’s Job For Them
“As an ex-Indian civil servant, it always makes me shout with laughter to hear, for instance, Gandhi named as an example of the success of non-violence. As long as twenty years ago it was cynically admitted in Anglo-Indian circles that… Read More ›
Hiroshima Day 2003: Secret Meeting on the Privatization of Nuclear War
by Michel Chossudovsky At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, has humanity been closer to the unthinkable – a nuclear holocaust which could potentially spread in terms of radioactive fallout over… Read More ›
Israel Protests: 270,000 Demonstrate Against Rising Cost Of Living
JERUSALEM — At least a quarter of a million Israelis, fed up with the mounting cost of living, poured into the streets of the country’s major cities Saturday night to demand that their leaders address their plight – and proving… Read More ›
Review of “Germany & the Secret Genocide”
It is often said that history is written by the victor. When it comes to the recollections of the past championed within bourgeois society, objective historical realities are obscured (if not omitted or re-written) when the facts and lessons to… Read More ›
A People’s History of the Egyptian Revolution
By Rami El-Amine and Mostafa Henaway No matter how it unfolds, the Egyptian revolution will go down in the history books as a defining moment in the 21st century. Millions of Egyptians brought down one of the world’s most repressive… Read More ›
Germany Joins NATO in Libya
Germany has agreed to supply munitions for the NATO air-strikes in Libya. The move comes despite Berlin not originally backing the operation, and some suggest peer pressure has caused the shift in its position. After just over 100 days of… Read More ›
Videos: US and NATO-supported Libyan “Rebels” Lynch Black Libyans
The US Corporate Media, and the US government, continue to methodically hide, from the public, the fact that the Libyan rebels they are supporting have been, and continue to, rape, mutilate and brutally murder Black Africans within Libya. The rebels… Read More ›
Obama’s Speech & the History of “Compromise”
Compromise is a Dirty Word In the circus of bourgeois politics in our two-party electoral system, we often hear a concept fetishized to the highest heavens. The term “bi-partisanship” is a quality of political actors that often surfaces in elections,… Read More ›
Norwegian Massacre Gunman was a Right-Wing Extremist who hated Muslims
Suspect named by Norwegian media as Anders Behring Breivik Police believe he is not connected to Islamist organisations Claims he boasted online about having talks with English Defence League ‘Loner’ lived with mother in a wealthy suburb and is well-educated… Read More ›
Partition of Sudan prepares way for further conflicts
South Sudan formally declared its independence on July 9. President Barack Obama was among the first to recognise the new country. He welcomed the “birth of a new nation”. “I am proud to declare that the United States formally recognises… Read More ›
Les Hinton sacrificed, but the worst is yet to come for News Corp
Every time Murdoch ditches a key executive, the flames of scandal flick ever closer to him, writes Matt Wells No relationship is safe, no loyal bond strong enough for Rupert Murdoch who – looking more than the sum of his 80… Read More ›
A CIA commander for the Libyan rebels
By Patrick Martin The Libyan National Council, the Benghazi-based group that speaks for the rebel forces fighting the Gaddafi regime, has appointed a long-time CIA collaborator to head its military operations. The selection of Khalifa Hifter, a former colonel in… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 