Russian senators are drafting a bill on prohibiting the glorification of Nazi crimes and the usage of any Nazi or similar symbols and gestures in the country. Violation of the law will be punishable by a fine from 300,000 rubles… Read More ›
Media & Culture
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Obama makes fun of heckler asking “who killed Rachel Corrie?”
by Linah Alsaafin US President Barack Obama arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah by helicopter yesterday and gave yet another insipid speech. The Palestinian Authority’s security forces, collaborating with US forces, designated a huge security perimeter with the PA compound — the Muqataa — in… Read More ›
Fascism Comes to Queens
Golden Dawn, a neo-Nazi party that has tormented Greece and terrorized immigrants, has now brought its fascist message of anti-democratic intimidation to New York City. On March 2, New York supporters of the Greek Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) had planned… Read More ›
‘If you were a man, we’d kill you’: Captive journalist tells RT how she escaped Syrian rebels
‘I couldn’t bear it any longer’, recalls Anhar Kochneva. The Ukrainian journalist who escaped Syrian rebels five months after she was kidnapped told RT about what she had to go through while in captivity and how she managed to run… Read More ›
IDF teargas int’l journalists covering peaceful protest in West Bank, incl RT crew
Several international journalists, including an RT cameraman, have suffered from teargas as IDF have launched teargas bombs at the media crews outside Ofer Prison, West Bank. In recent weeks protests outside the facility have left scores of injured. The RT… Read More ›
‘Anti-Semitic’ Romanian author nominated for Nobel Prize
Writers’ association in Moldova reportedly nominates Paul Goma – who is accused of ‘denying the Holocaust, falsifying historical facts’ – for Nobel Prize in Literature. A writers’ association in Moldova has reportedly nominated Paul Goma, a Romanian author accused of… Read More ›
Editorial: Hugo Chávez kept his promise to the people of Venezuela
By OSCAR GUARDIOLA-RIVERA He wrote, he read, and mostly he spoke. Hugo Chávez, whose death has been announced, was devoted to the word. He spoke publicly an average of 40 hours per week. As president, he didn’t hold regular cabinet meetings; he’d bring… Read More ›
Venezuela begins seven days of mourning after death of Hugo Chávez
Jonathan Watts and Virginia Lopez in Caracas Vice president Nicolas Maduro takes up interim post Wave of mourning breaks out in streets of Venezuela Chávez to get state funeral in Caracas Venezuelans began seven days of painful and public mourning on Tuesday night… Read More ›
How Israel legitimises torturing Palestinians to death
Many in the West Bank are in mourning over the passing of Arafat Jaradat, who was tortured to death in an Israeli prison – he leaves behind a pregnant widow and two children [AFP] Israel’s policy of torture has left… Read More ›
“We Saw Your Boobs” celebrates rape on film
Seth MacFarlane during the Oscars on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Credit: AP/Chris Pizzello) Hey, Seth MacFarlane, did you know many of those “boob” scenes you sang about were depictions of sexual assault? BY KATIE MCDONOUGH Seth MacFarlane has made… Read More ›
Guess What? The Debt Everyone Is Freaking Out About Does Not Exist
By Jeff Spross What nobody talks about. Between the new-and-improved Simpson-Bowles plan, Joe Scarborough’s feud with Paul Krugman, the relentless drumbeat of the entire Republican Party, and the media blitzkrieg launched by the billionaire-driven “Fix the Debt” campaign, one might think no serious and responsible American can ignore… Read More ›
Police accused of humiliating transgender woman during Soho Arrest
Police officers allegedly ripped a wig from a transgender woman’s head and emptied the contents of her handbag onto the street. Video footage has emerged of officers holding down Jose Dos Santos, 49, as they arrested her on Soho’s Wardour… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 