WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved sweeping reforms to the nation’s food stamp program that would cut some $40 billion in nutrition aid over 10 years and deny benefits to millions starting in 2014. By 217 to 210,… Read More ›
Government
What the elites in Washington are conniving.
Half of Syria Rebels Jihadists, Linked to Al-Qaeda
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 16 (UPI) — Nearly half the rebels fighting to topple the Iranian-backed Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad are either diehard al-Qaida jihadists or hardline Islamists primarily focused on setting up a strict Islamic state, a report by… Read More ›
Every Class David
Earlier this year, it was announced publicly that ex CIA director and commander of US forces in Iraq, General David Petraeus would be teaching at CUNY. He was given a one year contract as a visiting professor, to teach a… Read More ›
US and Russia Reach Agreement on Plan to Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons
The United States and Russia announced an ambitious plan to transfer Syria’s massive chemical weapons stockpile to international control by the middle of next year, at which point they would be destroyed. Under the agreement, Syria only has one week to declare the size and location… Read More ›
Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Ordered To Pay U.S. Contractor’s Legal Fees
By Christina Wilkie A federal judge on Wednesday ordered four Iraqis who were imprisoned at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to pay nearly $14,000 in legal fees to defense contractor CACI, an Arlington, Va.-based company that supplied interrogators to the… Read More ›
West vows to boost Syria rebels, Russia says they should be ‘compelled’ to join peace talks
The US, UK and France have agreed to bolster Syrian rebels by providing more help, press Syria into delivering on its promise to hand over chemical weapons and seek an end to the conflict, which would involve ousting of President… Read More ›
Video: General David Petraeus reviled as War Criminal
The former four-star General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and ISAF Commander in Afghanistan, as well as the Director of the CIA after his exit from the U.S. Army, has been affronted viciously by… Read More ›
Reformism: the Gateway to Fascism
Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action) Eduardo Artes August, 1998 Some factors to explain the defeat of September 11, 1973 and to advance towards victory. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fascist military coup of September 11, every… Read More ›
Venezuela to hold ‘anti-fascism’ events in honor of Chile’s Allende
President Nicolás Maduro organizes conference with political and cultural activities to pay tribute to former leader Salvador Allende and the 40 year-anniversary of the coup. A number of events will be organized from Sept. 11-13 in Caracas following Venezuelan President Nicolás… Read More ›
Allende’s socialist internet
Leigh Phillips tells the story of Cybersyn, Chile’s experiment in non-centralised economic planning which was cut short by the 1973 coup The story of Salvador Allende, president of the first ever democratically elected Marxist administration, who died when General Augusto Pinochet overthrew… Read More ›
California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days
Update (10:32am): The Pelican Bay Short Corridor Collective have issued a statement “suspending” the hunger strike. “To be clear, our Peaceful Protest of Resistance to our continuous subjection to decades of systemic state sanctioned torture via the system’s solitary confinement units is… Read More ›
Hacked e-mails reveal ‘Washington approved’ plan to stage Syria chemical attack
Please note the authenticity of these emails remains in question. — R.P. Editorial Board On Saturday, Cyber War News released a cache of e-mails allegedly hacked by someone in Malaysia from a British private defense contractor called Britam Defence. One of the… Read More ›
Public Remains Opposed to Syria War as Officials Admit to Shaky Intel
White House: War Reflects US Interests by Jason Ditz Facing growing questions, the Obama Administration is reiterating its claims that attacking Syria would be in keeping with America’s “national interests,” and is even threatening to launch the war without a… Read More ›
Deleted Daily Mail Online Article: “US Backed Plan for Chemical Weapon Attack in Syria to Be Blamed on Assad”
In January 29, 2013, Britain’s most popular Daily Newspaper, in its online version Dailymail.co.uk published an article titled: U.S. ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad’s regime’ A few days later they pulled the article…. Read More ›
Angry anti-war protesters besiege John Kerry’s home, banging on doors, windows
On Sunday, anti-war protestors protested the anti-war protestor, and with that, as Shakespeare once said, “the wheel is come full circle.” In the aftermath of Secretary of State John Kerry making a forceful case on Friday for U.S. military intervention in Syria, protesters assembled outside… Read More ›