What the elites in Washington are conniving.
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has for the first time published a document that confirms Washington’s role in the 1953 coup d’état against the democratically-elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq. The open acknowledgment by the US intelligence community comes… Read More ›
By Saeed Kamali Dehghan The CIA has publicly admitted for the first time that it was behind the notorious 1953 coup against Iran’s democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, in documents that also show how the British government tried to… Read More ›
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK CAIRO — Gathering Thursday morning around a mosque used as a morgue for hundreds killed the day before, many Islamists waited confidently for a surge of sympathetic support from the broader public. But it failed to materialize…. Read More ›
By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier The bloody massacre and imposition of emergency rule carried out yesterday by Egypt’s military junta testifies to the ruthlessness of efforts of the Egyptian ruling class and its imperialist backers in Washington and Europe to drown the… Read More ›
By Elise Gould Government programs can effectively reduce poverty among children in the United States. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)—a more comprehensive measure of economic security than traditional poverty thresholds—the figure below illustrates the strength of the government to mitigate… Read More ›
Responding to Jeffrey Beard, head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) By Joe Veale Four weeks ago, 30,000 people in prisons in California and surrounding states went on a hunger strike to protest their conditions, in particular in… Read More ›
By Ron Howell, Newsday, Friday 21 October 1988 The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has worked as a federal informant, tried to set up a meeting with black fugitive radical JoAnne Chesimard in 1983, according to activists who said they were… Read More ›
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. In fewer than two weeks, Hellfire missiles launched by U.S. drones have killed at least 31 people in Yemen. At least 14 of the victims were believed by President Obama — the launcher-in-chief — to be al-Qaeda militants…. Read More ›
The military intelligence analyst was found not guilty on the most serious charge of “aiding the enemy,” but was found guilty of violating the Espionage Act. The military intelligence analyst who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks and… Read More ›
Willis Smith awoke to the sound of his radio alarm and rose from his bed. So began another day living under the System. There was no time to have breakfast, given the demanding hours required by his employer. Given the… Read More ›
We received the following letter just this morning. We deeply morn the loss of ‘Guero,’ the first to die in the hunger strike. He died for more than himself. Killed by his conditions, by this system, we remember him. It… Read More ›
By Susan FitzGerald Jaimee Drakewood hurried in from the rain, eager to get to her final appointment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Ever since her birth 23 years ago, a team of researchers has been tracking every aspect of her… Read More ›
A woman who sat on the all-female jury that acquitted George Zimmerman said in an interview set to air Friday that the former neighborhood watch captain “got away with murder” in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. … Read More ›
by Ricky Jervis Each year dozens of illegal immigrants are found dead along the U.S.-Mexican border, usually from sweltering heat or from bullets fired by human smugglers FALFURRIAS, Texas – Deputy Rolando Gutierrez knew he’d be breaking up domestic disputes… Read More ›
A manhunt is underway in Iraq for hundreds of convicts, including senior Al-Qaeda terrorists, who broke out of Abu Ghraib prison after a military-style raid to free them, authorities said on Monday. The militant Islamist organization has claimed responsibility for… Read More ›
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