By Aijaz Zaka Syed A journalist friend of mine, his tongue firmly in cheek, calls it ‘Oh I See!’ in a not so veiled reference to the seldom fruitful deliberations of the OIC. Which is […]

By Jim Miles War in Heaven – The Arms Race in Outer Space. Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath. New Press, N.Y., 2007. In this short volume, Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath provide a sharp and […]

By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Can the Zionist militaristic society, with a century old blue print plan of action to settle Jews in all of Palestine, make concessions and compromise for the sake of peace? No, […]

By Rich Wiles I took this photograph last year, an image of three boys in their early teens dressed in silky yellow shirts and striped waistcoats, preparing for a Dabka performance. It is a candid […]

By Zoriah One evening I was on a walk with a dear friend who is a professor at Gaza University.  We were on the northern outskirts of Gaza City when we came across a neighborhood […]

Editor’s Note: March 16, 2008, marks the fifth-year anniversary of the death of American peace activist Rachel Corrie. Rachel (1979-2003) was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer as she tried to prevent the […]

By Robert Weitzel Safa Abu Saif, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl, was visiting a friend’s apartment when the bullet fired from an Israeli rifle slammed into her chest, punching a gaping exit wound in her back. […]

By James Petras President Uribe’s troop and missile assault, violating Ecuadorian sovereignty came very close to precipitating a regional war with Ecuador and Venezuela. During an interview I had with President Chavez, at the time […]

By Ivan Eland The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just turned five years old. It seems like it was born just yesterday. The department’s growing pains have made it a slow learner and a downright […]

By Uri Avnery What happened this week is so infuriating, so impertinent, that it stands out even in our familiar landscape of governmental irresponsibility. On the near horizon, a de facto suspension of hostilities was taking shape. […]

By Ramzy Baroud Why did Israel attack Gaza with such brutality? Did Israeli officials think, even for a fleeting moment, that their army’s attacks could halt, as opposed to intensify, Palestinian rockets or retaliatory violence? […]

By Rep. Ron Paul On Wednesday, March 13, Rep. Ron Paul addressed the House of Representatives on the costs of intervening around the world. I am pleased to address the House tonight about the budget […]

By Debbie Menon Leaked Documents Reveal ‘US Plot against Hamas.’ This is nothing unexpected, is it? Of course! When you are master of world affairs, and you deal all the cards to all the hands […]

Fallen Soldiers (Dedicated to worldwide Anti-War Day honouring fallen soldiers and all victims of aggressions) By Deepak Sarkar My fellow world citizens –Fallen as soldiers or by soldiersYour parents and friends would miss you forever!Most […]

By Assaf Kfoury In a review article a few years ago, Daniel Lazare argued that an honest discussion of Zionism is no longer off limits.  Lazare wrote, "a longstanding taboo has finally begun to fall. […]

By Shafiq Morton in Cape Town, South Africa When I first visited Gaza in 1997 with a tour group from South Africa , we took the Israelis off guard. It was Shabat – or the […]

By Stephen Lendman Yassin Aref is a 37 year old Albany, New York resident and one of many Muslim victims of police state justice in post-9/11 America. They’ve been hunted down, rounded up, held in detention, […]

By Franklin Lamb in Beirut, Lebanon Barack v. Hillary isn’t the only Presidential election game in Washington these days. There is also the Samir v. Walid v. Michel (as in Geagea, Jumblatt and Suleiman) campaign […]

By Stuart Littlewood in the UK To help straighten out their addled thinking, western leaders should pay attention to the charities operating on the ground. They have first-rate intelligence and shrewd judgement. Furthermore they remain […]

By Ivan Simic in Belgrade, Serbia On 17 February 2008 in South-eastern Europe, the Serbian Southern province of Kosovo declared independence from Republic of Serbia, and self proclaimed new Republic of Kosovo. New proclaimed Republic […]

From Barack Obama’s website: "Obama Has Never Been A Muslim, And Is a Committed Christian." Obama on the importance of Christ in his life: "I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself to discovering […]