5 things to know about the suspension of U.S.-China climate talks
. Will the United States and China still launch a climate working group? The short answer: Probably not.
Juan Cole | Why Is Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid a Shock?
What Sanders is doing here is demolishing typical Israeli propaganda points (hasbara) wherein Israel is simply a victim of the Palestinians and in which Palestinians are demonized as Khamas and terrorists and violent and irrationally angry.
Juan Cole | Why Is Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid a Shock?
What Sanders is doing here is demolishing typical Israeli propaganda points (hasbara) wherein Israel is simply a victim of the Palestinians and in which Palestinians are demonized as Khamas and terrorists and violent and irrationally angry.
US plans to put state-sponsored media under full federal control (Video)
State-sponsored broadcasting CEO to be appointed directly by US president
Diana Johnstone | The Hillary Clinton Presidency Has Already Begun As Lame Ducks Promote Her War
In the space of a few days, Samantha Power, John Kerry, and Barack Obama all turned in war-winning performances.
Amy Goodman: Obama’s Trillion-Dollar Nuclear-Arms Train Wreck
Conventional wisdom holds that the likelihood that these unconventional weapons will be used has decreased since the end of the so-called Cold War. That perception has been challenged lately, especially since President Barack Obama announced a 30-year, $1 trillion program to modernize the U.S. nuclear-weapon arsenal.
Tomgram: Sandy Tolan, The One-State Conundrum
Tolan: In June 2010, I began to document his dream -- now a reality -- to build a music school in occupied Palestine. Now, his SUV bound for Sebastia is cutting through the West Bank, a land smaller than the state of Delaware but dotted with more than 600 checkpoints, earthen barriers, and other obstacles to normal travel.
Organizing Notes | Bruce Gagnon: Why Do Washington-London-Brussells Hate RT?
Media wars have entered new territory: Secretary of State John Kerry, members of the EU and the military alliance NATO all have singled out this television station - RT - as some kind of security threat. Since when is holding and broadcasting a different opinion or narrative a threat to global media freedom? By Bruce More
Kevin Zeese: Chomsky And Kissinger Agree | Avoid Historic Tragedy In Ukraine
It would usually be difficult to find more polar opposite views to U.S. foreign policy, but when it comes to Ukraine, the anti-war intellectual and the former U.S. Secretary of State have more in common than either might like to admit. By Kevin Zeese Popular Resistance @PopResistance MintPressNews.com February 4, 2015 The New York Times reported More
Cartoon by Brian McFadden: iRAQ WAR 3.0
Click to enlarge. By BrianMcFadden for Comics ORIGINALLY POSTED TO COMICS ON WED SEP 17, 2014 AT 02:50 PM PDT. ALSO REPUBLISHED BY ADALAH — A JUST MIDDLE EAST AND DAILY KOS. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page More
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Christmas in July and the Collapse of America’s Great African Experiment
As a Man-Made Famine Looms, Christmas Comes Early to South Sudan: The Limits of America’s African Experiment in Nation Building Posted by Nick Turse tomdispatch.com August 7, 2014 Tom Englehardt's Introduction On return from his recent reporting trip to Africa, Nick Turse told me the following tale, which catches something of the nature of our battered More
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Christmas in July and the Collapse of America's Great African Experiment
As a Man-Made Famine Looms, Christmas Comes Early to South Sudan: The Limits of America’s African Experiment in Nation Building Posted by Nick Turse tomdispatch.com August 7, 2014 Tom Englehardt's Introduction On return from his recent reporting trip to Africa, Nick Turse told me the following tale, which catches something of the nature of our battered More