Nigerian says spiritual leaders who fail to confront extremists such as Boko Haram allow fanaticism to thrive IAN JOHNSTON The Independent 10 August 2014 Atrocities carried out by fanatics such as Nigeria's Boko Haram show the dangers of religious belief with the "scroll of faith … indistinguishable from the roll call of death", according to More
Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truthout staff writers William Rivers Pitt and Dahr Jamail about their new book, The Mass Destruction of Iraq, as well as the lead-up to the war, the devastation it wrought and the current conflicts that are tearing the country apart. [youtube=http://youtu.be/Tey9o2E_zpU] By Ted Asregadoo Truthout.org | Video Interview 17 August 2014 More
BY ED FELIEN Southside Pride August 4, 2014 Gaza has been Arab since the dawn of civilization. The city of Gaza was the home of the Philistines at the time of Moses. It was an Egyptian city with an Egyptian religion and social customs. According to the Torah the Arabs wouldn’t let the Jews pass More
Closer to home it is harder to ignore the consequences of U.S. state terror. There is now great concern about the flood of children fleeing to the U.S. from Central America. ...Obama has proposed a humanitarian response to the tragic influx: more efficient deportation. Do alternatives come to mind? Monday, 07 July 2014 00:00By Noam Chomsky, More
Closer to home it is harder to ignore the consequences of U.S. state terror. There is now great concern about the flood of children fleeing to the U.S. from Central America. ...Obama has proposed a humanitarian response to the tragic influx: more efficient deportation. Do alternatives come to mind? Monday, 07 July 2014 00:00By Noam Chomsky, More
As part of its investigation into the false statements made by top Bush administration officials leading up to the Iraq war, the Center for Public Integrity has just released an interactive database where you can search who said what, when. WAR & PEACE Moyers and Company June 26, 2014 Iraq: The War Card (Photo: Center for Public Integrity) The Center More
"...when will we start to care about people whose names are difficult to pronounce? The list of people lost is so vast. How do I write about this and share it in a country that does not want to hear it?" An Afghan child looks toward the site of a suicide bombing that occurred near More
The Blackwater scandal shows the U.S. isn’t immune from behaviors we abhor in others. By William Saletan Slate.com June 30, 2014 Blackwater was founded 17 years ago by Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Two years ago, in a speech to the Wisconsin Faith and Freedom Coalition, Mitt Romney accused President Obama of More
U.S. ranks 101st in the GPI; Iceland #1 GPI rank ThePeaceAlliance.org June 2014 Last week the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) released the 2014 edition of its annual Global Peace Index (GPI), which “ranks nations according to their level of peace.” The GPI measures the “absence of violence and absence of the fear of More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/4eksEmthYUs] Published on Jun 24, 2014 Sister Brigid McDonald repeats her rap about the original Iraq war. She says not much has changed, we are still repeating the insanity. McDonald, one of the four singing McDonald siblings and all members of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, has been a speaking and singing peace activist More
On June 18, 2014 the weekly bridge vigil on the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Peace Bridge, Minneapolis/St. Paul, focused on No New War on Iraq. These are the words of some of the peace advocates who stood on the bridge that day for an hour and heard the positive response to their vigil/picket line from people More
Let’s look at what U.S. military intervention in Iraq has achieved, in Afghanistan has achieved, in Somalia has achieved, in Lebanon has achieved, in Libya has achieved. I mean, ask ourselves the very simple question. Is the region becoming more stable? Is it becoming more democratic? Are we alleviating, reducing the prevalence of anti-Americanism? [vimeo More
