A Secret War in 120 Countries: The Pentagon’s New Power Elite (Nick Turse)

Aug. 4, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done... for the day. Without the knowledge of the American ...

Arab Awakening and Western Media: Time for a New Revolutionary Discourse (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 27, 2011 -- When President Ali Abdullah Saleh tried desperately to quell Yemen’s popular uprising, he appealed to tribalism, customs and traditions. All his effo ...

Ghana Cracks Down On Gays (Sydney Star Observer)

July 21, 2011 (Sydney Star Observer) -- Ghana’s Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo MP has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the country’s west. Aidooo has tasked Ghana’s Burea ...

Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 21, 2011 -- “When you are hungry, cold is a killer, and the people here are starving and helpless.” Not many of us can relate to such a statement, but millions o ...

Libya and War Powers (Ted Rall)

The war against Libya may violate the US constitution, but once again the empire moves ahead with the military option July 7, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- "Much rumbling has emanated from the ...

Yemen Continues to Inspire Amid Great Odds (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 6, 2011 -- The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is ...

This crisis has an exit (Ellen Brown)

June 7, 2011 (Asia Times) -- Countries everywhere are facing debt crises today, precipitated by the credit collapse of 2008. Public services are being slashed and public assets are being sold off, in ...

How the Empire will Prevail: Will Washington Foment War Between China and India? (Dr. Paul Craig Roberts)

June 6, 2011, (Information Clearing House) -- What is Washington’s solution for the rising power of China? The answer might be to involve China in a nuclear war with India. The staging of the fake de ...

BOOKS: After Empire -- The Birth of a Multipolar World. By Dilip Hiro (Jim Miles)

After Empire - The Birth of a Multipolar World. Dilip Hiro. Nation Books, Perseus, New York, 2010. Apr. 25, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Modern history and current events are aligned in this excelle ...

US Rethinks Strategy: War as Opportunity in Libya (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Apr. 27, 2011 -- The brutality of Libyan leader Moammar Ghaddafi, and his refusal to concede power, is costing Libya much more than innocent lives. The country is now ...

Libya: Another Neocon War (David Swanson)

Apr. 22, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- The US department of justice (DOJ) has submitted a written defence of the U.S. role in this new war in Libya to the U.S. Congress. The DOJ claims the war ...