What Obama Isnâ€™t Going to Change About Military Commissions (Jeremy R. Hammond)

Obama’s proposed revisions to the military commissions pretty much exemplify his administration’s rather limited conception of what “change” means for the foreign policy of the United States.

Western Media Propagandize Iranâ€™s Missile Test (Jeremy R. Hammond)

Iran announced Wednesday that it had successfully tested its Sejil 2 surface-to-surface missile, and Western media sources took the opportunity to portray the Middle Eastern nation as a threat to wor ...

After Pressuring Pakistan to Act, U.S. Offers Aid for Resulting Displaced (Jeremy R. Hammond)

The United States has announced $110 million in aid to Pakistan as the number of refugees fleeing the fighting in the country’s Swat district is quickly approaching 1.5 million. Jeremy R. Hammond -- ...

Constitutional Rubbish (Joel Hirschhorn)

If prominent people tell a lie enough times, again, and again, and again, then the public lie becomes accepted fact, a cultural myth. So it is with the three coequal branches of government lie. It wi ...

Pakistan: Half a Million Refugees as Fighting Continues in Swat (Jeremy Hammond)

Pakistani military officials have said that the number of civilians who have fled fighting in Pakistan has reached 1.3 million. A figure of more than half a million who have been registered has been ...

Rule of Law Vetoed by President Obama (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

April 22, 2009 (World News Trust) -- There are no headlines or pontificating pundits, but the real news that has become crystal clear to any but the most delusional and distracted Americans is that P ...

The Corporate State Is Here -- Bill Moyers Interviews William Greider

"The corporate state is here. And I'd say, let's not argue over that. The fact is, if the Congress goes down the road I see them going down, they will institutionalize the corporate state in a way th ...

An interview with Andy Worthington, author of 'The Guanta¡namo File' | Elizabeth Ferrari

"There really are no half-measures. With Obama’s promise, America has emerged from an extraordinarily bleak period in which the fear of terror -- however legitimate -- combined with the leadership of ...

The Unprofessional Interviews -- Michael Greenwell Interviews Mickey Z.

March 7, 2009 (Atlantic Free Press) -- The next in the Unprofessional Interviews series is Mickey Z., author of one novel, CPR for Dummies, and several fiction books and contributor to this site, ZNe ...

Growing Transatlantic tensions on the eve of the G20 summit (LEAP/E2020)

March 16, 2009 (LEAP/E2020) -- According to LEAP/E2020, there are only two options left for the G20 leaders who gather April 2nd in London: either they rebuild a new international monetary system, cr ...

John StosseI & CNBC both ignore economic facts | William Chirolas

William ChirolasWilliam Chirolas -- World News Trust March 14, 2009 John Stossel & CNBC both ignore economic facts that contradict their nonsense, and never report anything that might harm the rich a ...