We are in a very dangerous period in world history as the old power structure collapses and the US dominance begins to wane.  But the empire strikes back.  By Mazin Qumsiyeh The US and Israel try to strength neoliberal governments that depend on capital accumulation for the rich and increasing poverty for most of the people. To avoid a major revolutionary force among the disenfranchised, these elites have b ...

While the world has been watching Turkey, another country is experiencing revolt. That country is Brazil. Just like Turkey, it is relatively successful, economically speaking. Just like Turkey, the results of economic growth are divided very unequally. Just like in Turkey, a relatively small provocation is setting off a much bigger chain reaction. Unlike in Turkey, that provocation is a direct attack on liv ...

Today Noam Chomsky spoke at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum in Bonn, and we leave for you the link to his very much interesting words: https://soundcloud.com/dwgmf ...

The news coming out from Istanbul via news services such as Al Jazeera show a lot of violent action from the side of the police and their allied security forces. Update - from Ankara. Listening to the speeches of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan there are contradictions in his calls that deny any legitimacy to the protesters and mix that minority that were causing some mayhem at the beginning, with t ...

Reformist Hassan Rohani has won Iran’s 11th presidential election by a landslide win, the results in on 14 June, 2013. The announcement brought the Tehran population into the streets in jubilation. Clearly this is what the majority wants, change, and that’s what this renown cleric and politician proposes. In his first declaration to the public he asked for co-operation from all quarters saying the way forwa ...

Sad scenes of Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo - writer, professor, and political dissident, in 2009, Liu was sentenced to 11 years for inciting subversion because of his involvement in writing Charter 08, a petition advocating political reform in China - were aired on newscasts recently. She was seen crying in a car outside Huairou Detention Centre where her brother Liu Hui has been jailed in Huairou district, ...

In 2011, when Arab revolts began to sweep the Middle East and North Africa, the view from Washington and its closest allies was one of concern. How would the removal of mostly pro-Western dictatorships affect the balance of power in the region? More importantly – how to prevent these events fromboosting Iran’s influence? For original see: http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/sandbox/why-arabs-need-iran-part-i ...

On the 25th of May 2012, Federico Pizzarotti was proclaimed Mayor of Parma, the first mayor in a big city who was a candidate from the “5 Star Movement”. The youngest mayor of that city, and as stated in his official biography, one of the founders of the “Movement for Happy Degrowth” and for a long time involved in culture, in social works and in sports. There was a big fuss at his election and the spotligh ...

The correspondents heard that people were gathering at the central square of Kizilay, so they went out at 3pm walking down to the main road to Kizilay Square where many people were walking in that direction with slogans, banners and making noise with whistles. We accompanied them and when arriving at the square we saw that many other people were already there making music , singing and shouting slogans. The ...

It may sound like a joke as Watford is not a very glamorous place. But the meeting is taking place in a expensive countryside manor house/hotel, with all the luxury its rich and powerful members are accustomed to. They do this every year, and every year the conspiracy theorists come out of the woodwork to denounce something that looks mysterious and secretive. There is no secret. This is the international ( ...