At dawn, much of what was left of the Occupy Wall Street movement was convened at Foley Square in New York City, after being completely -- and forcibly -- cleared from Zuccotti Park in a 3 a.m. raid on the camp. Reuters has a great live video and Twitter feed here....
Some surprisingly good CBS reporting on Bagram Airbase as the new legal black hole, secret prison of the Obama administration: There are now 3,000 detainees in Bagram, up from 1,700 since June (!) and five times the amount there when Barack Obama took office. Many of...
America's political leaders constantly point to Egypt with pride, as a self-congratulatory example of how they are on the side of democracy and the Arab Spring. Hidden from the stump speeches for a miserably ignorant American public was how the U.S. supported the...
Peace activist Scott Olsen reports on his public Google Plus account that he is slowly regaining his speech after being shot in the head with a teargas canister at Occupy Oakland. "I'm feeling a lot better, with a long road in front of me," Olsen wrote. "After my...
From War Is A Crime: An Appeal to United States and Israeli Air, missile and drone crews to stand down from orders to attack Iran. We are at an historic moment when decisions are being made in the United States and Israel on whether and when to attack Iran. These will...
IN THIS ISSUE IAEA report on Iran prompts war talk Israel is concerned about Palestinian progress at U.N. War in Af-Pak for the foreseeable future Assorted news from the empire What’s new at the blog? Opinion and analysis Antiwar Radio Events IAEA on Iran Prompts Tug...
Yesterday's headline in the Independent is an example of how U.S. policy towards Colombia has been labeled by some as at least a partial success. It reads: "Is this the grisly end of Colombia's civil war?" The event that prompted such vaunted optimism was the killing...
I've said it until I'm blue in the face, but I guess I'll say it again: Iran is operating out of a perception of threat and provocative militarism towards Iran will only increase the likelihood that they decide to seek a deterrent (That said, of course, the recent...
As'ad AbuKhalil, for those who don't know, is a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University. On his blog today, he cited a news source in Arabic, which I can't read, but he summarizes it for us: This is not in the US media but is...
President Barack Obama, Octobert 20, 2011: One year ago, the notion of a free Libya seemed impossible. But then the Libyan people rose up and demanded their rights...The new government is consolidating the control over the country...So this is a momentous day in the...
