... » read this article

 ... » read this article

... » read this article

... » read this article

... » read this article

... » read this article

... » read this article

 ... » read this article

Editor's Note: Petras puts it all together. Nowhere have I read such a comprehensive analysis of the US-Euro response - and failure - to the pro-democracy movements throughout the Muslim world. - Les Blough, Editor Petras: "Big investors do not confide in the stability of corrupt, servile, unpopular client regimes... » read this article

... » read this article

The BBC’s interview show Hardtalk recently featured Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. The episode was a master-class in propaganda. The presenter, Stephen Sackur, pressed the Prime Minister hard over her human rights abuses, citing UN reports that confirm disappearances and torture. Sackur also condemned the poverty in the country and... » read this article

“But if the middle space [Russia and the former Soviet Union] rebuffs the West [the European Union and America], becomes an assertive single entity, and either gains control over the South [Middle East] or forms an alliance with the major Eastern actor [China], then America’s primacy in Eurasia shrinks dramatically.... » read this article

As analysts around the world question whether the US is losing its superpower status, China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific region is strengthening. But a new report has set out a strategy for America to increase its military presence in the area. The paper, entitled “US Force Posture Strategy in the... » read this article

Taste this! btw ... the lyrics of this song is about food.... (The video is an Axis of Logic republication from October 27, 2010. We've been asked at times about the lyrics of the song. From what we understand, it's about "Koba," a rice dish and how to prepare it.... » read this article

May 9, 2008 "People say to me, you (Iraqis) are not the Vietnamese. You have no jungles and swamps to hide in. I reply, let our cities be our swamps and our buildings our jungles." - Tariq Aziz In the interview published below, Malcolm Lagauche tells of 2 times he... » read this article

Editorial As most readers know, the drumbeat for war on Iran has been building over the last several years in both, the imperial and alternative media. Our question is: if the US/Israeli regime plans to attack, why threaten and not simply do it. The writer of the article below tries... » read this article

(Reuters) - Canada will try to sell more of its energy products to Asia after Washington delayed a decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline project, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said. "This does underscore the necessity of Canada making sure that we are able to access... » read this article

November 6, 2011 By Al-Rai satellite television hosted Dr. Khodeir al-Murshidi,  official spokesperson of the Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party of Iraq, asking for him to comment on a variety of news items concerning the latest developments in Iraq. Foremost among the news items is announcement of the imminent withdrawal of... » read this article

Editor's Comment: What is always ignored or hammered under by the corporate media is the fact that if the Iranian government wants to develop nuclear weapons it has a right to have them as an appropriate national defense against those who have nuclear arms and a history of threatening their country. This... » read this article

Editor's Note: T.J. Coles' new essay, What Are We Doing in Afghanistan? is a follow-up to his October 14 article, What Have We Done to Afghanistan? Reviewing a Decade of Anglo-American Occupation.  He reveals the regression of the west from civilization itself in lust for petroleum and power. His highly... » read this article