Christopher Dickey writes: I am not so sure. Even a dozen years ago, the American public was largely passive about Middle East issues. Congressmen proclaimed undying support for Israel, and their constituents asked few questions. Now, with America involved in two wars in the Muslim world, that’s not the case.... » read this article

The display shouldn’t be so shocking. President Barack Obama was a professor before a politician, and that scholarly charm and cool helped get him elected. As if explaining a basic science problem - what goes up must come down, and vice versa - Obama calmly dismissed the suggestion that US-Israeli... » read this article

Lured by the vast natural resources of the Black Continent, Washington decided to set up AfriCom. But the GI deployment to Africa does not coincide with any needs in particular: everything is up for grabs. Seizing a windfall opportunity, they first went into Somalia militarily in the early 1990’s. Their... » read this article

Corporate media pretend U.S.-Israeli relations are in “crisis,” just as they have many times in the past. It’s all a charade, a play for national and international audiences. In real crises, relationships are called into question. But there has never been any question about who is in charge of this... » read this article

Axis of Logic - The curtain is going down on the lone-superpower world we know and it is now a most urgent question if and when and how forces for true democracy, human rights, peace and civilization can come out and dissipate the cloud that has spread over what was once... » read this article

Editor's Note: In Axis of Logic's original manifesto, we targeted Global Corporate Empire as Public Enemy #1. As one of the logical extensions of that premise, we saw U.S. national elections firmly in the grip of the corporations behind the masks of the Democrat and Republican political parties. Thus, we... » read this article

Editor's Note: Some of you may feel a need to put a finger in your throat when you see Tony Blair and the president of CNN feign participation in this video. But we promise that most people, whether politically Left or Right will nod and identify. We gave the video... » read this article

Near midnight and I am making tortillas on an iron skillet over a gas flame. Some three thousand miles to the north, my wife and dog nestle in sleep in the wake of a 34-inch snowstorm, while the dogs of Ajijic are barking at the witching hour and roosters crow... » read this article

February 20, 2010 For Argentineans the long simmering territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina is coming to a head, as a British oil rig travels to what analysts say is a 60 billion barrel reserve of high-grade oil located in a 200 square mile zone surrounding the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.... » read this article

Statement by the Working Peoples Association (Indonesia), Socialist AllianceSocialist Worker (New Zealand), Partido Lakas ng MasaSolidarity (Australia), Labour Party Pakistan and Socialist Alternative (Australia) (Australia), (Philippines), [If your organisation would like to add their names to the statement, please email international@prp-indonesia.org.] February 23, 2010 -- We, progressive, anti-war, anti-neoliberalism and... » read this article

Global Research  ... » read this article

Although it seems a bit like a dog-bites-man story, the New York Times reported Rick Perry (R-TX) has joined with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to regulate carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. As the Center for Media and Democracy has documented on... » read this article

One thing nobody can deny is the effectiveness of Zionism’s propaganda machine. (LONDON) - Most Jews of the world (and probably many Gentiles) believe that Zionism is the return of Jews to the land promised to them by God. At the risk of offending some readers of all faiths for... » read this article

16 February 2010 The rapid moves by the Sri Lankan government towards a police state not only spell danger for the working class on this island, but are a warning to workers around the world. As debt crises erupt in country after country and governments encounter resistance to the savage... » read this article

Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts. As worries over Greece rattle world markets, records and interviews show that with Wall Street’s help, the... » read this article

When I wrote my book Against Empire in 1995, as might be expected, some of my U.S. compatriots thought it was wrong of me to call the United States an empire. It was widely believed that U.S. rulers did not pursue empire; they intervened abroad only out of self-defense or... » read this article

Senior Research Scholar at Yale University Immanuel Wallerstein believes that the real economic crisis is still up ahead. According to Wallerstein, last years collapse was its minor version. ZCommunications  ... » read this article

Israel wants to be a member of NATO. It no longer looks down its nose at military alliances. It no longer wants to stay away from Western military arrangements. It wants in. A majority of Israelis believe NATO membership would boost Israel's security as well as NATO's strategic power. Interestingly... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Admittedly, this is a long and detailed article to read. Imagine the time and effort involved for Richard D. Vogel to produce it! If you don't have time to read the entire article, please read the author's words leading up to "What is Globalization" and "Closing the Texas Deal" ...... » read this article

Environmental NGO's have been uncritically thumping the green tech funding plank and they're generating funding that could be harder to hold onto than a fistful of sand in the Iraqi oilfields. There's a coup underway in the environmental movement. But the golpistas (coup-makers) aren't exactly the usual suspects. They're not... » read this article