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Louis XVI needed a revolution, Napoleon needed two historic military defeats, the Spanish Empire in the New World needed multiple revolutions, the Russian Czar needed a communist revolution, the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires needed World War I, the Third Reich needed World War II, the Land of the Rising Sun... » read this article

Editorial Comment: Dr Gwynne Dyer was born in Newfoundland in 1943, before Newfoundland was part of Canada. But he is a Canadian, so he is my confrère. He obtained a BA in history at Memorial University, a Masters in Military History from Rice University, and a PhD in Military and... » read this article

SINCE July 22, more than 900 news items have been published and 12,000 messages posted on internet news websites concerning the regrettable road traffic accident which took place in the afternoon of that day, in which two Cuban citizens died and a Spaniard and a Swede were injured. Only the... » read this article

"Former Stockholm Chief District prosecutor Sven-Erik Alhem testified that the decision of the Swedish government to extradite Assange is “unreasonable and unprofessional, as well as unfair and disproportionate,” because he can be easily questioned in the UK.  These simple facts make it clear that the Swedish attempt to extradite Assange has... » read this article

Former Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson speaks with the WSWS 23 April 2012 Jennifer Robinson spoke with the World Socialist Web Site last Friday in Sydney. The human rights lawyer and Australian citizen, who had assisted Julian Assange in his British legal challenges to being extradited to Sweden on concocted sexual... » read this article

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Wikileaks' Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden BBC February 24, 2011 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, a judge has ruled. At Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south London, District Judge Howard Riddle said the extradition would not breach Mr Assange's human... » read this article