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The ongoing trial in the murder of solidarity activist Vittorio Arrigoni

The kidnapping and murder shocked the humanitarian community at large.

(GAZA CITY) - The military trial of the four men charged with the death of Italian International Solidarity Movement Activist Vittorio Arrigoni continued in Gaza City today.

Kids Have the Right to Read About Palestine

The world includes Palestine! Wouldn't it be great if kids could read about it?

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Did you know that children have no books in their classroom or library that recognize the contributions, history, geography, government, trade, lifestyle, language, arts, leisure and food of the people of Palestine?

Agent Orange Studies Overlook Vietnamese Americans

The numerous studies on American veterans of the war stand in stark contrast to what little is known about the health effects of dioxin in Vietnamese living in the United States.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A few years ago, my father, a former naval officer in the South Vietnamese Army, developed liver cancer. The diagnosis followed decades of struggle with Hepatitis C, a viral infection he contracted through a blood transfusion during the war. A liver transplant saved his life.

More than two years since the operation, and my father’s life has been transformed from a state of “wait and see” to near normalcy, except for a daily regimen of dozens of pills.

A Literacy Test for Presidential Candidates

Mr. Cain, like Ms Bachman, should be excluded from the race on the grounds they do not have a clue.

(Jamestown, RI) - For years I have strongly opposed the idea of voting literacy tests, but alas I have come around. We need a literacy test, not for voters, but for Presidential candidates. Later it could be extended to all political candidates.

There should be a line of stupidity for candidates, which, when crossed, automatically excludes them from running. When a political aspirant puts his foot in his mouth in such a way as to expose his/her classic stupidity, like the old Gong TV show, a big bell should ring and they are ruled out then and there.

OWS, The Second American Revolution and Mr. Jones

Too long has The Peace Process been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue.

(NEW YORK CITY) - On September 17th the people-powered Occupy Wall Street/OWS movement began in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States with actions in over 1,500 cities globally.

Inspired by the people powered uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the OWS movement has exposed how the richest 1% of people write the rules and control the global economy.

Video - Death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi

He did not go out silently, and Gaddafi's last words to a fellow Libyan were, "What did I do to you?"

(SALEM, Ore.) - Thugs tortured and publicly brutalized the leader of Libya before killing him, in an absolutely show of barbarity committed in the name of the United States, NATO and western interests.

The ruler of Libya for more than 42 years, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is dead. He was tracked down to a drainage ditch and pulled out before being beaten and bloodied, and then executed with guns by 'rebel' fighters who have been working with NATO to bring an end to this Libyan leader's national rule.

Marines Described Alleged JFK Assassin Oswald as `A rather poor shot`

Alleged assassin's former girlfriend, Judyth Vary Baker, sheds light on one very misunderstood man.

(SALEM, Ore.) - No American story in modern history has more importance than the tragic assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. It represents a pivotal moment in the development of the character and nature of the United States.

Author Judyth Vary Baker, the former girlfriend of Lee Harvey Oswald, says JFK's loss set into motion a pattern of corruption that is only now, in 2011, being addressed by the Occupy Wall Street movement

Mexico Gives 1,000 Cops Walking Papers, Hoping to Reduce Corruption

More than 40,000 people have died since Mexico escalated its drug war in 2006.

(MEXICO CITY) - Drug cartels in Mexico have all but taken over the Gulf coast state of Veracruz which remains under a deadly siege.

Facing tall odds in their search for a viable solution, authorities have refocused efforts on getting rid of bad police officers.

Spare a Thought for the 8,000 Palestinian Prisoners

Shalit, we’re told, was a tank gunner deployed on the Gaza border, a teenager playing with big boys’ lethal toys.

(LONDON) - I can’t deny that I'm pleased for Gilad Shalit and his parents. No teenage soldier, especially a conscript, should spend five years in anyone's prison even if soldiering for the world's vilest regime.

On the other hand, why is there such a torrent of sympathy for Shalit when the much-hyped thousand-for-one prisoner swop leaves 8,000 Palestinians still rotting in Israeli jails, some of them having languished in captivity far longer than our Israeli hero?

The Book they Don`t Want you to Read

But let me reassure you. On every front they fail. Our world has changed. ‘The Wandering Who’ spreads like a forest fire and a second edition is about to be printed. - Jonathan Cook

(LONDON) - Here we go again: Jewish Zionists and Jewish 'anti-Zionist' yet again join forces to burn a book that, amongst other things, explores the Jewish culture of book-burning. Is this a coincidence? I don’t think so.

It seems as if award-winning Islamophobic Harry’s Place is now so desperate to stop ‘The Wandering Who’ that they wail, “Why Is The Times Selling an Antisemitic Book?”