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With Protests, Israelis are Seeking the Revival of Welfare State

As the protests entered their third week, the great Israeli paradox loomed large...

(TEL AVIV Jewish Journal) - The wave of protests sweeping Israel is about much more than the lack of affordable housing: It’s a grass-roots demand for the major redistribution of the nation’s wealth.

In social terms, protesters are calling for a more caring government attuned to the needs of young, middle-class citizens who serve in the army, pay heavy taxes and provide the engine driving the country’s burgeoning economy.

The Fall of a Dictatorship Requires Sacrifices

The question of Rwandan refugees and the application of cessation close is a serious matter of concern.

(BRUSSELS) - Over the weekend of July 30th and 31st there was a joint meeting between the FDU-INKINGI and the Rwandan National Congress in Brussels.

This joint meeting was to discuss a number of topic related to the stability within Rwanda and to have attendees speak and learn from the speakers on issues related to the Rwandan community in Europe.

Global Economy -Tipping Point

Shakespeare was on the right track when he said “to be or not to be, that is the question”; however now, it should be, “to see or not to see, where we will be tomorrow”?

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The very fundamental nature of progress is to find a commonality, but if there is a lack of universality, all roads become stale. This is the very essence of the breakdown in our global economy, every country looking for the kill, the power and most disgusting; superiority.

Vladimir Putin's statement that the U.S. is “living like parasites off the global economy” is a prime example of the breakdown of the symbiotic resistance plaguing our international community.

Canada: Stop Training Militia Members for Rwanda

The Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) has re-established a one-party, authoritarian system of government that is even more repressive than the government that was in power prior to the genocide.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - We, the members of the Rwanda National Congress (RNC), hereby petition the Government of Canada and the Council of Gatineau City to cancel a program of the Government of Rwanda to recruit Canadian citizens and Rwandans living in Canada into a Rwandan militia group and provide indoctrination and military training to the group in Gatineau city.

The training of the ‘Intore’ militia is scheduled to take place from August 4th to August 8th, 2011...

Personal Responsibility - Fault or Fiction?

Since the inception of GMO products doctors have reported skyrocketing rates of allergies, auto-immune disorders, ADHD, asthma and autism.

(SALEM, Ore.) - We Americans have been living a lullaby of consumer comfort and easy bake answers. We have forgotten our survival skills and have taken for granted the perpetual feeding trough.

Our intuitive nature has dulled into the mild hum of complacency and blind trust in our providers. We have put faith in a system of faulty mechanisms led by corporate profit and democratic lust.

GOP Rep Compares President Obama to a `Tar Baby`

The racism being faced by the president isn’t going to disappear anytime soon.

(SYRACUSE, N.Y.) - GOP Representative Dough Lamborn from Colorado decided to stir the racial fire in the recent debate over the debt crisis.

In his remarks about President Obama, Rep. Lamborn said that being associated with President Obama is “like touching a tar baby.”

Statement by the President

The President's remarks were made in the White House Rose Garden.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Congress has now approved a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert a default that would have devastated our economy. It was a long and contentious debate.

And I want to thank the American people for keeping up the pressure on their elected officials to put politics aside and work together for the good of the country.

The Allegation that Iran is Developing Nuclear Weapons is a Mirage: Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Dr. Adib-Moghaddam's articles and commentaries have appeared on Guardian, CNN, Monthly Review, Independent, Open Democracy, Antiwar and Daily Star.

(TEHRAN) - Dr. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is a political commentator and lecturer in the comparative and international politics of western Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

He joined me in an in-depth interview and answered my questions regarding the continued controversy over Iran's nuclear program, the Western media's black propaganda against Iran, the prospect of Iran's Green Movement and the future of Iran-West relations.

Post-War Sri Lanka: Media Freedom Still Under Deadly Threat

None of the killings or attacks on media institutions have been solved...
- Governing Council, National Peace Council

(COLOMBO Lanka Independent) - The freedom of expression and of the media received another brutal blow with the murderous assault on senior journalist and news editor of the Uthayannewspaper, Gnanasundaram Kuganathan, in Jaffna on Friday.

He is now in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Jaffna Hospital with head injuries due to blows from iron bars.

Palestine and the Palestinians: A Love Story, Like No Other

“To smile when confronted with the most severe oppression, is an act of Resistance rooted in unparalleled beauty.” ~ Jonathan Azaziah

(LONDON) - Every morning he wakes up, prays, prepares tea, carries the old tea pot and a small glass and goes to check on his trees and plants. He wanders between the loquat tree and the apple tree and the vineyard, between the jasmine, the sage and the thyme bushes.

He checks on them, waters them, removes unwanted weeds and collects some mint for his tea. He then sits in a corner, under the shade of the loquat tree, sips his hot tea and watches the leaves dance with the cool morning breeze.