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30 Days to a FREE Vanunu!

It is Israel and USA collusion that denies Vanunu and Palestinians their human rights.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - On Thursday in Tel Aviv, the High Court judges ruled that Mordechai Vanunu's petition that he wrote over two months ago must be answered within 30 days:

The Citizenship Revocation Law passed in March enables the courts to revoke the citizenship of those convicted of crimes against the state, including treason.

The Bush Administration`s Role in Sri Lanka`s Tamil Genocide

An international violation of Sri Lanka's cease fire agreement was the match that lit the fuse.

(SALEM, Ore.) - We know exactly who is behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have left over a million people in the Middle east dead, over bad information that was in some cases, utter bullsh*t. His name is 'W' though today he seems to have manifested in this fellow named Barack Obama.

At any rate, it is important to understand the role of the Bush Administration in Sri Lanka.

A Focus on Food

Farmers hope for a significant monsoon season to supplement water supplies until the end of the growing season.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the Paso del Norte borderland, food activists and local residents have spent the summer organizing around the concept of food as a human right.

Washington State is Front-Runner in Ending the `Over-Treatment` of Pain in the U.S.

"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company." Charles Evans Hughes (11th Chief Justice of the U.S. 1862 - 1948)

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - This month, the State of Washington will begin implementing new regulations for physicians and prescribers who treat their chronic pain patients with opiates.

Abir Aramin was shot in the head, but nobody shot her

No one has been punished and no one will be punished.

(TEL AVIV) - On Sunday 10 July 2011, 8 Tammuz, the legal seal of approval was given to the book The King’s Torah [1] by Israel`s High Court of Justice, which ruled that the child Abir Aramin, age 10, who was shot in the head three years ago in Anata, was struck by a bullet that came from an unknown rifle fired by unknown soldiers or police.

The projectile that was found under her small body has found no home, and it might as well stop searching.

President Paul Kagame plays another game of Chess with his Cabinet

Making Sense out of Kagame's Unintelligent Reshuffles.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - During the Cold War there was a proliferation of experts who made a living in making sense out of the Soviet complex power structures.

Of particular significance was the May Day Parade, when signals could be picked about the rise and fall of personalities by just looking at who sat near the General Secretary of the Party, or with whom the Secretary exchanged smiles. Such is the state of Kagame's secretive and deadly police state.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update from the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Israel`s crackdown grows with boycott bill

The Knesset recently passed a bill making it illegal to advocate boycotts of goods produced in Israeli settlements.

(JERUSALEM) - Political change is slow. One doesn't go to sleep in a democracy and wake up in a fascist regime. The citizens of Egypt and Tunisia can attest to the fact that the opposite is also true: dictatorship does not become democracy overnight.

Any political change of such magnitude is the result of a lot of hard work and is always incremental, indicating that there really is no single historical event that one can claim as the moment of conversion.

Hershey/Smartphone Protest - Groups Mount Supermarket QR Code Push Against Child Labor Abuses

Chocolate lovers leave Consumer Alert Message at the supermarket, alerting other shoppers to choose Fair Trade

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - This summer, concerned consumers are taking a high-tech stand in supermarkets across the nation to inform other shoppers about the labor violations associated with Hershey's chocolate products.

Individuals are leaving smartphone-enabled "Consumer Alert" cards on the shelf in front of Hershey products, as well as on Hershey's S'mores promotional displays, reading: "Hershey's chocolate is tainted with child labor."

Message in a Bottle for the Kids of Gaza

A small act in Athens for the most significant problems children in Gaza face each day.

(ATHENS / SALEM) - Members of the Freedom Flotilla II will always have a set of stories to tell from their turbulent trip to Gaza that was stopped cold in its tracks by the long arm of Israel.

Greta Berlin, who has exited Greece and is presently in France, is no stranger to Gaza, where she has successfully sailed in past blockade breaking runs. She tells this story from the end of their saga.