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Peres warns: Israel in danger of ceasing to exist as Jewish state

President says that Israel 'doomed' unless negotiations with the Palestinians leading to a peace agreement begin in the immediate future.

(TEL AVIV) - President Shimon Peres is concerned that Israel might become a binational state, in which case, he warned, it would cease to exist as a Jewish state.

"I'm concerned about the continued freeze [in the peace talks]," Peres said to people who visited him this week.

Maidhc `O Cathail: `FBI manufactures terrorist plots`

'O Cathail says the FBI even "paid informants, often people with criminal records, to entrap innocent members of the Muslim community".

(TEHRAN / OSAKA Press TV) - Middle East Analyst Maidhc 'O Cathail says the Federal Bureau of Investigation has had to "manufacture terrorist plots" in order "to justify all the money being spent on Homeland Security".

Maidhc 'O Cathail told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security considers "all American Muslims as potential terrorist suspects".

International Boycott of Sri Lanka gets Huge Boost from Tamil Nadu Resolution

“Atrocities can never stay buried” - Dr Ellyn Shander, Vice president of USTPAC

(TAMIL NADU, India) - Last week, Tamil Nadu Minister Honorable Selvi Jeyalalitha, passed a unanimous resolution urging the Government of India to take steps at the UN to formally charge those who committed massive abuses against Eelam Tamils, as war criminals and to impose economic sanctions on Sri Lanka.

This historic resolution highlights the power of pressing a government who has committed gross butchery of thousands of civilians to be held accountable.

Obama, Bush, and R/rice

"[E]very time I see and here [sic] Gloria Estefan sing, it makes my heart feel better” - Barack Obama

(TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras) - During his recent brief visit to Puerto Rico—the first by a U.S. president since 1961—Barack Obama mentioned several Puerto Ricans by name aside from Marc Anthony.

Candidate for U.S. House Advocates Peoples Takoever

I am running for House of Representatives to agitate for “we the people” with hope to inspire others to run themselves.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - When I was a novice reporter six years ago, I learned that it was at the end of the interview that you heard the beginning of the story and I learned it again the other day.

Case in point: I was writing my first work of fiction in 2005 when I stumbled into becoming a reporter and that lead to becoming the only reporter in the world who bothered to document Mordechai Vanunu’s Freedom of Speech trial in Israel.

Sex Offender Registration Bill Passes Oregon Senate

HB 3204 also passed the House unanimously and it now moves to Governor Kitzhaber’s desk for his signature.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Senate closed a loophole in state law today regarding sex offender registration by unanimously passing House Bill 3204.

State Representative Kim Thatcher sponsored the legislation after learning there were sex offenders who were working and going to school in Oregon who were not required to register.

Conservatives are winning battles, but losing the War

There will be no return to the bad old days, for which many conservatives still pine.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - For those conservatives who argue that the future belongs to them, a look at the bigger picture—history—will be informative, if not discouraging.

Conservatives were, indeed, in charge a century or more ago. But the forces for progress and human rights have continued to evolve and expand. Slavery, although condoned in the Untied States wonderful (LOL) Constitution, no longer exists although its effects still haunt the nation.

The I-HATE-MY-FATHER Generation

Walking the tight rope of moral uprightness is a huge challenge these days.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There is a generation in Africa and beyond that is utterly confused. Of course the word “confused” has a power to evoke some really strong feelings or reactions. But the confusion here is not of this generation’s own making - at least according to the way they look at things.

It is their fathers’ fault that they are confused, or so they say and that’s the sad part about the so-called fatherless generation.

Love, Struggle and Memory in Ciudad Juarez

Magdalena Garcia, widow of disappeared architect Ricardo Gatica, said: “I want justice!”
“You are not alone!” the crowd roared back.

(CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico) - Completing an epic journey across Mexico, the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity arrived late last week to a tumultuous welcome in Ciudad Juarez.

It's the place where the beleaguered border city poet and caravan organizer Javier Sicilia calls Mexico’s “epicenter of pain.”

David Rovics` Song for the Mavi Marmara Tribute Video

David Rovics performs many "songs of social significance".

(SALEM, Ore.) - David Rovics is an incredibly talented songwriter/musician who knows how to tell a story. A self-proclaimed "rabble-rouser", he has traveled the world living the life his songs are made of. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to produce a video based on his tribute song to the Mavi Marmara.

"Song for Mavi Marmara" was inspired by the Freedom Flotilla en route to Gaza, which was overtaken by the Israeli Navy in International waters on May 31, 2010.