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Egyptians are Back in Tahrir Square to Block a Counter Revolution

“To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction. And to every revolution there is often plotted a counter revolution…”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The world still recalls those thousands of Egyptians protesting in Tahrir square at the heart of Cairo in one of the most inspiring scenes of the human quest for freedom and democracy in modern times.

It was wonderful to watch those magical moments where power of the people powerfully came into effect, but for some it was equally worrying as they contemplated on what would come next.

Standing Ovation in Salem for BBC`s `Most Famous Woman in Afghanistan` Malalai Joya

Hard truths have a soft landing at historic Oregon university- includes video coverage of Willamette event.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Former Afghan Parliament Member Malalai Joya spoke to a welcoming and enthusiastic packed house at Willamette University's Smith Auditorium Sunday night.

Her talk to a wide ranging audience led to a minutes-long standing ovation; it seemed like a clear indication of Salem's interest in this far away land occupied by U.S. troops locked in a fierce war claiming an escalating number of lives on all sides.

FOXspiracy - FOX`s 3P Mission: Polarization, Propaganda, and Prejudice

CAUTION: You Are About To Enter the “No Spin Zone.”

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - No Corporation or Media mogul has had as much impact on the corruption and manipulation of minds, opinions, and attitudes in the U.S. and abroad than Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and Fox News Channel in particular.

This mogul has singlehandedly created a nation within a nation--the Fox Nation.

Egyptian Pacifist Maikel Nabil Sanad Charged with Insulting the Military: Trial Adjourned to Sunday

Egyptian pacifist Maikel Nabil Sanad in Cairo is charged with "insulting the military by publishing false news about it" and "obstructing public security". Sanad denied the charges.

(LONDON WRI) - War Resisters' International is concerned about the arrest of Egyptian pacifist and conscientious objector Maikel Nabil Sanad, 25, from Cairo.

Former Afghan Parliament Member Malalai Joya Will Visit Willamette University

Joya is an outspoken critic of the Hamid Karzai administration and its western supporters.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Afghan feminist and war critic Malalai Joya, will visit Willamette University to speak about the U.S. Afghanistan occupation and its continuing impact.

A former member of the Afghan Parliament, Joya, was named by Time Magazine as One of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Tell me, who is the Terrorist?

“I just wish you would tell the world we’re not terrorists. We’re just unlucky that we don’t have oil, otherwise the US would support the Palestinian cause for sure” -Ra’aid Al-Helo

(GAZA) - Two days ago, the Israeli army attacked a populated area in the Al-Shejaija neighborhood, east of Gaza City. Four days after the murder of two children in Johr Al-Dik, the Israeli army once again killed civilians, amongst them two more children.

The latest victims of Israel’s war crimes are Yasser A’ahid Al-Helo (15), Mohamed Jalal Al-Helo (10), Mohammed Shaber Harara (18) and Yasser Hamid Al-Helo (55).

Saving Gaza One Family at a Time

Learn more about the Samouni Family Community Centre/Classroom.

(GAZA CITY) - Two years on, the Samouni family in Gaza is still without basic needs and the children continue to suffer from the trauma of Israel's extended attack called Operation Cast Lead and the ultimate loss of parents, siblings and other family members.

Many of these children were made to live next to the corpses of their loved ones for days, so you can imagine what is happening in their heads and their hearts.

To Call Zimmerman a Zimmerman

Bob Dylan gives up peace, tosses support for Israel's in spite of war crimes.

(LONDON) - Singer-songwriter and harmonica owner Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) will perform at Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium in June.

The 69-year old folk legend seems to be impervious to Israel’s war crime record and the growing international movement calling for artists to boycott the rogue state.

Israel, Right or Wrong

Paul J. Balles explains why Zionist scaremongering and distorting of history, as manifested in the writing of Israel apologists such as the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen, only increases fear by Jews and disdain by others.

(BAHRAIN) - "If I were an Israeli, I'd be worried. If I were an Arab, I'd be insulted. If I were a critic only of Israel, I'd be ashamed." Thus concluded Richard Cohen in The Washington Post.

What Cohen would be worried about is what he perceives as anti-Semitism in the Arab world, fuelled in World War II by the Muslim cleric Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem.

Muslim Brotherhood Breaking Free of Nasser`s Long Ban on the Group

Decades of political repression of dissent in Egypt has created an iceberg out of the Muslim Brotherhood group -MB- with seven-eighths of its actual size under the surface.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - It was really the best of times, it was absolutely the worst of times, back in the sixties.

President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s time in Egypt when he reigned like some legendary knight as if he was sultan Saladin, the epitome of Arabic chivalry, who united the Arabs and fought back the western medieval crusaders.