Arab People: From Powerless To Proud
It started in Tunisia with the Jasmine Revolution, then spread quickly to Egypt like a Tsunami wave. The Arab Revolution is on its way with what could be a rapid and organic propagation to Algeria, Yemen, Morocco, Syria, Jordan and even the Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Arabs, in the Middle-East and across the world, feel […]
Bradley Manning: A US Political Prisoner Facing Inhumane Treatment
On January 24, human rights organization Amnesty International accused the United States of “inhumane treatment” over the case of the detention of Bradley Manning. Manning, the soldier accused of leaking information to WikiLeaks, has been held for 23 hours a day in a bare solitary cell under harsh pre-trial detention conditions. Bradley Manning has been […]
Arab Revolution: Israel Should Compromise While It Still Can
Egypt has entered a 3rd day of historic and violent protest. Inspired by the Jasmine revolution in Tunisia, thousands of Egyptian protesters have confronted the police in violent clashes in defiance of a ban on public demonstration. Just like Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak has ruled Egypt with an iron-fist and a taste for corruption […]
Tunisia, WikiLeaks And Food Crisis: Forces For A Global Revolution
It would be hard to contest that our world is in crisis, or at least at a turning point. The models which were developed at the start of the industrial revolution have either failed or are crumbling in front of us in “real time”. If communism died in the 80’s with the collapse of the […]
Supreme Court Versus Democracy: One Year After The Corporate Fascist Coup
Today is a sad day for the vague hope of keeping democracy alive in the United States. A year ago, Friday, the US Supreme Court gave its controversial 5-4 ruling in the case known as Citizens United. The Supreme Court ruling opened the unlimited flood of corporate money into the US electoral system, by giving […]
