Bethany Beyond the Jordan, Palestine and Israel’s Policy of Apartheid
By Siraj Davis Near Madaba, Jordan, and connected to the Jordan River, is Bethany Beyond the Jordan (Al-Maghtas in Arabic). It is a bustling attraction constantly inundated with tourists: those who come every January for the Epiphany/Theophany celebrations, those who desire to glance at the site where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, or […]
Human Rights of Children in Turkey: The Thin Line Between Sin and Crime
Rather than blindly go along with the commonly held concepts of crime, criminality, punishment and detention, there is a need to formulate new concepts and new kinds of organization. Is it a crime for a wild animal to eat another animal because it is hungry? Is it a crime for human beings to kill and […]
The Oil Cold War: An Attack on Russia, Iran, Venezuela and the Environment
Prices of gas at the pumps in the United States have declined by a remarkable 42 percent since August 2014. This acute drop in gasoline prices is, of course, the consequence of a crash in the value of crude oil traded on the global market. Specifically, in early August 2014, crude oil was trading on […]
Hypothesis for a New Revolution in Haiti
By Michel-Angel Cadet Uncertainty is a normal aspect of the mind’s evolution. It is quite reasonable that in life we should experience this feeling, which is innate to human nature. The unknown is never received without great interest, or some minimum of caution. Fear of the unknown often controls our behavior. From fear grows doubt. […]
Barrett Brown: The Sentencing of American Journalism
“The US government decided today that because I did such a good job investigating the cyber-industrial complex, they’re now going to send me to investigate the prison-industrial complex.” Barrett Brown. He always did murky and dark well, adopting a cavalier attitude that earned him admirers and steadfast enemies. Such an awkward term as the angel […]
