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World War III in the Making: Can Russia and China Stop a Strike on Iran?

World War III in the Making: Can Russia and China Stop a Strike on Iran?

Regime Change in Syria as a Preliminary Stage for an Attack on Iran As the civil war in Syria intensifies, an intense diplomatic battle is on the way world wide between two blocks. On one hand are Israel, the United States and its European vassals, the UK, France and Germany and on the other hand […]

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Haiti: Is the Diaspora Doing Enough? Part One

Haiti: Is the Diaspora Doing Enough? Part One

A bit more than two years after the devastating earthquake, the country which used to be called “The Pearl of the Caribbeans” is still in a complete state of disarray. Many Haitians are very religious people, and some put their hopes more in the hands of God than in human beings for help. The numbers […]

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Occupy: Expanding the Legacy of MLK and the Civil Rights Movement

Occupy: Expanding the Legacy of MLK and the Civil Rights Movement

Almost half a century ago, Martin Luther King took on the herculean task to speak out and fight for the civil rights of America’s disenfranchised. Even so the accent of this struggle-starting in the early 1960s- was focused on putting an end to the odious state of segregation between whites and African-Americans prevalent in the […]

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Occupy: A First Step Towards a Revolution of Our Collective Consciousness

Occupy: A First Step Towards a Revolution of Our Collective Consciousness

When talking to people who are not involved or even informed about the Occupy movement-thanks to the lack of coverage by mainstream corporate controlled media outlets-they still feel that something out of the ordinary is going on. Even some people belonging to the so called “intelligentsia” are cynical about a movement which they view as  […]

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Austerity: Setting Up Europe for a Mega May 1968 Redux

Austerity: Setting Up Europe for a Mega May 1968 Redux

Europe’s governing financial technocrats are working to preserve a financial system that is, in the best case scenario, edging towards a severe recession or, in the worst case scenario, on the brink of a collapse. Regardless, European leaders are setting themselves up for a hot spring, which will undoubtedly shore up the ranks of the […]

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