Will Syria Be Libya All Over Again?
January 26, 2012, will mark the one year anniversary of the first protest in Syria which led to the mass movement that erupted two months later, on March 15, and has drawn the attention of the world to the plight of the Syrian people, and the brutality of the Al-Assad regime. According to the Syrian […]
Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery Affecting 30 Million Women and Children
Most people think that slavery is a crime of the past. However, this notion couldn’t be any further from the tragic reality of a well organized criminal activity which victimized more than 30 millions women and children worldwide. As matter of fact, there are more people being enslaved today than at any other time in […]
Haiti Two Years Later: How the US has Failed Haitian Families
By Steven Forester Since Haiti’s devastating quake two years ago today, many Republicans and Democrats have been urging President Obama to take a simple step to save lives and speed recovery, one which would cost virtually nothing, reunite families, and help thousands in Haiti. Ten editorial boards have urged the Obama administration to take the […]
US Drone Attacks: Making Pakistan More Unstable
The latest drone strike occurred on Tuesday in North Waziristan, and it will unquestionably bring the tense relationship between Pakistan and the United States closer to a breaking point. It was the first US drone strike in Pakistan this year. The last criminal blunder committed by the US military happened in November 2011, when an […]
May Day 2012 and the Indian Spring: A Day Without America’s Outsourced Jobs?
How will Americans feel when they act in solidarity, during the May Day 2012 actions, with the very people whom are the recipients of the lost jobs Americans mourn? Will they think that their brothers and sisters on the other side of the planet mock them? Or, that they are simply the victims if a […]
