John Lennon and Julian Assange: The Faces of Peace and Truth
Wikileaks has become a movement, and just as John Lennon became the face of the Peace movement, Julian Assange is the face of the truth movement.
Africa: With Two Presidents, Is Ivory Coast Heading For Civil War?
A standoff is unfolding in Ivory Coast. Two candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Allasane Ouattara are both claiming an electoral victory. Results released last week gave the election win to Ouattara, but the Ivorian Constitutional Court ruled that some of the ballots in his favor were rigged. The court overturned the results by annulling the contested […]
WikiLeaks: The Empire Is Naked And Governments Are In Damage Control
On Monday, governments worldwide scrambled to salvage the little dignity they have left however they could, after being exposed by Julian Assange’s Wikileaks. Government representatives voiced an overwhelming, and almost universal condemnation of the release of the US State Department secret communication files in France, Britain, Iran, Germany, Saudi Arabia etc. The leaked diplomatic documents […]
Egypt: An Autocracy Endorsed By The United States
By Anthony Zeitouni The results of the parliamentary election in Egypt are known even before election day, Sunday, November 28, because the ruling party of President Mubarak is once again manipulating the people of Egypt to win the race and to marginalize all others, from the Muslim Brotherhood group (an Egyptian political-religious party banned by […]
NATO: The Armed Fist of the Global Police State
The NATO summit is wrapping up in Portugal today; the main topics on the agenda were to decide the fate of Afghanistan, and also to adopt a new “strategic concept” for the alliance. On the side of the summit, NATO also courted former enemy Russia to get it more involved and have it offer substantial […]
