Who was it that said, if you live with a cripple, you would learn to limp. By Anwaar Hussain Walk down a busy Kabul street and try coming back unscarred. Legless men rattle down bazaars in wheelbarrows, little children with missing limbs crab along like some decapods, one-legged men hobble about on ugly crutches among [...]

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By James Petras – May 2008 Wars in an imperialist democracy cannot simply be dictated by executive fiat, they require the consent of highly motivated masses who will make the human and material sacrifices. Imperialist leaders have to create a visible and highly charged emotional sense of injustice and righteousness to secure national cohesion and [...]

By James Petras Picture by Carlos Latuff. Introduction From the middle of the 19th century but especially after the Second World War, two models of empire building competed on a world scale: One predominantly based on military conquests, involving direct invasions, proxy invading armies and subsidized separatist military forces; and the other predominantly based on [...]

As evidence emerges of dwindling oil reserves, the price of crude hits $135 a barrel TS Admin : A comprehensive read on the subject In France, fishermen are blockading oil refineries. In Britain, lorry drivers are planning a day of action. In the US, the car maker Ford is to cut production of gas-guzzling sports [...]

By LWB When you have built a house of cards, it is important that none of the cards is removed or of course the house will fall. Lets say for example you represent that the ace of spades in your deck is that the Jews of Modern Israel are somehow genetically related to the Judeans [...]

By Eric Walberg The US is not only repeating all the Soviets’ mistakes in Afghanistan, it is showing remarkable creativity in the horrors department, says Eric Walberg in the first of a two-part series. Twenty years ago this week the Soviet Union began its withdrawal from Afghanistan, eight and a half years after it was [...]