1. Obama’s Victory? How Big? How Far? : Immanuel Wallerstein, Agence Global 2. US Concentration Camps? Where? : George Monbiot, The Guardian 3. From Indonesia to the US, governments stand powerless in face of markets : David Blair, The Frost Blog 4. The Greatest Story Never Told : Tom Engelhardt, The Baltimore Chronicle 5. American [...]

1. Haunted by Spirits : An Introduction to John McCain 2. A Neocon Curtain Call : Rami G. Khouri, Agence Global 3. The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination : J.K. Rowling’s commencement address given at Harvard 4. Interrogation for Profit : NYT Editorial 5. Obama’s Victory? How Big? How Far? : [...]

By Uri Avnery AFTER MONTHS of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate for the presidency of the most powerful country in the world. And what [...]

Author’s note: The soon to come Bush’s farewell address will be delivered in Texican, his native language. To enjoy the address, you got to have a working knowledge of Texican. The lexicon for Texican is given at the end of this address. By Anwaar Hussain Guys ‘n gals! Howdy gang, When I took over the [...]

1. Separatism and Empire Building in the 21st Century : James Petras, Dissident Voice 2. A View from the Arab World : Rami G. Khouri, Agence Global 3. President Met Disgraced Lobbyist At Least Six Times : ABC News 4. Myth of the world’s oil shortage : The Frost Blog 5. The West’s self delusion [...]

Now that every one and Charlie’s aunt knows of the crimes of America’s ruling cabal, how about finally asking to bring out the hangman’s ropes? By Anwaar Hussain So finally the truth is acknowledged by the mother of all main stream media, the New York Times. The June 6 editorial, ‘The Truth About the War’ [...]

When this man said the world’s economy was heading for disaster, he was scorned. Now traders, economists, even Nasa, are clamouring to hear him speak by Bryan Appleyard A noisy cafe in Newport Beach, California. Nassim Nicholas Taleb is eating three successive salads, carefully picking out anything with a high carbohydrate content. He is telling [...]