Owen Jones nails it on Gaza assault: BBC Question Time
Independent columnist Owen Jones appeared this week on a BBC Question Time that addressed the Gaza/Israel conflict. He took aim at extremist Israeli rhetoric on Gaza - including the 'Hiroshima'…
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Greenhouse gases up 20% since 2000: climate change likely ‘more severe than models predict’
A report by the UN Environment Programme warns that world governments are doing too little to meet the stated goal of limiting global warming to 2 C. In failing to…
Gilad Sharon evokes ‘Hiroshima and Nagasaki’ in call to ‘flatten’ Gaza
Gilad Sharon, son of former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon has written an op-ed piece for the Jerusalem Post in which he makes reference to the dropping of nuclear bombs on…
N14 anti-austerity ‘day of protest’ across Europe: pictures and video links
Millions across Europe turned out November 14 in an anti-austerity 'day of protest and solidarity.' The coordinated protests are happening at a time when Europe is headed back into recession…
Green party’s Jill Stein on the ‘slave-like mentality toward Israel’
During the US presidential campaign the media was so preoccupied with the two-party race, contenders who represented third-party platforms were too often neglected. This is unfortunate because alternative voices can…
November 14 ‘day of action’ against austerity: protests in Greece
Over the past months there have been protests in Spain, Portugal and Greece against government-imposed austerity measures. This week an austerity bill was passed by the governing coalition in Greece…
Video ad contrasts Romney climate change jokes with Sandy devastation
A video ad put out by Citizen Engagement Lab makes a powerful statement about Romney’s cynical attitude toward climate change by juxtaposing his climate change jokes with scenes of devastation.…
New work by Remi Kanazi ‘Normalize This!’ undercuts Israeli spin
Remi Kanazi is a performance poet and rights activist based in NYC. His poetry collection – Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine – was published in 2011. The novelist…
Kenney wants extra power to bar people from Canada for ‘public policy’ reasons
Harper government immigration minister, Jason Kenney, is pushing for additional ministerial powers that would allow him to bar people from Canada for “public policy considerations.” Considerations that aren’t clearly spelled…
St Petersburg cartoon ‘tools’ guide for migrant workers called insulting
A cartoon style “advice” guide for migrants in St Petersburg, Russia, has attracted a lot of criticism. The guide has the title Labour Migrant’s Reference Book and according to Russia…
Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman: Chilean student leaders receive award in the U.S.
Top: Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman – also bottom left and right. Like their counterparts in Chile and Quebec, students on US campuses have been seeking to organize to combat…
Gaza-bound ‘Estelle’ boarded by Israeli forces: ‘Ship to Gaza’ campaign
Top: Crew members of the Estelle A ship carrying thirty activists from Europe, Canada and Israel has been intercepted and boarded by Israeli marines. The Estelle, carrying a cargo of…
Supermax hellholes: solitary confinement in US prisons
The US has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. It breaks down to about 754 per 100,000 (2009 figures). By way of comparison Canada had 117 per 100,000…
Tom Morello: ‘jackass’ Ryan embodiment of the machine RATM’s music has been raging against
What’s with Paul Ryan’s Rage Against the Machine appreciation? The Tea Party poster boy listed Rage as one of his fave bands. There is nothing about Ryan’s right-wing politics and…
Arab artists withdraw from Salam. Orient Festival due to Israel embassy sponsorship
From top left: Malikah, Lena Chamamyan and DJ Sotusura Electronic Intifada reports that Arab artists have withdrawn from Austria’s government-funded Salam.Orient cultural festival because one of the sponsors is the…