Refugee Protection Division ignored evidence that U.S. military justice system fails to meet basic fairness standards by War Resisters Support Campaign | Feb. 6, 2013: TORONTO – On Friday, February…
The American media is very primitive, which is why it avoids complex and important issues, and instead resorts to tabloid topics like sex scandals. While their country is embroiled in…
The Vietnam war officially ended almost 40 years ago, two generations in time, yet the sacrifice continues. The soldiers have all left the battlefield, but every year thousands of Vietnamese,…
Everybody’s biting their nails and holding their breath. What’s going to happen? Who’s going to win? The “Hollywood liberal” machine is out in full force with clever ads by luminaries…
Much has changed in Iraq since the Americans invaded in 2003. Saddam Hussein is gone, replaced by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki who appears to want to replace Saddam’s one-party…
Iraq records huge rise in birth defects …a new study reports a “staggering rise” in birth defects among Iraqi children conceived in the aftermath of the war. High rates of…
The ongoing protests in the parts of the Middle East and North Africa, ostensibly in the wake of a Z-list anti-Islam film produced in the US, have elicited the same…
Every September 11 since 2001 has been a day to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks, but it should also be a day to remember the wars. Because just…
Written by Justin Elliott | ProPublica On a Saturday afternoon last February, journalist Carl Bernstein got up on stage at the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan and…
The US Democratic Party Convention answered the bell and nominated President Barack Obama to face off against Republican nominee Mitt Romney. In what may have been the finest contrast possible…
If the allegations about the British based bank Standard Chartered Bank PLC are true then a financial institution that has been at the forefront of a “corporate responsibility” campaign is…
When asked, several years back, what he thought of fellow leftish dissident Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens made the point that while he respected much of Chomsky’s work, Chomsky was overvaluing…
Matt Damon: I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth for what he did on PEPFAR. Reporter Jeffrey Goldberg: How long would you kiss him? Matt Damon: Three seconds.…
So this is what George Bush’s invasion of Iraq has come to. Gotta love the democracy of this bit of theological murder. Just think, prior to 2001 Iraq was a…
As tensions continue to rise in the Middle East about what Iran is up to with its nuclear program, a reasonable person cannot be in much doubt. With the large…
Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison, Canada’s top navy guy, has remarked that Canada will begin the process of vetting new submarine purchases in three or four years. This raises anew questions about…
Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi put he screws to Erin Burnett for her Judith Miller act – promoting a new war, this time with Iran. She employs all of the…
American wars have resulted in the deaths of millions of civilians. Why are we not hearing more about this?
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men cannot save America from its own stupidity. There are many examples of American hubris but one that stands out is the…
The first time I ever heard of Jason Kenney was the lead up to the call for a war in Iraq. Our PM Chretien was standing up to Bush as…
