Issues & Events
  • Princes who want to destroy any hope for Arab democracy

    Princes who want to destroy any hope for Arab democracy

    Jun 17, 2019 12:23

    Why are Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates backing military leaders who kill demonstrators?

  • Trump thinks US oil is his strength when it is his Achilles' Heel

    Trump thinks US oil is his strength when it is his Achilles' Heel

    Jun 17, 2019 08:05

    Tom Luongo is an independent political and economic analyst based in North Florida, USA. His recent essay titled, " Trump thinks US oil is his strength when it is his Achilles' Heel" sheds light on some of the defects and weak points of the United States in the field of oil industry and economy.

  • Police murder in Memphis

    Police murder in Memphis

    Jun 17, 2019 07:53

    The recent brutal murder of 20-year-old Brandon Webber by US federal marshals is the latest eruption of police violence in a country where youth and workers are gunned down on the streets by uniformed killers with numbing regularity. Barry Grey, a British writer on social issues, has more on this in an article under the heading “Police murder in Memphis”.

  • The trust project: Big media and Silicon Valley’s weaponized algorithms silence dissent (1)

    The trust project: Big media and Silicon Valley’s weaponized algorithms silence dissent (1)

    Jun 17, 2019 07:07

    The US which cries hoarse over what it alleges lack of freedom of expression in other counties, feels no inhibitions in suppressing journalism, even by misusing scientific technology to throttle the independent media.

  • Trump expands network of immigrant concentration camps

    Trump expands network of immigrant concentration camps

    Jun 16, 2019 21:36

    The mounting scale of the US government’s attack on immigrants is a warning that the Trump administration, without opposition from the Democratic Party, is adopting an official state policy of physical violence and mass, indefinite detention.

  • Tory cuts result in 131,000 preventable deaths in the UK

    Tory cuts result in 131,000 preventable deaths in the UK

    Jun 16, 2019 21:25

    A reversal of public health initiatives has led to 130,000 preventable deaths since 2012. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank lays the blame on austerity measures pursued by the 2010 Conservative/ Liberal Democrat government and continued by the Tory government of Theresa May.

  • In media's looking glass, US doesn't threaten Iran but merely responds to Iranian threats

    In media's looking glass, US doesn't threaten Iran but merely responds to Iranian threats

    Jun 15, 2019 04:12

    The media- especially those dubbed as "Mainstream Media"- are indeed the quislings of the US, fabricated Zionist regime of Israel and a few European and Arab regimes.

  • The indictment of Assange is a blueprint for making journalists into felons

    The indictment of Assange is a blueprint for making journalists into felons

    Jun 15, 2019 04:08

    Founder of the famous investigative media organisation and website, Wikileaks, Australian investigative journalist, Julian Paul Hawkins, who goes by the pseudonym Julian Assange, and is currently in a prison in Britain, awaiting demands from both Sweden and the US for extradition for his exposure of the dirty secrets and wrongdoings of the western regimes, faces trumped up charges that threaten the very independence of journalists and journalism.

  • Ball in EU court, miracles not the prerogative of material powers

    Ball in EU court, miracles not the prerogative of material powers

    Jun 14, 2019 13:45

    The position of Iran is positively clear that not talks but actions without delay are needed to resolve the impasse of the European commitments to its inalienable nuclear, trade and all other rights.