Zahir Ebrahim – Anatomy of Conspiracy Theory

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

WRITTEN BY ZAHIR EBRAHIM     Some may rationally ponder that how is it, that such a long running global conspiracy for world government as outlined in Project Humanbeingsfirst's report "The Enduring Capitalist Conspiracy for World Government", can be kept alive across centuries and across geographies. This brief paper examines that question. Noam ...

Nima Shirazi – ‘Néjàd Vu, All Over Again: The Media, ‘Pretext,’ Context, & 9/11

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Despite a nearly endless barrage of reporting on Iran's nuclear energy program, the US government's push for a new round of sanctions, and on-going efforts to foment regime change in the Islamic Republic, all had been relatively quiet on the Ahmadinejad front in the Western press for some time. Until now. The ...

Khalil Nakhleh – How Must We Explain Our Century-old Struggle to a Foreign Audience?

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Personal reflections on my forthcoming lecture  Since the date for my new lecture became fixed, a few months back, at my alma mater university in the State of Minnesota, USA, where I received my first 4 years of higher education, and earned my Bachelor’s degree, I was in a quandary.  Certainly, ...

Israel, Yemen, the Gold Watch and Everything!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

WRITTEN BY Keith Johnson The fingerprints of Israel’s meddling are all over the place in Yemen. And you better believe that we’ll be hearing a lot more about Yemeni connections to all manner of atrocities committed in the name of “Allah” against the United States. Israel will make darn sure of ...

Hail to the Prince: Obama, the paradigmatic Machiavellian Leader

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Prince Obama by Edna Spennato A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Nicolò Machiavelli Obama, before he actually “did” anything, had a reputation. And, indeed, reputation – what others think you are, and not what you actually are – is a crucial factor in a public figure. A political leader, ...

Hail to the Prince: Obama, the paradigmatic Machiavellian Leader

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Prince Obama by Edna Spennato A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Nicolò Machiavelli Obama, before he actually “did” anything, had a reputation. And, indeed, reputation – what others think you are, and not what you actually are – is a crucial factor in a public figure. A political leader, ...

Khalid Amayreh – Open Letter to Obama’s Envoy to the OIC

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Dear brother Hussein, like many Muslims around the globe, I am glad that President Obama has appointed you as his Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Needless to say, the repair of American-Muslim relations require, first and foremost,  honesty, integrity, and good will — characters I am ...

Nonviolent protest continues across Iran as people chant : "Referendum, referendum, this is the people’s slogan".

Friday, February 12th, 2010

WRITTEN BY: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani The coup d'etat government of Iran must step down and the constitution must be rewritten according to the wishes of the people. That is what the people of Iran are demanding on the 31st anniversary of their 1979 revolution. For the eighth straight month, hundreds and thousands of ...

Ramzy Baroud – The Useless Logic of Round Numbers: War is Criminal Any Day

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The media's habit of revisiting certain issues at set intervals can be strange and even illogical at times. For example, many news outlets commented on President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office, as well as on the anniversary of his election win, and then again one year after his ...

Max Blumenthal – Video: Rapture Ready, the Christians United for Israel convention

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Max Blumenthal is just fantastic, as usual. His approach, halfway between deadpan and ironic, always allows the persons interviewed to feel free to express themselves, and the platform he offers them provides us with an image that we have to see and try to understand. Christian Zionists are a very strange reality. Fundamentalists ...