The vast military machine needs to be dismantled. This can only be achieved by the concerted and peaceful efforts of an international grass roots movement
Cuba was depicted as a terror state and a nefarious actor. The USA, on the other hand, was described as a benign actor with noble aims such as to bring democracy and reforms to Cuba
No investigation in the root causes of āOur terrorismā in Fallujah has been conducted
Academics and activists should strive for changes in the current media system. However, proposing media change is a complicated task
A chapter co authored by Michael Albert and Florian Zollmann from a book to be published in Germany, Ways from Capitalism..
As journalist Nermeen Al-Mufti observed in 2004, āFallujah was once called the city of minarets. It once echoed the Euphrates in its…
An open letter to the UN Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon
On 31 August 2014, the German government decided to supply the Northern Iraqi Kurds with arms shipments in support of their struggle against the Islamic State
Regular headline and front-page news coverage connects Israeli and Palestinian actions in a particular way: Israel is usually depicted as reacting to Palestinian provocations
The major goal of US and UK policy in Iraq has been to prevent the rise of āArab nationalismā
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