While post-U.S. invasion Iraq was not a heaven for democracy and human rights, the “new Iraq” has solidified a culture of impunity that holds nothing sacred.
Long before the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment campaign inched slowly from the fringes, Tony Benn had been advocating a boycott of Israel with unrestricted conviction
The Lurking Danger Beneath
The Palestinian Lesson that Every Syrian Should Know
The essential story that is rarely told
A hero’s horrendous crimes
There is little, if any, uproar and outrage, when brown women suffer at the hands of western men and women, or their cronies, as is the situation in Iraq
Ten years prior, the US had stormed Baghdad, unleashing one of the 20th century’s most brutal and longest conflicts. Since then, Iraq has not ceased to bleed
The promise of freedom is being violently reversed
May you always find your happiness in alleviating the pain of others by standing up for what is right and honorable
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