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MANILA, Philippines — Public attention has focused, in recent days, on the battle for the helm of high-profile agencies such as the…
Cluster bombs are in the news again, thanks to a recent report from Amnesty International. The human rights agency has confirmed…
In the last five years, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has gone from being a media darling to generating more bad…
Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably…
When the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were first declared, they were met with a sense of promise. A decade later,…
What it might have looked like inside the fence Hosting the G20 in Toronto was the first of a series of political…
With justifiable pride (and the numbers to prove it), the 1.9 million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has long claimed to…
It’s been a week since Rolling Stone published its article on General Stanley McChrystal that eventually led to him being fired by…
Finally, a parliamentary debate in Lebanon over the human rights of Palestinian refugees. What is unfortunate though, is that granting basic civil…
"Even despots, gangsters and pirates have specific sensitiveness, (and) follow some specific morals." The claim was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep…
Twenty Eight months ago, over night a change transformed what had already been a long standing but relatively low energy “project” of…
"Even despots, gangsters and pirates have specific sensitiveness, (and) follow some specific morals." The claim was made by Turkish Prime Minister…
We have found ourselves wondering why President Obama is being ‘red-baited’ by the political Right. Any reasonable person looking at the policies…
War in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Collapse of the Climate Talks: Where is the Change Obama Promised? David Goessmann: Welcome to “Kontext.”…
From a young age, I would embark with my family on the short journey from our refugee camp to the beach. We…
The New York Times front-paged a story on the conflicting video images of the assault on the Gaza flotilla, concluding that neither…
“Any depictions of the prophet are considered blasphemous by Muslims,” wrote Agencies, as reported readily by Aljazeera.net English. The above statement is…
For six days in late May, 2010, Emergency, an Italian NGO providing surgery and basic health care in Afghanistan since 1999, welcomed…
Diane Wilson, a fourth generation shrimper from the Texas Gulf and a founder of CODEPINK, has been watching the BP spill and the…
The debate is no longer confined to a few academics in distant universities. It is now a widely prevalent, mainstream topic of…
Nearly a week after the event, Thailand is still stunned by the military assault on the Red Shirt encampment in the tourist…
When former US President George W. Bush left the White House, he left behind one of the most unpleasant legacies in history.…
In the past the Philippines foreign policy has been overly submissive to US interests and often failed to promote the country’s own…
Clad in his usual attire of a colorful, striped robe, Afghan President Hamid Karazai appeared more like an emperor as he began…
The “corruption-causes-poverty” narrative has become a standard tool in the hegemonic discourse kit for leaders in some developing countries – where in…
Islamabad–On May 12th, the day after a U.S. drone strike killed 24 people in Pakistan’s North Waziristan, two men from the area…
AMY GOODMAN: Noam Chomsky has been denied entry into the West Bank by Israel. The world-renowned linguist and political thinker was scheduled…
In May of 2009, under tremendous pressure from the United States, the Pakistani military began a large-scale military operation in the Swat…
When the Soviets concluded their pull out from Afghanistan in February 1989, the United States government abruptly lost interest in the country.…
On Feb. 18, Joe Stack, a 53-year-old computer engineer, crashed his small plane into a building in Austin, Texas, hitting an IRS…
The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world’s conflicts,…
In his report on Gaza issued late last year, prominent South African jurist Richard Goldstone accused Israel and Hamas of committing war…
In a video message to members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) earlier this month, their longtime president, Andy Stern, tried…
I am not good at flying kites. But during a recent visit to the Olympic Village of Beijing, I felt compelled to…
The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world’s conflicts,…
Senior analyst at Philippine think-tank Focus on the Global South, TNI fellow and Akbayan representative in the Filipino Congress. Author of…
The new trade pact between China and ASEAN is touted as bringing benefits to both sides, but it is China that stands…
One month ago, Joseph Andrew Stack crashed his small plane into an office building in Austin Texas, hitting an IRS office, committing…
Li Changchun is often referred to as one of the most powerful men in China, in Asia and, increasingly, in the world.…
Noam Chomsky speaks to Sasha Lilley about Anarchism and the State.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern was always a fan of the blogosphere. So it was quite fitting that news…
NOAM CHOMSKY is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, political activist, author, and lecturer. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus…
A widely popular Islamic website has been, until very recently, an undisputed success story. IslamOnline arrived at a time that millions of…
Stephen R. Shalom is a professor of political science at William Paterson University in New Jersey. His books include Which Side Are…
It was strangely uplifting to spend two nights and three days in the Galilee, North Palestine. We visited good friends, made new…
Introductory Note: The Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (SESE) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Graduate Student Conference…
As I listened to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address an animated crowed of supporters on March 22, I felt physically sick.…
Corruption is blamed by most Filipinos for its economic quagmire, but it has been neoliberal policies and clean-cut technocrats who have been…
International Erich Fromm Society in cooperation with the Educational Center Hospital of Stuttgart, Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010, 6 p.m., ”White Hall“ at…
I basked in the warm Borneo sun, following a long run somewhere at the edge of a rainforest. The beach was only…
