By libbyliberal Yemen. Where the US is NOT even “illegally” and “pre-emptively” at war! 55 people, including 35 women and children were killed during a US attack on an alleged al…
Category: Voices of Resistance
(War) Crime Does Pay: The Case of Tony Blair
By Chris Floyd "The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords." — F.E. Smith, Earl of Birkenhead Another day, another glittering prize…
Mark Ruffalo: Why I signed the “Crimes are Crimes…” Statement
"With US intelligence reporting there are less than 20 Al Queda members in Afghanistan, with the constant bloodshed and intangible objective in Afghanistan –it does not matter what General we put in-…
Obama’s Moral Bankruptcy
By Andy Worthington Saturday was the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established twelve years ago to mark the day, in 1987, when the UN Convention Against Torture and…
Where have all the Peaceniks Gone?
By Cindy Sheehan I believe it is human nature to want to be right (as in "correct" not "conservative). I like to be right. I also like to research my facts…
“Americans Don’t Flinch” – They Duck
By Kathy Kelly and Dan Pearson In accepting General McChrystal’s resignation, President Obama said that McChrystal’s departure represented a change in personnel, not a change in policy. "Americans don’t flinch in…
World Cup Domination & Entertaining the Empire: One Shot Changes Everything
By Nima Shirazi "Our situation is like a football match. The superpower countries are the players, and we are just the ball to be kicked around." – A young Pakistani…
Killing Children
by Margaret Kimberley Western corporate media’s antennae are super-sensitive to atrocities committed against children – except when their own countries are the perpetrators. The deaths of tens of thousands – even millions…
Murders at Guantánamo: The Cover-Up Continues
By Andy Worthington Sometimes the truth is so sickening that no one in a position of authority — senior government officials, lawmakers, the mainstream media — wants to go anywhere near…
Behind the Silencing of Helen Thomas: Covering Up and Carrying Out Great Crimes
By Alan Goodman In an article I wrote on the massacre on the Mavi Marmara ("An Outrageous Massacre to Enforce Horrific Crimes," Revolution issue 203, online at revcom.us), I argued that…