by Margaret Kimberley The FBI and the Justice Department are still up to their old tricks. Not only do they continue to entrap Muslims in terror cases that wouldn’t exist without…
The CIA’s Push to Expand ‘Killer Drone’ Operations in Yemen
by Kevin Gosztola The CIA is pushing for the authority to expand drone operations and would like permission to attack “terrorism suspects,” even if they are not certain those people being attacked…
Chicago and the World are Calling—They Need People Visibly Protesting Outside NATO Meetings
by Debra Sweet If you are disgusted by the latest pictures of soldiers posing with corpses, come to Chicago. If you are outraged by the US-led NATO military machine’s illegitimate, unjust,…
Obama Administration: Judge, Jury, and Executioner
From Revolution On September 30, 2011, several men driving across a remote desert in Yemen stopped for breakfast. They spread a rug on the ground and were eating dates when one of…
The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret
by Michael Hastings One day in late November, an unmanned aerial vehicle lifted off from Shindand Air Base in western Afghanistan, heading 75 miles toward the border with Iran. The drone’s mission:…
First They Come for the Muslims
By Chris Hedges Tarek Mehanna, a U.S. citizen, was sentenced Thursday in Worcester, Mass., to 17½ years in prison. It was another of the tawdry show trials held against Muslim activists since…
Israel Brandishes Its “Doomsday Weapon” Against a Poem
From A World to Win News Service Günter Grass has achieved something many poets have only dreamt of in recent years: he has brought poetry, or at least a poem, to the center…
Humanity & the Planet Come First
by Debra Sweet Stop the Crimes of Your Gov’t & NATO Protest the NATO meetings – sign up now! Visible Protest Needed! The US-led NATO military machine is carrying out illegitimate,…
Anti-Drone Activist Denied Visa to Visit U.S.
by Murtaza Hussain “If the U.S. believes in the rule of law, it should not be hindering advocacy of claims against the CIA for wrongful death and injury.” Shahzad Akbar, a Pakistani…
The Unjust Conviction of Tarek Mehanna
by Andy Worthington What a disgrace. On Thursday, Tarek Mehanna, a 29-year old pharmacist from Sudbury, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 17 and half years in prison, after being found guilty in December…