While all eyes are on Syria and America’s response, the real economy in which most Americans live is sputtering. More than four years after the recession officially ended, 11.5 million Americans are unemployed, many of them for years. Nearly 4 million have given up looking for work altogether. If they were actively looking, today’s unemployment […]
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The United States will soon be at war against Syria. The president told us so. He also told us that he didn’t care if the United Nations Security Council went along with his plans or not. He said he would ask Congress for approval but also implied that it wouldn’t really matter if he didn’t […]
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Bashar al-Assad is probably already planning his victory parade. First Obama says he’s decided to attack Syria, but then he immediately says he’s seeking authorization from Congress. But then he signals he’ll attack even without the support of Congress. Then AIPAC wheels out its big guns in Obama’s support, but for once it doesn’t look […]
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According to the national security think-tank, Stand Up America, former U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely and Nagi N. Najjar, Vallely’s personal Middle East advisor, met with the Commander-in Chief of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Colonel Riad El Asaad, on their trip to Turkey and inside the Syrian war zone. On Friday, Gen Vallely […]
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The modernisation of paramilitary forces in India has suffered due to the disconnect between the ground operatives and the policy-makers. It is apt to start with an allegory. A school management body decides to rent out the school building as a function hall during the non-operational hours. It generates a lot of demand and the […]
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Avni Azizi was born on September 6, 1970 in the village of Terpeze in Viti, a city in Albania. He enrolled in the local elementary school and later went to study at the main high school of Viti. He later studied geography and literature at the University of Prishtina. He became a writer at an […]
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By Kathy Kelly Responding to Pope Francis’s call for people to join in a day of fasting and prayer, on Saturday, September 7th, the New York Catholic Worker community will host a candlelight vigil in Washington Square Park, West 4th Street and MacDougal Street, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. On Thursday, September 5, the […]
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By Usman Ali Khan “War become perpetual when it is used as a rationale for peace” – Norman Solomon This recent $52.6-billion “Black Budget” for fiscal year 2013, obtained by The Washington Post from former intelligence fugitive! Edward Snowden, who had leaked classified secrets about U.S. surveillance efforts. This 178 page summary on black budget […]
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By Michael Lombardi It’s the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about… The middle class in the U.S. economy is on the verge of collapse. Yes, I said collapse. That social class that once helped the U.S. economy grow and prosper is coming apart. Will the U.S. economy ever be the same without […]
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As Saudi Arabia seeks to inoculate itself against the push for greater freedom, transparency and accountability sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, a major challenge to the kingdom’s puritan interpretation of Islam sits on its doorstep: Qatar, the only other country whose native population is Wahhabi and that adheres to the Wahhabi creed. It […]
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The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has reiterated the country’s readiness to allay Western concerns over its nuclear energy program in a “win-win manner.” “Although we deem the nuclear dossier concocted, we are ready to allay the West’s concerns on the basis of international laws and conventions,” Ali Akbar Salehi said. […]
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The European Court of Justicen(ECJ) rescinded some of its sanctions against Iran on Friday September 6. The German New Agency reports that the European Court of Justice rescinded sanctions against seven companies and one individual today. The court found there is not sufficient evidence to establish connection between Iran’s nuclear program and the banks and […]
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By Mary Campbell The relationship between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Latin America is likely to weaken considering the effort newly inaugurated President Hassan Rouhani is exerting to initiate dialogue with other countries. Interestingly, the attempts by the new Iranian head of state to create ties with more diverse members of the international community […]
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By Jessica Zuckerman and Ken McIntyre Congress gets back to its regularly scheduled work on Monday—and there’s plenty of immigration propaganda greeting them. The falsehoods from the White House just keep on coming, and Catholic leaders have called for clergy to preach in support of the Senate-passed immigration overhaul this Sunday. On the White House […]
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By Adelaide Mena A ranking member of the U.S. House has proposed a war crimes tribunal as an alternative to military intervention in Syria so that perpetrators can be held accountable for the use of chemical weapons. “There is a compelling, moral imperative to immediately establish a comprehensive way to hold accountable all those on […]
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The California Assembly approved a bill on September 6, 2013, that offers hope and a meaningful opportunity of parole for over 5,000 youth offenders in the state, said Human Rights Watch. Senate Bill 260 (Hancock) passed in the Assembly with bipartisan support by a vote of 51 to 21. Next week it will return to […]
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In his weekly address, President Obama makes the case for limited and targeted military action to hold the Assad regime accountable for its violation of international norms prohibiting the use of chemical weapons. The President realizes the American people are weary after a decade of war, which is why U.S. action would not include U.S. […]
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration has stepped up efforts to muster domestic support for military action against Syria. Obama, in his weekly radio address, said failing to respond to what he called Syria’s “outrageous attack” would increase a risk of further chemical weapons attacks. In the address, which was broadcast on Saturday, he also said […]
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Hindus have expressed serious concern at the trivialization of their highly revered goddesses in an ad campaign highlighting domestic violence which showed them battered and bruised. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that there was no denying the fact that domestic violence in India was endemic and widespread but […]
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At a press conference after his meeting with France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the US does not rule out interfering in the Syrian conflict with force without waiting for the UN’s report on Syria. UN experts are now investigating an incident that took place near […]
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