Selected Articles: Elections in Syria, Primaries in New York
The Dirty War on Syria: Election Day, Syrians Go to the Polls
By Prof. Tim Anderson, Stephen Lendman, and Michael Welch, April 20 2016
Wednesday April 13th, the Syrian people in unprecedented numbers went to the polls and cast their ballots in 7000 polling stations in the 13 provinces the Assad government controls. Turn-out was so high that polls stayed open 5 hours longer…
By Paul Mansfield, April 20 2016
The recent liberation of Palmyra by Syrian government forces was a significant defeat for ISIS and should represent a turning point in the fight against terrorism in Syria. It still may, but the determination of the USA, Turkey and Saudi…
A Glossary of Terms to Help De-Mystify This and Future Political Campaigns
By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, April 20 2016
I was raised in a small rural Minnesotan town by an essentially apolitical household that had no television, subscribed to no daily newspaper and had very little civics instruction in my high school. By osmosis, I suppose, I somehow came…
Jerusalem: City of Hate. Political Ideology has Created an “Unholy City”
By Anthony Bellchambers, April 20 2016
Palestinian militant group Hamas, against which the Israeli government has carried out a continuous attempt at regime change through an illegal, six year blockade of essential goods into Gaza, praised Monday’s blast that has injured at least 21, calling it…
Hollywood’s Johnny Depp and Animal Rights
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 19 2016
“At the end of it we’ve got a message that is going all around the world right now, it’s going off like a frog in a sock telling people that if you come to this nation and you don’t obey…