MARRIAGE EQUALITY COMES OUT OF 2012 ELECTIONS A BIG WINNER Questions regarding gay marriage rights and marriage equality were victorious on four state ballots this past Tuesday in what LGBT activists are calling a crucial turning point in national recognition of same sex marriage. The wins in Maine, Maryland Minnesota and Washington represent a [...]
AS LIBYAN GOVERNMENT HESITATES TO ARREST ANYONE IMPLICATED IN LETHAL ATTACK ON U.S. CONSULATE, AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENTS PREPARE A NEW “TARGET LIST” FOR BRINGING THE CULPRITS TO JUSTICE: “BIN LADEN IS DEAD” STYLE. The New York Times reports on how politics in both the U.S. and Libya have stymied aggressive action against the perpetrators [...]
“WE’RE LOSING THE COUNTRY. WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS (GREECE’S) LARGEST INVASION EVER.” This utterance by a member of a fascist party in Greece underscores the siege mentality behind the government’s recent rampage of the country seeking to expel “foreign-looking” people, using tactics of denial of due process for any who would seek refugee [...]
MASSA’S IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND—BUT THE LEGACY OF WHITE SLAVEOWNER DOMINANCE LIVES ON IN ATLANTA. (Black Agenda Report) Bruce Dixon so describes the situation there, as a nuclear and “clean coal” developing outfit, Southern Companies, will hold a downtown celebration next month of its supposed civic virtues, including the showing of a corporate-friendly film [...]
YOU CAN’T TRUST THOSE SNEAKY IRANIANS: THEY MAY BE CONDUCTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS ON THE SLY. (McClatchy) Director of International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amana adds something to the pile of suspicions about Iranian nuclear weapons development, reporting that in 2003 Iran “may” have cleaned-up a site of such testing before submitting to an IAEA [...]
WHO REALLY OWNS THE PERSIAN GULF ISLAND OF ABU MUSA? (Global Research) There is strong historical evidence for Iran’s claim to this and two other Gulf islands. But never mind the evidence—the tiny sheikdom of the United Arab Emirates is leading Arab League governments and media in castigating Iran for the assertion of this claim. Likewise [...]
ON THE WAR PATH: “WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN PLOTTING AGAINST U.S. OR ALLIED INTERESTS…” (Haaretz) American military and intelligence officials are ramping up the rhetoric against Iran in what appears to be an unmistakable search for a pretext that could justify U.S. military action against the Iranian regime. News broke this week that [...]
CLASS CONFLICT IN CALIFORNIA RISES ON ISSUES OF TAXATION AND SUPPORT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. (Counterpunch) Over the resistance of the state’s “progressive Democrat” Governor Jerry Brown, the 99% of the Occupy movement are beginning to assert their power in state politics. As budget cuts dig further holes in funding for public services and employment for [...]
NIGHT OF TERRORISM IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM. (IPS News) Rebecca Murray describes from the view of civilians in Hakimabad in eastern Afghanistan one of the innumerable night-time raids of International Security Assistance Forces, engaged in their continuing the task of routing out Taliban presence in country. On the mere suspicion of their involvement with [...]
ONE-THIRD OF PEOPLE OF INDIA LIVING IN POVERTY; AND THAT’S A LOW-BALL ESTIMATE. (UK Independent) In this country of 1.2 billion people, the government defines the poverty level as an income of 42 pence, a level called “ludicrously low” by skeptics. For all of India’s vaunted development of a prosperous middle class, the benefits of [...]
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