By Stathis Kouvelakis on July 10, 2015
Anyone living through, or even just following, developments in Greece knows all too well the meaning of expressions such as “critical moments,” “climate of tension,” “dramatic overturn,” and “pressing on the limits.” With developments since Monday, some new vocabulary will have to be added to the list: the “absurd.” (more…)
By James Kilgore on July 11, 2015
Prison hall, profile in thought via Shutterstock; Edited: JR/TO
In 1843, social justice crusader Dorothea Dix went before the Massachusetts Legislature with the intention of addressing an acute problem of the day: the incarceration of people with mental illness. (more…)
By Paul Street on July 10, 2015
As the reigning corporate United States media and politics culture responds to a terrible racist atrocity by questioning the political correctness of the Confederate Flag and logo across the South, it is a good time to reflect on the different levels at which race and racism operate in post-Civil Rights America. (more…)
Local Editor on July 10, 2015
Yemeni Ansarullah group leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stressed on Friday that the takfiri groups are not separated in any way from the Israeli enemy, and both of them have the same goals and ideology. (more…)
By Sayed Hasan on July 5, 2015
The Saudi-American war against Yemen, led by a coalition of the richest Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, etc. along with their servants like Egypt and Morocco) against the poorest Arab country, enters its fourth month. (more…)
July 8, 2015
Today, the FARC-EP announced their sixth unilateral ceasefire for one month, to be started on the 20th of July 2015. Here is the full communiqué in English: (more…)
By Leonardo Buitrago on July 10, 2015
In its first 10 years of operation, the cooperation agreement Petrocaribe has boosted economic and social transformation of its member nations. (more…)
By Vincent Bevis and Tracy Wilkinson on July 10, 2015
Pope Francis took his South American pilgrimage to its third and final nation, arriving Friday in this sleepy capital of Paraguay, officially the most Roman Catholic country in the region — and, in contrast with this trip’s two previous stops — one of the most conservative. (more…)