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U.S. Wars Caused Refugee Crisis

By Sara Flounders on September 8, 2015

U.S. wars, starvation sanctions and planned destabilization are the overwhelming cause of the surge of hundreds of thousands of war refugees flooding across European borders and across the Mediterranean Sea. The major European-NATO powers collaborated with U.S. imperialism in each war. (more…)

Turning the Cradle of Civilization Into its Graveyard

By Diana Johnstone on September 7, 2015

This Monday, September 7, seven Syrian citizens go to court in Paris to pursue their civil suit against French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The five men and two women all lost family members and close friends in massacres by armed rebels supported by Fabius in word and deed. They are asking for one euro of symbolic damages. (more…)

Freedom Rider: Refugees Flee American Aggression

By Margaret Kimberley on September 9, 2015

“It must be stated unequivocally that these are regime change refugees.”
The ongoing migrant crisis in Europe is a direct result of American and NATO interventions and aggressions in the Middle East. Had those partners in crime not exacted regime change in Libya, that country would not be a magnet for human trafficking and an embarkation point for desperate people. (more…)

NATO Powers Move to Exploit Refugee Crisis to Intensify Bombing of Syria

By Alex Lantier on September 8, 2015

NATO-LogoEven as tens of thousands of Syrians flee to Europe, the NATO powers are proposing to step up the bombing of their war-torn country and the drive for regime change in Syria. (more…)

Who is Responsible for the Refugee Crisis in Europe?

By Bill Van Auken on September 4, 2015

The gut-wrenching images of a three-year-old Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach, lying face-down in the sand, his lifeless body then cradled by a rescue worker, have brought home to people all over the world the desperate crisis that is unfolding on Europe’s borders. (more…)

Year Since Gaza Attack has been “a Slow Death”

By Nora Barrows-Friedman on August 26, 2015

On 26 August 2014, a ceasefire brought an end to 51 days of Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Israel killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, including 551 children. A year later, due to the eight years of continuous siege, reconstruction of the tens of thousands homes Israel destroyed (more…)

1,000 Gaza Children Disabled by Israeli Attack

Local Editor on August 28, 2015

More than 1,000 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip sustained permanent disabilities during last year’s 51-day Zionist military onslaught, (more…)

Five Things You Need to Know About the US “Reconstruction” Effort in Afghanistan

By Kanya D’Almeida on August 24, 2015

Let’s start with what we know: Since 2002, the US Congress has appropriated just over $109 billion for Afghanistan’s development, making this the largest foreign reconstruction program (more…)

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