Fueled by a long simmering anger over the economic crisis, the continuing enrichment of a tiny corporate elite who brought this crisis on, and the lack of any political voice for the great majority of people, the Occupy Wall Street Movement has spread to hundreds of...
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Greece must default and quit the euro. The real debate is how | by Costas Lapavitsas
Greece is facing an economic and social disaster, the result of its so-called rescue by the "troika" of the EU, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank. Greece must change course to avoid a grim future for its people: it must default on its debt...
The Price Of Torching Mosques | by Jonathan Cook
Nazareth: Jewish far-right groups responsible for a series of arson attacks on West Bank mosques over the past year broke dangerous ground last week when they turned their attention for the first time to holy places inside Israel. A mosque was torched, followed days...
Scorecard: Egypt’s army and the revolution | by Evan Hill
Five months after protests broke out, has the military met demands for political reform and social justice? When Egypt's youth-led "January 25th Revolution" forced long-serving President Hosni Mubarak to resign on February 11, Mubarak handed the reins of power to the...
The new scramble for Africa | by Conn Hallinan
Are we witnessing a new "scramble for Africa?" Conn Hallinan presents his view of the current resource scramble for oil and other energy sources led by the United States, linking it to the war in Libya, rivalry with China and the African Contingency Operation Training...

