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Back to homepageThe Future of the Occupy Movement 0
Post Views: 1 Birthing a New Society The Occupy Movement, which has already been hugely successful in thrusting issues of inequality and corporate power into the public discourse, faces a critical juncture. As many of the larger encampments in New
Read MoreThe Decline of Imperial America 0
Post Views: 11 Epitaph for an Old Bitch Gone in the Teeth, For a Botched Civilisation… Those reading Morris Berman’s Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline needn’t be told that the USA is ruled over by a distinct minority
Read MoreSiria: Turquía vuelve a ser “otomana” 0
Post Views: 3 Sería difícil encontrar una cara de sorpresa entre los observadores de la crisis siria al saber queTurquía ha impuesto hoy sanciones económicas contra Siria, ya que la posición crítica del ejecutivo de Erdogan frente al régimen de
Read MoreAtenas: hospital del terror 0
Post Views: 3 Una visita al mayor centro de salud de Atenas evidencia el colapso de la sanidad, tras recortes de un 40% del gasto Aunque nadie les hace mucho caso, decenas de pegatinas empapelan las paredes del hospital, el más
Read MoreFormer President Katsav enters Israel prison, begins 7-year term 0
Post Views: 6 Moshe Katsav entering prison, Dec. 7, 2011., Photo by: Alon Ron Prior to arriving at the central-Israel prison, Katsav addressed media representatives outside his Kirayt Malakhi home, where he accused the court of wrongly convicting him, saying that
Read MoreTahrir’s late night conversations 0
Post Views: 6 New challenges face Tahrir Square, from dealing with infiltrators to gaining support from all social classesMark LeVine Tahrir Square is almost a refugee camp for those in Egypt’s marginalised classes [GALLO/GETTY] On Thursday, this column was going
Read MoreWomen in Britain are fed up 0
Post Views: 15 Why British women are being turned off the men in charge of the country “who haven’t got a clue what matters to women”Siobhan Courtney David Cameron’s coalition government has cut many social services for families and society’s most
Read MoreSuicide blasts at Shia shrine in Afghanistan 0
Post Views: 3 Twin blasts hit as hundreds gather to celebrate Ashura, killing at least 24, according to police and media reportsTwo separate bomb blasts have hit Shia Muslim shrines in Afghanistan as hundreds of people gathered to mark the
Read MoreJoe Biden: Turkey, US discuss how to help Syria after Assad falls 0
Post Views: 6 REUTERS, ABOARD AIR FORCE TWO US Vice President Joe Biden waves during his arrival at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens, Greece on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (Photo: AP) The United States and Turkey are reviewing how to
Read MoreUS, Turkey talk post-Assad Syria 0
Post Views: 5 COLOGNE / REYHANLI Washington and Ankara discuss the ‘next step’ in post-Assad Syria, says top US official, as Turkish FM says Turkey will not side with oppressors Syrian soldiers are holding a military exercise Dec 3 in
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