Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Syria Promises Response to Arab League Plan, Threatens ‘Volcano’ if Attacked
Syria said it would reply Monday to the proposal of the Arab League for ending the violence in that country. Aljazera has video. On Sunday, […]
Ganann: Police raids and violence against activists are Un-American
Gerald Ganann writes in a guest column for Informed Comment I opened my local newspaper one morning recently to find that the Occupy movement had […]
Kabul Bombing of US Bus Leaves 13 Dead
The Taliban claimed credit for a bombing of a bus in Kabul, which killed 13 US security personnel (apparently 5 US troops and 8 security […]
Why a No-Fly Zone won’t Work in Syria
Syrian troops fired into peaceful demonstrations in Hama and Homs on Friday. Repression of protests yesterday is estimated to have cost 40 lives. The BBC […]
Justin Bieber on Sen. Klobuchar’s Criminalization of the Internet: She should be put away in Cuffs
Justin Bieber went off on Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Friday, slamming her proposed legislation imposing criminal penalties for copyright violations on the internet and […]
Political Pluralism breaks out in Tunisia
Tunisia’s election outcome gives 41% to the Muslim fundamentalist party Al-Nahda. One of the other two winners is the Rally for the Republic– of long-time […]
Sefat: Top 10 ways OWS can Excel: Counsel from Iran’s Green Movement
Kusha Sefat writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Following the disputed Presidential election in Iran, our Western compatriots gave many suggestions on combating […]
If American Land were Distributed the way American Wealth Is
The Congressional Budget Office confirms that the top 1% has tripled its income since 1979, while the upper middle class has increased its wealth much […]
Is Syria in Civil War?
Robert Fisk uses the “C” word about Syria– Civil War. He takes seriously both the human rights organizations’ allegation that the regime has killed some […]
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