NOTE: As you may already know, the Petition video has been removed by Youtube team. According to the e-mail and guidelines I received, it is the “shocking or disgusting content” of the  Gaza Tonight  Music video by Michael Heart: “We Will Not Go Down (Song for Gaza)”, which I used. The video which has had [...]

The Balkans of the Middle East threatens to explode By Justin Raimondo / antiwar As Europe headed toward the first world war, lining up rival blocs of states and massing armies on borders, the focus of their escalating rivalry was centered in the Balkans. Indeed, after the Great War, the word “balkanization” was coined to [...]

Satisfying the Zionist lobby, regaining the confidence of the American public and compelling the international community that he deserves to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate are all the responsibilities which seem to be quite unachievable and far-fetched for the so-called “man of change” By Kourosh Ziabari / My Catbird Seat When Barack Obama entered [...]

As Western powers look for an excuse to intervene in Libya, George Galloway, interviewed by the BBC, asks where were the calls for a no-fly zone when Israel attacked Gaza. Urging the U.N. Security Council to Establish a “No Fly Zone” Over Gaza under the Principle of “Responsibility to Protect”? Petition: “No Fly Zone” Over [...]

Imperialism, Inter-Capitalist and Class Struggle Prof. James Petras / My Catbird Seat The class struggle continues to play a central role in the process of capitalist accumulation, albeit it takes different forms depending on the socio-economic context. In order to map out the unfolding of the class struggle it is necessary to specify key concepts [...]

Alison Weir, President, If Americans Knew MISSION STATEMENT In a democracy, the ultimate responsibility for a nation’s actions rests with its citizens. The top rung of government – the entity with the ultimate power of governance – is the asserted will of the people. Therefore, in any democracy, it is essential that its citizens be [...]

AN EASTER “WAKE UP CALL” TO CHRISTIANS “Few know that the worst of it, the most hateful slurs, the bigotry and spiteful obscenities are saved to use against Christianity.” Veterans Today Editor’s note:  We got this from Gilad Atzmon who picked it up from Israeli television.  This is what Israeli children are raised on.  You [...]

Israel’s resolute occupation of Palestinians in not just historic Palestine, but in the West Bank and Gaza Strip specifically, can be considered the oldest quasi-dictatorship in the Middle East, Al Jazeera’s senior political analayst Marwan Bishara argues Al Jazeera’s senior political analayst discusses Israel’s rule over the Palestinians beyond the peace rhetoric. As the conventional wisdom goes [...]