A Syria Without Assad?Journalist Patrick Cockburn, who just returned from Syria, speaks about the impact of the Russian airstrikes in Syria and weather it can play a role in bringing the civil war to an endView StoryDefeat and Demoralization in GreeceStathis Kouvelakis, member of Popular Unity, says the SYRIZA capitulation to creditors was followed by a voter turnout of … [Read more...] about A Syria Without Assad from the Real News network
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
The Other Israel (Critical Articles on Israel and Palestine from the israeli left)
After 5 years WAC-MAAN recognized by “Movilei Dror” Company to represent formerly unorganized truck drivers Assaf Adiv - WAC-MAAN - Out of about 15,000 drivers of heavy trucks, only about 1200 are organized within the Histadrut. The unorganized truckers include three main groups: veteran Israeli Jews, Russians whose Hebrew is not fluent, and Arabs. … [Read more...] about The Other Israel (Critical Articles on Israel and Palestine from the israeli left)
After Obama: Clinton vs. Sanders
After Obama: Clinton vs. Sanders John FefferSeptember 16, 2015http://fpif.org/after-obama-clinton-vs-sanders/ Hillary Clinton just laid out a hawkish foreign policy vision in a major speech. How do her views stack up against those of Bernie Sanders, her challenger from the left? , Marc Nozell/Flickr, Last week, … [Read more...] about After Obama: Clinton vs. Sanders
U.S. Quietly Helps Saudis Block UN Resolution on Yemen
U.S. Quietly Helps Saudis Block UN Resolution on Yemen Samuel OakfordOctober 1, 2015VICE News Human rights experts charged the U.S. with sabotaging an independent UN inquiry into human rights violations in Yemen. The Netherlands put forward the resolution authorizing the inquiry, which the Saudis and their Gulf allies vigorously opposed. In what was termed … [Read more...] about U.S. Quietly Helps Saudis Block UN Resolution on Yemen
Our 70th Anniversary Homework: Confronting the Myths and Learning the Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki/我々の70年記念宿題：神話に抗してヒロシマとナガサキの教訓を学ぶ
In March of 1946, eight months after the atomic bomb was dropped, the city of Hiroshima stood in ruins. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)1946年3月、原爆が落とされた後8ヶ月目、ヒロシマの市街は残骸の中に立つ（写真：ウィキメデイア共有地）Seventy years ago, two nuclear weapons targeted against cities which met the criteria of having “densely packed workers’ homes,” killed more than 200,000 people in the Japanese cities of … [Read more...] about Our 70th Anniversary Homework: Confronting the Myths and Learning the Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki/我々の70年記念宿題：神話に抗してヒロシマとナガサキの教訓を学ぶ