In the last few decades, the population of our National Prisons has nearly tripled. This phenomenon can be attributed to many factors ranging from the increasing economic insecurity to the War on Drugs. Statistics tell…
Category: Global Issues
Instead this tragedy will go down as one of the most criminal examples of near-universal mismanagement and misdirection, a glaring recurring fact that has prevailed in nuclear disasters decades past. In hindsight it is easy to see that we have always looked to nuclear energy as a form of salvation, “an energy too cheap to meter”, but some of our creations have led us to seek a salvation from our technology.
The greatest depression in human history is still in its starting stages. What the media and many officials often refer to as the “hangover” from the global financial crisis is in fact the end of…
By Ismael Hossein-zadeh: In light of the brutal death and destruction wrought on Libya by the relentless US/NATO bombardment, the professed claims of “humanitarian concerns” as grounds for intervention can readily be dismissed as a…
As the West’s war against Libya has entered its fourth month and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has flown more than 11,000 missions, including 4,300 strike sorties, over the small nation, the world’s only military…
Summary The military invasion and occupation of Iraq is examined within the context of US imperialism. The dual nature of US politico-economic system is identified as an imperialism-democracy complex, with international imperialism and domestic capitalist…
I have been told by reporters that they will not report their own insights or contrary evaluations of the official 9/11 story, because to question the government story about 9/11 is to question the very foundations of our entire modern belief system regarding our government, our country, and our way of life.
Dear Friends, The Korean civil organizations held a press conference to urge the immediate stop of the construction of naval base in Jeju on 8th June. 417 eminent persons in Korea endorsed the statement calling…
The chart at[right] (amended for 2010) shows the increase in US Military Spending from 1998 to 2010. Current Annual US Military Expenditures constitute 55% to 60% of the world total – meaning the US spends…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recently threw out the notion of “learning from the arms race between the Soviet Union and the U.S.” It seems like idle talk, but in reality it is a…