“The Western attitude towards democracy: It is fine as long as its outcome is the one we want.” Hundreds filled the Ewart Memorial Hall at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on Tuesday to attend…
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First impressions suggest another “who done it” incident. Similar ones occurred many times before. Guilty parties often get named later. Key always is cui bono? The mainstream media never explain what’s most important. Instead, headlines…
Nobel’s EU “Champion of Peace” Makes a Mockery of Free Speech Only three days after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its alleged role in promoting peace and reconciliation across the European continent, the…
Syria Launches “Talaqi TV” & “Syriana FM” (Omar al-Shaar | Dp-news -Sana) “Media battles are the most dangerous due to their global influence” DAMASCUS- Syria`s Prime Minister, Dr. Wael al-Halqi inaugurated Saturday the…
Hi, I did a little research in May 2012 and found that many photos appearing on the internet purporting to expose the Syrian government’s attacks were actually doctored photos from outside of Syria. I presented…
The New York Times has essentially become a “propaganda megaphone” to peddle the establishment’s narrative — especially when it comes to war — charged foreign correspondent Daniel Simpson, who resigned from the paper in disgust. According…
The most significant expert may turn out to be Judge Ferdinando Imposimato, the widely respected honorary president of the Italian Supreme Court and legendary mafia hunter who lost his brother in a revenge attack. Courtesy:…
Six Chinese ships entered Japanese waters near a group of disputed islets claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo early on Friday, ignoring the Japanese coast guard’s orders to vacate its territorial waters. The first two…
[This year, 2012, marks the 15th Anniversary of the publication of the English and Japanese print editions of the book Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet by Michael Hauben and…
People are driven to war by conflicting ideologies, especially when they take a fanatical form – for example, when you believe that a certain piece of land was given to you by God, or that your country has a special mission, like exporting human rights and democracy, preferably by cruise missiles and drones. It is both sad and ironical that an idea that is largely secular and liberal, the one of human rights, has now been turned into one of the main means to whip up war hysteria in the West. But that is our present situation and a most urgent and important task is to change it.