Jeffrey Blankfort highlights the hypocrisy of some leftists in Europe and the USA who are happy to treat Libyan civilians as expendables and to support murderous Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Read more [...]
Yvonne Ridley argues that the dinosaur rulers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Arab world would go to any length, including fomenting sectarianism, to maintain their grip on power. Read more [...]
Nureddin Sabir explains why opposition by the left and the anti-imperialist and anti-war movements to the NATO military action to protect civilians in Libya is misplaced and deeply flawed. Read more [...]
Mamoon Alabbasi views the hypocrisy and double standards displayed by Western politicians and media towards the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain. Read more [...]
Jonathan Cook analyses the role of mainstream media in defending Western imperial elites and peddling their narratives, and assesses the impact of new media in breaking the elites’ stranglehold on information. Read more [...]