Monthly Archives: July 2012

by Kaveh Afrasiabi (source: Asia Times) Tuesday, July 24, 2012 As the Israeli government seizes on last week’s suicide bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria as an opportunity to discredit Iran and Hezbollah, the on-going investigation in … Continue reading →

Protecting Big Business From Real Accountability by KEVIN CARSON It’s gradually emerged in recent months that the Food and Drug Administration not only spied on its employees, but did so on a massive scale — collecting tens of thousands of … Continue reading →

ProPublica by Matt Isaacs, Lowell Bergman and Stephen Engelberg July 16, 2012 A decade ago gambling magnate and leading Republican donor Sheldon Adelson looked at a desolate spit of land in Macau and imagined a glittering strip of casinos, hotels … Continue reading →

By Stephen Gowans Since the beginning of the unrest in Syria, “the government has said that while some protesters have legitimate grievances, the uprising is driven by militant Islamists with foreign backing.” [1] This hardly squares with the view of … Continue reading →