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Western Emperors Have No Clothes
Just a simple question By Timothy Gatto Why were the 30,000 inhabitants of Qusayr obliged to hide in their homes ...
OpEds: Defend Edward Snowden!
By Barry Grey and David North, wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site and the Socialist Equality Party call on all workers, students and ...
Appalling ignorance: How many people have died as a result of the US invasion of Iraq?
'Limited But Persuasive' Evidence - Syria, Sarin, Libya, Lies By David Edwards, Media Lens Last month, a ComRes poll supported by Media ...
The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning
By Chris Hedges FORT MEADE, Md.—The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled ...
Edward Snowden: Profile in Courage
Whistleblowing in the Name of the Constitution by CHRISTOPHER H. PYLE Edward Snowden may go down inhistory as one of ...
Turkish protests grow as Erdogan calls counter-demonstrations
By Alex Lantier, wsws.org Protests against the Islamist government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan grew over the weekend, ...
Resistanbul!
Spirited Rally Sends Solidarity to Turkey from the Boston Common by JOE RAMSEY Boston, Saturday, June 1—Braving temperatures well over ...
Syria’s Qusair Victory Matters
by Stephen Lendman Qusair's strategically important. Western-backed death squads controlled it for over a year. On June 5, Syrian forces ...
Noam Chomsky: Are We on the Verge of Total Self-Destruction?
TomDispatch [1] / By Noam Chomsky [2] To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here [3] ...
US and Israel Lobby Reels from Hezbollah al-Qusayr Victory
Special— By Franklin Lamb •••• •••• Beirut -- Although al-Qusayr may not be the decisive battle for Syria, it is ...
Samantha Power for UN Envoy
by Stephen Lendman [With comment on the media's response and the appointment of Susan Rice (see second story below)] Obama's ...
US threatens Iran, Hezbollah for backing Syria
By Chris Marsden, wsws.org The White House issued its most threatening statement yet yesterday, denouncing Iran and the Lebanese Shia ...
