Category: Human Rights

The Human Cost of War on Iran

Left out of the frame of U.S. military strategists is the certainty of mass human suffering, a reality forgotten since the days of the Vietnam War, wrote former U.S. intelligence analyst Elizabeth Murray back in Aug. 2012.

Come Free Me

It is no surprise that young people are on the streets with banners that plead for a new world, for it is these young people who recognize that their lives are at stake, writes Vijay Prashad.

‘We Are the Ones Who Will Awaken the Dawn’

Rather than saying the defense of property is the State’s goal, it’s said the State’s goal is to maintain order, which becomes an association of democratic practices with hooliganism and criminality, says Vijay Prashad.

Those Who Search for Dawn Don’t Fear the Night

There is little that divides Modi’s fascistic Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and his Vishwa Hindu Parishad from the piety movements of Tablighi Jamaat (with its millions of Muslim followers) and these neo-Pentecostal formations in Latin America, says Vijay Prashad.

ROBERT PARRY: Cheering a ‘Democratic’ Coup in Ukraine

There’s been much celebration in U.S. political and media circles over the violent ouster of Ukraine’s democratically elected president. Nearly everyone is hailing this putsch and ignoring that it was spurred on by neo-Nazi militias, Robert Parry reported on Feb.…

Doctors Intensify Pressure on Britain over Assange

More than 80 medical doctors who called on the UK home secretary to allow imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to be hospitalized have followed up their petition with an urgent appeal to the secretary of state for justice.