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Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits |
We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide. And one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment: ecocide. But we don’t have a word for the conscious act of destroying the planet we live on, the world as humanity had known it until, historically speaking, late last night, writes Tom Engelhardt. |
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What a Real Cover-up Looks Like |
Republicans won’t let go of their conspiracy theory about some nefarious “cover-up” in “talking points” for Ambassador Susan Rice’s TV interviews on the Benghazi attack. But they should at least have better skills for detecting a real cover-up, since they’ve had direct experience, as Robert Parry documents. |
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A brand New Arab League
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The role that Arab League has been playing during the Arab Spring is different; instead of solving the disputes, it became source of legitimacy for various powers to intervene militarily or politically in the region, says Armenak Tokmajyan. |
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Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East |
It is most telling that over two years after the Syrian uprising-turned bloody civil war, the US continues to curb its involvement by indirectly assisting anti-Bashar al-Assad regime opposition forces, through its Arab allies and Turkey, according to Ramzy Baroud. |
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Evidence Does Not Support Fears of Islam in the West |
The persistence of the Islam versus West dichotomy has nothing to do with the quality of academic work, but rather the fact that this work is seldom utilised by political and cultural actors, not to mention media, says Jocelyne Cesari. |
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 US expands Iran sanctions blacklist
US Treasury adds 20 individuals, firms to its Iran sanctions blacklist for ‘supporting’ Tehran's nuclear efforts, helping it avoid international sanctions.
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