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The US national image and its contradictions

Lawrence Davidson analyses the reasons behind the widening gulf between the US national self-image as “the world’s prime purveyor of good government, stability and progress” and the reality of imperial

HRF: Democracy Possible if Egypt Is Pressured by US Administration

Neil Hicks international policy adviser for Human Rights First wrote in an article in Washington Post that he agreed with the Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner that Egypt’s upcoming

US efforts to reform Egypt’s military fall on deaf ears

An article in Newsweek highlights that a recently leaked diplomatic cable reveals that Egypt , America ’s most loyal Arab ally is tenaciously resisting U.S. pleas to reform its military

Rallies Defending the Right to Know – Free Thinkers and WikiLeaks

Believing his arrest was politically motivated, pro-WikiLeaks protestors are rallying in various places around the world insisting that Assange be freed. There have been posters bearing the words ‘Lock up

WikiLeaks – Another Perspective

According to recent polls, Israel is seen as the greatest threat to world peace, yet Wikileaks is distracting people’s attention away from Israel, focusing on Iran as the biggest threat.

Who is the real Barack Obama?

Lawrence Davidson argues that Barack Obama’s transformation from a progressive before becoming president to an anti-progressive president is probably due to his having no firm principles in the first place,

Zionist lobby’s new orders for Obama

Alan Hart argues that new instructions issued to President Obama by Israel through its stooges in Congress, in the form of House Resolution 1734, might be a sign of panic

Julian Assange – the Hero of WikiLeaks

Back in 2006, Daniel Ellsberg, the famous whistle-blower of the Vietnam War, received an unsolicited e-mail that had a return address - "WikiLeaks." Thus, a new era in world politics

Another Look at Wikileaks – America the Indispensable?

The revelations of Wikileaks has had little impact on US policy or diplomacy, despite all the analysis and headlines. Only a handful of the cables actually contain information that reveals

Shameful traits of the USA and Israel

Paul J. Balles views two shameful traits shared by the US and Israel and represented in the views of Joseph A. Klein: abhorring criticism and diverting attention from their own