Syria Support Movement solidarity with the Syrian people
May 30, 2014, Rick Sterling, Counter Punch The Presidential Election in Syria takes place next Tuesday, June 3. With a revised 2012 Constitution, Syria is no longer a one party state and there are multiple candidates for office. Running against Bashar al Asad are former communist and legislator Maher al …
Read More »Syria’s Election: No U.S. Intervention
May, 2014, IAC The Syrian people are holding a presidential election June 3. What makes this election unique is that it can help protect the sovereignty, even the existence of this country. It can help end the bloody war that has drained the lifeblood of the country. It is seen …
Read More »Presidential election a positive step
May 29, 2014, Ken Stone, the Spec U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as “farce” the upcoming Syrian presidential election of June 3, but it may prove to be a step toward a political solution to the Syrian crisis. This election is an exercise in real democracy. On Feb. …
Read More »The Hypocrisy of Human Rights Watch
Winter 2013, NACLA Over more than a decade, the rise of the left in Latin American governance has led to remarkable advances in poverty alleviation, regional integration, and a reassertion of sovereignty and independence. The United States has been antagonistic toward the new left governments, and has concurrently pursued a …
Read More »The So-called War on Terror Is A Criminal Fraud
May 26, 2014, Prof. Michael Keefer, Information Clearing House “The so-called War on Terror is a criminal fraud, designed to frighten Americans and the citizens of its allies into supporting systematic violations of international law. It was from the outset Islamophobic both in intention and in the wars of aggression …
Read More »U.S. Wars in the Middle East: Imperialism and the Battle for Water
May 26, 2014, Global Research Water is to the twenty-first century what oil was to the twentieth century: the commodity that determines the wealth and stability of nations. People who think that the West’s interventions in Iraq, Libya and Syria are only about oil are mistaken. Broadly speaking, Western interest …
Read More »The Middle East we must confront in the future will be a Mafiastan ruled by money
Apr 20, 2014, the Independent Saudi Arabia is giving $3bn – yes, £2bn, and now let’s have done with exchange rates – to the Pakistani government of Nawaz Sharif. But what is it for? Pakistani journalists have been told not to ask this question. Then, when they persisted, they were …
Read More »Syrians Slap Smelly Shoes In the Faces of Zionism and Modo-Colonialism
May 25, 2014, NSNBC In 2012, when Syrians held a referendum and adopted the by far most democratic constitution among Middle Eastern countries, they slapped a smelly shoe into the face of Zionism and Modo-Colonialism. In May 2014, Syrians unite again and extend their arms to slap an even more …
Read More »Are human rights activists today’s warmongers?
May 25, 2014, Boston Globe Almost everyone likes the idea of human rights. The phrase itself is freighted with goodness. Supporting human rights is like supporting world peace. The modern human rights movement began as a band of outsiders, fighting governments on behalf of the faceless and voiceless. President Jimmy …
Read More »Where is the other half of this film? A critical look at the film reviews of “Silvered Water: Syria Self-Portrait”
May 23, 2014, Lilly Martin, Op-Ed News A film about the war in Syria has been shown at the Cannes Film Festival. It was received with a standing ovation for the woman who shot the film in Homs, and the director who developed the film in Paris. Ossama Mohammed and …
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