Archives for 7 月 2019

Voices from Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting

Eva Bartlett visited refugees in Syria escaping the horrid conditions in the Rukban Refugee Camp, a desolate outpost in the US administered deconfliction zone. What she found was very different than the ‘reality’ depicted by the Western press.

AD-DUMAYR, SYRIA -- A little over a year ago -- just after the Syrian army and its allies liberated the towns and villages around eastern Ghouta from the myriad armed jihadist groups that had waged a brutal campaign of torture and executions in the area -- I interviewed a number of the civilians that had endured life under jihadist rule in Douma,

非洲和巴勒斯坦:一个绝不能被背叛的贵族遗产

内塔尼亚胡在非洲的外交征服被以色列媒体称为“历史性”,而巴勒斯坦领导层仍然无视迅速变化的政治格局。

Europe’s “Scramble for Africa” began in earnest in 1881, but never ended. The attempt at dominating the continent using old and new strategies continues to define the western relationship with this rich continent.  This reality was further validated when I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on June 23. Although my objective was to address various Kenyan

How the Third Temple Movement in Israel Rebranded Theocracy as “Civil Rights”

The Temple Activist movement is now more mainstream than ever before and its effort to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, has advanced with great rapidity since the year began and has picked up precipitously in recent weeks.

Yehuda Glick | Temple Mount

JERUSALEM -- In a troubling trend that continues to be overlooked by international media, the Temple Activist movement that seeks to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and replace it with a Third Temple continues to advance its agenda. The movement’s forward progress is largely thanks to its successful efforts in

作为也门饥饿,国际援助机构与食物一起玩政治

也门当局指责一些国际援助机构在政治上提供粮食援助,正确指出我们的组织的金融家是参与也门战争的国家。

Yemen Food Aid Feature photo

TAIZ, YEMEN -- A recent Saudi Coalition airstrike on the home of a prominent Yemeni businessman in Taiz destroyed not only a family home but also the hopes of the many Yemenis who rely on the generosity of philanthropic donors, as international aid agencies become increasingly beholden to the political interests of their largest benefactors. One

报告显示公司和Bolsonaro合作摧毁亚马逊

“自从该国军事独裁政权垮台以来,Bolsonaro一直在监督巴西对人权和环境保护的最重大的回击和全面攻击。”

Brazil Amazon | Bolsonaro

As deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest reaches the highest level in a decade, the rainforest’s indigenous peoples and their supporters have called for action against the political and business interests they blame for a spike in illegal logging and other resource extraction. A report released by Amazon Watch as part of its ongoing

花一分钟走进伊朗的鞋子

如果一个人可以从伊朗的现代历史中学到任何东西,那就是大国将会在一瞬间出售并出售它们。

Iran Feature photo

If one can learn anything from the modern history of Iran, it’s that Iranians have learned to rely on themselves and not on great powers for support and that these great powers will sell -- and have in fact sold -- them out at a moment’s notice to satisfy their own interests, a matter well ingrained in Iranian consciousness. Iran has seen its