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Egypt: A Virtual Smoking Gun?

Let’s hope that the Egyptian activists who put their faith in Glassman’s “public diplomacy” haven’t a similar rude awakening in store.

(OSAKA, Japan) - In January 2009, US Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman joined a group of Egyptian political bloggers from the Virtual Newsroom of the American University in Cairo.

Is this the “virtual” smoking gun that indicates American collusion in the subsequent ouster of Hosni Mubarak?

U.S. Human Rights Policy is Self-Serving and Duplicitous: George Katsiaficas

In my view, the synchronicity of revolts and occupation of public space that began in 1968 is continually widening its circles. - George Katsiaficas

(TEHRAN / GWANGJU) - George Katsiaficas is a renowned university professor, sociologist, author and activist. He is a visiting American Professor of Humanities and Sociology at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea where he teaches and does research on the 1980s and 1990s East Asian uprisings.

He specializes in social movements, Asian politics, the U.S. foreign policy, comparative and historical studies and has written numerous books in these fields.

Bibi Is On `The Wrong Side of History` When He Opposes Arab Uprisings

In the last few weeks Arab nations jumped from the wrong to the right side of history. And what a jump it was!

(CHICAGO) - Professor Fawaz A. Gerges explained why Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu tried to use his considerable political muscle in a failed effort to keep Hosni Mubarak in power.

Gerges, who teaches Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, described the Arab uprising for BBC New Middle East.

Will America Make The Right Choice In Libya?

The capture of a paranoid dictator was the pretext for the American invasion of Iraq; will history repeat itself in Libya?

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The revolutionary changes that are taking place in the Arab world now or what the west and the US like to refer to as the Middle East have come about so suddenly it interrupted ongoing plans for the region which depended mainly on the believed to be stable and enduring political regimes that showed the so called moderation.

Or, in other words, conformity with the definition and views of the united states and Israel of the region.

A Proposal for Italibya

A refugee wave of “catastrophic proportions”?

(ISTANBUL) - Libya’s Col. Muammar Gaddafi is known for his proposal of a state called Isratine. I would propose another state by the name of Italibya.

Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has already sounded the alarm that taking a stroll in downtown Milan can cause one to think that one is not in fact in Europe but rather in Africa.

Poem: Suppression, I Accept Not

This pro democratic poem is for all of those who want democratic Bahrain.

(KATHMANDU, Nepal) - The following poem by noted poet Bhuwan Thapaliya of Nepal was sent to Salem-News.com by Riwan Khan as a response to the article Bahrain Bleeds for Liberty by Salem-News.com writer Mamoon Alabbasi.

Medical Teams Sends More Medicines and Supplies to Aid Libyans

This second shipment from Medical Teams International is scheduled to arrive from Holland to Tunisia on Saturday.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Medical Teams International continues to rush medicines and supplies to help those hurt in the violence that is escalating inside Libya.

The Portland-based agency has sent $842,000 in medical supplies to save lives of those caught in the cross-fire of ongoing violence.

Pete Seeger Officially Joins BDS Movement

Seeger, 92, one of the fathers of American folk music, is a veteran political and peace activist.

(TEL AVIV HA'ARETZ.) - American folk music legend Pete Seeger on Monday officially joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign - an international movement to pressure and sanction Israel through economic means.

American folk music legend Pete Seeger on Monday officially joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (AP) Seeger, 92, one of the fathers of American folk music, is a veteran political and peace activist.

Terrorism for Arabs; HIV/AIDS for Africans

In this era of revolution, we need a consistent and aggressive campaign for human rights.

(UGANDA) - Following the murder of David Kato, a Ugandan gay activist in January, homosexuality, a taboo subject in Africa, resurfaced once again to polarize the “holier than thou” Ugandan majority and those minorities who embraced the universality and indivisibility of human rights.

David's murder happened after a tabloid demanded for gays and lesbians to be hanged by printing their name and photograph...

The Tea Party and America`s Return to the `Good Ole Days`

“The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.” — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

(CINCINNATI) - In Wisconsin, State Police cars are searching for missing legislators. The fist pounding on the door in the middle of the night, reminders of Germany, 1936.

A state governor is tape recorded taking orders from an Israeli billionaire. Children in state after state are being packed like cordwood into crowded classrooms as schools close.