June 27, 2017 CounterpunchJonathan CookVeteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, the man who exposed the Mai Lai massacre during the Vietnam War and the US military’s abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib in 2004, is probably the most influential journalist of the modern era, with the possible exception of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the pair who … [Read more...] about Hersh’s New Syria Revelations Buried From View
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From a Palestinian Child: “What is the meaning of freedom?”
Over 300 of the political prisoners currently in Israeli prisons are children. More than 15,000 Palestinian children have been abducted and imprisoned by Israeli forces since the year 2000. This is inhumane. The Israeli government violates human rights laws and now the Palestinian children are demanding their human rights back! Every child deserves a childhood, no matter … [Read more...] about From a Palestinian Child: “What is the meaning of freedom?”
Activism Asia: No Naval Base on Jeju!
The following is an unedited facebook post by a Korean activist fighting planned THAAD deployment on Jeju. Okinawan activists will note how similar the behavior of the riot police is to that of Japanese riot police sent to Takae and Henoko to suppress anti helipad and anti base protests.Original post is here:Fwd: [April 20] The summary of the day.. video by … [Read more...] about Activism Asia: No Naval Base on Jeju!
Activism Asia: Stop THAAD
This is the first article in Activism Asia: Stop THAAD No to Missile DefenseOn July 7, 2016, the U.S. and South Korean governments announced a joint decision to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system in South Korea. The two governments assert, without serious evidence and contrary to expert … [Read more...] about Activism Asia: Stop THAAD
News and Views from the Global South
Several rights groups responded Friday, calling on Trump to repeal the ban, which applies to migrants from Syria and 5 other countries in Africa and the Middle East. “Trump was using very strong words last night to describe the cruelty and the horrors that children and civilians in general are enduring (in Syria),” Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, co-director of the US Program … [Read more...] about News and Views from the Global South