Palestinian village demolished for the 100th time since 2010

Bedouins attend Friday prayer under a tent in the Al-Araqib village, located between Beersheba and Rahat in the Israeli Negev desert. © Hazem Bader / AFP Israel has demolished the Arab village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev “for the 100th time since July 2010” and the second time since the beginning of Ramadan, locals and activists…

On the Road to United Eurasia

On the Road to United Eurasia

Whenever President Vladimir Putin stresses Russia’s «all-embracing and strategic partnership» with China, one can hear the proverbial howls of anger emanating from the neocon/neoliberalcon axis in the Beltway. As he met Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijng this past Saturday, Putin even allowed himself an understatement; «To say we have a strategic cooperation is not enough anymore. This is why…

Brexit coincides with India’s and Pakistan’s entry into the SCO

Brexit coincides with India’s and Pakistan’s entry into the SCO

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 laid down a US unipolar geo-strategy and toxic, financial globalization, that sowed monstrous inequality at the local/regional/global levels. This was harnessed by mass unemployment and suffocating austerity. Half a century after dangerous period of deregulation under Thatcher and 27 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall,…

True Islamic Ideals: Muslim Group Break Ramadan Fast with Irish LGBT Community

True Islamic Ideals: Muslim Group Break Ramadan Fast with Irish LGBT Community

A Muslim group aimed at fostering peace and integration in Ireland has joined with members of the country’s LGBT community to break bread during Ramadan.   In an effort to display “true Islamic ideals,” the Irish Muslim Peace & Integration Council invited a whole host of people from outside the faith to share in the…