Bolivia’s New Constitution: Progressive Change or Business As Usual

Bolivia's New Constitution: Progressive Change or Business as Usual? - by Stephen LendmanIn Bolivia's history, January 25 was historic but getting there violent and uncertain. On July 2, 2006, a new Constituent Assembly was elected. On August 6, it was sworn in, but for six months remained snagged in procedural debates and achieved little. By...

Bashing Venezuelan Democracy

Bashing Venezuelan Democracy - by Stephen LendmanIn November/December 2006, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's (FAIR) Steve Rendall explained that "Hugo Chavez never had a chance with the US press." It's been a constant since his December 1998 election, and hasn't let up to this day, with language all too familiar:-- a "would-be-dictator;-- an autocratic demagogue;--...

Israel Killed Everything but the Will to Resist

Israel Killed Everything but the Will to Resist - by Stephen Lendman" 'Freedom or death', is the popular Palestinian mantra," wrote Palestine Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Ramzy Baroud in his January 22 article titled "Breaking Gaza's Will: Israel's Enduring Fantasy."Three weeks of Israeli terror caused about 1400 deaths, over 5500 injured (many seriously), vast destruction throughout Gaza,...

Al Nakba Redux

Al Nakba Redux - by Stephen LendmanFor Palestinians, the Nakba "Catastrophe" is their "Holocaust" six-month slaughter and displacement before and after the May 1948 establishment of Israel. In December 1947, Jews in Palestine numbered 600,000 compared to 1.3 million Palestinians. David Ben-Gurion ordered them removed and for "Every attack....to end with occupation, destruction and expulsion."He...

Today in Solidarity We’re All Palestinians

Today in Solidarity We're All Palestinians - by Stephen LendmanWorld outrage continues over Israeli war crimes and Washington's complicity. Gazans are now immortalized. Hamas is more popular than ever and remains resolute despite everything the IDF threw against it. Democrats and Republicans share equal guilt. They fund Israeli state terror, are partnered in its aggression,...

The Blame Game in Gaza: Covering for Israel, Concealing War Crimes

The Blame Game in Gaza: Covering for Israel, Concealing War Crimes - by Stephen LendmanIn his January 8 article, "Gaza Under Fire," John Pilger quotes the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko saying: "When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie." America's dominant media suppress facts, sacrifice accuracy, and conceal the greater lie...

Remember Gaza – One of History’s Terror Bombing Victims

Remember Gaza: One of History's Terror Bombing Victims - by Stephen LendmanHistory's terror bombings. This article reviews some of the most infamous: -- Guernica - 1937; -- the London Blitz - 1940 - 41; -- Dresden - 1945; -- Tokyo - 1945; -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945; -- North Korea - 1950 - 53;...

The Quartet’s Hypocrisy and Failure in Occupied Palestine

The Quartet's Hypocrisy and Failure in Occupied Palestine - by Stephen LendmanThe Middle East Quartet includes the US, EU, Russia and the UN. It was formed in 2002 to seek "comprehensive security reform," mediate the Israeli-Palestinian "peace process," address Occupied Palestine's deepening humanitarian crisis, among other stated objectives.On September 25, 21 aid and human rights...

Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza

Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza - by Stephen LendmanOn June 16, 2008, noted Israeli historian Ilan Pappe explained "The Israeli Recipe for 2008: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleaning in the West Bank." He wrote:"Not long ago, I claimed that Israel is employing genocidal policies in the Gaza Strip." After re-thinking this highly-charged...

Blaming the Victims – The Dominant Media Vilify Hamas

Blaming the Victims - The Dominant Media Vilify Hamas - by Stephen LendmanThe blame game - no one plays it better than the dominant media, and they're at it again over Gaza. Expect no comments below in their spaces, yet honest journalism would headline them.After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress - with...