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PM kidnapping fiasco: ‘Liberated’ Libya is chaos-state
Although the detention of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan only lasted a few hours, it was a bold indication of the country’s deepening instability since the civil war that toppled strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In the early hours of October 10, militants whisked Zeidan out of a luxury suite in the Corinthia Hotel, regarded…
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Trucker Protest Gets Crazier with Lady Who Believes Obama Is Osama
by CORD JEFFERSON Can this on-again, off-again trucker protest in D.C. get any fucking weirder than it already is? Yes, because anything is possible with speed. Despite one of the protest’s organizers saying yesterday that the “Truckers Ride for the Constitution” rally was all a lie from the start, a rival organizer now says the protest…
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The Sarin Mysteries: Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli
by Michael Parenti The Sarin Mysteries Following Kerry, President Obama announced that the situation in Syria had changed irredeemably since August 21. The United States would have to attack. But, on second thought, Obama decided to leave the decision up to (a seemingly reluctant) Congress. A few weeks later, Turkish prosecutors issued a lengthy court…
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Greece On The Verge? Military Special Forces Have 15 Demands… Or Else
Greek government authorities are on alert after a union of Greek army reservists of Special Forces issued a statement urging the Greek administration to step down and make way for a national unity government. As Keep Talking Greece notes, the statement on the union’ website included 15 demands – including the resignation of the Greek President – and urged people…
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An Obituary for General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013)
by CARLOS BORRERO The Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap has died. Throughout what was once known as the Third World as well as among those with revolutionary consciousness in the centers of imperialism, we pay tribute to one of the most important figures of the struggle of the oppressed for national liberation and socialism. General…
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Gov’t Crackdown on Golden Dawn Won’t Defeat Greek Fascism
Costas Lapavitsas: The only way to defeat the Golden Dawn and Greek fascism is through popular mobilization that persuades Greek working people and the middle class that democracy and social change can create a just economy – October 3, 13 JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jaisal Noor in Baltimore. Three…
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Herman Wallace Dies Just Days After Being Released from 40+ Years in Solitary
Democracy Now! has learned from supporters and loved ones of Angola 3 member Herman Wallace that he passed away early this morning, on Friday October 4, just three days after being released from prison in Louisiana after 42 years in solitary confinement, and shortly after the state announced it would re-indict him. Wallace was suffering…
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The Princess & the Peon: Saudi Royal’s Slave Labor Charges
by Eliza Shapiro, Christine Pelisek What pushed a Kenyan servant to flag down a commuter bus to flee the wife of King Abdullah’s grandson? Eliza Shapiro and Christine Pelisek on the shocking human-trafficking case It’s the story of the princess and her peon: a member of the Saudi royal family was arrested (PDF) in her Irvine, Calif., condo…
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Kurdish fighters kill 83 al-Nusra terrorists in Syria
Fighters of Kurdish Popular Committees in Syria have killed at least 83 foreign terrorists affiliated to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front in northern province of al-Raqqa. The clashes broke out in Tal Abyad village on Monday when the al-Nusra terrorists were attempting to infiltrate into the area that is under control of the Kurdish fighters, head…
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