15,000 New Civilian Deaths Uncovered in Leaked Files
by Angus Stickler and Emma Slater
At least 122,000 civilians were killed during the US-led occupation of Iraq, 15,000 more than previously thought. The civilian toll …
Interview with Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights
Have a listen to excerpts of my interview with Michael Ratner, from which I quote liberally in this article. Mr. Ratner is …
Wikileaks, War Crimes, and the Rise of the Fascist State
On March 19, 2003, I was sitting at the bar of Jaks Tap in Chicago’s West Loop with a friend when the large television screen above flickered …
Alert: 24 hours to Save Sakineh from Death Sentence in Iran
UPDATE: (Sakineh’s execution has been averted. Click Here for more information on how to help her get out of prison.)
Iranian authorities could execute Sakineh Ashtiani today.
This July, a global …
Campania InFelix: The Triangle of Death
By Matt Nager
For nearly two decades, Campania, the southern region of Italy where Naples is located, has witnessed the ongoing practice of illegal toxic material dumping. This practice has …
Open Letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence re. Wikileaks Report
By Josh Steiber
Josh Stieber was deployed in “The Surge” from Feb 07-Apr 08. Assigned to a district near Sadr City in Baghdad, the Infantry Company that Stieber deployed with …
General Strike in France
© Anne Holmes 2010
Starting in early September the French began taking to the streets in a series of general strikes following the introduction of a new reform raising the …
Land of Oś
By Danny Ghitis
This series focuses on the complex nature of life in the Polish town, Oświęcim, better known for its German name, Auschwitz. As a grandson of a Holocaust …
URGENT ACTION: DEMAND THE RELEASE OF ONLINE NEWS EDITOR
UPDATE: RSF is reporting Chiranuch Premchaiporn has been released on bail of 200, 000 bahts. As of the latest reports, charges still stand against her.
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, an online news …
The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?
The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their …
Zahra’s Paradise: An On-line Graphic Novella
Set in the aftermath of Iran’s fraudulent elections of 2009, Zahra’s Paradise is the fictional story of the search for Mehdi, a young protestor who has disappeared …
Open Letter to The Pulitzer Center and Mr. Vernaschi
I should like to take the time to address some of the issues raised in Marco Vernaschi’s response to his critics on the Pulitzer Center’s website. Both Jon Sawyer, …
Interview with Marco Vernaschi Retracted
For those of you who check in regularly, you may have noticed that I have removed two posts on the subject of child sacrifice in Uganda by the photographer …
New Video Emerges From Iran
A video likely shot by a plain clothes basij has been acquired by the BBC showing the arrest and beating of Tehran University students on June 15 after the …
Letter from Tehran 22 Bahman Anniversary of Islamic Revolution
Today was a very difficult day. Not only for the Green movement, but because the government had used all it had to show off today. There are two main …
Piecing a Scene Together
I featured this photograph in a previous post. It was heavily circulated over the weekend and purported to be a Basij joining the demonstrators. Now that more images have …
Armed Forces Mutiny Reports
(UPDATE: Please read this POST regarding the image below. It clarifies the circumstances of the event pictured, and is a key example of how much of the information we …
Eye-witness Account from Ashura Protests in Tehran
Sunday Decmber 27, 2009
What I experienced yesterday is beyond me. I can’t describe it in words. it was the worst experience and at the same time amazing. People are …
Martial Law in Iran as Revolutionary Guards Jockey for Power
Unverified report from reliable source:
The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) is seeking support from Majlis National Security & Foreign Affairs commission to approve martial law powers. Martial law is already …
Iranian Security Forces Running Trucks Over Human Beings
Be warned, this is quite disturbing footage but really needs to be seen to fully understand the extent of the abuses going on in the streets of Iran these …
Rethinking Coal (Multimedia)
By Rebecca Carroll for
Chuck Nelson mined coal seams deep below the Appalachian hills of Boone County, West Virginia, for nearly 30 years before dark powder and chemical particulates …
Hacked!
The Vigilante Journalist was hacked sometime in September. It’s not clear who is behind the episode, and we’re sorry to have been off-line so long. There’s a new theme …
Ajmadinejad’s VP Pick resigns
“Appointed on Thursday night as… of Iran…by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei…was forced to resign today amid growing outcries from the nation’s hardliners.
Mashaei, a relative of President …
Marina Nemat Tells Her Story (6 Parts)
Marina Nemat, a student dissident imprisoned in 1982, likens the current protests to the ones in the 80′s and cautions that the true backlash and mass arrests are still …
