21st Century Statecraft: The Rise and Fall of Invisible Children
In the wake of Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 viral video frenzy and the cataclysmic meltdown of the organization’s leader Jason Russell, it is worth deconstructing the phenomenon beyond mere criticisms […]
EXCLUSIVE Interview: DVB Chief Returns to Burma After 24 Years of Exile
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning US economist, recently wrote an article on Burma that has widely been syndicated around the world. In it he says it is time for the […]
Kibera Then and Now
KIBERA, Kenya (ILO Online) – Deep within the labyrinth of this bustling informal settlement’s infinite network of footpaths, a young man tends to rows of plants in a small community […]
Interview with Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Have a listen to excerpts of my interview with Michael Ratner, from which I quote liberally in this article. Mr. Ratner is president […]
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 for a moment. […]
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 accounts for 80 per […]
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 […]
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 OÅ›
By Danny Ghitis This series focuses on the complex nature of life in the Polish town, OÅ›wiÄ™cim, 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 heads […]
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 in the Islamic […]
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, director […]
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 Marco […]
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 first […]
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 analyses […]
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 come […]
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 receive […]
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 past […]
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 drove […]