Clare Short on Anti-Semitism
NOVANEWS Posted by Stephen Sizer Dear Bishop Christopher, I have read with great sadness the complaint which came to you through the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Stephen’s response. I am afraid there is […]
Year: 2013
MAKING THE ECONOMY SCREAM
NOVANEWS Posted by Jim Craven Exclusive: In the past when the CIA targeted a troublesome government, a key part of the strategy was to make the economy “scream” to get the people ready for regime change. […]
DOJ Brings Fresh Manslaughter Charges Against Blackwater Mercenaries for Iraqi Massacre
NOVANEWS Four private military contractors reindicted for their role in 2007 Nisour Square massacre that left fourteen Iraq civilians dead – Jon Queally The Justice Department on Thursday announced new manslaughter charges against four Blackwater […]
US Activist to Undergo “Forced-Feeding” Outside Federal Court in Solidarity with Guantánamo Prisoners
NOVANEWS Nasal Tube Feeding to Follow Hearing on Human Rights Violations at Guantanamo Anti-torture activists will hold a nasal-tube feeding of a long term-faster to dramatize the abusive force-feeding of hunger strikers at Guantánamo […]
UN: Covert Drone Programme “Undermines the Rule of Law and May Threaten International Security”
NOVANEWS WASHINGTON – October 17 – A new report by a United Nations expert has warned that the US’ secretive drone programme threatens international security due to a “lack of appropriate transparency and accountability.” […]
It’s Time to Put an End to I$raHell’s ‘Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell’ Nuclear Policy
NOVANEWS by Medea Benjamin and Pam Bailey The negotiations this week in Geneva between Iran and the “P5+1” (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — […]
What Did the 1973 Oil Embargo Teach Us?
NOVANEWS by Amory Lovins Forty years ago this month, Syria and Egypt launched a Yom Kippur surprise attack on Israel to regain land and prestige lost in the 1967 Six-Day War. Israeli forces were nearing Damascus […]
Washington Post Takes Govt's Lead on 'Kill List' Reporting
NOVANEWS Government officials request redactions on how NSA assists CIA in drone assassination program – Jon Queally According to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the NSA can be added to the list of those agencies […]
US Court to Hear Appeal on ‘Painful, Humiliating, and Degrading’ Force-Feeding at Guantanamo
NOVANEWS LONDON – October 16 – A federal court will on Friday hear an appeal from Guantanamo Bay detainees asking that it rule to end force-feeding – during which ‘a detainee is shackled to a specially-made restraint […]
Iraq: Counting the Bodies
NOVANEWS by Michael Reagan (Photo: Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)On Saturday a car bomb in Baghdad exploded in a crowded commercial street. Kamal Mahmoud, a school teacher, witnessed the blast. He told the New York Times, “I felt the […]