NOVANEWS by PATRICK COCKBURN There is a feeling of inevitability about the attack in Paris. The likelihood must be that the killers were Islamic fanatics, the murder of the journalists and police underlining the degree […]
NOVANEWS by BEN SELWYN ‘‘By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been,” Bill Gates wrote last year. His sunny outlook might reflect his own good fortune as the world’s richest man but, […]
NOVANEWS by NORMAN POLLACK Capitalism is a system founded on repression. The enclosure movement in 17th-century England, even the mercantilist pre-capitalist foundations paving the way, both transitional to capitalism in its modern form, necessitated force, […]
NOVANEWS Political Prisoners in the Sacrifice Zone of Empire by NOZOMI HAYASE Recently, two cases concerning the constitutional rights of people in prison came to public light. They involve two U.S. political prisoners: Mumia Abu-Jamal […]
NOVANEWS by CHARLES PIERSON 2014 was a good year for US killer drones. In October, the US celebrated (if that is the word) its 400th drone strike on Pakistan. Unable to attend the festivities were […]
The Rise of Inverted Fascist Democracy by GARIKAI CHENGU Wednesday marks the anniversary of the first democratic election in America, held in 1789. Over the past half century, America has descended from a popular democracy into […]
NOVANEWS Yet: The Struggle for a New Colombia by W.T. WHITNEY Jr. As a new year begins, the International Network in Solidarity with Colombia’s Political Prisoners renews its call for freedom for political prisoners in […]
NOVANEWS POLICE NOW MONITORING AND CRIMINALIZING ONLINE SPEECH BY GLENN GREENWALD On March 6, 2012, six British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside explosive device, and a national ritual of mourning and rage ensued. Prime Minister David Cameron called […]
NOVANEWS by: Tom Engelhardt A briefing of top Obama national security officials in the Situation Room of the White House, October 2009. (Photo: White House/Pete Souza) As 2015 begins, let’s take a trip down memory lane. […]
NOVANEWS Under Fatca, financial firms around the world are required to report to the IRS information on clients who are US taxpayers. US authorities are stepping up their investigation of tax evasion across Asia, with […]