NOVANEWS by LOUIS PROYECT “Selma”, the stunning new film based on Paul Webb’s screenplay and directed by the previously unheralded African-American Ava DuVernay, makes for an interesting side-by-side comparison with Stephen Spielberg’s “Lincoln”. Both films […]
NOVANEWS by MATEO PIMENTEL Noam Chomsky characterizes the Revolutionary War period as engendering the “vicious repression of dissident opinion.” The repressive measures to which Chomsky alludes have become portents of the myriad repressive policies and […]
NOVANEWS New Year’s Eve incident that killed as many as 26 sparks protest, investigation by: Andrea Germanos, staff writer U.S. military conducting training for Afghan National Army Soldiers in 2010. (Photo: isafmedia/flickr/cc) The U.S.-trained Afghan army was […]
NOVANEWS Over 450 people rescued on Friday following deadliest year on record for migrants by: Sarah Lazare, staff writer A photograph taken by the Icelandic coastguard of the Ezadeen. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) A ship carrying over […]
NOVANEWS What Would Happen If the Int’l Criminal Court Indicted Israel’s Netanyahu? by: Juan Cole A graffiti-style portrait of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: thierry ehrmann/flickr/cc) If the International Criminal Court takes up Israeli government actions […]
NOVANEWS Revolt against imposition of austerity measures engenders a Keynesian outlook by: Harold Meyerson Supporters of the leftwing Syriza Party in Greece raise flags. (Photo: bluto butarski/flickr/cc) A new Left is rising in Europe as the new […]
NOVANEWS By Abayomi Azikiwe Global Research Mrs. Simone Gbagbo, the former first lady of Ivory Coast, made an appearance in court inside the country on Dec. 26. She is charged with alleged crimes in connection […]
NOVANEWS Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem, Sr In this fascinating interview with leading Haitian historian Professor Bayyinah Bello (State University of Haiti) you will learn about the birth of the First Black Republic in the […]
NOVANEWS By John C. Campbell Throughout 1978 the Middle East was at or near the top of the Carter Administration’s foreign policy agenda. For the first time in 30 years an Arab-Israeli peace settlement – […]
NOVANEWS by: Immanuel Wallerstein The island nation of Cuba, as seen from space. (Photo: NASA/flickr/cc)) On Dec. 17, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro simultaneously announced that the two countries would resume […]