NOVANEWS Despair is Not an Option by GILBERT MERCIER A report from The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations presents alarming case studies of protest suppression and criminalization of political and social dissent around the […]
NOVANEWS Background to a Tragedy Foretold in Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Ukraine by MATTHEW STEVENSON WASHINGTON —President Obama, welcoming Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq to the White House on Monday, said that after […]
NOVANEWS The Jihadis Return by RON JACOBS The sense of déjà vu in Iraq is not imaginary. With US bombers attacking positions held by Sunni militants and a client Iraqi government apparently unable to fight […]
NOVANEWS Standing in Washington’s Way by MIKE WHITNEY The Obama administration is pushing for regime change in Iraq on the basis that current prime minister Nouri al Maliki is too sectarian. The fact is, however, that Maliki’s […]
NOVANEWS Wasn’t He Supposed to be the Smart One? by ANDREW LEVINE Wasn’t Barack Obama supposed to be the smart one? When all other reasons failed, wasn’t that why he was better than Bush? That […]
NOVANEWS Barnaby Raine In demanding equality and freedom for all the residents of historic Palestine, it is the opponents of Israel, not its supporters, who carry the torch of history’s noble anti-racist struggles. Barnaby Raine, […]
NOVANEWS Allison Deger Alaa Abu Zeid, 11, injured during an Israeli air strike on her home in Rafah that killed her mother, brother and eight other family members. (Photo: Allison Deger) Rich henna cups Alaa […]
NOVANEWS Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Relatives of the four boys from the Bakr family, killed during Israeli shelling. (Photo: Mohammed Abed / AFP – Getty Images) At a gathering at the Abu Khdeir house in Jerusalem after […]
NOVANEWS Dan Massoglia A Palestinian man reacts as a fire burns the only power plant supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip. Israeli shells struck the plant. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Occupation comes in many forms. Alongside […]
NOVANEWS Philip Weiss St. Louis has become a hotbed not just for the racial conversation in the U.S., but the Jewish movement in the wake of Gaza to question Zionism in American life and support equal […]