War Party Oligarch
NOVANEWS By Patrick J. Buchanan Is the Republican Party’s Middle East policy up for bid? For four days ending Sunday, a quartet of presidential hopefuls trooped to Las Vegas to attend the annual gathering of […]
Deportation Prisons: Where the Price for 'Blowing the Whistle' is 'Torture'
NOVANEWS People held at a Washington immigrant detention center file restraining order against immigration authorities for retaliation against peaceful protest – Sarah Lazare Family members of hunger strikers hold a late-March vigil outside the Joe […]
In Kiev, Crushing IMF Austerity Defended as 'Price of Independence'
NOVANEWS Interim Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk continues to tell Ukrainians and the world that gutting pensions – Jon Queally Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kiev April 3, 2014. […]
CIA Whistleblower and the Torture Report
NOVANEWS by Medea Benjamin and Cayman Kai On April 3, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to declassify the executive summary and conclusions of a report detailing the CIA’s use of torture. When the Torture Report is finally released, […]
US Lawmakers Must End Efforts to Curb Free Speech on Palestine
NOVANEWS by Desmond Tutu Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu, a legendary figure in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, issued this statement on 2 April 2014 condemning escalating legislative efforts in the United States to curb […]
Studies Confirm the Dehumanization of Black Children and the ‘Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline’
NOVANEWS by Sonali Kolhatkar (Image: Shutterstock)Although African-Americans constitute only 13 percent of all Americans, nearly half of all prison inmates in the U.S. are black. This startling statistic has led the United Nations Human Rights Committee to publicly criticize the U.S. […]
Fort Hood: A Tragic Reminder of the Military’s Mental Health Crisis
NOVANEWS Anja Niedringhaus was killed and her colleague wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire on their convoy by Zoë Carpenter Sergeant First Class Erick Rodriguez stands guard before a news conference at […]
Nonviolent Geopolitics: Law, Politics, and 21st Century Security*
NOVANEWS Nonviolent Geopolitics: Law, Politics, and 21st Century Security* In this short essay, my attempt will be to articulate a conception of a world order premised on nonviolent geopolitics, as well […]
THE NEW WORLD ORDER?
NOVANEWS by Richard Falk There is no more reliable guardian of entrenched conventional wisdom than The Economist. And so when its cover proclaims ‘the new world order,’ and removes any ambiguity from its intentions, by […]
SECRET SURVEILLANCE
NOVANEWS by Montecristo Imagine a world in which you are being spied on 24/7 by an all-seeing Eye. And be aware that Big Brother is watching you, not only from the US and Britain but also […]