NOVANEWS The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of two Spanish journalists who were abducted in Syria almost three months ago. Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova have been held captive by […]
NOVANEWS by Juan Cole Every transition from an authoritarian government to democracy is different. Some go relatively smoothly (Poland, South Korea). Others are rocky (Taiwan, Bosnia, Tunisia). In some instances, authoritarianism reasserts itself to a lesser […]
NOVANEWS It’s time for the United States to examine how its own foreign policy promotes genocide, and take the actions necessary to curb it. by Jeffrey Bachman Today marks the 65th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, the groundbreaking […]
NOVANEWS Many Occupy protesters who took to the squares and streets now see electoral politics as the road to real change by Paolo Gerbaudo Some veterans of the Occupy and indignados movements are considering a turn […]
NOVANEWS by Beverly Gologorsky I’m a voracious reader of American fiction and I’ve noticed something odd in recent years. This country has been eternally “at war” and you just wouldn’t know that — a small amount […]
NOVANEWS The situation in the Middle East is getting tenser. At the same time, it looks like there might be some breakthroughs and resolution on things–the negotiations with Iran, the situation in Syria. But of […]
NOVANEWS New revelation made possible by whistleblower reveals extremely close surveillance collaboration between the two nations – Andrea Germanos At the behest of the U.S. National Security Agency, Canada engaged in global spying operations, including […]
NOVANEWS New report issues ‘red flag about the threat to humanity’ posed by nuclear weapons; calls for global disarmament – Andrea Germanos A war using even a small percentage of the world’s nuclear weapons threatens […]
NOVANEWS Statement comes amid growing anger at drone strikes, blockade that shut down NATO supply route – Sarah Lazare Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets with Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif in Rawalpindi on Monday. […]
NOVANEWS FEMALE PRISONERS AND DETAINEES IN ISRAELI JAILS IMPRISONMENT OF MOTHERHOOD Background: Since the occupation of Palestine in 1948, more than 800,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned. Different groups of the Palestinian society are exposed to […]