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For the first time since the break up of the former Soviet Union, a significant challenge is being mounted to American military and economic hegemony. By Radha Surya

The crowds in Beirut last year demanding a Cedar Revolution, "the first shoots of democracy" supposedly planted by the United States, are a distant memory. By Jonathan Cook

The sea of yellow swept through the veins of Mexico City en route to the Zocalo on Sunday, the platelets returning to the heart.

US - Israeli UN Resolution Hypocrisy. By Stephen Lendman

Murray Bookchin, the visionary social theorist and activist, died during the early morning of Sunday, July 30th in his home in Burlington, Vermont. By Brian Tokar

There are times when I think that this tired old world has gone on a few years too long. What's happening in the Middle East is so depressing. By Bill Blum

Who Benefits from the Israel-Lebanon Flare-Up? By Jorge Hirsch

Are Iran and Syria Next? By Stephen Lendman

This week I had the pleasure to appear on American radio, on the Laura Ingraham show, pitted against David Horowitz, a "Semite supremacist" who most recently made his name under the banner of Campus Watch, leading McCarthyite witch-hunts against American professors who have the impertinence to sugge

At first glance, history seems to repeat itself in Lebanon, where a lengthy cold war is intermittently interrupted by an extreme show of violence as traditional players quickly sprint into action, stacking their support behind one party or the other. By Ramzy Baroud

Wonder of wonders, the "devil" is not Arab. The "devil" is Persian. By Jonathan Cutler

"But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. Exodus 21:23-25" By Lynda Brayer

Here we go again -- another "serious escalation" has begun in the Middle East, or so BBC World was telling audiences throughout Sunday. So what prompted the BBC's judgment that the crisis was escalating once more? By Jonathan Cook

George W. Bush claims he wants to bring democracy to the Middle East. But the evidence indicates that Bush only likes democracy when the elections go his way. By Marjorie Cohn

"Israel is attempting to besiege every major community in the country, to isolate us so that eventually we will "surrender" when there is a lack of food and medicine and other basic necessities.

The people of the Middle East are suffering again as militarists on all sides, and cheerleading journalists, send forth missiles, bombs and endless words of self-justification for yet another pointless round of violence between Israel and her neighbors. By Michael Lerner

The current crisis in Gaza is not a crisis of "re-occupation." The Israeli occupation of Gaza never ended, despite the hype of last year's "disengagement." By Phyllis Bennis

"In this crisis, there are many dimensions involved: international observers have discussed the possible role of Syria and, above all, Iran in what is occurring, and what calculations there are regarding the regional balance of forces." Gilbert Achcar interviewed by Paola Mirenda

The world cup is here. Until July 9th, 32 national teams will play for the Word Cup title. It is estimated that the World cup will draw five billion viewers world wide. Argentina is no exception to the frenzy. By Marie Trigona

In the summer of 1979, I was enraptured by the sunny smile of an erotic dancer called Adele.

The Observer's Foreign Affairs Editor Peter Beaumont Reviews Noam Chomsky's Failed States. By David Edwards

In an earlier piece in the same space ("India and Nepal", Znet, june 10) suggestions were made with respect to the implications of the Nepalese revolutionary upsurge for the idea of the theocratic State. By Badri Raina

At 4 AM on June 2nd, another grim episode in the war on terror was played out on a quiet residential street in east London.

John Pilger is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker and one of the truly great ones of our time. By Stephen Lendman

How many of you are organizers, or have at one point in the past, been an activist for some cause? By Charles Yee

Chile has been overrun by high school students whose mass protests have forced the government to drop planned cuts in education spending. By Frederico Moreno

In 1829, AfroMexican President Vicente Guerrero signed a decree banning slavery in the Mexican Republic. By Ron Wilkins

The term 'failed state' has gained widespread currency over the past decade or so, and has been used in reference to a host of countries with widely differing histories and political trajectories. By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

George Bush has broken every promise he made to the people of Afghanistan. In 2001 he said he would remove the Taliban, establish order, and rebuild the country along the lines of the Marshall Plan. By Mike Whitney

At the annual convention of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, held 24-27 May 2006 in Ottawa, the union passed a resolution of historic importance. By Adam Hanieh