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Sometimes, activism can seem like a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. By Yves Engler

By "It would take half our salary to buy one of the sweat shirts we produce," Josefina Hernandez Ponce told students at the University of Virginia on Wednesday night. The classroom was packed to capacity with students in every seat and squeezed in on the floor. By David Swanson

The White House staff members who are trying to prevent Iran from developing its own nuclear-energy capacity, and who refuse to take military action against Iran "off the table," have conveniently forgotten that the United States was the midwife to the Iranian nuclear program 30 years ago.

The landslide victory of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, better known by its Arabic acronym Hamas) in the legislative elections in January 2006 undoubtedly constitutes a "political earthquake" in Palestinian and Arab politics. By Issam Aburaiya

The visit of Donald Rumsfeld to Algiers a week ago shows that the Pentagon has turned the commonly-understood "Algerian model" on its head. By David Porter

Israeli Occupation Pursuing Next Stage of Control. By Gabi Becker

Settlers and the Military Work Together. By Neve Gordon

Japanese businesses are on an investment spree of greenhouse-gas reduction projects abroad, especially in Asia, as the nation is in hot water over its target for slashing emissions of such gases under the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. By Masaki Hisane

In the late Spring of 2003, amidst the political fallout of "Old Europe's" refusal to support the US invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration threw down a gauntlet that threatened to permanently aggravate transatlantic hostilities. By Brian Tokar

Professor Joel Beinin and Professor Lisa Hajjar spoke about the attack on Middle East Studies and academic freedom on America's university campuses post Sept. 11. By Sonia Nettnin

The political truth we face today is that there has never been-since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1, 1959-a greater possibility to change the dynamic of US-Cuban relations and force an end, or at least a major weakening and destabilization, of Washington's economic war against Cuba

From the burning of its flag to a boycott of its brands of butter and cookies, Denmark is feeling global outrage over newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. By Harsha Walia

Editorials all over Europe have bellowed in unison to defend the right of publishing anti-Islamic cartoons as an embodiment of the untouchable status of freedom of speech, one of the foundations of the democratic, secular ideal that has informed the west since the enlightenment. By Omar Barghouti

Although it is still unclear what the future holds for Israelis and Palestinians, a few things can be said about the processes that enabled Hamas to win a landslide victory in the January 25 democratic elections and how the organization's triumph will likely affect the local political arena.

In an "urgent" email last week, right-wing activist David Horowitz hyped his latest book about threats to America's youth from leftist professors. By Robert Jensen

Over a year ago an international team of epidemiologists, head- ed by Les Roberts of Johns Hop- kins School of Public Health, completed a "cluster sample survey" of civilian casualties in Iraq. Its findings contradicted central elements of what politicians and journalists had presented to the U.S.

"A celebration of concentrated wealth." That's what Washington Post sportswriter Tony Kornheiser called the National Football League's two-week long pre-Super Bowl party binge. By Dave Zirin

Welcome to Mars (Or North Korea). By David Cromwell

Hamas' landslide victory in the January 25 elections for the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is an unprecedented turning point for politics in both Palestine and the broader Middle East. By Adam Hanieh

During the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the U.S. in July 2005, the two countries decided to turn a new leaf in their bilateral relationship. The Bush administration declared its ambition to achieve full civil nuclear energy cooperation with India. By Harsh V. Pant

Opening Presentation by Michael Albert for A Debate on Anti Capitalist Strategy (with John Holloway). By Michael Albert

It's extremely difficult to talk about this because of a very rigid doctrine that prevails in the United States and Britain which prevents us from looking at the situation realistically. By Noam Chomsky and Michael Hastings

George Bush would be in severe political trouble if there were an opposition political party in the country. Just about every day, they're shooting themselves in the foot. By Noam Chomsky and Geov Parrish

The western media gives the impression that it is the comments of the new Iranian president about Israel and Iran's nuclear program which, in the context of US's "war on terror", are the root cause of the present conflict. However, the truth is quite different. By Abbas Edalat and Foaad Khosmood

2005 will be remembered as the year citizens across the world started to awaken to the rules of the game in the "war on terror". By Antony Loewenstein

Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Bomb. By Mary La Rosa

According to a Congressional report on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the agency made an estimated $1.4 billion in improper payments in 2003, the last year for which financial records are available. By Gene Gerard

Last weekend, revelers filled the streets for one of our city's most vital cultural traditions, the second-line – a roving street celebration put on by New Orleans community institutions known as Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs. By Jordan Flaherty

The other day I was involved in an animated conversation with half a dozen people and the subject briefly turned to the film, Brokeback Mountain. By Gary Olson

Chile has officially elected its first female president, Michelle Bachelet.