British Millionaire Who Sold Iraq Fake Bomb Detectors Found Guilty
British businessman, James McCormick, who sold golf ball finders as bomb detectors to countries at war where thousands of people were dying and injured by explosives, has been found guilty of fraud in...
View ArticleBoston Marathon Bombing and the Simplicity/Complexity of Terrorism
Since the Boston bombing, the media is overflowing again with the familiar lines capriciously flung on Right wing media such as: “Muslims are a violent people. More violence is to come if we continue...
View ArticleThe Tale of Uncle Tsarnaev, CIA Chief Graham Fuller and a Turkish Islamist...
What could be the connection between the Boston Marathon bombing suspects’ uncle Ruslan, an ex-CIA Fuller and a Turkish Imam named Fethullah Gulen? Turkish preacher named Fethullah Gülen has been...
View ArticleTurkish State Airlines Bans Red Lipstick
Last week, Turkish Airlines (THY), a state-run company flying to more than 200 destinations worldwide, announced a ban on the usage of red lipstick and hair buns for women flight attendants....
View ArticleTreatment of Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons Continues to Draw...
Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli prisons have recently drawn significant media attention to prisoner issues over the past months, including notable poor conditions for Palestinian children within...
View ArticleWas Syrian “Regime Change” Planned in 1957? (Video)
As I have been hearing the war drums beating louder and louder for the invasion of Syria, albeit the President’s resistance, I remembered a Guardian article, I have read years ago. According to the...
View ArticleTerms of the New Abortion Bill Agreed by Irish Cabinet
In Europe, Ireland is the country with the strictest abortion laws. Under the current law, abortion is a crime unless if it occurs as a result of a medical intervention performed to save the life of...
View ArticleMay 1st is International Worker’s Day, Here’s Why it Matters:
In case you’ve missed it, today (5/1) is International Worker’s Day, also known as May Day. In America, the biggest holiday for workers is Labor Day, which falls in September. May Day is the...
View ArticleFrench Socialists Slam Germany’s Merkel (Video)
A leaked memo by ruling French Socialist Party calls German Chancellor Merkel “selfish” and “obsessed with Germany’s economy and her own political career”, as a criticism of her drive for more...
View ArticleMorphees : Shape-shifting Smartphones (Video)
Are you ready for a shape-shifting smartphone? Ready or not, shape-shifting smartphones and mobile devices are making their way from research labs to the consumer marketplace. Last month, led by Anne...
View ArticleIsrael Strikes Syrian Armed-Forces Sites (Video)
On Friday and Sunday, Israel carried out the second and third strikes on Syria this year, significantly increasing the country’s involvement with the civil war and bloodshed in Syria, the BBC reported...
View ArticleOf Massachusetts And Men: The Burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev
I realize that, by writing this, I am bringing unnecessary tsuris into my life. So be it. Since when did we become a gaggle of punk haters (read: not punk-haters)? If I understand this correctly, many...
View ArticleWar With Syria Signifies A War With Iran: Resolution 65
On April 17th, while the entire U.S. media was focused on the chase for Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the 2nd terrorist suspect in the Boston Marathon attacks, the Senate introduced Resolution 65, affirming that...
View ArticleLondon Conference On Somalia: UK, IMF and Others
More than 50 governments attended a meeting in London on Tuesday – co-hosted by David Cameron, the British Prime Minister and Somali President Hassan Sheikh. About a year from the first such UK-hosted...
View ArticleIran Media Crackdown Intensifies as the Election Looms
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New-York based independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide, reports on Iran’s intense crackdown on independent media ahead of the...
View ArticleU.S. Sends Millions of Dollars Aid to Syria While Cutting Meals for Poor...
The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, bringing the total U.S. aid to $510 million since the civil war began in that country more than two...
View ArticleCO2 in the Air Reached its Highest Level in Human History
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today that for the first time in human history, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level reached 400 parts per million, meaning...
View ArticleGuatemalan Dictator Montt Found Guilty of Genocide (Video)
On Friday, former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians in the 1980s. This is...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day (video)
Happy Mother’s Day, Progressive Press readers! We hope you are having a wonderful Sunday. In honor of the day, we want to share this video with you. Mother’s Day has its origins as a peace holiday. In...
View ArticleSyria: U.S. Media Drops The Ball As They Did Just Before Iraq War
The know-it-all U.S. mainstream media are pushing a black and white narrative of an extremely complex conflict in the Middle East, again. Just as they did prior to the Iraq War, they are following the...
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