With visible signs of torture, first and second-degree burns on his chest and genitals, APPO councilor Marcelino Coache Verano, who for 12 hours was “kidnapped� with the clear intention of repressing the social movement and sending a message of terror to society, was abandoned near Ocotlán. Mar...

A public meeting commemorating martyrdom of Maqbool Bhat, a socialist Kashmiri freedom fighter and leader and screening of a short documentary, Che of Kashmir, based on his life and cause....

On 16th February 2009 the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 comes into operation, which threatens to make it illegal to take a photo of a police officer, or to elicit information about them. So bang goes alerting people to cops spying on peaceful protestors, and bang, clunk go journalists investigating pol...

On the day that we learn of Whitehall's complicity in the torture of 'terror suspects' , it is reported that the same chaps who felt it proper to render Binyam Mohammed to have his genitals mutilated are now preparing a policy on extremism . I thought this would be the usual blah about caliphate thi...

Why do we have nuclear submarines? Nuclear submarines are nuclear in two senses: First, they have nuclear engines. Second, they have nuclear weapons aboard. In both senses, they’re damned dangerous. They’re damned expensive too, often costing several billion dollars each. So why do we ha...

Why is the Obama administration hell-bent on continuing rendition, and covering-up torture? Why are Western states complicit in these illegal activities? How can the systematic perpetuation of such criminal practices under the rubric of the 'War on Terror' be conducted by the very states who claim t...

I was out in the park with the dogs this morning talking to my friend Carolyn-the-Constable about the miserable state of the economy and how it affects not only both of us, but literally everyone we know. We couldn’t think of a single soul who was not affected in some way by, if nothing else, ...

Imagine yourself within the mind of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States of America. You are a man who knows how 'the system' works. This knowledge has been accrued at hard struggle, and by a remarkable and unique ability to adapt to any environment because you spe...

Last November, blogger Mohamed Adel, or General Mait (dead), was detained because of a photograph taken of him, with a Palestinian Hamas official. The damning evidence was clicked when Adel participated in a humanitarian caravan to the Gaza Strip....

"We're not having the right debate and we're certainly not covering it enough."Dan Rather reporting from Afghanistan Like thousands of others, I have become a constant viewer of the Rachel Maddow show. Ms. Maddow's depth of policy understanding, wry sense of humor, and ability to get any guest she w...