Does the term 'apartheid' fit Israel? Of course it does. And here's why.

Palestinians are stripped of property and rights, expelled, humiliated, punished, demolished, imprisoned, driven at times to the edge of starvation.

Nigeria, Boko Haram and the fantasies of benevolent western intervention

Missing from the pro-intervention hysteria is a serious look at the US role on the African continent and the credibility of its “humanitarian” claims.

Britain's long, dark history of enabling state violence in Bahrain

Bahrain is supported by Britain and the US, along with Saudi Arabia, which helped the brutal dictatorship crush democracy protests.

How Obama's new Cold War against Russia could spin out of control in Ukraine

The situation in Eastern Europe and especially in the former Soviet republics nowadays bears an eerie resemblance to the one that set off World War I a hundred years ago.

Israel may occupy and terrorize but it cannot erase Palestinians from history

Nakba is a story of fear and intimidation, denial and persecution, a cruel, unending reality. But Palestinians will not allow themselves to be portrayed as immigrants or intruders in their own land.

The cover-up of UK army's systematic torture and murder of Iraqis

If the UK army 'operates to the highest standards', as is claimed, and our troops are 'best in the world', how to explain the dozens of Iraqi prisoners systematically tortured and murdered?