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The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful

The United States was seriously defeated in Iraq by Iraqi nationalism — mostly by nonviolent resistance. The United States could kill the insurgents, but they couldn’t deal with half a million people demonstrating in the streets. Step by step, Iraq was able to dismantle the controls put in place by the occupying forces.

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The beheading of Rahim Chhaan and two others

By Arif Ayaz Parrey The history of ideas usually credits the discourse that it analyses with coherence. If it happens to notice an irregularity in the use of words, several incompatible propositions, a set of meanings that do not adjust to one another, concepts that cannot be systematized together, then it regards it as its [...]

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Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

By Ali Zayaan he great irony of the 2012 United States presidential elections is that the two candidates competing can both be best described as somewhat unwanted. This probably speaks volumes about the state of current American politics and the mood of the American populace- cynical, negative, despairing- as much as it sheds light on [...]

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IMAGINE! China Invades America!

Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of “keeping us safe” or “promoting democracy” or “protecting their strategic [...]

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The Son of Africa Claims A Continent’s Crown Jewels: John Pilger

By John Pilger On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat troops will be sent to South Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic. They will only “engage” for “self-defence”, says Obama, satirically. With [...]

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Documentary: The Truth About Libya, Gaddafi And The Illuminati

This four part documentary was uploaded on video bank YouTube by killuminatiAFF and has been widely shared after the killing of Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. He was captured alive as Sirte fell to the rebel forces on Thursday the 20 October 2011, later he had been beaten and killed soon after. The caption of the [...]

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A Beloved Witness

    By Irfan Hassan On a hot summer evening of 1988, I spotted Aga Shahid Ali on the Residency Road buying Paans at Mir Paan House (his favourite Paan shop). At the first glance he did not recognise me, but welcomed me with a big smile, as he would welcome any friend or stranger. I [...]