Wanna See Some People Who are Opposed to Zionism? They Live in Israel and they are Orthodox Jews.

“Masses of Anti Zionist Orthodox Jews, march on the streets of Jerusalem, in protest against the State of Israel, on the Israeli Independence Day, April 29, 2009…”

Israeli News Now Just Making Shit Up about Iran…

“… a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi“  JPost “… sources in Iran told this reporter in a telephone interview…” “… no independent confirmation of the report… “ There used to be a time when unsourced, unconfirmed propaganda couldn’t make it past your laughing editor.  Didn’t some [...]

Israeli Drones Killed 29 Civilians in Gaza War (more like an Attack if you ask me)

by Noah Shachtman, Wired Drones equipped with tiny, precision-guided missiles were supposed to make battles incredibly exact – killing only armed enemies, while leaving innocent bystanders unharmed. But in its war against Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces “killed 29 civilians, eight of them children” during six drone strikes, according to a new report out from [...]

100,000 Workers in Honduras Go On “Indefinate” Strike Til Zelaya is Returned to Power, While Obama’s Team Looks for a Legal Loop-Hole to Keep from Calling this a Coup. And oh yeah… U.S. Military Helicopters are now Flying Misisons in Honduras

Zelaya supporters also were active Tuesday, with three major public-sector labor unions launching a general strike, a union official told CNN. About 100,000 workers joined the strike, said Oscar Garcia, vice president of the Honduran water workers union SANAA. That number could not be independently verified. “It will be an indefinite strike,” Garcia said. “We [...]

Israel Illegally Captures 21 in International Waters (4 of whom are U.S. citizens)

A Noble laureate and former U.S. presidential candidate along with 19 other humanitarians have been illegally seized by Israeli forces in international waters off the coast of Gaza.  At last report, they are being detained by Israeli officials and towed to Israel and the supplies they were attempting to take into Gaza (medicine, toys, olive [...]

The Shah’s Son Promises on Israeli Television to Return to Power in Iran

by Scott Creighton The son of the notorious Iranian dictator Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, is claiming on Israeli television (the IBA – Israeli Broadcasting Authority) not only that he knows he will return to power in Iran but that under his rule, the climate of aggression between Iran and Israel will be [...]

The Honduran coup: another US destabilization operation

by Barry Grey and Rafaell Azul, WSWS While publicly opposing the military coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, the Obama administration on Monday indicated that it will not cut off aid to the Central American country or demand Zelaya’s reinstatement. Following a White House meeting with Washington’s closest Latin American ally, Colombian [...]

GE, MSNBC, GE Healthcare, Obama, and The Bailout Cash… “The Power of Change”

by Scott Creighton ***UPDATE*** I guess GE wants to buy an industry in Honduras – “Clinton said today the U.S. government is refraining from formally declaring the ouster of Honduras’s president a “coup,””. You’re gonna like this: GE helped push Obamalust to the change junkies of America. Now they are getting MASSIVE paydays from every [...]

Two Military Battalions Turn Against Honduras Coup Regime

By Al Giordano, NarcoNews (H/T to mymarkx) (click on map for larger image) Community Radio “Es Lo de Menos” was the first to report that the Fourth Infantry Battalion has rebelled from the military coup regime in Honduras. The radio station adds that “it seems” (“al parecer,” in the original Spanish) that the Tenth Infantry [...]

Leaders from Obama to Chavez blast Honduras coup

from the AP Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras’ national palace Monday, leaving at least 15 people injured, as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the return of a president ousted in a military coup. Leftist leaders pulled their ambassadors from Honduras and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said [...]

Images from The Coup that Wasn’t

by Scott Creighton stirring images by the Wall Street Journal of “The Coup That Wasn’t“. More images from the BBC A 9 p.m. curfew was imposed, but in the evening the protesters, many carrying sticks and rocks, began adding chain-link fences to the burning tires as barricades to try to block the military from moving [...]

Zelaya’s Referendum Was Not an Attempt to Keep Him In Power

by Scott Creighton This is something that has bothered me since the beginning of all this: it has been claimed by all the “law abiding” supporters of  “The Coup That Wasn’t” in Honduras, that the military acted according to the law because President Maunel Zelaya was attempting to remain in power by “changing the constitution” [...]

UN General Assembly president slams Honduras coup

from The Times of India The president of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, has strongly condemned the army coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras. D’Escoto “firmly and categorically condemns the criminal action by the army in the Republic of Honduras that has broken the constitutional order by carrying out a coup [...]

Pathetic Progressives Ignore Coup

by Scott Creighton I have never been so ashamed to have at one time considered myself in league with some of these so-called “progressive” websites or the people that frequent them. Out of the 6 main “liberal and progressive” websites (Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Michael Moore, Think Progress, Op Ed News, After Downing Street), I [...]

AJAX REDUX: US Heavy Meddle in Iran

by Nima Shirazi, Wide Asleep in America The Western press has clearly taken a side and has successfully managed to drag its uninformed audience along with it. News reports all refer to the continuing groundswell of protest to the election results as an “unprecedented” show of courage, resistance, and people power against the government not [...]