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Mutiny on the Titanic

By Uri Avnery Here is a story that has never been told before: When the Titanic was well out into the Atlantic, its crew mutinied. They demanded higher wages, less cramped quarters, better food. They […]

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Turkey Redraws Sykes-Picot

By Eric Walberg – Cairo Turkey’s foreign policy shift is now in full gear. Having kicked out the Israeli ambassador and rejected the UN Palmer Report, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says that Turkey plans […]

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To the Oppressor

By Aalia Shaikh His Lost Treasure (Dedicated to all children who have lost their innocence in conflicts and wars) He sits on the ground, playing with marblesThey have lost their sheen, like the irises of […]

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As The Drone Flies

By Ralph Nader The fast developing predator drone technology, officially called unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, is becoming so dominant and so beyond any restraining framework of law or ethics, that its use by the […]

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A Night in Tunisia

By El Habib Louai The feeling is not anymore the sameDear brothers and sisters I do not blameFurious, angry crowds poured outFrom every single side to cry outWe simply cannot anymore yieldTo your orders we […]