BEIRUT (AP) — Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war crime, an international human rights group said Friday. The Aug. 4 attacks on unarmed civilians in more than a dozen villages in the coastal province of Latakia were systematic and could even amount […]
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Barrett Brown, the journalist that faces over 100 years in prison
October 4, 2013 at 8:36 PMInterview with Kevin Gallagher, the director of Free Barrett Brown By Milan Srećković, FreedomFight.net Barrett Brown, an American journalist who faces over 100 years in...
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How to Survive Depression in a Dog-Eat-Dog Society
By Milan Srećković, FreedomFight.net Bruce E. Levine: High national rates of mental illness in the United States...
September 17, 2013 at 6:32 PM -
The European peasant movement: the struggle to change the EU
Interview with Genevieve Savigny, representative for European Coordination of Via Campesina By Milenko Srećković...
September 7, 2013 at 3:09 PM -
Wind, Water and Solar Power of Preserving Life on Earth – interview with Mark Z. Jacobson
In this exclusive interview for Freedom Fight Info, Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University, talks about...
September 1, 2013 at 4:27 PM
Politics »
Latin America’s Anti-Intervention Bloc
October 5, 2013 at 11:34 AMIn Latin America, opposition to military intervention in Syria reflects the wariness of a region long beset with U.S. interventions of its own. Argentine President Cristina...
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Chomsky: The U.S. Behaves Nothing Like a Democracy, But You’ll Never Hear About It in Our ‘Free Press’
In a powerful speech, Chomsky lays out how the majority of US policies are practically opposite of what wide...
August 19, 2013 at 2:15 PM -
Hizbullah Secretary General about Confrontations with Israel and Syria’s support
On the 14th of August 2013, Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a televised interview...
August 19, 2013 at 1:20 AM -
Noam Chomsky: Israel’s West Bank plans will leave Palestinians very little
The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks beginning in Jerusalem proceed within a framework of assumptions that merit...
August 17, 2013 at 3:19 AM -
The Kosovization of Greece
“The manic attempt to keep Greece in the eurozone under conditions that are not sustainable is turning the...
August 11, 2013 at 2:56 AM -
Lukyanov: Snowden is a Protagonist in a tragicomedy
Edward Snowden’s story started out as a spy thriller, went on to become a farce, and is about to turn into a...
August 7, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Society »
Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy
October 7, 2013 at 8:24 PMA psychologist reveals that the richer and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have for people who are lower in status. By Kathleen Geier /...
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Financial worries makes you stupid, study finds
Financial worries create cognitive deficit equivalent to 13-point loss in IQ, research shows Finding it hard to...
August 30, 2013 at 7:47 AM -
Drone industry gives journalists not-so-subtle hint — don’t use the word ‘drones’
By Ben Wolfgang, The Washington Times “Drone” is a dirty word at this week’s drone industry convention in...
August 17, 2013 at 3:58 AM -
Climate Change Leads to the Rise of Violence
An analysis of 60 studies finds that warmer temperatures and extreme rainfall lead to a rise in violence. In...
August 13, 2013 at 4:22 AM -
English Speakers Increasingly Use Self-Centered Words Like ‘Get’ And ‘Choose’
What changes in language use can tell us about society By Shaunacy Ferro Individualistic Words Greenfield, Psychological...
August 13, 2013 at 12:50 AM -
How to spot a misogynist by the five classic lies they tell
When you’re a feminist, you get used to misogynists trying to challenge the necessity of your politics. “Feminism’s...
August 12, 2013 at 7:23 PM
Opinions »
Myths of American exceptionalism – by Howard Zinn
September 15, 2013 at 3:28 PMRussian president Vladimir Putin wrote a column, published by the New York Times on Sept. 11, 2013. He criticized the Barack Obama’s notion of American exceptionalism. ”It...
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Noam Chomsky: Syria strike would be war crime
WASHINGTON — A U.S.-led attack on Syria without United Nations support would be a war crime regardless of...
September 3, 2013 at 4:22 PM -
Syria ‒ Geopolitical Interests, Not Humanitarian Intervention
By Mate Kapović The official reason for the imminent Western attack on Syria is the use of chemical weapons by...
September 1, 2013 at 11:47 AM -
Does Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side?
If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time in history –...
August 28, 2013 at 2:53 PM -
Sarajevo, 1995 and Damascus, 2013: The use of mass attack deception to decide wars
In August 1995, Western governments, and particularly the Bill Clinton White House, were in great quandary. The...
August 27, 2013 at 2:13 AM -
Noam Chomsky: Obama tried to prosecute more whistleblowers than all previous administrations combined
Statement from Noam Chomsky about Bradley Manning’s sentence There’s a famous statement that military justice...
August 24, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Movies, Documentaries, Videos… »
Manufacturing Consent – Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
September 5, 2013 at 5:55 PMIf you’ve spent time on a college campus, you’ll have heard the name Noam Chomsky uttered in reverent tones. “It gets embarrassing,” said the man himself. “I can’t...
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”Srebrenica — A Town Betrayed” and ”Sarajevo Ricochet” by Ola Flyum
Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed a Norwegian documentary film directed by Ola Flyum and David Hebditch is now free to...
August 14, 2013 at 8:23 AM
Book Reviews »
Ours to master and to own – Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present
August 22, 2013 at 12:21 PMOurs to master and to own – Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present (2011). Autor: Immanuel Ness and Dario Azzellini Publisher: Haymarket Books From the...
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Debt: The First 5000 Years (Free Download)
Debt: The First 5000 Years is a book by anthropologist David Graeber published in 2011. Graeber analyzes the function...
August 10, 2013 at 3:24 AM -
Land concentration, land grabbing and people’s struggles in Europe (Free Download)
Land issues and ‘land grabs’ are mostly associated with the global South, however 13 country studies...
August 1, 2013 at 3:47 PM
Fun »
Bono chased by angry anarchists in Germany
September 24, 2013 at 7:07 AMThe U2 frontman, who has long campaigned on political issues and global problems, was in Heiligendamm in 2007 for the 33rd G8 summit meeting of world leaders when he was cornered...
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Statue of Bill Clinton in Prishtina, Capital of Kosovo
Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said today that Kosovo publicly supports international military intervention...
September 5, 2013 at 5:19 PM -
Matt Damon slams president Obama: no more friends (VIDEO)
Matt Damon and Barack Obama are no longer bros, at least according to Matt Damon. “He broke up with me,”...
August 12, 2013 at 7:34 PM -
Dmitry Agarkov outwits Russian bank by writing own credit card terms
The idea of beating the banks at their own game may seem like a rich joke, but Dmitry Agarkov, a 42-year-old Russian...
August 10, 2013 at 3:40 AM
News »
Human Rights Watch: Syrian Rebels Committed War Crimes, Killed 190 Civilians
October 11, 2013 at 12:27 PMBEIRUT (AP) — Jihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war...
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Vietnam independence hero General Giap dead at 102
General Vo Nguyen Giap, architect of Vietnam’s military victories over France and the United States, has...
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Golden Dawn leader arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization
Greek anti-terror police hold leader and senior members of far-right party on charges of forming a criminal organisation Greek...
September 29, 2013 at 2:07 PM -
Golden Dawn Leader, Top Officials Arrested
By Demetris Nellas, Huffington Post Members of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party hold shields with their party...
September 28, 2013 at 3:21 PM -
50.000 march on Golden Dawn headquarters in Athens
As the antifascist left stages an impressive show of force and numbers, the government finally embarks upon a belated...
September 27, 2013 at 1:05 PM -
UN offical allegedly accuses Saudi intelligence for the chemical weapons attack in Syria
Questions Plague UN Report on Syria By Sharmine Narwani and Radwan Mortada, AlAkhbar Al Akhbar (Arabic: الأخبار,...
September 27, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Other News
Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy
A psychologist reveals that the richer and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have for people who are lower in status. By Kathleen Geier / The Washington Monthly / October 7, 2013 Psychologist Daniel Goleman has written a fascinating piece for today’s New York Times about social status and empathy. It seems that the richer and more powerful […]
Read more ›Latin America’s Anti-Intervention Bloc
In Latin America, opposition to military intervention in Syria reflects the wariness of a region long beset with U.S. interventions of its own. By W. Alex Sanchez, October 4, 2013, www.fpif.org As political attention has shifted from a potential U.S. military strike against Syria to a potential agreement on the dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons arbitrated by Russia, all eyes […]
Read more ›Vietnam independence hero General Giap dead at 102
General Vo Nguyen Giap, architect of Vietnam’s military victories over France and the United States, has died, family members and government officials said. Giap, 102, died on Friday evening in a military hospital in the capital of Hanoi where he had spent close to four years growing weaker and suffering from long illnesses. The son of a peasant scholar, he […]
Read more ›Golden Dawn leader arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization
Greek police have arrested the leader, several MPs and dozens of members of ultra-right Golden Dawn party on charges of leading a “criminal organization.” The party promised to respond with mass rallies of its supporters. Greek police issued arrest warrants for Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos, party spokesman and MP Ilias Kassidiairis, two other prominent members, at least five other […]
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