Palestine: The Holy Land is Vanishing and Shrinking

Ironically it was the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 that passed the resolution 181 (partition plan) to create Israel. Unfortunately it is from that day onwards that an Israeli – Palestinian conflict came into being. Read more>>>

The Korean crisis and the threat of a wider war

The potential for a catastrophic confrontation on the Korean peninsula is high. It is difficult to imagine another armed confrontation not provoking a major retaliation by the South Korean military. Read more>>>

North & South Korean Crisis

North Korea invaded the South, using Soviet tanks and weaponry, China also joined the war on the side of Communist North Korea, the threat of communist expansion led to the US to defend South Korea and by 1953 the US ended the war in a ceasefire agreement at more or less the same boundary, with South Korea making slight territorial gains. Read more>>>

Aung San Suu Kyi and democracy in Burma

Suu Kyi, has already made clear that she has no intention of challenging the Burmese junta. Rather, with the backing particularly of the United States, she is seeking a deal with the country’s generals. Suu Kyi has hinted that she is ready to reverse her previous stance and call for the easing or lifting of US and European sanctions in return for concessions from the generals—all in the name of helping the Burmese people. Read more>>>

Police attack students involved in nationwide protests in UK

A protest of around 10,000 was held in London and marches and demonstrations were held in many other towns and cities including Birmingham, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bournemouth, Glasgow and Cardiff. Read more>>>

Sri Lankan budget implements IMF austerity measures

Military spending almost doubled the combined allocations for health and education—62 and 51.5 billion rupees respectively. These allocations rose by 10 and 5.5 billion rupees respectively but did not offset rising inflation. Read more>>>

War on Terror and War on Error

The questions asked in the West today are: Who is a terrorist? What is the definition of terrorism? What are the determining criteria?  A public body acceptable to everyone is urgently needed to undertake this. Only through such a body, the totality of the world errors can be understood by all. Read more>>>

NATO summit to embrace indefinite Afghan war

The fundamental motive of the wars, carried out under the fraudulent banner of a “war on terrorism,” has been to gain for American corporations a greater share in the exploitation of lucrative resources and position the US military to disrupt or even shut down energy supplies to strategic rivals such as China. Read more>>>

Mother of Sri Lankan worker facing Saudi death sentence speaks to WSWS

A Saudi court found Rizana Nafeek guilty in July 2007 and sentenced her to death by beheading. The verdict was based on a confession extracted by the police. Abandoned by the Sri Lankan government, she received no legal assistance or competent translation in court. Read more>>>

World Bank head calls for monetary system linked to gold

The new system, he writes, “should also consider employing gold as an international reference point of market expectations about inflation, deflation and future currency values. Although text books may view gold as the old money, markets are using gold as an alternative money asset today.” Read more>>>

Khilafah (Islamic State): A wealth of Possibilities

The Muslim lands posses 74% of the Worlds oil reserves, more than the rest of the world combined. It possesses 54% of the worlds Gas reserves, has $1 trillion in Gold reserves and a 4.7 million standing army. All of this makes it possible for the Khilafah to field an advanced military and have a strong manufacturing base. Read more>>>

Indonesia 15,000 Protesters Reject Obama’s Visit

Jakarta- Around 15 thousand protesters joined in a protest in front of the State Palace in Jakarta, Sunday (7th November). The protesters took a long march starting from the Presidential Palace to the front part of the US Embassy, a symbol of an imperialist country of the world. Along the way, they chanted ‘Reject, Reject, Reject Obama, Reject Obama Right Now’. Read more>>>

UK Young, white Convert female Muslim

In the 2001 Census, there were at least 30,000 British Muslim converts in the UK. According to Kevin Brice, of the Centre for Migration Policy Research, Swansea University, this number may now be closer to 50,000 – and the majority are women. Read more>>>

Roots of terrorism: invasion, occupation and foreign domination

The study shows there is a correlation between occupation and retaliatory violence in occupied territories as the indigenous populations attempt to remove foreign control: 95% of all 2,200 suicide bombings analysed were in response to foreign occupation. Read more>>>