Syria

Evo Morales betrays Syrian people

By saying the US “funds rebels that fight against presidents who don’t support capitalism or imperialism,” Evo Morales allies himself with a regime that is committing war crimes.

The Andes

Bolivia, Venezuela reject US drug criticism

For a fifth year running, the White House "blacklisted" Bolivia and Venezuela for perceived insufficient anti-drug efforts—and both governments reacted with anger.

Southeast Asia

Blood jade empire as Burma warlords diversify

Burma’s military and the rebel Kachin Independence Army vie in control for a semi-underground jade industry in the northern jungles, with the exports going to China.

Greater Middle East

Greek fascists fight for Assad in Syria

Greek "National Socialist" organzation Black Lily boasts that it has dispatched a brigade to Syria to fight for Bashar Assad against "the American-Zionist war machine."

Greater Middle East

Syria: what is the imperial agenda?

Obama's UN speech pledged: "We will ensure the free flow of energy" from the Middle East. Yet intervention risks a conflagration that could threaten imperial control of the oil reserves.

Greater Middle East

Syria: civil wars in the civil war

As the Free Syrian Army now battles jihadist rebels as well as the regime, the two biggest jihadist factions are fighting each other for control over oilfields in Syria’s north.

Greater Middle East

UN inspecting additional Syria chemical attacks

The UN announced that inspectors have returned to Syria to investigate seven chemical weapon attacks, including three that occurred after the Aug. 21 incident in Damascus.

Africa

Arab Revolution hits Sudan

Street clashes continued in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for a second day after massive protests broke out over the regime's move to cut fuel subsidies.

North America

Lakota stand up to neo-Nazis

Hundreds of Lakota, Anishinabe and white activists converged on Leith, North Dakota, to rally against neo-Nazis who plan to turn the village into a white separatist homeland.