This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. This piece is adapted from “Uprisings,” a chapter in Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire, Noam Chomsky’s new interview book with…
Sami Khedira Girlfriend Lena Gercke Tunisia (AP) — A court has released the publisher of a Tunisian newspaper accused of violating public morals by publishing a photo of a naked woman, pending a verdict in the case. The Attounisia daily printed a photograph of German-Tunisian football player Sami Khedira of Real Madrid dressed in…
Yemeni women burn veils to protest regime
A BLOODY PERIOD OF RETRIBUTION ON LIBYAN HORIZON The Tunisians are closest to events in the war-torn country on their eastern border. And so it was a clear sign of events to come on Sunday morning when Tunis unexpectedly recognized Libya’s National Transitional Council as the country’s legitimate government. Up until…
Triumphant entry into Tripoli THE noose tightened and tightened and on Saturday night it cinched fast. Through Sunday, August 21st and into early Monday morning, the world watched through scratchy video feeds as Libya’s rebels—now in the heart of Tripoli and with the run of the country—searched for the trap door through…
Libya: Tripoli braces for Gaddafi’s final curtain August 17, 2011 There is little fight left in Libya’s capital as Nato ramps up its air raids and the rebels close in, says Damien McElroy. Nato’s war in Libya has so far been one of false starts and missed deadlines. But with rebels now inside the key…
U.S. to allow Libyan rebels access Gaddafi’s frozen $33bn Libya’s rebels will be given access to part of the $33bn of Libyan state assets that have been frozen at US banks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton’s announcement that the US is creating a legal framework for rebels to…
NATO bombs rain down on Moammar Gadhafi’s compound, the daughter of the Libyan dictator says she’s been telling her three young children bedtime stories about the afterlife “to make them ready.” “In a time of war, you never know when a rocket or a bomb might hit you, and that will be the end,” Aisha…
“THAT’S WHAT I THINK IS SO GORGEOUS ABOUT WIKIPEDIA — IT’S THIS LIMITLESS SPACE; IT CAN BE AS BIG AS IT NEEDS TO BE. IT CAN ACTUALLY CONTAIN THE SUM OF EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW,” SAYS GARDNER. April 2011 Photograph by Robyn Twomey Wikipedia director Sue Gardner has transformed the site’s broken business…