Politics

By MWC News

by Adam Kelle

Perhaps the most important event of this week is what did not happen. US Secretary of State John Kerry did not land at Ben Gurion Airport, and did not go by helicopter back and forth between Jerusalem and Ramallah, and the reporters did not cover any press conferences of his, and commentators wrote no learned comments about the chances of his crucial peace mission. 

Read more: The right to be pessimistic

By Gilad Atzmon

"The Lab" is a new groundbreaking Israeli documentary film that redefines our entire understanding of the Jewish State, its aims, its identity and its global destructive role. I honestly believe that this film is the deepest and most important commentary on Israel.

Read more: The Israeli Lab and the Palestinian Guinea Pigs

By Stephen Lendman

General Keith Alexander is NSA director. He's US Cyber Command head. He's in charge of lawlessly spying. He directs illegal hacking.

He does both globally. He's a serial lawbreaker. He violates fundamental constitutional law. He testified before Congress.

Read more: When NSA Chief Lies to Congress

By MWC News

by Hassan Shariatmadari et al

Iranians have been heading to the polls today to choose their next president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has served the maximum two consecutive terms allowed by the Iranian constitution, cannot stand for re-election in this poll - and, until recently, the field of candidates looking to succeed him was broad. But that list was dramatically reduced in the past month when the all-powerful Guardian Council, handmaidens of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, drew a red line through the names of literally hundreds of would-be candidates who, in the Council's view, were not sufficiently loyal to the Supreme Leader.

Read more: Phony democracy in Iran

By Graham Peebles

Thousands march in the capital

The people of Ethiopia have been suppressed and controlled for generations. Under the current EPRDF government, freedom of expression has been curtailed and an atmosphere of fear and intimidation fostered. Peaceful assembly has not been allowed, contrary to the constitution, and all political dissent stamped on.

Read more: Seeds of change in Ethiopia