Know the truth about what is happening in Syria.... » read this article

CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................ 2 INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 3 Methodology .................................................................... 4 What is a forest?............................................................... 4 Who are indigenous peoples? ............................................... 5 Who are forest peoples? ..................................................... 7 TABLE A: Forest peoples¡¦ numbers by region ......................... 8 Forest peoples¡¦ numbers by type of dependence .................... 8 TABLE B(1) ....................................................................... 8... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Venezuela's National Assembly passed extraordinary new labor laws in support of workers on April 30, 2012. In a time when workers have had their rights stripped away and capitalist economies are collapsing throughout the United States and Europe, the Venezuelan government has managed to keep its economy thriving... » read this article

Editor's Comment: The following report is the 4th and final report in the series, "Libya One Year After" by Axis of Logic Columnist, T.J. Coles. We thank him for establishing a fully documented and accurate history of NATO's destruction of Libya 2011. Read Parts I, II and III of this... » read this article

One of the great myths about the Argentine economy that is repeated nearly every day is that the rapid growth of the Argentine economy during the past decade has been a "commodity export boom". For example, the New York Times reported last week: "Riding an export boom for commodities like... » read this article

On 01 April 2012, the so-called “Friends of Syria” met in Istanbul to plan their agenda of fomenting civil war in Syria to destroy the country and oust the Syrian Government, using “human rights” as a pretext. They have agreed to provide finance and arms to outlawed groups attacking the... » read this article

Today is not just a day of celebration. It's clearly a day of protest - for a variety of reasons, all of which boil down to the objections of the people to the huge gap between rich and poor.... » read this article

This article is not my idea. A friend sent me an email that contains the gist of the point being made here; but the text is mine. -prh, Axis of Logic editor For those of you who are aware there are other countries outside the borders of your own country... » read this article

“If you want to create a change, you must challenge not only the models of Unreality, but the paradigms that underwrite them.” - Stafford Beer Imagine you are a 7-month-old baby and your older brother or sister is about 520-years-old. Wouldn’t you want to know something about how he/she has... » read this article

Editor's Introduction Why you should read David North's "In Defense of Leon Trotsky" North's treatise goes much farther than combatting the lies that continue today about the person of Trotsky himself, although that in itself would be a worthy project. His extraordinary defense describes the methods used by the bourgeois... » read this article

Editor's Introduction: We offered the following introduction to T. J. Coles second installment in this series, Libya: One Year On, Recording NATO's War Crimes, Part II and it applies just as well to his entire 4 Part Series on NATO's destruction of Sovereign Libya: "It is utterly important that the details of the... » read this article

Literally over night in May of 1970, President Richard M. Nixon’s ill-planned and ill-fated invasion of Cambodia revived the dwindling antiwar movement to vigorous life. Whether it was his verbal barrages of “Peace with Honor” or his “Vietnamization” euphemism that lulled pro-life protesters to sleep, when President Nixon announced he... » read this article

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Editor's Note: We are grateful to Mankh, our resident poet, for writing this very moving poem to help us stop to remember our home ... our Mother ... on Earth Day, Sunday April 22, 2012. Mankh's poem combined with this performance by John Trudell, Bad Dog and Buffy Saint Marie... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Bravo! We have nothing but praise for President Cristina Ferdandez for her courage and leadership demonstrated once again in her move to nationalize Argentine's natural resources. From Argentina's nationalization of the country's airlines and pension funds to it's recent stand to regain the Islas Malvinas from Britain, Cristina... » read this article

The Ngäbe-Buglé people are fighting back on multiple fronts against big business, the Panamanian regime of Ricardo Martinelli and even the United Nations - in our terms - Global Corporate Empire. Martinelli, a former business tycoon and friend of Washington is bent on crushing the Ngäbe-Buglé with with his riot... » read this article

The mounting threat of a US-Israeli military attack against Iran is based on several factors including: the recent military history of both countries in the region, public pronouncements by US and Israeli political leaders, recent and on-going attacks on Lebanon and Syria, prominent allies of Iran, armed attacks and assassinations... » read this article

This week Venezuelans commemorated the 10th anniversary of the attempted coup d’état against democratically- elected President Hugo Chavez in April 2002 with a series of events ranging from street demonstrations to media workshops and public debates. The activities, sponsored by an array of public institutions and social organizations, drew attention... » read this article

"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." -- Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994 "Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of... » read this article

Editorial comment: At this 10th anniversary of the failed coup in Venezuela, it's the moment to repost this fabulous documentary which showed the world that democracy is not dead. It may be strangled temporarily – in various places by various callous opportunists and psychopaths, but it will never really be... » read this article