World leaders met at the U.N. this week to discuss the growing food crisis in which the cost of food around the globe continues to increase. Conclusions reached included that more food aid should be delivered to the hungry, small farmers should be provided with seeds and fertilizer, restrictions on…
Israel has yet again announced further plans to continue construction of settlements in the occupied territories, declaring its intentions to build 900 new homes in or near East Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protested the announcement and continued illegal settlement activity, saying, “If Israel does not halt these activities, it…
The IAEA delivered a report to the UN earlier this week outlining remaining areas of concern with Iran’s nuclear program. The Western media has characterized this report as a damning criticism of Iran’s lack of cooperation and as presenting information supporting the US intelligence community’s assessment that Iran had an…
Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent political analyst and a recipient of the Project Censored Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism. He is the founding editor of Foreign Policy Journal (www.foreignpolicyjournal.com) and can also be found on the web at JeremyRHammond.com. His new book, "Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian economics in the financial crisis", is now available at Amazon.com.
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