Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (7/12/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (7/12/13)
This week: Tariq Ramadan calls a coup a coup, California prisoners begin a hunger strike for basic human rights, and Dinyar Godrej unpacks the exploitation of debt.
Jul 11, 2013 / StudentNation
Secretary Kerry’s Mission Impossible in Israel-Palestine Secretary Kerry’s Mission Impossible in Israel-Palestine
Washington’s assurances that it will defend Israel no matter what it does, however objectionable, kill any hope of a two-state solution to the conflict.
Jul 11, 2013 / Henry Siegman
Jeremy Scahill: The War Against Whistleblowers Jeremy Scahill: The War Against Whistleblowers
What a country's treatment of its own citizens says about how it will treat non-citizens.
Jul 11, 2013 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions
Creating a Military-Industrial-Immigration Complex Creating a Military-Industrial-Immigration Complex
Here's how to turn the US-Mexican border into a war zone.
Jul 11, 2013 / Todd Miller
Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Truth-Teller Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Truth-Teller Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes
From his release from a Gulag in 1953 to his death in Moscow this week, Anton had one mission: ‘To unmask Stalin, his henchmen and their heirs.’
Jul 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen
Egypt’s Fake Mass ‘Rebellion’? Egypt’s Fake Mass ‘Rebellion’?
More and more, it seems that the revolt that mobilized against the Muslim Brotherhood was manipulated by the powers-that-be.
Jul 11, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Scenes of Chaos in Egypt Scenes of Chaos in Egypt
Deadly clashes shock a nation fresh off the heels of a military coup.
Jul 10, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
US Retailers Launch Lobby Blitz to Sell Weak Bangladesh Safety Plan US Retailers Launch Lobby Blitz to Sell Weak Bangladesh Safety Plan
While touting their “indpendence” in facilitating a rival safety plan for Bangladesh factories, Senator George Mitchell’s law firm is paid by The Gap, a major ret...
Jul 10, 2013 / Lee Fang
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Is Egypt’s Interim Government Just Repeating the Same Mistakes? Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Is Egypt’s Interim Government Just Repeating the Same Mistakes?
The fissures between between Egypt’s interim government and the Muslim Brotherhood party it replaced in power continue to widen.
Jul 10, 2013 / Press Room
Al Jazeera’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem Al Jazeera’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem
Staff quits en masse over Qatar-imposed favoritism for the Brothers.
Jul 10, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss