Libya

Torture, show trials common in neocolonial Libya

A video released last week showing the beating and torture of Saadi Gadhafi is not an anomaly in contemporary Libya…

August 15, 2015

We are at war — elections, austerity and U.S. militarism’s impact on Spain

By Ángeles Maestro The writer is a leader of the political organization Red Roja (Red Network), a communist organization active…

June 25, 2015

1,300 African, Asian migrants drown in Mediterranean

An accident on a substandard boat resulted in the deaths of over 900 refugees from Africa, the Middle East and…

April 28, 2015

Refugee crisis in Mediterranean

A ship with 700 refugees on board capsized south of the Italian island of Lampedusa in Libyan waters on April…

April 27, 2015

Instability in Libya and Tunisia caused by U.S., NATO

Just two days before the 59th anniversary of Tunisia’s national independence from France in 1956, gunmen took over the Bardo…

March 30, 2015

U.S. causes instability in Libya, Nigeria

Egyptian planes struck Libya on Feb. 16 following Islamic State operatives’ brutal execution of Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya. Egyptian…

February 28, 2015

Hatching new wars

Capitalist crises engender war. To the profiteers, war spoils and the selling of war materiel are the answer to sagging…

February 19, 2015

French racism, repression ignite protests in Africa

More protests took place throughout the Muslim world after the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo once again highlighted a cover cartoon…

January 20, 2015

Charlie Hebdo, the free press and racism

How do we put in perspective the international media focus on the massacre of 12 journalists in Paris on Jan.…

January 13, 2015

NATO powers threaten re-attack on Libya

Recent reports claim that Islamic State camps have been set up in Libya, the North African country in chaos after…

December 12, 2014