Bangladeshis Victims of Corporate Exploitation: Western companies responsible for deaths of garment workers

By Asad Ismi In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 garment workers and injuring more than 2,500. The building contained four garment factories. This was the worst industrial disaster in Bangladesh’s history, and the worst in the garment sector’s history. As of late January, workers and their families were […]

The U.S. War Crimes Record: U.S. Responsible for Killing of Millions, Mostly Civilians

By Asad Ismi In a speech on September 11, U.S. President Barack Obama charged that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s government “gassed to death” more than a thousand people in Damascus on August 21. “What kind of world will we live in if the United States of America sees a dictator brazenly violate international law with […]

The Latin American Revolution (Part 21): Denying Morales’ Plane Fuel Seen As Attempted Assassination

By Asad Ismi On July 2, the United States put pressure on several European countries to prevent a plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales from landing to refuel at any of their airports. The excuse for this unprecedented denial of landing rights was the unfounded claim that Morales was hiding American whistleblower Edward Snowden on […]

Snowden Exposes Vast U.S. Surveillance Empire: Americans Find Out How Much Their Government Spies on Them

By Asad Ismi Edward Snowden, a contract employee (until May) at the U.S. National Security Agency, revealed in June that the NSA was spying on hundreds of millions of Americans by collecting their phone, e-mail, and Internet records. The agency was also secretly compiling similar information on Europeans. The NSA is the largest and most […]