Reminiscent of the December 2010 act of self-immolation in Tunisia by Mohammed Bouazizi, which inspired the globally influential “Arab Spring,” a Chinese man surnamed Wang has undertaken this extreme form of protest at China’s Tiananmen Square.

As the pro-democracy ‘Arab Spring’ consciousness spread across North Africa and beyond, Euroamerican imperialists sent a message with draconian violence.  NATO forces perpetrated crimes against humanity to combat alleged crimes against humanity.

As people in the U.S. and abroad endeavour to exercise their rights and civil liberties, the state and its police forces find methods to repress such civic activity. An important component of social control has been state curtailment of telecommunications.

A new study suggests that openly gay men face substantial job discrimination in certain parts of the US. The study found that gay applicants were 40 percent less likely to be granted an interview than their heterosexual counterparts.

The news that King Abdullah would permit women to vote and run in local elections in 2015 was met with the predictable array of responses in the corporate media. Very little was said about American-Saudi relations going back more than half a century.