On March 1, 2011 the Boston Tea Party National Committee passed a resolution (4-0 with 3 not-voting) supporting War Crimes trials for “for every person that has violated the ‘law of war’.” The resolution states: Whereas Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum states, Crimes Against Humanity “are particularly odious offenses...

Why is the Tunisian revolution, the source of inspiration for the Arab World Revolution and a symbol for the entire world, called the Jasmine Revolution? The Jasmine Revolution is the term used to refer to the demonstrations in Tunisia. The cause of the demonstrations is still being analyzed. Some media report they were triggered by decades of oppression, unemployment,...

“Democracy, democracy!” they shout en mass as they gather in their thousands on Arab streets, people from all walks of life walking and yelling , “we want Democracy,” the cry can be heard from Egypt to Libya to Yemen to Tunisia to Algeria and Bahrain and in other parts of the Arab World and resonating throughout the whole world. A monumental shift...

Two days before Christmas, the Associated Press wrote of Halliburton’s generous gift of $250 million to Nigerian officials, to bribe their government into dropping the criminal bribery charges against former Halliburton CEO and former U.S.  Vice President Dick Cheney. Former President George H.W. Bush and former Secretary of State James Baker reportedly also made personal...

No, this isn’t the headline of a newspaper from “Bizarro World” or even a satirical piece from The Onion. This is in fact what happened on November 26, 2010 at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. According to a criminal complaint signed in the District of Oregon, Mohamed Osman Mohamud was arrested by the FBI...