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DESCENT INTO BARBARISM: THE US AND NATO WAGE WAR ON THE WORLD
Finian Cunningham – Global Research,
10 Feb 2010
The argument is won: capitalism as an effective system to organise society and provide for human needs has expired. The evidence is conclusive. Trillions of dollars to kickstart the economy in the US and Europe may have given an ephemeral lease of life to the financial class to spin the casino wheel once again, but […]
→ read full articleTHE “SHOCK DOCTRINE” FOR HAITI
Ashley Smith – Socialist Worker,
10 Feb 2010
The U.S. is reviving what Haitians call "the plan of death."ONE MONTH after the devastating earthquake, Haiti continues to suffer under apocalyptic conditions. The quake killed more than 200,000 people, injured 250,000 and has left over 3 million dependent on assistance for food, water and housing. Contrary to the puff pieces in the media, the […]
→ read full articleHAITI, FORGIVE US
Amy Goodman - Truthdig,
10 Feb 2010
The tragedy of the Haitian earthquake continues to unfold, with slow delivery of aid, the horrific number of amputations performed out of desperate medical necessity, more than a million homeless, perhaps 240,000 dead, hunger, dehydration, the emergence of infections and waterborne diseases, and the approach of the rainy season, which will be followed by the […]
→ read full articleMBAs UNPREPARED FOR A MORALLY COMPLEX FUTURE
Thomas N. Gladwin and David Berdish – Financial Times,
9 Feb 2010
Following Copenhagen, we face a perfect storm of global moral questions: what do we owe future generations, the deprived and the environment? Companies are being challenged to declare and act on their social and moral obligations. But business schools are failing to prepare leaders for this challenging task. The Aspen Institute’s latest Beyond Grey Pinstripes […]
→ read full articleBRITAIN, YOU BETTER WAKE UP
Gilad Atzmon,
9 Feb 2010
The more I read about the Chilcot inquiry the more disturbed I am. The fallacy imbued in the heart of British ‘democracy’ is staggering. While some commentators are concerned with questions to do with the legality of the war, the most crucial issue here is actually the disappearance of ethical judgment from our public and […]
→ read full articleCOULD U.S. AIR STRIKES PUSH PAKISTAN INTO KHMER ROUGE TYPE GENOCIDE?
Pratap Chatterjee and Tom Engelhardt - Tomdispatch.com,
9 Feb 2010
Almost every day, reports come back from the CIA’s “secret” battlefield in the Pakistani tribal borderlands. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles — that is, pilot-less drones — shoot missiles (18 of them in a single attack on a tiny village last week) or drop bombs and then the news comes in: a certain number of al-Qaeda or […]
→ read full articleSOUTH AFRICA’S DATE WITH DESTINY
Mike Hanna in Africa – AlJazeera,
7 Feb 2010
Mike Hanna remembers the day in February 1990 when South Africa began its march to democracy. The image that stuck with me that bright February morning was never filmed or photographed. A pair of white police officers were watching a video feed from parliament just over the cobble-stoned street from where they were standing: FW […]
→ read full articleTHE US MILITARY: A MINDSET OF BARBARISM (Part 1)
Dahr Jamail – Truthout,
7 Feb 2010
On December 27, in the eastern Kunar region of Afghanistan, ten Afghans, eight of whom were schoolchildren, were dragged from their beds and shot by US forces during a nighttime raid. Afghan government investigators said the eight students were aged from 11 to 17 years. This incident is but one example of countless atrocities US […]
→ read full articlePLEASE, MR. PRESIDENT, STOP TALKING NONSENSE
Alan Hart – Information Clearing House,
7 Feb 2010
At a town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida on 28 January, President Obama explained what in his view had to happen if there is to be a two-state solution which would see Israel and the Palestinians living side by side in peace and security. He said, “Both sides are going to have to make concessions”. […]
→ read full articleTHE US MILITARY: A MINDSET OF BARBARISM (Part 2)
Dahr Jamail - Truthout,
7 Feb 2010
This is the second part of an interview with Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic, a Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University who has written three books on US misconduct in Iraq: "The Trials of Abu Ghraib: An Expert Witness Account of Shame and Honor," "Rules of Engagement?: Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq" and "The ‘Good Soldier’ on […]
→ read full articleHITCHENS HAS NO CLOTHES: A RESPONSE TO ‘VIDAL LOCO’
Dr Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, MA DPhil (Sussex) – The Independent,
7 Feb 2010
In his February Vanity Fair hitpiece, Christopher Hitchens argues that the post-9/11 world has driven Gore Vidal ‘Loco’ – the signs, he says, were always there, but 9/11 and events thereafter ‘accentuated a crackpot strain that gradually asserted itself as dominant.’ Hitchens begins his missive with Gore’s take on 9/11 itself, in which he ‘insinuated […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) LOS DESAFÍOS DE LOS MOVIMIENTOS POPULARES LATINOAMERICANOS FRENTE A LA CRISIS CAPITALISTA
Emilio Taddei & José Seoane - Centre Tricontinental,
5 Feb 2010
En noviembre de 1999 la “Batalla de Seattle” contra la tercera reunión ministerial de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC, bautizada “Ronda del Milenio”) marcó el “acta fundacional” del movimiento altermundialista. Hoy, una década después de su “bautismo de fuego” en la escena internacional, este movimiento enfrenta la salida impulsada por los poderes sistémicos a […]
→ read full articleTEN YEARS OF WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: ANOTHER WORLD IN THE MAKING
Francine Mestrum – Centre Tricontinental,
5 Feb 2010
It should always be repeated: no one can have a final and total position on the World Social Forum. Since hundreds of seminars are organized, one can only speak about the impressions one has following the seminars one attended. This is also the case for the latest event in Porto Alegre, ten years after the […]
→ read full articleTHE LESSONS OF IRAQ HAVE BEEN IGNORED. THE TARGET IS NOW IRAN
Seumas Milne - ZNet,
5 Feb 2010
The US military buildup in the Gulf and Blair’s promotion of war against Tehran are a warning of yet another catastrophe.We were ¬supposed to have learned the lessons of the Iraq war. That’s what Britain’s Chilcot inquiry is meant to be all about. But the signs from the Middle East are that it could be […]
→ read full articleRAINFOREST RESCUE
TMS Editor,
5 Feb 2010
Dear friends, A leaked draft EU document shows that the Commission would like to rename palm oil plantations as “forest” in order that biodiesel from palm oil plantations can still meet EU biofuels sustainability criteria. Palm oil expansion is a major cause of tropical rainforest destruction and biodiesel from palm oil can easily cause more […]
→ read full articleMALAYSIA & THAILAND: CIVIL SOCIETY AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
Daniel Semcesen , Pierre Nikolov – Centre Tricontinental,
5 Feb 2010
The importance of civil society for advancing peace efforts and outcomes generated increased and wide interest after the Cold war. During this era the number of armed intra-state and violent ethnic conflicts also increased dramatically. In Southeast Asia only Malaysia has avoided intra-state conflict and recurring ethnic violence. Thailand constitutes a typical regional case with […]
→ read full articleUS ‘MISSILE DEFENCE’ MOVE CRITICISED BY CND
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament-CND,
4 Feb 2010
Press Release – Feb 4, 2010 The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament regrets moves towards the establishment of a US interceptor missile base in Romania , announced only days after plans emerged to site Patriot batteries in four Gulf states . CND criticised the move as part of a deepening entrenchment of US forces in the region. […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE, UNA REGIÓN DE PAZ: FUERA LAS BASES MILITARES EXTRANJERAS
CETIM - Centre Europe-Tiers Monde, Genève,
4 Feb 2010
Reunidos en Porto Alegre, Brasil, en el marco de los eventos celebrados durante el 10º aniversario del Foro Social Mundial, frente a una nueva escalada agresiva del imperialismo, nosotros los movimientos sociales y populares, redes, organizaciones, de las más diversas latitudes, nos encontramos nuevamente al frente de una campaña como la que realizamos contra el […]
→ read full articleTHE CORPORATION
Information Clearing House,
3 Feb 2010
I believe this is one of the best and most important documentary films to be made in many years. This is an extraordinary film about the creation of the American corporation, its legal organizational model, its global economic dominance and its psychopathic tendencies, and its incredible ambition to influence every aspect of culture in its […]
→ read full articleIDEA OF COMPANY-AS-PERSON ORIGINATED IN LATE 19TH CENTURY
Martha C. White - Washington Post,
3 Feb 2010
The Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 decision that rolled back long-standing restrictions on corporate campaign finance donations has generated a lot of Sturm und Drang from proponents of campaign reform and the White House itself. At the crux of the decision was a determination that corporations have a right to free speech. The court ruled […]
→ read full articleYOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BIPOLAR TO BE A GENIUS – BUT IT HELPS
Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor – The Independent,
3 Feb 2010
Study reveals that high-achievers are far more likely to be manic depressives. Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness. Speculation that the two may be related dates back millennia, and can be found in the writings of Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Aristotle once claimed that "there […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) PATRICIO LUMUMBA, EL ROSTRO OLVIDADO DEL GENOCIDIO NEGRO
Carlos Ml. Vega Bolaños - TeleSur,
3 Feb 2010
"Ninguna brutalidad maltrato o tortura me ha doblegado porque prefiero morir con la cabeza en alto, con la fe inquebrantable y una profunda confianza en el futuro de mi país, a vivir sometido y pisoteando principios sagrados. Un día la historia nos juzgará, pero no será la historia según Bruselas, París, Washington o la ONU, […]
→ read full article“MY FATHER WAS A FREEDOM FIGHTER”
Gilad Atzmon,
3 Feb 2010
Ramzy Baroud’s “My Father Was A Freedom Fighter” is more than a book, it is actually a masterpiece. In an overwhelmingly evoking personal style Baroud manages to bring to light the history of the Palestinian people and their battle with Israel and Zionism. Through the story of the Baroud’s family the book outlines every event […]
→ read full articleEXPOSED: BERNANKE’S “SKIMMING OPERATION”
Mike Whitney – Information Clearing House,
3 Feb 2010
The banks didn’t care if the loans were repaid because they got their money "up front" on volume originations. That’s why they were so eager to issue mortgages to people with no income, no collateral, no job, and a bad credit history. It was all a gigantic skimming operation, where banks and brokers got their […]
→ read full articleMOSSADEGH AND AHMADINEJAD: IRAN FACES ALMOST THE SAME DILEMMA AS 1953
Ardeshir Ommani - Iranian,
3 Feb 2010
There is a stark similarity between some aspects of the political atmosphere dominant over Iran today and those under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh right before the U.S.-led coup of 1953 that resulted in the overthrow of the legitimate government of Iran and the establishment of a U.S.-puppet government of the Shah. In the period between […]
→ read full articleTHE VULTURES CIRCLE HAITI AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, NATURAL OR MAN-MADE
Regan Boychuk – Information Clearing House,
3 Feb 2010
Despite the impression you might have been left with from the media, Haitians are perfectly capable of managing their own affairs and know what they need a hell of a lot better than we do. Now, more than ever, Haitians deserve better from us and it is up to us to ensure our government does […]
→ read full articleFULL-COURT PRESS: THE “FOUR HORSEMEN” CALL FOR A NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPENDING SURGE
Darwin BondGraham, Will Parrish and Nicholas Ian Robinson,
3 Feb 2010
In the December edition of Z Magazine we published a lengthy feature examining the new politics of "anti-nuclear nuclearism," a rhetoric whereby hawkish elites vaguely tout the goal of "disarmament" in order to actually boost nuclear weapons spending and advance a long-term, militarized, pro-nuclear vision. We focused in on the Hoover Institution’s pivotal role in […]
→ read full articleISRAELI OCCUPATION SUPPORTIVE COMPANIES TO BOYCOTT
Stephen Lendman – Dissident Voice,
3 Feb 2010
In July 2005, a coalition of 171 Palestinian Civil Society organizations created the global BDS movement for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights” for Occupied Palestinians, Israeli Arabs, and Palestinian diaspora refugees. Since 1948, hundreds of UN resolutions and civil society actions condemned […]
→ read full articleTHE UNITED STATES MISREADS BRAZIL’S WORLD POLICY
Immanuel Wallerstein - ZNet,
2 Feb 2010
When the United States first realized circa 1970 that its hegemonic dominance was being threatened by the growing economic (and hence geopolitical) strength of western Europe and Japan, it changed its posture, seeking to prevent western Europe and Japan from taking too independent a position in world affairs. The United States said in effect, although […]
→ read full articleISRAEL AND HAITI
Mohsin Drabu,
2 Feb 2010
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, which may have wiped out up to 3% of the population, one of the most publicised national aid and rescue efforts was provided by Israel. The day following the quake, a delegation including Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IDF Home Front Command and IDF Medical Corp Personnel left immediately to […]
→ read full articleVIDEO GAMES WITH A PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE
Amitabh Pal- The Progressive,
2 Feb 2010
The best thing about being invited to conferences is not the chance to spread the word about your work (though I do enjoy doing that), but the opportunity you get to learn about the good work others are doing. Take Games for Change, an outfit I came to know about when Suzanne Seggerman, the organization’s […]
→ read full articlePORTUGAL: RACING FOR RENEWABLES
Mario de Queiroz – TerraViva Europe,
2 Feb 2010
Just a decade ago, criticism rained down on sunny, windy Portugal for not making the most of nature’s gifts to develop renewable energy sources. Now all signs indicate that it did not fall on deaf ears, as the country has become a leader in the field. Today, this southern European country of 10.5 million people […]
→ read full articleCOLOMBIA’S MASS GRAVES
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey – Pravda,
2 Feb 2010
The dark history of President Alvaro Uribe is well known for its seedy connections to narco-traffickers, terrorists and murderers. When Mayor of the City of Medellin, narco-terrorist death squads sent thousands of civilians to the most horrific deaths. Now, mass graves with thousands of bodies have been uncovered. Colombia is covered in a fine white […]
→ read full articleTHE FLOOD TO END OCCUPATION
Manuel Rozental - ZNet,
2 Feb 2010
The obvious is now being stated daily from different angles and perspectives and supported by strong evidence. The occupation of Haiti for transnational Capital through the US and its allies is being implemented. Aid is a political, geo-strategic and military-terror tool with local and external impacts. On the ground, controlled starvation and despair are aimed […]
→ read full articleWHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN COPENHAGEN?
Anne Petermann and Orin Langelle – Znet,
2 Feb 2010
The iron fist of the market versus iron in the soul of the social movements.When the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) "negotiations" ended in Copenhagen, a colleague from ATTAC France remarked that we might have just witnessed the tipping point of the end of capitalism […]
→ read full articleWORLD SOCIAL FORUM: RECONCILING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS
Mario Osava - IPS/TerraViva,
1 Feb 2010
One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is to attend to the urgent social needs of the planet’s population, and particularly the one billion people living "on the brink of survival", while dealing with the equally urgent demands of the environment. This warning came from Brazilian Social Development Minister Patrus Ananias at the […]
→ read full articleMAKE ISRAEL A NON JEWISH SECULAR DEMOCRACY
Helen Gavaghan in Manchester, UK,
1 Feb 2010
Sociologist and New York-based peace activist, Joel Kovel, outlined personal arguments for a deeper understanding of Zionism if one is to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He spoke at a meeting of the Manchester branch of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in January (21st). PSC groups around the UK hold meetings to raise funds for Palestinians […]
→ read full articleTHE US GAME IN LATIN AMERICA
Mark Weisbrot – The Guardian,
1 Feb 2010
US interference in the politics of Haiti and Honduras is only the latest example of its long-term manipulations in Latin America.When I write about US foreign policy in places such as Haiti or Honduras, I often get responses from people who find it difficult to believe that the US government would care enough about these […]
→ read full articleAL JAZEERA: THE MOST HATED NAME IN NEWS?
Deborah Campbell – The Walrus Magazine,
1 Feb 2010
Can Al Jazeera English cure what ails North American journalism? There are three forces shaping the world, an Arab reporter I met in the Gaza Strip once told me: money, women, and journalism. On the first and third counts, he might have been thinking of Qatar, where I pass by luxury shopping malls, glittering real […]
→ read full articleTHE FATEFUL GEOLOGICAL PRIZE CALLED HAITI
F. William Engdahl – Global Research,
1 Feb 2010
President becomes UN Special Envoy to earthquake-stricken Haiti. A born-again neo-conservative US business wheeler-dealer preacher claims Haitians are condemned for making a literal ‘pact with the Devil.’ Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Bolivian, French and Swiss rescue organizations accuse the US military of refusing landing rights to planes bearing necessary medicines and urgently needed potable water to the […]
→ read full articleMIXED FORTUNES FOR SRI LANKA TAMILS – Despite the end of the war, the lives of Tamils in Sri Lanka’s north remain difficult. Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay takes a look at the challenges they still face.
TMS Editor,
1 Feb 2010
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→ read full articleUS DRONES KILLED 123 CIVILIANS, THREE AL-QAEDA MEN IN JANUARY
Amir Mir – The News, Lahore,
1 Feb 2010
Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number of 12 deadly missile strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan in January 2010, of which 10 went wrong and failed to hit their targets, killing 123 innocent Pakistanis. The remaining two successful drone strikes killed three al-Qaeda leaders, wanted by the Americans. The rapid increase in […]
→ read full articleNOT FOR SALE
Ron Moreau - Newsweek,
31 Jan 2010
Kabul’s Western allies want to pay Taliban fighters to quit the insurgency. Lots of luck. Representatives from nearly 70 countries showed up in London on Jan. 28 for a one-day conference on how to save Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai was there, gamely offering "peace and reconciliation" to all Afghans, "especially" those "who are not a […]
→ read full articleCRITICAL FACTORS & EMERGENCY OF THE 1994 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
Dr. Claude Shema Rutagengwa,
31 Jan 2010
In 1994, Rwanda experienced the unspeakable cruel genocide, and between 800,000-1 million of innocent people perished. But the genocide was avoidable, preventable. The new government that halted the genocide did a lot to rebuild the country and reconstruct the destroyed society, but how far is it to preventing similar unspeakable human rights violations? Does anybody […]
→ read full articleHUMAN RIGHTS AND HAITI
Kerry Kennedy and Monika Kaira Varma - T r u t h o u t,
31 Jan 2010
Overwhelmed by sadness, empathy and disbelief, the world’s eyes and hearts are focused on the rescue and relief efforts resulting from the earthquake in Haiti. However, many who have worked in Haiti fear that a preventable and long term disaster lies on the horizon if international interventions do not break with past patterns. As international […]
→ read full articleREPUDIATING THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Kim Petersen – Dissident Voice,
31 Jan 2010
The extreme poverty in Haiti is widely acknowledged in the corporate media commentary, but for the most part, it is blamed on some flaw intrinsic to Haitians as a nation. When Haitians did gain a semblance of control over their fate, with the election of their first president, regimes in France, the United States, and […]
→ read full articleTHE KIDNAPPING OF HAITI
John Pilger – Information Clearing House,
31 Jan 2010
The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured “formal approval” from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to “secure” roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in law. Power rules in an American naval blockade and […]
→ read full article“DANGEROUS ENEMIES AND MORE DANGEROUS FRIENDS: WHY THE US NEEDS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO YEMEN”
James R. King, - T r u t h o u t,
30 Jan 2010
Just a few short months ago, the Republic of Yemen was probably better known for its singular status as the only country that starts with the letter "Y" than for anything substantive related to its history, culture or contemporary politics. Today, however, one can hardly turn on the television without being bombarded with some news […]
→ read full articleCYBER POLITICS: A NEW DYNAMIC IN INTER-STATE RELATIONS
Dr Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, Mumbai,
29 Jan 2010
The famous scientist Albert Einstein, while deeply perturbed by the use of nuclear weapons during the second world war, had lamented that though he could not predict the kind of weapons to be used in any probable third world war, he was sure the fourth world war, if the humanity survives after the third one, […]
→ read full articleA BLANK CHECK FOR WAR! WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE?
Jim Albertini – Center for Nonviolent Education and Action, Hawaii,
29 Jan 2010
People are justifiably angry over billion-dollar bank bailouts, corporate mega-bonuses at taxpayers expense, giveaways to insurance companies, high unemployment, foreclosures, politicians in the pockets of lobbyists, the lack of true health care reform, etc., etc. But where is the outrage over the escalating military budget and trillion dollar wars of empire disguised as a war […]
→ read full articleGOVERNOR PATERSON, SHUT THIS DAIRY DOWN
Martha Rosenberg – Dissident Voice,
29 Jan 2010
“When searching for new employees at Willet Dairy, we look for skilled people who know how to handle animals and their illnesses, chief operating officer Lyn Odel told Farm Credit of Maine in 2006. But one look at undercover video shot at New York state’s largest dairy in Locke, released this week, makes his remark […]
→ read full articleWHY WE NEED A UN PARLIAMENT
Andreas Bummel – Open Democracy,
29 Jan 2010
It isn’t less democracy that will allow for more effective global governance. More democracy is urgently needed.The United Nations is the main hub for global multilateralism. With 192 member states, its membership is almost universal. Under its roof, major global issues are negotiated that concern the future of humanity. The international response to the global […]
→ read full articleVENEZUELA CANCELS HAITI’S DEBT
Venezuelan Embassy in the U.S.A.,
28 Jan 2010
The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, announced on Monday, January 25, that the Venezuelan government will forgive any Venezuelan debts held by Haiti. During a meeting of the Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), the Venezuelan president said that in view of the tragedy […]
→ read full articleIN THE WEST THEY SAY IT’S RAIN
Amira Hass - Haaretz,
28 Jan 2010
Israel, via the Interior Ministry, continues to spit in the face of friendly countries, and those countries continue to admire the falling raindrops. The ministry’s most recent gob of spit was the cancellation of the work visas that citizens of those countries who are employed by international NGOs have been getting for years. Instead, they […]
→ read full articlePEOPLE’S HISTORIAN AND PROGRESSIVE HERO HOWARD ZINN DIES
Mark Feeney and Bryan Marquard – Boston Globe,
28 Jan 2010
National treasure, and acclaimed author of "People’s History of the United States" passed away at age 87. Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam… died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was […]
→ read full articleA PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF AMERICAN EMPIRE, BY HOWARD ZINN – Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me about the American Empire. Narrated by Viggo Mortensen, art by Mike Konopacki, video editing by Eric Wold
TMS Editor,
28 Jan 2010
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→ read full articleTHE HOLOCAUST BACKFIRES
Gilad Atzmon,
27 Jan 2010
Peres in Berlin, Netanyahu in Auschwitz, Lieberman in Budapest and Edelstein at the UN headquarters in New York all plan to attack the Goldstone report into the Gaza war on International Holocaust Day this Wednesday. Israel’s political echelon will once again try to divert attention from the fact that the Israeli crime is beyond comparison. Israeli Propaganda […]
→ read full articleANTI-ISRAELISM: WHY ZIONISM DOESN’T AND CAN’T GET IT
Alan Hart – Information Clearing House,
27 Jan 2010
There is no doubt it. More and more people all over the world, and probably many of their governments behind closed doors, are beginning to see the Zionist state of Israel for what it really is – not only the obstacle to peace but a monster apparently beyond control; and they, more and more so-called […]
→ read full articleAUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR: ‘ISRAEL ACTS LIKE NAZIS’
Graeme Murray and Chris Watt – Sunday Herald,
27 Jan 2010
One of the last remaining Auschwitz survivors has launched a blistering attack on Israel over its occupation of Palestine as he began a lecture tour of Scotland. Dr Hajo Meyer, 86, who survived 10 months in the Nazi death camp, spoke out as his 10-day tour of the UK and Ireland – taking in three Scottish […]
→ read full articleTHE DRONE SURGE: TODAY, TOMORROW, AND 2047
Nick Turse - Tomdispatch.com,
26 Jan 2010
Robots Will Soon Do All Our Killing For Us In the years ahead, unmanned machines will increasingly fight our wars. One moment there was the hum of a motor in the sky above. The next, on a recent morning in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a missile blasted a home, killing 13 people. Days later, the same […]
→ read full articleWHEN SCHOLARS JOIN THE SLAUGHTER
Dahr Jamail - Truthout,
26 Jan 2010
A core tenant of the Obama administration’s plans for "victory" in Iraq and Afghanistan is an increased reliance on counterinsurgency.As previously reported on this web site, the US military has sent shock troops – anthropologists, sociologists and social psychologists – with their own troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan, who also donned helmets and flak […]
→ read full articleHAITI’S SUFFERING IS A RESULT OF CALCULATED IMPOVERISHMENT
Seumas Milne – The Guardian,
26 Jan 2010
Haiti’s poverty is treated as some baffling quirk of history or culture, when in reality it is the direct consequence of a uniquely brutal relationship with the outside world — notably the US, France and Britain — stretching back centuries. There is no relief for the people of Haiti, it seems, even in their hour […]
→ read full articleIMF CLARIFIES TERMS OF HAITI’S LOAN
Richard Kim – The Nation,
26 Jan 2010
Last Friday I wrote about the IMF’s new $100 million loan to Haiti. I cited debt relief activists who told me that the new loan would be an extension of the IMF’s existing loan of $165 million. This information was confirmed by the IMF’s press release, which stated that "emergency financing would be provided as […]
→ read full articleTHE HUMANITARIAN MYTH
Richard Seymour – Socialist Worker,
26 Jan 2010
The author of The Liberal Defense of Murder, analyzes the propaganda manufactured to justify U.S. actions in Haiti after the earthquake. With U.S. forces obstructing aid and beefing up "security" while Haitians die, no one should accept that the U.S. is motivated by "humanitarianism."WITHIN DAYS of Haiti suffering an earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter […]
→ read full articleWHY SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IS NOT A JOB FOR THE MARKET
Michael Edwards – Open Democracy,
26 Jan 2010
In 2007, I experienced one of those fork-in-the-road moments that seem to occur when you least expect them. It was another day at the office, sifting through e-mails in the Ford Foundation’s glass palace in Manhattan, where I worked as one of the organization’s six directors. As usual, half of my inbox was filled by […]
→ read full articleWORLD SOCIAL FORUM: POSITIVE REVIEWS, ON BALANCE
Mario de Queiroz – Terraviva Europe,
26 Jan 2010
Nearly a decade after its inception, and in spite of some reverses, on balance the World Social Forum (WSF) has proved a resounding success as a platform for planet-wide debate, from the point of view of the people most affected by the world’s problems. This is the conclusion derived from a close reading of texts […]
→ read full articleWORLD SOCIAL FORUM: BACK SEAT DRIVER OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Mario Osava – Terraviva Europe,
26 Jan 2010
The World Social Forum (WSF) is only "a tool" and must not be confused with the global movement for another world, says Chico Whitaker, one of the founders of this meeting which is celebrating its tenth year with a seminar to assess its track record Jan. 25-29, in its southern Brazilian place of origin, Porto […]
→ read full articleWORLD SOCIAL FORUM: TALK VS ACTION – THE TUG-OF-WAR CONTINUES
Mario Osava – Terraviva Europe,
26 Jan 2010
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (IPS) – A call issued by social movements to evolve towards a more active role in generating concrete action marked the opening session of a seminar assessing the 10 years of the World Social Forum (WSF) Monday in this southern Brazilian city, the birthplace of the annual global civil society gathering. "It […]
→ read full articleSAVE THE ELEPHANT: IVORY TRADING IS SET TO RESUME
Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor – The Independent,
26 Jan 2010
Britain urged to oppose demands from Tanzania and Zambia to lift ban on tusk sales / Conservationists fear the move would intensify slaughter of elephantsTwo African countries are trying to open a new breach in the worldwide ivory trade ban, which conservationists fear could lead to more African elephants being slaughtered by poachers. Environmental campaigners […]
→ read full articleWHY DO THEY HATE US? – INSIDE THE MIND OF A TERRORIST
Ian Sinclair – Morning Star,
26 Jan 2010
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt to blow himself up on Northwest Airlines 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day has generated a stupendous amount of column inches and airtime in the US and British media. While the saturation-level coverage has focused on questions of "who," "what," "when," "where" and "how," it has categorically failed to ask the […]
→ read full articleTOXIC WASTES & HAITI
Mitchel Cohen – Znet,
26 Jan 2010
Two decades ago, the garbage barge, the Khian Sea, with no place in the U.S. willing to accept its garbage, left the territorial waters of the United States and began circling the oceans in search of a country willing to accept its cargo: 14,000 tons of toxic incinerator ash. First it went to the Bahamas, […]
→ read full articleIRAN AND LATIN AMERICA: THE MEDIA STATES ITS CASE
Ramzy Baroud – ZNet,
26 Jan 2010
Should the United States be concerned about Iran’s determined efforts to reach out to Latin America? Or, as was suggestively described in the Economist, by the Ayatollahs’ strategy of cozying up to Latin America? The US continues to see the world as its own business. It gives itself and its allies, most notably Israel, the […]
→ read full articleTHE HORROR OF HAITI: WHAT THE PRESS COVERAGE TELLS US
John Chuckman – Dissident Voice,
26 Jan 2010
It is relentless, the pictures of terror-stricken people, broken limbs, and bloated dead, and many of us cannot stand to see or hear more. One has to ask: what are we to do with such information? Create pressure on governments to keep the assistance flowing? Perhaps, but there is no shortage of assistance being sent […]
→ read full articleOUTSOURCING WAR: THE RISE OF PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS (PMCS)
Stephen Lendman – Dissident Voice,
26 Jan 2010
In The Prince, Machiavelli (May 1469 – June 1527) wrote: The mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous, and if anyone supports his state by the arms of mercenaries, he will never stand firm or sure, as they are disunited, ambitious, without discipline, faithless, bold amongst friends, cowardly amongst enemies, they have no fear of […]
→ read full articleCONFLICT SOLUTIONS IN MAURITANIA
Mohamed Vall, in Africa,
24 Jan 2010
Mauritania is a tiny nation on the margins of the modern world. It’s been through several coups. Most of them not bloody. But there’s a really new trend that started to emerge since last year, one of peaceful dialogue.The former ruling junta finally sat around the negotiation table with the opposition. The deposed civilian president […]
→ read full articleSTAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
Marilyn Langlois - Haiti Emergency Relief Fund Board Member, TRANSCEND Convener for USA,
22 Jan 2010
–When asked “How are they surviving?” Haitian journalist Wadner Pierre responded, “Well, they’re all sharing. That’s what we do. That’s the way Haitians are.” (January 16) –“The city has seen little violence, despite persistent fears that shortages of food, water and shelter will spark unrest.” (January 21) –Photograph of a white female US Navy medic cradling and […]
→ read full articleLAST CHANCE TO SAVE WILD BUMBLE BEES — HAS COMMERCIAL SHIPPING BEEN WIPING THEM OUT?
Adam Federman - CounterPunch,
22 Jan 2010
Getting to the bottom of why bee populations have collapsed.In the early 1990s, the USDA conducted risk assessments of the interstate transport of bumble bees for commercial greenhouse pollination, particularly tomatoes. Because of the risk of introducing non-native pests and diseases into new areas, they concluded that commercially reared bumble bees should not be shipped […]
→ read full articleDO THE TALIBAN REPRESENT THE PASHTUNS? Muhammad Junaid: Pashtun traditional code conflicts with Taliban law, but the US attacks create support. Real News video.
TMS Editor,
22 Jan 2010
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→ read full articleIRAQ LITTERED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF NUCLEAR AND DIOXIN CONTAMINATION, STUDY FINDS
Martin Chulov in Baghdad - The Guardian,
22 Jan 2010
• Greater rates of cancer and birth defects near sites• Depleted uranium among poisons revealed in reportMore than 40 sites across Iraq are contaminated with high levels or radiation and dioxins, with three decades of war and neglect having left environmental ruin in large parts of the country, an official Iraqi study has found. Areas […]
→ read full articleONE QUARTER OF US GRAIN CROPS FED TO CARS – NOT PEOPLE, NEW FIGURES SHOW
John Vidal, environment editor – The Guardian,
22 Jan 2010
New analysis of 2009 US Department of Agriculture figures suggests biofuel revolution is impacting on world food supplies.One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than being used to feed people, according to new analysis which suggests that the biofuel revolution launched […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) HAITI VA AIUTATA O ANNESSA?
Gianni Minà – LatinoAmerica, Editoriale,
21 Jan 2010
A meno di 24 ore dalla catastrofe che ha disintegrato la già poverissima isola caraibica di colonizzazione francese, i 344 medici e specialisti della salute cubani che, in 227 dei 337 comuni del paese aiutano e curano da tempo, quotidianamente, quella martoriata umanità, erano già intervenuti in più di mille emergenze. Solo tre di loro […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) EUA JÁ TÊM 13 BASES MILITARES EM TORNO DA VENEZUELA
Ignacio Ramonet – Brasil de Fato,
21 Jan 2010
Barack Obama parece ter deixado o Pentágono de mãos livres neste tema. E Hugo Chávez denuncia que está sendo tramada uma agressão contra o país.A chegada de Hugo Chávez ao poder, na Venezuela, em 2 de fevereiro de 1999, coincidiu com um acontecimento militar traumático para os Estados Unidos: o fechamento de sua principal instalação […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) LA CRÍSIS EN HAITÍ OFRECE OPORTUNIDADES DE INTERVENCIÓN A EE.UU.
Naomi Klein - TeleSur,
21 Jan 2010
La siguiente es la intervención de Naomi Kein el pasado jueves, 14 de enero, en el programa de Amy Goodman (Democracy now!) sobre los sucesos Haití y quienes ya están sacando lucro de la tragedia.NAOMI KLEIN: Como escribo en ”The Shock Doctrine” (”La doctrina del choque”), se aprovechan las crisis como pretexto para imponer las […]
→ read full articleWHEN THE MEDIA IS THE DISASTER: COVERING HAITI
Rebecca Solnit - TomDispatch,
21 Jan 2010
Soon after almost every disaster the crimes begin: ruthless, selfish, indifferent to human suffering, and generating far more suffering. The perpetrators go unpunished and live to commit further crimes against humanity. They care less for human life than for property. They act without regard for consequences.I’m talking, of course, about those members of the mass […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) I CONTRACTORS SONO MERCENARI?
Gianni Minà – LatinoAmerica, Editoriale,
21 Jan 2010
Un giudice federale di Washington, Ricardo Urbina, ha rifiutato l’incriminazione per strage di alcuni mercenari nordamericani, dipendenti della famigerata Blackwater, accusati di aver ucciso, senza motivo, 17 civili iracheni a Baghdad nel 2007. Le ragioni con cui Urbina ha motivato la sua decisione sono una vera e propria caricatura del garantismo più estremo e capzioso: […]
→ read full articleCRIMINAL STATE: A CLOSER LOOK AT ISRAEL’S ROLE IN TERRORISM
Jeff Gates – Information Clearing House,
21 Jan 2010
Game theory war-planners rely on mathematical models to anticipate and shape outcomes with staged provocations. For the agent provocateur, the reactions to a provocation—as well as the reactions to those reactions—thereby become predictable within an acceptable range of probabilities. With ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan poised to expand to Iran and Pakistan, it is […]
→ read full articleHOW WESTERN DOMINATION HAS UNDERMINED HAITI’S ABILITY TO RECOVER FROM NATURAL DEVASTATION
Amy Goodman - Democracy NOW!,
21 Jan 2010
An interview with journalist Kim Ives about Washington’s domination of Haiti.AMY GOODMAN: I’m standing here near the airport in Port-au-Prince. I can’t exactly say my feet are firmly planted on the ground, because this morning, just about 6:00, here in Port-au-Prince, we were in our room and just getting ready to leave for this broadcast, […]
→ read full articleLEGACY OF US-HAITIAN RELATIONS DATING BACK TO 1804
Danny Glover and Amy Goodman - ZNet,
21 Jan 2010
Danny Glover is an acclaimed actor, director, producer and longtime friend of Haiti. His directorial debut, Toussaint, focused on the life of François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, a former slave who became one of the fathers of Haiti’s independence from France in 1804. JUAN GONZALEZ: We’re joined here in New York by the acclaimed actor, director, producer and […]
→ read full articleAMNESTY: ISRAEL ‘COLLECTIVELY PUNISHING’ GAZA
Middle East Online,
21 Jan 2010
AI: Israel as occupying power bears foremost responsibility for ensuring welfare of Gazans.Amnesty International on Monday [Jan 18 2010] accused Israel of "collectively punishing" the population of Gaza with border closures tightened after the democratically elected Hamas movement’s 2007 takeover. The British-based rights group said the firing of rockets by Palestinian resistance — which the […]
→ read full articleEGYPT PROCEEDS WITH UNDERGROUND BARRIER ON BORDER WITH GAZA
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East,
21 Jan 2010
On December 17, an Egyptian newspaper with ties to the Egyptian government published a front page editorial defending the construction of an underground steel barrier along the length of the 14-kilometre Egyptian border with Gaza. According to the article, construction of the barrier is Egypt’s "sovereign right" and would be a mechanism to pressure Hamas […]
→ read full articleTHE SMALLEST ARMY IMAGINABLE: GANDHI’S CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSAL FOR INDIA AND JAPAN’S PEACE CONSTITUTION (PART 1)
C. Douglas Lummis – Japan Focus, The Asia-Pacific Journal,
21 Jan 2010
An analysis of Gandhi’s thought on nonviolence and its relevance.Prologue In 1931, on his way to the London Round Table Conference, Mahatma Gandhi was asked by a Reuters correspondent what his program was. He responded by writing out a brief, vivid sketch of "the India of my dreams". Such an India, he said, would be […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) TERREMOTO É DESASTRE NATURAL, MAS A POBREZA EXTREMA, NÃO
Eduardo Sales de Lima e Igor Ojeda – Brasil de Fato,
21 Jan 2010
Mídia relaciona efeitos graves do terremoto com a pobreza extrema, mas não diz por que o país caribenho é tão subdesenvolvido.Um terremoto oportuno? “A pobreza extrema do Haiti é uma construção histórica bi-centenária” As imagens das TVs de todo o mundo mostram um verdadeiro inferno. Destruição total, corpos estirados, homens e mulheres aos prantos. Os […]
→ read full articleTHE SMALLEST ARMY IMAGINABLE: GANDHI’S CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSAL FOR INDIA AND JAPAN’S PEACE CONSTITUTION (PART 2)
C. Douglas Lummis – Japan Focus, The Asia-Pacific Journal,
21 Jan 2010
Gandhi and the Art of the Possible I wrote above that it is strange that while plans for ideal polities such as those of More, Morris, and others are well known and still in print in many editions, Gandhi’s proposal is out of print and virtually unknown outside of India. There are many possible reasons […]
→ read full articleHOW OBAMA BETRAYS REVEREND KING’S PHILOSOPHY OF NONVIOLENCE
Jeff Nall – Toward Freedom,
21 Jan 2010
Each year, many remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work on behalf of civil rights. Yet the most fundamental piece of his philosophical legacy, his rejection of the utility and morality of violence between individuals and nations, remains at best ignorantly obscured or at worst actively suppressed. In his 1967 book, Where Do We […]
→ read full articleCATASTROPHE IN HAITI
Ashley Smith – Socialist Worker,
21 Jan 2010
The natural and not-so-natural factors that contributed to the devastation when Haiti was struck by a strong earthquake.A DEVASTATING earthquake, the worst in 200 years, struck Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, laying waste to the city and killing untold numbers of people. The quake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, and detonated more than 30 aftershocks, all […]
→ read full articleFRANCE: TIME TO PAY BACK HAITI
A.D. McKenzie – Terraviva Europe,
21 Jan 2010
As thousands of people filled Notre Dame Cathedral here Saturday evening in a special mass for victims of the earthquake in Haiti, the solidarity and sadness reflected the historical ties that bind France to the Caribbean nation.But these links are not easy or comfortable ones. Haiti’s current poverty can be traced directly to the heavy […]
→ read full articlePROFITING FROM HAITI’S CRISIS
Benjamin Dangl – Toward Freedom,
21 Jan 2010
US corporations, private mercenaries, Washington and the International Monetary Fund are using the crisis in Haiti to make a profit, promote unpopular neoliberal policies, and extend military and economic control over the Haitian people. In the aftermath of the earthquake, with much of the infrastructure and government services destroyed, Haitians have relied on each other […]
→ read full articleTELL CNN TO STOP HYPING FEARS OF VIOLENCE IN HAITI. FOR SHAME.
Ansel Herz – mediahacker,
21 Jan 2010
19 Jan 2010 I just checked the front page of CNN. The lead reads: In the shadow of Haiti’s wrecked presidential palace lie the new homes of the capital’s 500,000 displaced residents. But with 4,000 convicted criminals on the loose, nothing and no one is safe.They started pushing the violence meme the day after the […]
→ read full articleUS SECURITY COMPANY OFFERS TO PERFORM “HIGH THREAT TERMINATIONS” AND CONFRONT “WORKER UNREST” IN HAITI
Jeremy Scahill – Rebel Reports,
21 Jan 2010
Here we go: New Orleans 2.0We saw this type of Iraq-style disaster profiteering in New Orleans and you can expect to see a lot more of this in Haiti over the coming days, weeks and months. Private security companies are seeing big dollar signs in Haiti thanks in no small part to the media hype […]
→ read full articleISRAEL AND EGYPT CONTINUE TO SQUEEZE THE LIFEBLOOD OUT OF THE PEOPLE OF GAZA
Ann Wright – Common Dreams,
18 Jan 2010
Israeli Airstrikes and Tank Shelling and Egyptian Underground Walls and Maritime Blockade Two weeks ago, almost 2,000 internationals came to Egypt and Gaza in a massive show of civil society support for the people of Gaza. 1,362 persons representing 44 countries in the Gaza Freedom March and over 500 persons with the Viva Palestina Convoy […]
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