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THE WORLD’S LEAST POWERFUL MAN: THE OBAMA PUPPET
Paul Craig Roberts – Information Clearing House,
20 Dec 2009
It didn’t take the Israel Lobby very long to bring President Obama to heel regarding his prohibition against further illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Obama discovered that a mere American president is powerless when confronted by the Israel Lobby and that the United States simply is not allowed a Middle East policy separate […]
→ read full articleFAILURE IN COPENHAGEN: GUNNING FULL THROTTLE INTO THE GREENHOUSE
Markus Becker in Copenhagen – SPIEGEL Editorial,
20 Dec 2009
What a disaster. The climate summit in Copenhagen has failed because of the hardball politicking of the United States, China and several other countries — and because people just can’t seem to fathom how catastrophic climate change will be. They probably won’t have long to wait before things become a bit clearer.The global climate summit […]
→ read full articleSEPTEMBER 11, 2001: AMERICA AND NATO DECLARE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN
Michel Chossudovsky - Global Research,
20 Dec 2009
NATO’s Doctrine of Collective Security Why are American and NATO troops in Afghanistan? What is the justification for waging war on a country of 28 million people? What justifies Obama’s military surge? Both the media and the US government, in chorus, continue to point to the 9/11 attacks and the role of Al Qaeda led […]
→ read full articleYAD VA SHAME ON YOU! – DEBUNKING ANTI-SEMITISM STUDIES AND YEHUDA BAUER IN PARTICULAR
Gilad Atzmon,
20 Dec 2009
Holocaust studies is an emerging pseudo intellectual, academic trend. It basically allows rabid Zionists to elevate their discussions on ‘what is really wrong with the goyim’ into a university qualification. I recently learned about the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism. I also learned about a similar institute at the University of London. […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) GIORNALISMO DI PACE – E ALTRE OPERE INTERESSANTI PER L’ARGOMENTO
Simona Defilippi - Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
19 Dec 2009
· TESTI CONSULTABILI PRESSO IL CENTRO STUDI “SERENO REGIS” AA.VV. 2002. Grassroots good news. March 2002 Edition. Raccoglie tre diversi articoli: 1. Resolving Conflicts case studies. 2. Peace Journalism in rural Colombia. 3. Important News missed by the Media. · Biacchesi, Daniele. 2009. Passione reporter. Il giornalismo come vocazione. Milano: Chiarelettere Le pagine del libro […]
→ read full articleSTUDY PROVES THREE MONSANTO CORN VARIETIES’ NOXIOUSNESS TO THE ORGANISM
Le Monde,
19 Dec 2009
A study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences demonstrates the toxicity of three genetically modified corn varieties from the American seed company Monsanto, the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering (Criigen, based in Caen), which participated in that study, announced Friday, December 11. "For the first time in the world, […]
→ read full articleTHIS IS ABOUT US
George Monbiot - The Guardian,
19 Dec 2009
The talks at Copenhagen are not just about climate change. They represent a battle to redefine humanity. This is the moment at which we turn and face ourselves. Here, in the plastic corridors and crowded stalls, among impenetrable texts and withering procedures, humankind decides what it is and what it will become. It chooses whether […]
→ read full articleCOPENHAGEN CLIMATE SUMMIT: THE EMPIRE’S NEW CLOTHES
Amy Goodman - Democracy Now!,
19 Dec 2009
Denmark is the home of renowned children’s author Hans Christian Andersen. Copenhagen is dotted with historical spots where Andersen lived and wrote. “The Little Mermaid” was one of his most famous tales, published in 1837, along with “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” As the United Nations’ climate summit, called “COP 15,” enters its final week, with […]
→ read full articleWALL ON GAZA VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW
César Chelala – Information Clearing House,
14 Dec 2009
Israel’s restrictions of fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip, as well as the prolonged closures of border crossings for people and goods, including humanitarian aid, constitute collective punishment, which is prohibited under Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Unlawful and disproportionate reprisals violate international humanitarian law and can not be considered means […]
→ read full articleANSWERS TO THE STATE OF PALESTINE QUIZ
Tony Malone – Dissident Voice,
14 Dec 2009
THE GREAT ZIONIST MYTH: The Palestinians never existed before modern Israel was established. They came from other Arab lands to try to take what the Israelis had rightful claims to. “Palestinians” pretend to the world and to themselves that they have always been there, but they are delusional and do it all merely because they […]
→ read full articleISRAELI OCCUPATION, COLONIALISM, AND APARTHEID
Stephen Lendman – Dissident Voice,
14 Dec 2009
The Cape Town, South Africa-based Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) “conduct(s) large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non-governmental organisations and international development agencies,” and disseminates its findings widely. In May 2009, it issued a damning report titled, “Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid? A re-assessment of Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territories under international law.” At […]
→ read full articleLEFTIST WIN IN URUGUAY ELECTIONS
Michael Collins - Global Research,
14 Dec 2009
Uruguay’s left wing political coalition, the Broad Front party (Frente Amplio), retained control of the presidency in the November elections. This wasn’t just any election. The winner, flower farmer Jose "Pepe" Mujica, was the victim of imprisonment and torture during Operation Condor in the 1970’s as a result of his efforts as a Tupamaro rebel. […]
→ read full articleGOLDSTONE REPORT COMMISSION: READ THE ALLEGATIONS – READ THE FACTS – JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East,
14 Dec 2009
Refutation of the CIC’s Allegations Ottawa, December 9th, 2009 – On Dec. 3rd, 2009, the Canada-Israel Committee (CIC) distributed an email to all members of Parliament entitled, "Backgrounder – Goldstone Commission."[1] The CIC email made false allegations about the Goldstone Report [2], many of which are addressed plainly in the Goldstone Report itself. Canadians for […]
→ read full articleINDEPENDENT APPEAL: THE AFGHAN PEACE MISSION
Kim Sengupta – The Independent,
13 Dec 2009
In Farzah a group of rural elders is trying to break the cycle of tribal violence.The ambush was lethally effective. Bursts from a Kalashnikov shattered the windscreen of a flatbed truck. Abdul Munna, the driver was shot through the head, yet somehow managed to open his door. But he was dead by the time his […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) GIORNALISMO DI PACE: COS’È E PERCHÉ SI CONTRAPPONE ALLA PRATICA CORRENTE
Simona Defilippi – Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
11 Dec 2009
Il termine e il concetto di giornalismo di pace è relativamente nuovo ed è stato introdotto negli anni Novanta da Johan Galtung.Si può parlare di giornalismo di pace quando redattori, editori ed inviati compiono scelte su cosa riferire e come, che creano per la società nel suo complesso opportunità di considerare e valutare risposte nonviolente […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) GIORNALISMO DI PACE: COS’È E PERCHÉ SI CONTRAPPONE ALLA PRATICA CORRENTE
Simona Defilippi – Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
11 Dec 2009
Il termine e il concetto di giornalismo di pace è relativamente nuovo ed è stato introdotto negli anni Novanta da Johan Galtung.Si può parlare di giornalismo di pace quando redattori, editori ed inviati compiono scelte su cosa riferire e come, che creano per la società nel suo complesso opportunità di considerare e valutare risposte nonviolente […]
→ read full articleU.S. CUTTING GAZA LIFELINE
Ann Wright – Information Clearing House,
11 Dec 2009
Making an American ‘Impenetrable Underground Wall’ the Laughing Stock of the World—Leave It to the People of GazaNo doubt at the instigation of the Israeli government, the Obama administration has authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design a vertical underground wall under the border between Egypt and Gaza. In March, 2009 […]
→ read full articleTHE POWER OF NONVIOLENT ACTION IN HONDURAS
Stephen Zunes – Yes! magazine,
11 Dec 2009
The massive nonviolent movement that put pressure on the coup government may be only the first chapter of an important and prolonged struggle for justice in one of Latin America’s poorest and most inequitable countries. The decision by Honduran coup leader Roberto Micheletti to renege on his October 30 agreement to allow democratically-elected president Manuel […]
→ read full articleLEARN ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS
TMS Editor,
11 Dec 2009
What does your future look like?In 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were ruined by nuclear weapons. The world said “never again”. More than 60 years later there are still more than 20 000 nuclear weapons in the world. Several thousands are on high alert status, which means that they can be launched within a couple of […]
→ read full articleAGENCY AND INTERVENTION
Jake Lynch, with additional research by Emily Parsons-Lord,
11 Dec 2009
Drug money from trading across the Sahara desert is funding insurgents and ‘terrorists’. So said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime this week, invoking an alarming vision of West African cocaine meeting heroin coming through East Africa, with the proceeds being used by “terrorists and anti-government forces… to fund their operations, purchase equipment and […]
→ read full articleDOES PRESIDENT OBAMA DESERVE TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE? BBC NEWS INTERVIEWS PROF. JOHAN GALTUNG
TMS Editor,
11 Dec 2009
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→ read full articleShoukichi Kina Speaks About the US Military Occupation of Okinawa in ANPO, Linda Hoaglund’s Upcoming Film.
TMS Editor,
11 Dec 2009
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→ read full articleTAKE ME TO YOUR CLIMATE LEADER
Amy Goodman - Democracy Now!,
11 Dec 2009
COPENHAGEN—"Politicians talk, leaders act" read the sign outside the Bella Center in Copenhagen on the opening day of the United Nations climate summit. Inside the convention center, the official delegations from 192 countries, hundreds of NGOs (nongovernmental organizations)—an estimated 15,000 people in all—are engaging in two weeks of meetings aiming for a global agreement to […]
→ read full articleLIVING BY THE GATE FROM HELL
Ellen Cantarow - TomDispatch,
10 Dec 2009
A Portrait of Nonviolent Resistance in One Palestinian VillageMuch is heard of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the story of the determined, long-term nonviolent resistance of many Palestinian villagers to the loss of their lands, striking as it may be, is seldom told. Here’s my report from just one village on the West Bank. […]
→ read full articleSTIGLITZ AND THE MASTER OF PUPPETS
Dr Zarni – Democratic Voice of Burma,
10 Dec 2009
The long list of dignitaries with whom Burma’s junta chief has played ‘engagement’ attests to his masterfully strategic use of iconic figures for public relations purposes. Stiglitz may be next. How exciting that Joseph Stilglitz, the high priest of post-Washington Consensus globalization, will be traveling to Rangoon next week to give Senior General Than Shwe’s […]
→ read full articleWORLD WITHOUT WARS IN OPERATION
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
10 Dec 2009
In his farewell Speech to the United States Congress, former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower said clearly and emphatically: “Remember all people of all countries want peace, only their government wants war.” A rapid glance throughout history demonstrates that most wars were literally provoked by the governments. Whatever is felt that it cannot be […]
→ read full articleEXCLUDED FROM THE COPENHAGEN AGENDA: ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES (ENMOD) AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Michel Chossudovsky – Global Research,
7 Dec 2009
The Manipulation of Climate for Military UseThe term "environmental modification techniques" refers to any technique for changing – through the deliberate manipulation of natural processes – the dynamics, composition or structure of the Earth, including its biota, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, or of outer space. (Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile […]
→ read full articleA MESSAGE FROM THE TALIBAN: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANARCHY IN AFGHANISTAN?
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,
7 Dec 2009
Obama’s new strategy which is the result of the same mentality that wants to continue the occupation of Afghanistan by military means, will add to the anarchy prevailing in the country. In fact, Americans are responsible for the chaotic situation. They handed over power to notorious warlords, venal officials and mafia-linked governors; But still, they […]
→ read full articleBHOPAL: GENERATIONS OF POISON
Nityanand Jayaraman, Special to CorpWatch,
6 Dec 2009
Babu Lal Gaur is a much-reviled man in the slums that surround the derelict Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. As the Minister of Gas Relief and Rehabilitation in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, he is responsible for the welfare of the more than half a million survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy. […]
→ read full articleCONFRONTING THE DEMONS
Dr. Zarni – The Irrawaddi, Burma,
6 Dec 2009
Since independence we Bama have been living a collective lie that is both hegemonic and myopically nationalistic. The supposedly linear progression of Burma or Myanmar, save the colonial interlude of 120 years, from a Buddhist kingdom originating in Pagan to today’s modern nation-state is a complete fallacy, devoid of any empirical evidence. The "we" here […]
→ read full articleCHILD SOLDIERS TELL THEIR STORIES – NepalDocumentary.com Preview.
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6 Dec 2009
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→ read full articleAN IMPERIAL STRATEGY FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER: THE ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR III (Part 1)
Andrew Gavin Marshall - Global Research,
5 Dec 2009
Introduction In the face of total global economic collapse, the prospects of a massive international war are increasing. Historically, periods of imperial decline and economic crisis are marked by increased international violence and war. The decline of the great European empires was marked by World War I and World War II, with the Great Depression taking […]
→ read full articleCOLOR-CODED REVOLUTIONS AND THE ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR III (Part 2)
Andrew Gavin Marshall - Global Research,
5 Dec 2009
Introduction Following US geo-strategy in what Brzezinski termed the “global Balkans,” the US government has worked closely with major NGOs to “promote democracy” and “freedom” in former Soviet republics, playing a role behind the scenes in fomenting what are termed “colour revolutions,” which install US and Western-friendly puppet leaders to advance the interests of the […]
→ read full article9 THESES: THE RIGHT TO REBELLION
Patrick Mac Manus – Dissident Voice,
5 Dec 2009
1. The right to rebellion is neither decided by city courts, district courts or the Supreme Court. This is also a principle viewpoint in the trial against Rebellion (Denmark) on December 3 and 7, January 8 and 15, 2010. Judgement will fall on February 8. 2. History has been driven by peoples’ resistance and change […]
→ read full articleSIX ALTERNATIVES TO A TROOP SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN
Madre News,
4 Dec 2009
Tonight, President Obama will tell us that he must expand the war on Afghanistan in order to end it. He will say that another troop surge is necessary to prevent al-Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base. What he won’t say is that al-Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan. He probably won’t point out that […]
→ read full article(FRENCH) HONDURAS: MASCARADE ÉLECTORALE
Maurice Lemoine – Centre Tricontinental,
4 Dec 2009
On pourra, certes, argumenter que les représentants du président constitutionnel Manuel Zelaya ont fait preuve d’une grande ingénuité en signant, le 30 octobre, l’accord dit de San José-Tegucigalpa avec ceux du putschiste Roberto Micheletti, sous le regard attentif — mais surtout la pression — du sous-secrétaire d’Etat américain pour l’hémisphère occidental Thomas Shannon. Ainsi donc, […]
→ read full articleLATIN AMERICA: SUMMIT DOES NOT RECOGNISE ELECTIONS IN HONDURAS
Mario de Queiroz – TerraViva Europe,
4 Dec 2009
ESTORIL, Portugal (IPS) – The hard-line stance taken by Brazil, Argentina and most other Latin American countries has clashed with U.S. efforts to push for international recognition of the elections organised Sunday by the de facto regime in power in Honduras since the Jun. 28 coup. Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Peru, the only countries […]
→ read full articleCARING AND KILLING: TIME IS RUNNING OUT, MR. PRESIDENT
Robert C. Koehler - Tribune Media Services,
4 Dec 2009
Dear Barack . . . Mr. President . . . brilliant, courageous (I once thought) guy I voted for: You’re great. I mean the way you put words together. As I listened to you on Tuesday night, I thought about the interlocking, dovetail-joint perfection of your language: the crisp-edged certainty of your delivery, the clean […]
→ read full articleADDICTED TO WAR: IS THERE ANY CURE?
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
4 Dec 2009
The word “addicted” is derived from the Latin word “addictum” meaning to devote or dedicate oneself to a specified objective, which may be beneficial or disastrous to us and to others. For example, we may be addicted to work hard to alleviate human suffering around the world. Mother Teresa of Calcutta and all the great […]
→ read full articleTERROR TRAIL FROM MUMBAI TO CHICAGO TO BRESCIA
Dr Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, Mumbai,
4 Dec 2009
The riddle called the Mumbai terror attack still remains unsolved with new threads coming to picture. The terror strike in Mumbai last year that killed 174 people including children and women still reverberates in the memory of the people of Mumbai and reminds the ghastly designs of the terrorists whose networks spread all over the […]
→ read full articleANOTHER EUROPEAN DEFICIT: DOES RESPONSIBLE SCHOLARSHIP EXIST?
Biljana Vankovska, in Macedonia – Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
30 Nov 2009
A spectre has been haunting the intellectual circles in the region of former Yugoslavia for years. It’s probably more appropriate to talk about a haunting fear of being seen as a follower of any of the nationalistic policies that ended in a Balkan tragedy. Even the new generations of scholars and intellectuals bear the scars […]
→ read full article“NEWSPAPER COLUMN” BY MR. SOLANA AND MR. REHN
Biljana Vankovska - Peace and Collaborative Development Network,
30 Nov 2009
Some days ago, Mr. Solana and Mr. Rehn made a very unusual thing – they co-authored a "newspaper column" in a Macedonian daily (Dnevnik) in regard to the EU/US campaign to make Macedonian government accept the unacceptable – to voluntarily give up the name of the country and the Macedonian nation/language/etc. It’s such a “masterpiece” […]
→ read full articleCONFLICT MINERALS: A COVER FOR US ALLIES AND WESTERN MINING INTERESTS?
Kambale Musavuli and Bodia Macharia – Dissident Voice,
30 Nov 2009
As global awareness grows around the Congo and the silence is finally being broken on the current and historic exploitation of Black people in the heart of Africa, a myriad of Western based “prescriptions” are being proffered. Most of these prescriptions are devoid of social, political, economic and historical context and are marked by remarkable […]
→ read full articleRETURNING TO A SECRET COUNTRY
John Pilger - Information Clearing House,
29 Nov 2009
Since Rudd’s apology, Aboriginal poverty indicators have gone backwards… a land grab combined with an almost prurient need to control, harass and blame a people who have refused to die off, whose genius is their understanding of an ancient land that still perplexes and threatens white authority. I remember the boys dressed in army surplus, […]
→ read full articleLEARNING HOW TO COUNT TO 350
Rebecca Solnit - TomDispatch,
28 Nov 2009
Remembering People Power in Seattle in 1999 and Berlin in 1989Next month, at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the wealthy nations that produce most of the excess carbon in our atmosphere will almost certainly fail to embrace measures adequate to ward off the devastation of our planet by heat and chaotic weather. Their leaders […]
→ read full articlePALESTINIANS WHO SEE NONVIOLENCE AS THEIR WEAPON
Richard Boudreaux – Los Angeles Times,
27 Nov 2009
Mohammed Khatib and his West Bank supporters hope to rally others to a peaceful campaign for statehood. But fellow Palestinians seem largely indifferent, and Israel’s army is not amused.Reporting from Bilin, West Bank – Every Friday, Mohammed Khatib’s forces assemble for battle with the Israeli army and gather their weapons: a bullhorn, banners — and […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) I PALESTINESI CHE USANO COME ARMA LA NONVIOLENZA
Richard Boudreaux - Los Angeles Times, Osservatorio Iraq,
27 Nov 2009
Bil’in, Cisgiordania – Ogni venerdì, le forze di Mohammed Khatib si radunano per combattere la loro battaglia contro l’esercito israeliano, e preparano le loro armi: un megafono, degli striscioni – e la forte convinzione che la protesta pacifica possa portare alla creazione di uno stato palestinese.A centinaia marciano verso la barriera israeliana che separa la […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) TO GAZA, WITH LOVE
TMS Editor,
27 Nov 2009
Partecipa da lontano alla Gaza Freedom March: invia una tua foto, un messaggio o un disegno con la delegazione ECCP Italia (Coordinamento europeo per la Palestina). A fine anno, centinaia e centinaia di attivisti provenienti da tutto il mondo, insieme a decine di migliaia di palestinesi, parteciperanno alla Gaza Freedom March: Tutte e tutti insieme […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) STRUMENTI – WEB E CARTA STAMPATA SUL E PER IL GIORNALISMO DI PACE
Simona Defilippi - Centro Studi Sereno Regis,
27 Nov 2009
L’abitudine, l’affezione, la poca voglia di cercare, non necessariamente la mancanza di alternative. Ai giorni nostri non si può dire che non esistano modi per trovare notizie, pareri, approfondimenti che si discostino dal modo in cui, in maniera massiccia e spesso unilaterale, normalmente ci vengono presentati “i fatti”. Una grande risorsa è certamente il web, […]
→ read full articleA LETTER TO THE PRESIDENTS OF THE HEMISPHERE
Manuel Zelaya Rosales, President of Honduras,
27 Nov 2009
November 22, 2009 Honorable PresidentsNations of America Dear Presidents, I write you in my role as President of Honduras, valuing the excellent relations between our countries and in defense of the democracy violated in Honduras as consequence of the Military Coup d’Etat perpetrated June 28 of this year, when soldiers invaded my home and at […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) UNA CARTA A LOS PRESIDENTES DE AMÉRICA
Manuel Zelaya Rosales, Presidente de Honduras,
27 Nov 2009
22 de Noviembre 2009 Señores(as) Presidentes(as)Naciones de AméricaSu Despacho Estimados Presidente(a)s, Me dirijo a Ustedes en mi condición de Presidente de Honduras, haciendo valer las excelentes relaciones entre nuestros Estados, y en defensa de la democracia violentada en Honduras a consecuencia del golpe de Estado Militar, perpetrado el 28 de junio del presente año, cuando […]
→ read full articleTHE CHILDREN OF FALLUJA
Martin Chulov and Shehani Fernando – The Guardian,
26 Nov 2009
Doctors are dealing with an increase in chronic deformities in infants in Falluja, where heavy munitions were used in 2004. A Video from The Guardian 4:29-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW – GUARDIAN.CO.UK
→ read full articleHOW EUROCENTRIC IS YOUR DAY?
M. Shahid Alam - Pulse Media,
26 Nov 2009
At the outset of the classes I teach, I always address the question of bias in the social sciences. In one course – on the history of the global economy – this is the central theme. It critiques Eurocentric biases in several leading Western accounts of the rise of the global economy. This fall, I […]
→ read full articleWORLD’S BIGGEST POLLUTERS STRIKE A DEAL: U.S. AND CHINA AGREE TO COMPREHENSIVE CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE PLAN
Joseph Romm - Climate Progress,
26 Nov 2009
The overall plan is much more ambitious in scope and depth than anticipated."Very exciting day here in Beijing. There’s enormous interest in both governments in working together to fight climate change. The package announced today is far-reaching and can make a real difference in cutting emissions.” That’s an exclusive quote from David Sandalow, DOE’s Assistant […]
→ read full articleETHIOPIA’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY: THE CASE FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT
Alemayehu Fentaw in Addis Ababa,
25 Nov 2009
A good place to start a constructive critique is to look at the logical foundation of the Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy and Strategy (FANSPS) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) and subject it to the tests of consistency, coherence, and soundness. The FANSPS is premised on the proposition that “security policy […]
→ read full articleUNPREDICTABLE FUTURES: STORIES FROM WORKER-RUN FACTORIES IN ARGENTINA
Benjamin Dangl - Toward Freedom,
25 Nov 2009
Reviewed: Sin Patron: Stories From Argentina’s Worker-Run Factories, edited by Lavaca, 320 pages, Haymarket Books, 2007. Following the social upheaval in Argentina in 2001-2002 a book was published in Spanish that a lot of activists and independent journalists in the country began trying to get their hands on. It wasn’t in all of the bookstores, […]
→ read full articleGM’S MONEY TREES
Mark Schapiro – Mother Jones, November/December 2009 Issue,
25 Nov 2009
In Brazil, people with some of the world’s smallest carbon footprints are being displaced—so their forests can become offsets for SUVs.I am standing in the shadow of General Motors’ $1 tree. It’s a native guaricica, with pale white bark and a spreading crown that looms about 40 feet above my head. Hanging from its trunk […]
→ read full articleTHE ANSWER’S IN THE END: GEORGE HARRISON-A PROPHET FOR OUR TIME
Ben Jolliffe – Resurgence magazine,
25 Nov 2009
George Harrison died on 30th November 2001 at the age of fifty-eight. THE POP STAR and the prophet are rare bedfellows – but with the simple wisdom of his lyrics and the melodic sweetness of his slide guitar, George Harrison brought them together in a marriage of great inspiration. Rock ‘n’ roll’s most famous heroes […]
→ read full article“WHY WE FIGHT”: THE NATURE OF MODERN IMPERIALISM
Alan McKinnon – Global Research,
23 Nov 2009
Aggressive and exclusive military alliances like NATO should be disbanded.Alan McKinnon shows that the UK and US ‘defence’ policy is in fact a ‘projection of power’ policy with the primary purpose of defending the commercial interests of transnational companies. The world of war is today dominated by a single superpower. In military terms the United States […]
→ read full articlePERSPECTIVE OF TWO BASIC CULTURES: CONFRONTATION VERSUS HARMONY
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
23 Nov 2009
Confrontation is described as meeting in hostility or taking an opposite stand. This always implies conflicts of one kind or another. Harmony deals with the ability to adapt oneself to the needs of others as to make an operation or relationship move on smoothly. These two basic cultures have been observed in every era of […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) ¿PARA QUÉ 20 BASES MILITARES DE ESTADOS UNIDOS?
Frida Modak - TeleSur,
22 Nov 2009
Antes de los nuevos convenios los estadounidenses tenían 12 bases reconocidas y otras poco claras, pero pese al despliegue de recursos y efectivos militares el narcotráfico seguía viento en popa y el país del norte continuó siendo el primer consumidor mundial de drogas. El terrorismo no está ni en América Latina ni en el Caribe, […]
→ read full articleROLE OF HARMONY IN WORLD RELIGIONS
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
21 Nov 2009
Harmony is derived from the Latin harmonia and the Greek harmos meaning “the just adaptation of parts with each other.” It refers to a situation where all elements fit perfectly with each other as to complement each other fully well. This also applies to people when they live together with mutual love and respect in […]
→ read full articlePAYING OFF THE WARLORDS
Pratap Chatterjee – Tomdispach,
21 Nov 2009
Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Among the dozens of businesses dispatching these trucks are two extremely well connected companies — Ghazanfar and Zahid Walid — that helped […]
→ read full articleJOE HILL, “AIN’T NEVER DIED.”
Dick Meister – Information Clearing House,
20 Nov 2009
It’s Nov. 19, 1915, in a courtyard of the Utah State Penitentiary in Salt Lake City. Five riflemen take careful aim at a condemned organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, Joe Hill, who stands before them straight and stiff and proud."Fire!" he shouts defiantly. The firing squad didn’t miss. But Joe Hill, as […]
→ read full articleBRAZIL’S “SOUTHERN EFFECT” IN FRAGILE COUNTRIES
Robert Muggah and lona Szabó de Carvalho - Open Democracy,
20 Nov 2009
Global preoccupation with fragile environments is on the rise. Can south-south and triangular co-operation help? Brazil thinks so. A reply to Oliver Richmond.Rebuilding "fragile" and "failing" states is a declared priority of most western governments. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has issued a rash of policy statements and guidelines to help donor […]
→ read full articleNEOLIBERALISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA (Part 1)
Profs. James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer – Dissident Voice,
20 Nov 2009
An analysis of the dynamics of capitalist development over the last two decades has been overshadowed by an all too prevalent “globalization” discourse. It appears that much of the Left has bought into this discourse, tacitly accepting globalization as an irresistible fact and that in many ways it is progressive, needing only for the corporate […]
→ read full articleNEOLIBERALISM AND THE DYNAMICS OF CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA (Part 2)
Profs. James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer – Dissident Voice,
20 Nov 2009
Whither Socialism in a Sea of Crisis and Neoliberal Decline? A serious discussion of the prospects for socialism in Latin America today must take into account world economic conditions in the current conjuncture, the state of US-Latin American relations relative to the project of world domination and imperialism, the specific impact on Latin American countries […]
→ read full articleA CONVERSATION ABOUT NONVIOLENCE
Eric Stoner – Yes! Magazine,
20 Nov 2009
Eric Stoner responds to Stephen Zunes: Yes, nonviolent movements have achieved important democratic and political reforms. But if they fail to address the divide between rich and poor, are they really success stories? Despite the amazing string of victories that “people power” movements have chalked up over recent decades, it’s surprising how little-known many of […]
→ read full articleREBEL WITCHES AND THE CREATION OF CAPITALISM
Alex Knight – Toward Freedom,
20 Nov 2009
Reviewed: Caliban And The Witch: Women, The Body And Primitive Accumulation, by Silvia Federici, 288 pages, Autonomedia, 2004.Silvia Federici’s brilliant Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body, and Primitive Accumulation, tells the dark saga of the Witch Hunt that consumed Europe for more than 200 years. In uncovering this forgotten history, Federici exposes the origins […]
→ read full articleDEBATE ON THE U.N. GAZA WAR CRIMES REPORT
Justice Richard Goldstone and former Israeli ambassador Dore Gold,
19 Nov 2009
Packed house hears Justice Richard Goldstone, whose name has become synonymous with the U.N. Human Rights Council’s fact-finding report on the conflict, engage in a public forum with a senior Israeli political figure over widespread criticism of the report among supporters of Israel. "Let me be absolutely clear," Goldstone said. "International law allows, and indeed […]
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John Pilger – Information Clearing House,
18 Nov 2009
When General Suharto, the west’s man, seized power in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, he offered “a gleam of light in Asia”, rejoiced Time magazine. That he had killed up to a million “communists” was of no account in the acquisition of what Richard Nixon called “the richest hoard of natural resources, the greatest prize in […]
→ read full articleCLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZIL TO RECOVER LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH CO2 LIMITS
Mario Osava – Terraviva Europe,
18 Nov 2009
Brazil’s decision to adopt voluntary reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions is an indication that the planet’s climate change emergency has joined strategic, economic and ideological issues as a new factor on the global political agenda. At the World Climate Change Conference to be held Dec. 7-18 in Copenhagen, the Brazilian government will table its […]
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Hashem Ahelbarra – Aljazeera,
18 Nov 2009
The war in Saada is perhaps the most misunderstood conflict in the world. And the reason is the very complex tribal, religious and political make up of Yemen.For centuries, Yemen had been shattered into a mosaic of kingdoms or sultanates – a Shia Zaidi Imamate in the north and Sunni Sultanates in the south. That […]
→ read full articleGAZANS BRACE FOR COLD AND MISERABLE WINTER
Mel Frykberg – Terraviva Europe,
18 Nov 2009
EZBT ABBED RABBO (IPS) – Tens of thousands of Gazans living in tents and damaged homes face a wet, cold and miserable winter as Israel’s blockade of the coastal territory continues to prevent the importation of building and reconstruction material.During the last few weeks Gazans were given a brief reprieve from the oncoming winter as […]
→ read full article“PIG HELL” AT WAL-MART AND COSTCO SUPPLIER CAPTURED ON VIDEO
Martha Rosenberg - Mercy for Animals (MFA),
18 Nov 2009
“When he bolted her the first time, she didn’t die. She just stood there looking stunned as blood trickled from her forehead. She then got her bearings and tried to turn and run.” “The gas cart was filled to the brim with pigs today, a total of 39, including 9 large pigs that were at […]
→ read full articleWaging Peace: Interview with Prof. Johan Galtung (Part 1)
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2009
Riz Khan interviews Prof. Johan Galtung and Amb. Alvaro de Soto. Washington-DC, Nov 16 2009. httpv://www.youtube.com/v/uVRSvJZLTYQ&hl=en_US&fs=1
→ read full articleCOPENHAGEN: SEATTLE GROWS UP
Naomi Klein – The Nation,
16 Nov 2009
The other day I received a pre-publication copy of The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle, by David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit. It’s set to come out ten years after a historic coalition of activists shut down the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle, the spark that ignited a global anticorporate movement. […]
→ read full articleHOW THE SERVANT BECAME A PREDATOR
William K. Black, Assoc. Professor, Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City,
16 Nov 2009
Finance’s Five Fatal FlawsWhat exactly is the function of the financial sector in our society? Simply this: Its sole function is supplying capital efficiently to aid the real economy. The financial sector is a tool to help those that make real tools, not an end in itself. But five fatal flaws in the financial sector’s […]
→ read full articlePOVERTY, GLOBAL TRADE JUSTICE, AND THE ROOTS OF TERRORISM
John Perkins - Yes! Magazine,
16 Nov 2009
To combat terrorism, we should address the root causes of poverty, says former "economic hit man." The following is adapted from Hoodwinked: An Economic Hitman Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded—and What We Need to Do to Remake Them. Random House, 2009. Navy Seal snipers rescued an American cargo ship captain unharmed and killed […]
→ read full articleSTRATEGIES AND TACTICS AT THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
Umberto Mazzei – Global Research,
16 Nov 2009
Geneva — The WTO is an important multilateral forum because it attempts to negotiate the future. The unacknowledged purpose of creating the WTO was to perpetuate, through international agreements, the pattern of trade imbalances in the international economy. The ploy is to convene a forum to negotiate an equitable amendment. The tactic is to wear […]
→ read full articleHONDURAN ELECTIONS: OVER 240 ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS IN LATIN AMERICA CALL ON OBAMA TO DENOUNCE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY HONDURAN DICTATORSHIP
Many Authors - ZNet,
15 Nov 2009
Free and Fair Elections Are Possible Only After the Coup is Reversed, They Say For Immediate Release: Claremont, CA – Over 240 academics and experts on Latin America sent a letter to President Obama yesterday urging him to denounce the ongoing human rights violations perpetrated by the coup regime in Honduras ahead of the planned […]
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Le Monde – Editorial, 12 Nov 2009,
15 Nov 2009
It’s time to stop the verbal pretense. In the Near East, there is no negotiation "process" underway. Furthermore, there is also no prospect for peace. The situation is nonetheless not in a state of status quo: it is regressing. Dangerously. The United States bears the primary responsibility. Several months ago, Barack Obama had placed the […]
→ read full articleThe 2009 Brazilian Music Institute in Gainesville, Florida featuring CECILIA SIQUEIRA (Uruguay) and FERNANDO LIMA (Brasil) – Duo Siqueira Lima – performing Tico Tico no Fubá, (Zéquinha de Abreu).
TMS Editor,
15 Nov 2009
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CcsSPzr7ays%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1
→ read full articleMORALITY VS. MATERIAL INTERESTS
Paul Craig Roberts – Information Clearing House,
15 Nov 2009
Myths of Our TimeHumanity has endeavored for millennia to control evil with morality. In the American "superpower," this effort has collapsed and failed. It is conventional wisdom that it was the draft that ended the Vietnam war. According to this explanation, cowardly college students subject to the draft and their unpatriotic families, forced an end […]
→ read full articleBACK TO BASICS FOR PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE
Jake Lynch and Majd Beltaji,
15 Nov 2009
The decision by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas not to seek re-election in January, and the vote at the UN General Assembly paving the way for the Security Council to consider the Goldstone Report, should, between them, prove a turning point in the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. Even the patient Mr Abbas has now apparently given […]
→ read full articlePAID LYING: WHAT PASSES FOR MAJOR MEDIA JOURNALISM [IN THE USA]
Stephen Lendman – Dissident Voice,
13 Nov 2009
Today’s major media journalism is biased, irresponsible, sensationalist reporting that distorts, exaggerates or misstates the truth. It’s misinformation or agitprop disinformation masquerading as fact to boost circulation, readership, viewers, or listeners, and on vital issues lie about or suppress uncomfortable truths to provide unqualified support for state and/or corporate interests — to the detriment of […]
→ read full articleTHE PLIGHT OF THE ROMA: FROM EUROPE TO CANADA
Reuel S. Amdur – Toward Freedom,
13 Nov 2009
The media have not paid enough attention to the plight of the Roma in Europe. The Roma’s living conditions are miserable, and they suffer from serious discrimination in education and employment, and attacks from racists and neo-Nazis. Because of the conditions they face in Europe, a number of Czech Roma fled to Canada in 2008 […]
→ read full articleWHAT CAN PALESTINIANS LEARN FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT?
Aziz Abu Sarah – Common Ground,
13 Nov 2009
Appealing to the Jewish Conscience The struggle for civil rights, freedom and independence is not unique to the Palestinian people. Many nations have travelled the same road. Palestinians today have the advantage of looking back and learning from those who succeeded in their struggles. The American civil rights movement in particular has important lessons for […]
→ read full articleBELLO, CLAPPERTON-1824, YARADUA’S AMNESTY, AND THE NIGER DELTA
Rev. Olufemi Oluniyi, Ph.D. - Centre for Values and Social Change, Nigeria,
12 Nov 2009
In 1823 Hugh Clapperton, a British adventurer, set out to unravel the Niger waterway. He arrived in the Bornu in the Lake Chad region late that year and went westward to Kano in 1824, and later to Sokoto in the same year. Sultan Bello, the ruler of the Muslim empire founded by his predecessor, Uthman […]
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→ read full articleFROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
Gilad Atzmon - Information Clearing House,
12 Nov 2009
Let’s once and for all stop getting excited about America mounting pressure on Israel to freeze West Bank settlements. The entire fascination with the topic is a product of Zionist spin. It is there to divert attention from the root cause of the conflict: The robbery of Palestine and Palestinians in the name of a […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) DOCUMENTO OFICIAL DE LA FUERZA AÉREA DE EEUU REVELA LAS VERDADERAS INTENCIONES DETRÁS DEL ACUERDO MILITAR CON COLOMBIA
Eva Golinger - Centre Europe-Tiers Monde,
10 Nov 2009
Un documento oficial del Departamento de la Fuerza Aérea del Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos revela que la base militar de Palanquero, Colombia “garantiza la oportunidad para conducir operaciones de espectro completo por toda América del Sur”. Esta afirmación contradice las explicaciones dadas por el presidente Álvaro Uribe y el Departamento de Estado de […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) LA MALA INFLUENCIA DE OBAMA
Naomi Klein - TeleSur,
10 Nov 2009
Estados Unidos ha tenido una similar influencia corruptora como nuevo integrante del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas. Su primera gran prueba fue el valiente informe del juez Richard Goldstone sobre la masacre en Gaza perpetrada por Israel, que concluía que el ejército israelí y Hamas habían cometido crímenes de guerra. En vez de […]
→ read full articleNO NATION CAN LIBERATE ANOTHER
Malalai Joya – Speech in NYC – Socialist Worker,
10 Nov 2009
Malalai Joya is known around the world as a courageous opponent of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, the corrupt regime presided over by President Hamid Karzai–and the Taliban and other conservative Islamist forces battling U.S. and Afghan government troops. An uncompromising fighter for women’s rights, Joya was elected to parliament in 2005, where she denounced […]
→ read full articleHOW BIASED MEDIA CAN BRAINWASH YOU
Melinda Burns - Alternet,
10 Nov 2009
A new study reveals that even savvy media consumers are affected by biased coverage.There’s nobody more cynical about the media than your average European. Only 12 percent of Europeans claim to trust the media, compared to 15 percent of North Americans, 29 percent of Pacific Asians and 48 percent of Africans, the BBC has found. […]
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James Keye - Dissident Voice,
10 Nov 2009
What is to be done when the major means of communication with the majority of a nation’s people is under the control of select groups that consistently distort and fabricate the information delivered? This is the situation that the whole world faces. The major points of contact with the information that the world’s people require […]
→ read full articleA STEP TOWARDS A WAR-FREE WORLD: CRIMINALIZE WAR
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia,
9 Nov 2009
Why We Must Reject War Criminalise War Conference, Opening Address, 28th October 2009 Speech by [former Malaysian Prime Minister] Tun Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad at the Criminalise War Conference and War Crimes Tribunal 2009 at Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 WAR AND CRIME 1. As one of the convenors […]
→ read full article“MAKE WAR A CRIME”: BRING THESE WAR CRIMINALS TO TRIAL
Arman Ahmad - from Kuala Lumpur,
9 Nov 2009
The Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalize WarKUALA LUMPUR: The international community has failed to charge leaders who went to war to solve problems. "The criminals have not been questioned or tried," said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad ahead of the War Criminal Conference and Exhibition from Wednesday to Saturday at the Putra World […]
→ read full articleTHE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NATO-US-ISRAELI WAR CRIMES
George Galloway, British MP – Global Research Video,
9 Nov 2009
Here is the speech by George Galloway MP at the War Crimes Conference & Exhibition that took place at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 28th October 2009. 10-Min Youtube Videos GO TO ORIGINAL – GLOBAL RESEARCH
→ read full articleVIDEOS: WAR CRIMES MULTIMEDIA
Matthias Chang and Christopher Chang – Global Research,
9 Nov 2009
Carefully Researched Documentary The following video (Part I and II) produced and directed by Matthias Chang and Christopher Chang was shown at the War Crimes Conference & Exhibition that took place at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 28 to 31, 2009. The showing of this outstanding video production preceded […]
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