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GAZA FREEDOM MARCH: WHAT WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR
Robert Naiman - Sun, 3 Jan 2010,
3 Jan 2010
CAIRO, Egypt – Some of us reached Gaza and particpated in the Gaza Freedom March as planned. All of us significantly raised the profile of dissent – particularly, American dissent – against the blockade of the people of Gaza imposed by Israel and Egypt, with the backing of the United States and the acquiescence of […]
→ read full articleAMERICA IN TRUE PERSPECTIVE
Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.,
3 Jan 2010
There has never been a country in the history of the world that has occupied the minds of so many nations as the United States. A person is best judged not by the looks, outfit, wealth and power but rather by the character and personality. These two elements are generally viewed as sources of credibility […]
→ read full articleLOCKED IN: LIFE IN GAZA (PART 2) – An insight into an ordinary Gazan man struggling to make a living and to find a solution for his family in the difficulties of the Gaza Strip.
TMS Editor,
3 Jan 2010
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→ read full articleFANNING THE FLAMES OF FREEDOM FROM CAIRO TO GAZA AND BEYOND
Emily Ratner,
3 Jan 2010
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class–it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of freedom. –Anna Julia Cooper, page 27, my US passport. The Gaza Freedom March announced the Cairo Declaration to End Israeli Apartheid on January 1st, and so yesterday […]
→ read full articleJUST WAR? OR JUST WAR…
Mumia Abu-Jamal,
3 Jan 2010
Politics, it is said, makes strange bedfellows — but the Nobel Peace Prize may make even stranger ones. There has been considerable commentary over the award to President Barack Obama, and whether or not it was deserved. His speech upon receipt of the honor was not about peace, but about war — or, to be precise "just […]
→ read full articleREVIEW OF NEWSPEAK IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Joe Emersberger - Medialens,
3 Jan 2010
Medialens is a UK based website founded by David Edwards and David Cromwell that critiques media that progressives are inclined to respect such as the Guardian, the Independent and the BBC. Since 2001, it has compiled enough evidence to convince all but the most blinkered that the so called liberal media is incapable of producing […]
→ read full articleCUBA SEEKS ‘SUSTAINABLE SOCIALISM’
Tom Fawthrop - Aljazeera,
2 Jan 2010
In 2010, Cuba marks the 51st anniversary of the revolution that transformed the Caribbean nation from a sleazy centre of casinos run by US gangsters, to the only outpost of socialism in the Americas – defying US superpower only 90 miles from the shores of Florida. That Cuba’s defiant brand of socialism has survived so […]
→ read full articleTHE ‘COALITION OF THE WILLING’ IN IRAQ BECOMES AN ARMY OF ONE
Hannah Allam - McClatchy Newspapers,
2 Jan 2010
The British said cheerio back in July, around the same time the Romanians cleared out "Camp Dracula," their compound on a U.S. base in southern Iraq. Tonga and Kazakhstan left ages ago, and no one seems to remember if any Icelandic forces ever made it to Iraq. It doesn’t matter now, anyway, because as of […]
→ read full articleEGYPTIAN SECURITY FORCES ATTACK GAZA PROTESTERS
Max Ajl - Gaza Freedom March organizer,
1 Jan 2010
Cairo, Egypt, 31 Dec 2009 – Egyptian security forces were attacking protesters in Tahrir Square, at the core of downtown Cairo, after they sat down in the middle of a busy Cairo street, protesting the imprisonment of the people of Gaza. Others were literally barricaded inside their hotel, the entrance surrounded by steel riot barriers. […]
→ read full articleAN APPEAL FOR THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT TO OPEN THE RAFAH CROSSING ALLOWING HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
31 Dec 2009
On Thursday, 3lst December 2009, people of Gaza remembered the beginning of the Operation Cast Lead massacre upon them, by the Israeli military, when 1,400 people in Gaza were killed and some 5,000 were injured during the 22-day assault. These crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli government are not only remembered […]
→ read full articleFILM REVIEW: AVATAR, A HUMANIST CALL FROM MT. HOLLYWOOD
Gilad Atzmon,
31 Dec 2009
Avatar may well be the biggest anti War film of all time. It stands against everything the West is identified with. It is against greed and capitalism, it is against interventionalism, it is against colonialism and imperialism, it is against technological orientation, it is against America and Britain. It puts Wolfowitz, Blair and Bush on […]
→ read full articleALBA DECLARATION ON COPENHAGEN CLIMATE SUMMIT
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – ALBA,
31 Dec 2009
The following is the statement issued by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) on 18 December in response to the results of the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit. We, the countries that make up ALBA, denounce before the world the threat that the results of the United Nations Conference in Copenhagen pose for […]
→ read full articleTHE POETIC JUSTICE OF DENNIS BRUTUS
Amy Goodman – Democracy Now!,
30 Dec 2009
Dennis Brutus broke rocks next to Nelson Mandela when they were imprisoned together on notorious Robben Island. His crime, like Mandela’s, was fighting the injustice of racism, challenging South Africa’s apartheid regime. Brutus’ weapons were his words: soaring, searing, poetic. He was banned, he was censored, he was shot. But this poet’s commitment and activism, […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) O LEGADO DE 1989 NOS DOIS HEMISFÉRIOS
Noam Chomsky,
29 Dec 2009
O contraste entre a libertação dos satélites da União Soviética e o esmagamento da esperança nos estados clientes dos EUA é impressionante e instrutivo – ainda mais quando ampliamos a perspectiva. Novembro marcou o aniversário de grandes eventos em 1989: «o maior ano da história do mundo desde 1945», como o historiador britânico Timothy Garton […]
→ read full articleWHY DO WE CELEBRATE NEW YEAR?
Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, PhD – Univ. of Mumbai,
29 Dec 2009
Why do we celebrate New Year? When the year approaches its end we start preparing ourselves for celebrations to bid farewell to passing year and to welcome New Year. We do it in our own ways but anyhow we do it. My point is besides the customary repetition of pomp every year in welcoming New […]
→ read full articleTHE LEGACY OF 1989, IN TWO HEMISPHERES
Noam Chomsky,
29 Dec 2009
The contrast between the liberation of Soviet satellites and the crushing of hope in U.S. client states is striking and instructive.November marked the anniversary of major events in 1989: “the biggest year in world history since 1945,” as British historian Timothy Garton Ash describes it. That year “changed everything,” Garton Ash writes. Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms […]
→ read full articlePeace Education Video by European Peace University Grad Students
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Dec 2009
An experimental peace education video created by EPU (European Peace University) Grad Students of Fall Term 2008. Based on the World Cafè methodology. httpv://www.youtube.com/v/u5pU5DNjoXY&hl=en_US&fs=1
→ read full articleLATIN AMERICA & HONDURAS
Prof. Noam Chomsky, MIT,
27 Dec 2009
History of US Rule in Latin America; Elections and Resistance to the Coup in Honduras.Filmed by Paul Hubbard at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Dec 15 2009.CLICK TO VIEW – ZMAGAZINE
→ read full articleINSIDE THE MILITARY MEDIA INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: IMPACTS ON MOVEMENTS FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Profs. Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff – Dissident Voice,
27 Dec 2009
Among the most important corporate media censored news stories of the past decade, one must be that over one million people have died because of the United States military invasion and occupation of Iraq. This, of course, does not include the number of deaths from the first Gulf War nor the ensuing sanctions placed upon […]
→ read full articleA CALL FROM GAZA
Authors Many,
27 Dec 2009
(Gaza) — This week marks one year since Israel began its attack on the Gaza Strip: a year since phosphorus bombs, dime bombs and other weapons of death and destruction were unleashed on a defenseless civilian population. A year since the people of the world demanded that Israel end its attack on Gaza . […]
→ read full articleGAZA FREEDOM MARCH: PALESTINIAN NON-VIOLENCE AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Max Ajl - ZNet,
27 Dec 2009
I’m going to discuss the utility of non-violent resistance as it applies to resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict and, specifically, the occupation and blockade of the Gaza strip. Even more specifically, I’m going to discuss the Gaza Freedom March (GFM), of which I’m one of the organizers. But before discussing Palestinian non-violence, several things must be […]
→ read full articleTHE ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR III (PART 3): A NEW WORLD WAR FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER
Andrew Gavin Marshall – Global Research,
26 Dec 2009
Introduction In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, I have analyzed US and NATO geopolitical strategy since the fall of the Soviet Union, in expanding the American empire and preventing the rise of new powers, containing Russia and China. This Part examines the implications of this strategy in recent years; following the emergence of […]
→ read full articleTHE ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR III (PART 4): A NEW WORLD WAR FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER
Andrew Gavin Marshall – Global Research,
26 Dec 2009
Latin America Is Not to Be Left Out: The Coup in Honduras It is important to take a look at recent events in Latin America in an imperial context to understand how wide and vast American and NATO imperial strategy is. While the world’s eyes and media were fixated on events in Iran, another event was […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) VERDADES OCULTAS SOBRE A NOSSA COMIDA
Silvia Ribeiro – Informação Alternativa,
24 Dec 2009
Muita gente não sabe que o aumento da produção através de variedades de cultivos de alto rendimento (“sementes melhoradas” ou híbridos) implica a diminuição de nutrientes, vitaminas e proteínas nos alimentos produzidos. Trata-se de um efeito conhecido há décadas por agrónomos e investigadores agrícolas denominado “efeito diluição”. O incremento drástico do rendimento dos cultivos por […]
→ read full articleCLIMATE DISCORD: FROM HOPENHAGEN TO NOPENHAGEN
Amy Goodman – Democracy Now!,
23 Dec 2009
Barack Obama said, minutes before racing out of the U.N. climate summit, “We will not be legally bound by anything that took place here today.” These were among his remarks made to his own small White House press corps, excluding the 3,500 credentialed journalists covering the talks. It was late on Dec. 18, the last […]
→ read full articleCHILD SOLDIERS: CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
Pawan Bimali and Bishnu Pathak, Ph.D. – Conflict Study Center, Nepal,
23 Dec 2009
Executive Summary Each year thousands of children under 18-year have been affected by armed conflict, directly and indirectly. They are recruited on the hope (of better future), fear, and insecurity. Child soldier is widely practiced in the form of spies, porters, messengers, cooks, lay or clear landmines, training or guarding other children, weapons transport workers, […]
→ read full articleGAZA MUST BE REBUILT NOW
Jimmy Carter,
22 Dec 2009
We can wait no longer to restart the peace process. The human suffering demands urgent relief.It is generally recognised that the Middle East peace process is in the doldrums, almost moribund. Israeli settlement expansion within Palestine continues, and PLO leaders refuse to join in renewed peace talks without a settlement freeze, knowing that no Arab […]
→ read full articleBEYOND STALEMATE: REPLACING THE VICIOUS WITH THE VIRTUOUS CIRCLE
Diana Francis - Open Democracy,
22 Dec 2009
What is conflict transformation? How do you begin to approach the mutual hurt of conflict embedded in systems and culture? There are many strands to a challenging and delicate process. Here are some of them.Stefanie Kappler’s challenging article, along with Paula Green’s passionate support, brings our debate alive, for which I am delighted and grateful. […]
→ read full articleTHE CHALLENGE OF MOVING FROM WAR TO PEACE
Bridget Walker - Open Democracy,
22 Dec 2009
One of the challenges in this set of unseen and unsung practices is how to make it visible and strengthen its advocacy without destroying its impact. Conflict transformation work not only deserves but needs a wider audience.There is substantial documentation on war and a body of theory about its causes and conduct, while, as is […]
→ read full articleOBAMA’S BIOWEAPONS PROGRAM
Tom Burghardt – Global Research,
22 Dec 2009
The Obama administration’s recent declaration on bioweapons would simply be another run-of-the-mill example of our "change" president’s duplicity were it not such an unmitigated disaster. Recapitulating sinister Cold War practices that informed American ruling class consensus when it came to secretly toying with nature’s most deadly pathogens, (a) because they could, (b) because it was, and […]
→ read full articleSOCRATES
TMS Editor,
20 Dec 2009
Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear, or are about to repeat a rumor. In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance that ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just […]
→ read full articleTHE 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
TMS Editor,
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 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 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 […]
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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, […]
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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 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 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 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 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 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 […]
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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 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 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 […]
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