September 4, 2008
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US invade Pakistan — but no complaints from the ‘international community’ By William Bowles
I love it! I just came across an article, “Did We Just Invade Pakistan?” but you’ll search in vain for any headline in the mainstream media that even comes close to calling it a US invasion of Pakistan. Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: WHEN NEWS IS NOISE – GEORGIA, SOUTH OSSETIA AND THE POLITICAL PIPELINE
The bias is clear, but the deeper point is far more interesting – the entrenched propaganda function of the mainstream media renders it incapable of making sense of events in Georgia and South Ossetia. References to Russian self-interest are allowed, and to Western concerns about energy security. But on the real reasons why people were… Continue reading
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“End of an Odyssey” By: Jeff Halper
(One Palestinian from Hebron was in jail for being illegally in Israel; I was in jail for being illegally in Palestine.) As it stands, I’m out on bail. The state will probably press charges in the next few weeks, and I could be jailed for two or so months. I now am a Palestinian in… Continue reading
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Crisis in the Caucasus – Russian Perspectives
I didn’t want to post each article, rather, I’ve supplied links instead to what I regard as informative analysis and for a change, from a Russian perspective on the upheavals since Georgia’s insane attack on South Ossetia. 2008-09-05 Pyotr ISKENDEROV The Serbian Front in the War Over the Caucasus “At the moment, we are witnessing Continue reading
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Blame Capitalism, Not Medvedev By Boris Kagarlitsky
In order to understand what is happening, we must take a step back from the situation in the Caucasus and even from current U.S.-Russian relations. We are now witnessing the crisis in the global economic system. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 