September 2008
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UPDATE FROM GAZA ON FISHERMEN ACCOMPANIMENT THIS PAST SATURDAY By Andrew Muncie
It was just 09:30 in the morning, and we were only 4 miles out to sea, having barely left Gaza’s coastline behind, when the gunboat’s heavy machine gun opened up, spraying the wake around our hull with bullets. Continue reading
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Climate Change: World War III by another name? By William Bowles
Forty-six years has passed since the publication of ‘Silent Spring’ and to put it mildly, things have gone from bad to disastrous. And even though now no rational mind can deny the disastrous impact of industrial capitalism on the planet and even though endless international conferences are convened in an attempt to reverse the process… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Hawking The Technofix – Business As Usual And The Ultimate Genocide
What would a 4C rise mean for the planet? According to the 2006 Stern review on the economics of climate change, up to 300 million people would be affected by coastal flooding annually. Water availability in Southern Africa and the Mediterranean could drop by half, and agricultural yields in Africa may be cut by up… Continue reading
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The Corporate Security State: RFID Chip in Passport and Driver’s License
Since the late 1990s, corporate grifters have touted the ‘benefits’ of the devilish transmitters as a ‘convenient’ and ‘cheap’ way to tag individual commodities, one that would ‘revolutionize’ inventory management and theft prevention. Indeed, everything from paper towels to shoes, pets to underwear have been ‘tagged’ with the chips. ‘Savings’ would be ‘passed on’ to… Continue reading
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The definition of occupation By Abdelnasser Rashid
April 15, 2006, 11th Grade student, PALESTINE Occupied, terrorized, genocide while the whole world is hypnotized, Sixty years, incessant tears no day passes by without countless fears For our lives, our wives, our children cry yet the world turns away, and our spirits die. For my land, I do stand but I remain hopeless without Continue reading
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FT.com / World – US military trained Georgian commandos
The revelation, based on recruitment documents and interviews with US military trainers obtained by the Financial Times, could add fuel to accusations by Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister, last month that the US had ‘orchestrated’ the war in the Georgian enclave. Continue reading
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Let's talk about World War III by Nikolai Sokov
If we can safely live through the transition period as economic and eventually political power shifts from traditional capitals toward Asia, we might avoid a direct clash between major powers and nuclear weapons use. The way economic trends run these days, we only need to be lucky for a few years. Continue reading
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Is it the 1930s all over again? By William Bowles
The bottom line then is that the crisis of capital has only two outcomes: remove the competitors or, face the end of capitalism and build a socialist alternative. If the former, then general war (whatever its form, ie “endless war”) is the only conclusion, thereby consuming the over-accumulated capital, ‘taking out’ the major competitors and… Continue reading
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New York Times’ Roger Cohen on Georgian crisis: A case of deliberate deception By Alex Lantier
The New York Times, among the most prominent organs of American liberalism, has played a critical role in legitimizing the US government’s position. Its September 1 column by ‘International Writer-at-Large’ Roger Cohen, headlined ‘NATO’s Disastrous Georgian Fudge,’ is an example of the Times’ deliberate campaign of disinformation on the Georgian crisis. Continue reading
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New York Times’ Roger Cohen on Georgian crisis: A case of deliberate deception By Alex Lantier
The New York Times, among the most prominent organs of American liberalism, has played a critical role in legitimizing the US government’s position. Its September 1 column by ‘International Writer-at-Large’ Roger Cohen, headlined ‘NATO’s Disastrous Georgian Fudge,’ is an example of the Times’ deliberate campaign of disinformation on the Georgian crisis. Continue reading
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US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new war By Peter Symonds
Global Research, September 5, 2008 Source: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10084 A ground assault by US Special Forces troops on a Pakistani village on Wednesday threatens to expand the escalating Afghanistan war into its neighbour. Pakistan is already confronting a virtual civil war in its tribal border regions as the country’s military, under pressure from Washington, seeks to crush Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report by William Blum Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life
The Democrats should run on the slogan “If you liked Bush, you’ll love McCain”, but that would be too outspoken, too direct for the spineless Nancy Pelosi and her spineless party. Or, “If you liked Iraq, you’ll love Iran.” But the Democrat leadership is not on record as categorically opposing either conflict. Continue reading
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Interview with Russian President Medvedev On Euronews
I think the results are two-fold in nature. First of all, they show that Russia’s motivations in deciding to respond to Georgia’s aggression and recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent subjects of international law have unfortunately not been fully understood. This is sad but not fatal, because everything can change in this world. Continue reading
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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
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The west is strategically wrong on Georgia By Kishore Mahbubani
In Georgia, Russia has loudly declared that it will no longer capitulate to the west. After two decades of humiliation Russia has decided to snap back. Before long, other forces will do the same. As a result of its overwhelming power, the west has intruded into the geopolitical spaces of other dormant countries. They are… Continue reading
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Palestinians Calculating Next Move: Coexistence with Occupation Not an Option By: Sam Bahour
A newly released Palestinian strategy document which outlines strategic political options gives witness to a renewed breath of fresh air in the Palestinians’ struggle for freedom and independence. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 