May 5, 2009
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The Crisis in Somalia: US-NATO Plans to Control the Indian Ocean By Rick Rozoff
For all the horrors US administrations from that of Carter to the current one have visited upon the Somali people, Washington gained what it intended to: Military bases and forces astride many of the world’s most strategic shipping lanes and chokepoints in an area encompassing the Suez Canal and the Red Sea into the Gulf… Continue reading
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Capitalism Hits the Fan Richard Wolff on the Economic Meltdown
With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today’s economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Continue reading
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Indigenous Summit Shows the Way on Climate Change By Diana Bronson
The main sources of controversy were whether or not an immediate fossil fuel moratorium should be called for, and whether or not indigenous peoples should support the UN REDD programme (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries). Continue reading
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Occupying Hearts and Minds By Dahr Jamail
This new form of psychological warfare is deeply disturbing. Throughout my five years of reporting on the occupation of Iraq, when I’ve asked Iraqis what they feel the most damaging aspect of the occupation is, I have been told that the occupation is “shredding the fabric of Iraqi society and culture.” Continue reading
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Combat Operations in Fallujah By Dahr Jamail
Clearly, resistance against the occupation is once again nationwide, spanning from Iraq’s northernmost and southernmost cities. Now that the British are pulling out of their area of control in Southern Iraq, US troops are filling the void – hence, the attack in Basra. Continue reading
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William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 69 – Some thoughts about torture. And Mr. Obama.
the new administration has not categorically banned the outsourcing of torture, such as renditions, the sole purpose of which is to kidnap people and send them to a country to be tortured. Moreover, what do we know of all the CIA secret prisons, the gulag extending from Poland to the island of Diego Garcia? How… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 