October 2009
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D’Escoto on the US in the age of Obama Part 3
“The inability of the United Nations to unequivocally reject the Iraq war has been a major factor in its demise”, says outgoing president of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d’Escoto. In the third and final segment of his talk with Real News Senior Editor Paul Jay, d’Escoto digs into what he believes is at the… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: THE BALANCE OF POWER – EXCHANGES WITH BBC JOURNALISTS – PART 1
Journalists who criticise powerful interests can be attacked for their ‘bias’, for revealing their prejudices. On the other hand, as we will see in the examples below, almost no-one protests, or even notices, the lack of balance in patriotic articles reporting on the experience of British troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, on the credibility… Continue reading
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Kartoon Kate's take on Climate Change
Kartoon Kate’s latest cartoon discusses our chances of getting a workable treaty from the Copenhagen COP 15 UN climate negotiations. And it’s snappier than it sounds from that description. Continue reading
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Media Activism Update: NYT: “FAIR Had a Point” Paper’s public editor agrees with activists
In response to FAIR’s September 22 action alert, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt agreed (10/11/09) that the paper’s September 20 article about Medicare for all excluded supporters of a single-payer healthcare system. Continue reading
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Constitutional Hypocrisy By Joel S. Hirschhorn
The situation we face today is that all 50 states have submitted over 750 applications for a [Constitutional] convention, considerably more than enough to trigger the constitutional mandate that Congress convene an Article V convention. How could Congress get away with this kind of unconstitutional behavior? Continue reading
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Fidel: Humanity is an endangered species
I would have liked to talk today about the exceptional Peace without Borders concert that took place in the Jose Marti Plaza de la Revolucion 24 hours ago, but brutal reality obliges me to write about a danger that is threatening not only peace but also the survival of our species. Continue reading
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If we want Policy instead of Speeches By Cynthia McKinney
President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize was not the only news yesterday. And in my opinion, it’s not even the biggest news. It’s not even the saddest news. But it does provide us with some critical information as we move forward. The three-part question for us, tonight however, is “What are we moving forward TO; is… Continue reading
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Global Research Peace, War and Geopolitical Rhetoric Selected Articles 5-12 October, 2009
Global Research Peace, War and Geopolitical Rhetoric Selected Articles 5-12 October, 2009 Continue reading
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The Real News Network – How would a US-Iran war begin? Part 5
“Don’t be nonchalant about an attack on Iran, it won’t work,” claims former CIA Senior Analyst Ray McGovern. Together with Iraq WMD whistle-blower Greg Thielmann, the two intelligence experts break down the various means at Iran’s disposal of responding to US-Israeli provocations or attacks. Their conclusion is that the US government’s strategic best interest is… Continue reading
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Is Canada More pro-Israel than the U.S.? By Yves Engler
12 October, 2009 — Electronic Intifada In June, Israel began barring some North Americans with Palestinian-sounding names entry through Ben Gurion Airport. Forced to reroute through a land-border crossing that connects the West Bank with Jordan, their passports were stamped ‘Palestinian Authority only,’ which prevents them from entering Israel proper. The Obama Administration objected to Continue reading
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Israel’s Religious Right and the Peace Process’ By Nicolas Pelham
What is disturbing about the settlers in Amona is not how distant they are from other Israelis, whether geographically or politically, but how connected. They are national-religious; that is to say, they are devout in their Judaism, but unlike many other religious Jews they believe equally fervently in the secular Zionist project. The national-religious fly… Continue reading
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Ska-P, “Intifada”
Music video: Ska-P is a ska punk band from the working-class Vallecas neighborhood in Madrid, Spain. “Intifada” is a song from the band’s fifth album: ¡¡Que Corra La Voz!! Continue reading
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D'Escoto On Palestine and the UN Part 2
Outgoing General Assembly prez tells niece, after UN inaction on Gaza, “I feel like I’m in a cesspool” Continue reading
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Iran: What's intelligence got to do with it? Part 4
Intelligence work is a “fool’s errand” says former CIA senior analyst, Ray McGovern, referring to the tendency of politicians and the press to neglect or manipulate one’s work. Greg Thielmann notes that it isn’t only US intelligence officers that are neglected, adding that the threat assessments of intelligence services around the world indicate their belief… Continue reading
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Norse Code
Immediate reaction to the [Nobel Peace Prize] award was bemused. If Barack Obama rode a wave of optimism onto the world stage, those abroad who are paying attention to what he has actually done must be rather perplexed. Indeed, among the first questions that reporters asked of committee chairman Thorbjørn Jagland was which of Obama’s… Continue reading
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Obama and the Nobel Prize: When War becomes Peace, When the Lie becomes the Truth By Michel Chossudovsky
At this critical juncture in our history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President and Commander in Chief Barack Obama constitutes an unmitigated tool of propaganda and distortion, which unreservedly supports the Pentagon’s “Long War”: “A War without Borders” in the true sense of the word, characterised by the Worlwide… Continue reading
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Israel's nukes and Iran: Beneath the hype Pt.3: McGovern & Thielmann on consequences of US silence on Israel’s nuclear weapons
Intelligence experts Ray McGovern and Greg Thielmann respond to a question from the floor on the significance of Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal in the discussion of Iran. McGovern notes that “an unpardonable mistake in US politics is to mention the Israeli arsenal as a motivation for Iran.” Adding that, “by acknowledging the Israeli nukes, one… Continue reading
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Greater Albania: Threat of A New US-NATO sponsored Conflict In Europe By Rick Rozoff
Europe may be perched above the precipice of its first armed conflict since NATO’s 78-day bombing war against Yugoslavia in 1999 and the resultant armed invasion of Macedonia from NATO-occupied Kosovo two years later. With the formal accession of Albania into full NATO membership this April and the subsequent reelection victory (at least formally)… Continue reading
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Big Brother FBI: Data-Mining Programs Resurrect “Total Information Awareness” By Tom Burghardt
Like a vampire rising from it’s grave each night to feed on the privacy rights of Americans, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is moving forward with programs that drain the life blood from our constitutional liberties. From the wholesale use of informants and provocateurs to stifle political dissent, to Wi-Fi hacking and viral computer spyware… Continue reading
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Beneath the hype: Is Iran close to nukes? Pt.2
Video: Iraq whistle-blower Greg Thielmann: Military threats may push Iran to restart suspended weapons program Continue reading
The New Dark Age 