November 2009
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Department of Justice Threatens the Internet By Tom Burghardt
When the Independent Media Center (IMC) received a formal notice on January 30 from the Department of Justice, demanding they provide an Indianapolis grand jury with ‘details of all reader visits on a certain day,’ the feisty left-wing news aggregators fought back, CBS News reported. Continue reading
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Video: The children of Falluja
Video: Doctors are dealing with an increase in chronic deformities in infants in Falluja, where heavy munitions were used in 2004 Continue reading
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USA Prepares to Attack Russia in 3 or 4 Years? By Sergey Balmasov
‘Why does the USA need these two bases on the Black Sea? To struggle against terrorism? This explanation does not withstand any criticism. There are nearly 4,000 kilometers between Romania and the Middle East. This distance is too large for the nation to maintain its groups in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
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Feds Wanted Private Data on All Visitors to Liberal Internet News Site By Daniel Tencer
A Justice Department subpoena requesting all available information on all visitors to an independent news site is raising serious privacy concerns, and questions about how much information the US government is storing about its citizens’ news reading habits. Continue reading
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Alan Hart – President Obama’s opportunity to speak truth to power, Part 2 – Rahm Emanuel does it for him
14 November, 2009 — Palestine Think Tank When I wrote and posted Part 1 of this article, I was, of course, aware that there wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell of President Obama speaking truth to the power of Jewish America as it was represented at the General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North Continue reading
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Did Big Oil Win the War in Iraq? By Antonia Juhasz
As U.S. and British oil companies sign contracts with the Iraqi government, is it time to declare Big Oil the “victor” in the bloody venture? Continue reading
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U.S.: Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan By Dahr Jamail
U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having been told she would be granted extra time to find someone to care for her 11-month-old son while she is overseas. Continue reading
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Andrei VOLODIN: Afghanistan: a view from India and China
The Indian elite is becoming more concerned about the situation in Afghanistan. Indian analysts pay much attention to the fact that the majority of the US population-irrespective of their political preferences- speaks for the unconditional withdrawal of the American troops from Afghanistan. Delhi thinks that in order to remain in power after the presidential elections… Continue reading
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Another Media Black Eye: Second Cop — Not Kimberly Munley — Brought Down Fort Hood Killer By Greg Mitchell
With the publication of an interview with Sgt. Mark Todd, the actual cop who gunned down the killer at Fort Hood — following its account of an unnamed eyewitness last night–The New York Times this afternoon finally underlined what some of us noticed from nearly the start: the media fell hook, line and sinker once… Continue reading
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CCR: Tell Congress It Can’t Be Judge, Jury and Executioner
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit against the United States government in an effort to derail a a right wing campaign to target, attack and crush progressive organizations. ACORN v. USA challenges the legality of the actions of Congress in passing a resolution barring government funding of ACORN and all of its… Continue reading
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Does Biased News Have a ‘Time Bomb’ Effect? By Melinda Burns
Even the most hardened Europeans may succumb to media manipulation and change their political views if they are bombarded long enough with biased news Continue reading
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Video: US troops train Georgians for Afghan war
In Georgia, NATO-led military exercises are preparing the country’s troops to operate in Afghanistan. The FIRST Georgian soldiers head to the conflict zone within weeks. RT’s Irina Galushko looks at whether people’s lives are being used as a bargaining chip to join NATO. Continue reading
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"U.S. Public Diplomacy toward Iran: Structures, Actors, and Policy Communities" By Foad Izadi
This dissertation is an in-depth study of the structures, actors, and policy communities associated with U.S. public diplomacy toward Iran. Since 2006, the U.S. government has spent more than $200 million for its Iran-related public diplomacy via State Department ‘democracy promotion’ programs, National Endowment for Democracy, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. These initiatives promoted… Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1125 11 November 2009 ANTI-WAR SOLDIER ARRESTED: PROTEST NOW
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, the soldier who faces desertion charges for refusing to return to Afghanistan, has been arrested and charged with five further offences for leading Stop the War’s demonstration in London on 24 October and forexpressing his opposition to the media in defiance of orders. Continue reading
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Music Video: Sarah Gillespie – How The Mighty Fall
‘How the Mighty Fall’ by Sarah Gillespie from her debut album ‘Stalking Juliet’. Sarah Gillespie Quartet featuring Gilad Atzmon on accordion and harmonica. Continue reading
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UK scholars linked to ‘stolen’ bowls of Babylon: Suppressed report reveals archaeological treasures were dug up after Gulf war By Vanessa Thorpe and James Doeser
A secret report on the chequered history of priceless Aramaic bowls loaned to a leading university has exposed an apparent attempt to cover up UK academic connections to a potentially deadly trade in stolen Iraqi antiquities. Continue reading
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A Morally Bankrupt Military: When Soldiers and Their Families Become Expendable By Dahr Jamail
The military operates through indoctrination. Soldiers are programmed to develop a mindset that resists any acknowledgment of injury and sickness, be it physical or psychological. As a consequence, tens of thousands of soldiers continue to serve, even being deployed to combat zones like Iraq and/or Afghanistan, despite persistent injuries. According to military records, over 43,000… Continue reading
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Most Vulnerable Nations Seek Climate Justice
Final Draft of declaration issued November 11 in the Maldives, by the Climate Vulnerable Forum, comprising the 11 countries considered most vulnerable to climate change: Maldives, Kiribati, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Barbados and Bhutan. Continue reading
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Russia-India-China: The Bush curse By Eric Walberg
Moscow is trying to draw India and China closer to put out the flames now flaring across the continent, from the Caucasus and Central Asia, to Iran and Pakistan, notes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Israeli Confessions (Never Before Campaign)
Video: If one wants to know why and how the conflict started in Palestine more than 60 years ago, the “confessions” of Israeli and Zionist leaders should make it very clear. 700,000 Palestinians (more than half of the Palestinian population at the time) were expelled in 1948. More than 600 towns and villages were ethnically… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 