November 2009
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UK: Sign the petition to bring the troops home from Afghanistan
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to bring the troops home from Afghanistan. Noting the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, and the destabilisation of Pakistan arising from the NATO military intervention in the region, and believing that only the Afghan people themselves can generate a political solution to their country’s problems, we therefore demand that… Continue reading
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Phone Morrisons and Waitrose this Wednesday 11 November – National week of supermarket boycott actions
Our boycott week of action is attracting media attention: The Jerusalem Post writes: ‘Activists are targeting two supermarket chains in a weeklong protest starting Monday, in an attempt to stop them stocking any Israeli goods Continue reading
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A Real Green Deal By Hilary Wainwright and Andy Bowman
Thirty-five years ago, workers at the Lucas Aerospace company formulated an “alternative corporate plan” to convert military production to socially useful and environmentally desirable purposes. Hilary Wainwright and Andy Bowman consider what lessons it holds for the greening of the world economy today. Continue reading
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ColdType November 2009 Issue
Want to know why the world’s most expensive army can’t beat a few angry tribesmen? We have the answer. Plus: Why conservatives fear Big Government; excerpts from new books by Amy Goodman and Ramzy Baroud; did US politicians read the Goldstone Report before rejecting it?; the wars on postal workers and on Twitter; a British… Continue reading
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Reaction to Fort Hood – Stupidity Beyond Belief by Richard C. Cook
Last week a psychiatrist who had been ordered to Afghanistan went berserk and shot up the place. So happens he was a Muslim, a loner, deeply conflicted, subject to abuse from other soldiers who had been taught by our politicians and media that ‘Allah’ is a dirty word. Continue reading
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Meeting London: Israel’s Occupation of Palestine: who profits and who doesn’t
In her talk she would discuss the grassroots research initiative “Who Profits”, present its mapping of corporate involvement in the occupation, and tell the story of specific discoveries and challenges in on-going campaigns. Continue reading
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Anand Naidoo, "Interview with Arundhati Roy"
“It’s beginning to increasingly look as if this urge to the 10% growth rate and democracy are mutually incompatible . . . because this growth has been based on . . . the displacement of millions of people off their land. It’s based on extracting minerals and harnessing rivers in a way that is ecologically… Continue reading
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Peace Movement Blues By Jack A. Smith
The mass base of the movement that confronted the Bush Administration’s wars — the Democratic voters — are standing on the sidelines, unwilling to publicly criticize President Obama. This is despite the fact that opinion polls report a majority of the American people now oppose the Afghan war, including some 70% of Democrats. Continue reading
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Obama and Clinton Use ‘Smart Power’ Against Honduras By Eva Golinger
(This article was written before the collapse of the latest deal to restore President Zelaya) Henry Kissinger said that diplomacy is the ‘art of restraining power’. Obviously, the most influential ideologue on US foreign policy of the twenty first century was refering to the necessity to ‘restrain the power’ of other countries and governments in… Continue reading
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UK: Action stations over Afghanistan
The war effort in Afghanistan is starting to fall apart at the seams. We will shortly reach the hundredth British soldier’s death this year, and there is talk in military circles of withdrawing British troops from the frontline. Continue reading
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My Cancer: The Waiting Game by Sarah Meyer – Index Research
The language applied to cancer sounds like Obama’s wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. We hear about “battles” – “Fighting the Enemy” and the “War on Cancer.” Constructively discussing the actual process of life and death can often be a no-go zone. Even the word ‘death’ is replaced by the awful term, “passing away.” Continue reading
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On the Ruins of the Berlin Wall: From the Past to the Future By Dmitriy BAKLIN
In terms of the purpose of its existence the Berlin Wall was a complete analog of the Great Chinese Wall whose construction began in the III century BC (475-221). The Chinese Wall was meant to fortify the frontiers of the Chinese civilization and to help unite the enormous Empire. The second wall – described as… Continue reading
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No worries at Iran uranium site: IAEA chief
UN experts found ‘nothing to be worried about’ during their first inspection of a previously secret uranium enrichment site in Iran, UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Thursday. Continue reading
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Global Research: Global Finance and the Criminalization of War Selected Articles 2-8 November, 2009
8 November, 2009 — Global Research Crisis of America’s Healthcare System – by John Kozy – 2009-11-08 Breaking The Australian Silence – by John Pilger – 2009-11-08 How to End Wars – by David Swanson – 2009-11-08 U.S. State Department: Israel is not a tolerant society – by Akiva Eldar – 2009-11-08 Republic of Fools: Continue reading
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MidEast Dispatches: Where Will They Get the Troops? Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front
After eight years of two major counterinsurgency wars (and various minor encounters in what used to be called the Global War on Terror), with many soldiers experiencing multiple tours of duty, with approximately 120,000 U.S. troops still in Iraq and almost 70,000 in Afghanistan, with the Afghan War clearly in an escalatory phase, commanders in… Continue reading
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America Owned by Its Army By William Pfaf
It is possible that the creation of an all-professional American army was the most dangerous decision ever taken by Congress. The nation now confronts a political crisis in which the issue has become an undeclared contest between Pentagon power and that of a newly elected president. Continue reading
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US Generals Flood Israel for Exercise against Specific Threats’ By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
An unprecedented number of American generals, along with 1,400 U.S. army soldiers, are participating with top IDF brass in the high-level Juniper Cobra military exercise that one U.S. Navy commander said is aimed at “specific threats.” Public affairs officials interrupted the naval commander in order to divert the conversation from the scenario of Israel attacking… Continue reading
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Video: Ni’ilin marking 20 years to the fall of the berlin wall by taking down the wall on their land
Demonstrators toppled 8 meters tall concrete wall in Ni’ilin The protest in Nilin was held today to mark the 20th anniversary to the fall of the Berlin wall, which has been declared an international day of action against Israel’s barrier. The 300 demonstrators managed to topple a part of the eight meters tall concrete wall… Continue reading
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America The Betrayed – Walt Whitman: “Poet of the People” By Richard C Cook
If you want to get an idea of what America once was like, read the poems of Walt Whitman.Whitman was born on Long Island in 1819 and grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. His family was poor, but even though he left school at the age of 11 he gave himself an education by reading and… Continue reading
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Israel: Remote control occupation?
This week, the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erakat, announced that because Israeli settlements continue to grow (with de facto US support) and annex the land planned for a future Palestine, the Palestinians may have to abandon hopes for an independent state. He therefore urged Palestinians to fight for one democratic state where all citizens will… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 