November 2009
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Colour-Coded Revolutions and the Origins of World War III Part 2 By Andrew Gavin Marshall
Part 2 of this essay on “The Origins of World War III” analyzes the colour revolutions as being a key stratagem in imposing the US-led New World Order. The “colour revolution” or “soft” revolution strategy is a covert political tactic of expanding NATO and US influence to the borders of Russia and even China; following… Continue reading
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Khaled Islaih – Re-spacing Zayta: Exploring Transnational Geographies
During the last century, the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 and later the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank in 1967, uprooted Zayta villagers from their lands and homes. In 1948, the majority of the village’s agricultural land was seized by Israel. The Israeli towns of Maggal, Sde Yizhaq, and parts… Continue reading
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“A remarkable failure for a journalist” – 2009 Courage in Journalism Award Acceptance Speech by Amira Hass
What is so generously termed today by the International Women’s Media Foundation as my lifetime achievement needs to be corrected. Because it is Failure. Nothing more than a failure. A lifetime failure. Continue reading
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Gilad Atzmon & the OHE with Strings at the Hull Jazz Festival
http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1766649 more about “Gilad Atzmon & the OHE with Strings a…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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The Goldstone Report at the UN General Assembly: States Must Uphold International Law to Ensure Accountability for the Victims of War Crimes in Gaza
On 4 November 2009, the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) is scheduled to be tabled before the Plenary of the UN General Assembly in New York. Following the Report’s endorsement at the Human Rights Council on 21 October 2009, it now falls to the General Assembly… Continue reading
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Dangerous People Needed: “The Most Dangerous Man in America” By David Swanson
On Thursday night I had the privilege of viewing a premier of a film together with its star. The theater was in the U.S. Capitol, and the film was “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”. This is a powerfully and engagingly constructed film about one of the most effective… Continue reading
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Justice Goldstone and the Jews By TONY JUDT
We Jews should be very proud of Richard Goldstone. In an ancient tradition of Jewish self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling, the author of the recent report from the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict has braved personal vilification and institutional mendacity to describe the crimes committed by Israeli forces in the course of their… Continue reading
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Global Research: Military Escalation and Flu Propaganda Selected Articles 26 October- 1 November, 2009
1 November, 2009 — Global Research Dangerous People Needed “The Most Dangerous Man in America” – by David Swanson – 2009-10-31 Crisis in the Post-Industrial Age: Welcome to Role-Play – by Sergey A. Stroev – 2009-10-31 Lest we forget? – by William Bowles – 2009-10-31 US Workers Starved Into Service – by Sandy Leon Vest Continue reading
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Mind Your Tweets: The CIA Social Networking Surveillance System By Tom Burghardt
That social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and information sharing amongst diverse groups and individuals is by now a cliché. It should come as no surprise then, that the secret state and the capitalist grifters whom they serve, have zeroed-in on the explosive growth of these… Continue reading
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Denmark Aims to Criminalize Climate Protests
As the Copenhagen climate summit approaches, the Danish government is rushing through a harsh new law that allows preventive detention, increases fines and extends sentences for demonstrators Continue reading
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Video: Annual Flu Deaths: The Real Number
Video: Thirty-six thousand dead every year from the flu? Twenty thousand? Fifteen thousand? No, no, and no. Not even close. Continue reading
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Trance (Langston Hughes: In Translation) by Edgar Nkosi White
Langston Hughes had many contradictions. An enigma disguised as a poet. His sadness he kept to himself and his laughter he gave to the world. His whole life he was searching for Pushkin even before he knew who Pushkin was. Born in Missouri of a black father who almost instantly abandoned both him and America… Continue reading
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1987: "About the Results of Eduard Shevardnadze and Anatoly Dobrynin's Visit to Afghanistan"
Gorbachev: And [let us] carry out a realistic line. We have accepted everything in Poland — the Catholic church, the individual peasant agriculture, the ideology, and the political pluralism. Reality is reality. The comrades are right in saying: it is better to pay cash than the lives of our men. [Let us] push Najib and… Continue reading
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Argentina: Disappearing Farmers, Disappearing Food By Marie Trigona
Worldwide, industrial mono-culture farming has displaced traditional food production and farmers, wreaking havoc on food prices and food sovereignty. This is particularly true for the global south, where land has been concentrated for crops destined for biodiesel and animal feed. In response, peasants and small farmers organized actions in more than 53 countries on October… Continue reading
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Six Questions for Desmond Travers on the Goldstone Report By Ken Silverstein
Desmond Travers was one of the four members of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which produced the controversial Goldstone Report. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 