December 2009
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Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza received Syrian boost
The international convoy carrying humanitarian aid from London to Gaza has swollen in size during its journey from Syria into Jordan. More than 400 people from around the world are now travelling on the convoy after volunteers from as far afield as Italy and Malaysia joined up in Damascus. Continue reading
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William A. Cook – A Christmas Remembrance
“The white civilized man (is) the most ferocious animal on the face of the earth.” — (Herman Melville, 1840s) That understanding of the civilized white man struck me with its absoluteness, its certainty, its expressive force the moment I opened my file of little four year old Kaukab Al Dayah, whose tender face rests on… Continue reading
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Two successful convoys spur flood of humanitarian assistance!
The first Viva Palestina convoy made the journey in March this year, travelling by land to Italy where it crossed the Mediterranean by ferry to Greece. From there it made its way through Turkey, Syria, Jordan, finally entering Gaza at the Rafah border crossing in Egypt. The current convoy, dubbed “Return to Gaza,” will take… Continue reading
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‘US aided’ deadly Yemen raids
The US provided firepower and intelligence to help the Yemeni government launch a series of deadly raids against suspected al-Qaeda bases in the country, the New York Times has reported. Continue reading
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Excellent News from Copenhagen By Daniel Tanuro
More and more people understand that climate degradation is not the outcome of ‘human activity’ in general but of a mode of an unsustainable mode of production and consumption Continue reading
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COPOUT15: It’s the poor wot gets the blame By William Bowles
It seems the ruling classes of the most powerful capitalist states just don’t learn any lessons from the past. It’s as if they wipe the slate clean every time they get us all in a jam and we have to relearn everything all over again! Why do we tolerate such bullshit from the gangster class… Continue reading
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Video: US testing unproven weapons in Afghanistan
The US is developing new, expensive weapons and testing them on the battleground in Afghanistan. Is this the best idea? How can new weapons designed for conventional warfare be effective against an insurgency? And do unproven weapons put soldiers at risk? Continue reading
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Shambles in Copenhagen By Greg Albo
The turn to market environmentalism of so much of the environmental movement in North America has been in equal parts political and ecological disasters. This effort to form alliances with the capitalist classes and the state within the confines of neoliberalism has done nothing to advance solutions to the most crucial ecological issue of the… Continue reading
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Pentagon's Role in Global Catastrophe: Add Climate Havoc to War Crimes By Sara Flounders
By every measure, the Pentagon is the largest institutional user of petroleum products and energy in general. Yet the Pentagon has a blanket exemption in all international climate agreements. The Pentagon wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; its secret operations in Pakistan; its equipment on more than 1,000 U.S. bases around the world; its 6,000 facilities… Continue reading
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Israel admits harvesting Palestinian organs By Ian Black
Israel has admitted that pathologists harvested organs from dead Palestinians, and others without the consent of their families – a practice that it said ended in the 1990s, it emerged at the weekend. Continue reading
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September 11, 2001: America and NATO Declare War on Afghanistan By Michel Chossudovsky
The legal argument used by Washington and NATO to invade Afghanistan was that the September 11 attacks constituted an undeclared “armed attack” “from abroad” by an unnamed foreign power, and that consequently “the laws of war” apply, allowing the nation under attack, to strike back in the name of “self-defense”. Continue reading
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The Truth About Copenhagen By Fidel Castro Ruz
If anything significant was achieved in the Danish capital, it was that the media coverage allowed the world public to watch the political chaos created there and the humiliating treatment accorded to Heads of States or Governments, ministers and thousands of representatives of social movements and institutions that in hope and expectation traveled to the… Continue reading
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Copenhagen: A Turning Point for the Climate Movement By Terry Conway and Thomas Eisler
On Saturday Dec 12, 100,000 demonstrated in the streets of Copenhagen outside the COP 15 summit demanding urgent action against global warming – more than double the numbers that organisers had predicted – or even dared expect. While of course a high percentage of demonstrators came from Denmark itself and from neighbouring countries Sweden and… Continue reading
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Hugo Chavez: A Battle for the Planet Has Begun
I must say: in Copenhagen the Obama illusion was definitively destroyed. He was confirmed in his position as head of the empire and winner of the Nobel War Prize. The enigma of the two Obamas has been resolved. Continue reading
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Full Text: Chavez Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen
I had hardly arrived and we were just sitting down when we heard the president of the previous session, the minister, saying that a document came about, but nobody knows, I’ve asked for the document, but we still don’t have it, I think nobody knows of that top secret document. Now certainly, as the Bolivian… Continue reading
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Hugo Chávez Parts 1, 2 and 3: The voice of the people in Copenhagen 2009 COP15 speech
Three-part video of Hugo Chávez’s speech at COP15 Continue reading
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Hugo Chávez Parts 1, 2 and 3: The voice of the people in Copenhagen 2009 COP15 speech
Three-part video of Hugo Chávez’s speech at COP15 Continue reading
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“Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama, is Preparing for War in South America”; Interview with Eva Golinger By Mike Whitney
The US media is very critical of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. He’s frequently denounced as “anti-American”, a “leftist strongman”, and a dictator. Can you briefly summarize some of the positive social, economic and judicial changes for which Chavez is mainly responsible? Continue reading
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When Will It Be Our Time? By MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI
It is with deepening concern that I recognize the Obama administration is not yet capable of standing up to Israel and the pro-Israel lobby. Our dream of freedom is being crushed under the weight of immovable and constantly expanding Israeli settlements. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 