January 2010
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Video: Osama speaking. Or is he?
An audio tape has been released allegedly from Al Qaeda’s leader Osama bin Laden. It’s the second in just a week. But RT contributor and investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says the tape is most probably a fake. Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 29-30 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, London: February 2010 Events Newsletter
29 January, 2010 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Office space to rent below Housmans 2. Guest book recommendations 3: Housmans blog EVENTS 4. War Resisters’ International present: ‘Antimilitarism In Latin America’ 5. ‘Possibilities for the Post-Capitalist Era’ with Harry Shutt 6. ‘This Room in the Sunlight’ with Bernard Kops: 7. Last Hours Collective present: ‘Excessive Continue reading
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The US game in Latin America By Mark Weisbrot
When I write about US foreign policy in places such as Haiti or Honduras, I often get responses from people who find it difficult to believe that the US government would care enough about these countries to try and control or topple their governments. These are small, poor countries with little in the way of… Continue reading
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Statement on Haiti adoptions from Adoptees of Color
This statement reflects the position of an international community of adoptees of color who wish to pose a critical intervention in the discourse and actions affecting the child victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Continue reading
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Jewish National Fund eBook Vol 1, First online edition
This is a comprehensive ‘eBook’ on the Jewish National Fund, which plays an important part in the development of Israel, but on the back of expropriating Palestinian Land. Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 28-29 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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The London Conference on Afghanistan: Rebranding an Unpopular War Derrick O’Keefe
The “deny Al-Qaeda a safe heaven” justification opens up nearly infinite new potential fronts in the global “war on terror,” a term that has been dropped from White House press releases while its aggressive and counter-productive mentality remains in place. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online – 28 January 2010
28 January 2010 — Statewatch.org/ Support Statewatch’s work: Join Friends of Statewatch: www.statewatch.org/fosw.html 1. EU: The Schengen Information System (SIS) has “over half a million terminals” 2. EU: Draft Council Decision the surveillance of the sea external borders 3. EU: Readmission Agreements: Overview 4. UK: Supreme Court quashes law: UN Security Council Resolutions and the Continue reading
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Carleton University (Canada) Student Group Launches Israel Divestment Drive (Statement)
28 January, 2010 The divestment report urging Carleton University to divest from companies implicated in Israel’s occupation and grave violations of human rights is a true gem for the BDS movement. The research, argumentation, corroboration and writing style are impeccable and deeply impressive. In making the case for divestment from Israel, the SAIA report combines Continue reading
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SAIA Carleton Divestment Campaign
20 January, 2010 SAIA demands that Carleton University immediately divest its stock in BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Tesco, and adopt a Socially Responsible Investment policy. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.4591819 more about “SAIA Carleton Divestment Campaign“, posted with vodpod Read the statement Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 27-28 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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The Destabilization of Haiti: Anatomy of a Military Coup d’Etat By Michel Chossudovsky
This article largely focusses on the history of the 2004 US led coup d’Etat, including its preparations. It also outlines the process of economic destabilization under the helm of the IMF and the World Bank which played a key role in the events leading up to the military coup. Continue reading
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Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq illegal
Two most senior law officials state that Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq was illegal Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 26-27 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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Haitian police shoot scavengers indiscriminately
Haitian police on Monday shot indiscriminately at scavengers and looters in Port-au-Prince, hitting two in the head as post-quake security deteriorated, an AFP photographer reported. A group of police, pushed to keep control among a desperate population after the January 12 tremor which killed or injured many of their number and destroyed the city prison,… Continue reading
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Joe Bageant interviewed by Ian Masters, KPFK
On Sunday, Jan 24, I was a guest on Ian Masters’ Background Briefing radio show, KPFK, Los Angeles. Ian’s show is noted for its hard authoritative analysis by America’s leading political pundits and experts. Being neither, naturally I shotgunned my way through the interview as best I could. Listeners did not seem to mind. Continue reading
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ATTEMPT TO BAN PROTEST OUTSIDE BLAIR INQUIRY
Negotiations between the police and Stop the War broke down today when it became clear that the government is trying to hide our legitimate peaceful protest from Tony Blair when he gives evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry on Friday. Continue reading
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Haiti’s elite hold nation’s future in their hands By Tracy Wilkinson
A few businessmen like Gregory Mevs will decide how — or whether — Haiti recovers from one of the worst natural catastrophes in modern times. The Mevs family owns all the petroleum storage facilities in the country, 30% of the Internet business, a 2.4-million-square-foot industrial park and a network of 50 warehouses for food and… Continue reading
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Venezuela Cancels Haiti’s Oil Debt
President Hugo Chavez announced Monday that he would write off the undisclosed sum Haiti owes Venezuela for oil as part of the ALBA bloc’s plans to help the impoverished Caribbean nation after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 