March 18, 2010
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Ukraine Geopolitics and the US-NATO Military Agenda: Tectonic Shift in Heartland Power Part I By F. William Engdahl
The relevant question at this juncture is what the defeat of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution signifies for the future of the Eurasian Heartland, as British geopolitician Halford Mackinder termed the region? Even more significantly, what does it imply for a two-decade long Pentagon attempt to weaken and ultimately cripple Russia as a military power in Washington’s… Continue reading
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I will mourn on Nakba Day By Nurit Peled-Elhanan
The “Nakba law” passed in a first reading last Tuesday. The law forbids mourning the Nakba on Israel’s Independence Day. Breaking the law will result in high fines and withdrawal of gevernmental financing from municipal authorities. Continue reading
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Georgianne Nienaber: Haitian Women: Rea Dol vs. the Republic of NGOs
Take a walk for ten years in Rea Dol’s shoes and you might learn something about the imperialist attitude of NGOs in Haiti. You will also learn something about tenacity, hope, and the indomitable spirit of the women of Haiti. Haitians have a term for it — ‘Poteau Mitan’ — women are the ‘central pillars’… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 