March 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
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Israeli Raids Target Children By Nora Barrows-Friedman
Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. Nearly 40 Palestinians were wounded and treated at nearby hospitals, as… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, March 16, 2010: Presidential statement, White House memorandum, Attorney General speech mark Sunshine Week
Archive findings show agencies lagged in fulfilling Obama orders: “A for effort, Incomplete for results”; says Archive director Continue reading
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URGENT ACTION ALERT: No reward for war crimes – No upgrade for Israel in the EU
One of Europe’s decision making body, the Council of the EU, will be discussing upgrading the EU-Israel association agreement next Tuesday 23rd March 2010. The agreement had been due for an upgrade in December 2008, but was suspended following Israel’s massacre in Gaza. Continue reading
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The 911 Cat is Out of the Bag By Stewart Ogilby
The lid is blowing off a story broadcast by American TV on September 11, 2001. The question now is whether or not owners and managers of America’s mainline media will be able to continue burying facts, questions, controversy, speculations, and conclusions contradicting that day’s professionally crafted narrative. When will the American people be given access… Continue reading
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The New ‘Forgotten’ War By Dahr Jamail
“Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al-Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer. Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in cities subjected to heavy American and… Continue reading
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Global Research Selected Articles: Military Aggression and the Police State – 8-15 March, 2010
15 March, 2010 — Global Research Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: From Wall Street to Skank Street
Some people understood at the time that it was a banker rigged game from top to bottom, one that included an elite cadre of players ranging from Wall Street to the Fed, the IMF and the World Bank. Most saw only a few aspects of the global financial growth-bot. But they saw them clearly enough… Continue reading
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GM Food: get the facts first
The EC has just allowed GM crops into Europe, ignoring the concerns of the public. I’ve signed a petition for independent research and a moratorium on GM crop development. With 1 million citizens’ signatures, we can make an official legal request to the European Commission. Sign below and let’s get to 1 million Continue reading
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Pambazuka News 473 12 March, 2010: Links & Resources (Pambazuka Editor)
1. Action alerts, 2. Announcements, 3. Zimbabwe update, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Social movements, 8. Emerging powers news, 9. Elections & governance, 10. Corruption, 11. Development, 12. Health & HIV/AIDS, 13. LGBTI, 14. Environment, 15. Land & land rights, 16. Food Justice, 17. Media & freedom… Continue reading
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Bernd Kramer, "Zimbabwe's Land Reform Is Common Sense" By Grasian Mkodzongi
Zimbabwe’s land issue has generated unprecedented debates both within and outside the country. The debates, which followed the dramatic occupations of white farms by rural peasants in the late 1990s, are generally polarised between those who support radical land reform and those who support market-orientated reforms. The former stand accused of supporting Mugabe’s regime while… Continue reading
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2010 Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture – Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives
Bill Fletcher Jr. is a longtime labour and international activist and the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum. He is the executive editor of The Black Commentator, and founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. His latest book is Solidarity Divided. Continue reading
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Danish Anti-terror law imprisons Irish writer for supporting FARC and Venezuela’s Bolivarian process
The next e-mail I will be getting from my compatriot Patrick Mac Manus will be from jail … he has just been sentenced to 6 months prison by a Danish judge for collecting and donating money to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Continue reading
The New Dark Age 