May 2010
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How Wars Are Born: China versus the U.S. By Shamus Cooke
The corporate controlled New York Times published a revealing article about how U.S. foreign policy really works, and why. The motive behind the sincerity is that China’s foreign policy was being attacked. However, the article soon made it clear that China’s policy is the same as the U.S.’s : dominating regions that are of “economic… Continue reading
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Did Osama bin Laden Confess to the 9/11 Attacks, and Did He Die, in 2001? By Prof David Ray Griffin
In 2009, I published a little book entitled Osama bin Laden: Dead or Alive? Much evidence, I showed, suggested that Osama bin Laden had died on or about December 13, 2001. (Although this book was ignored by the US press, it received major reviews in British newspapers, and it even provided the basis for a… Continue reading
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Israeli Democracy: Bubble about to Burst? By Inna Michaeli
Just last Wednesday a new poll was published, solicited by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, indicating that a vast majority of Jewish Israelis think that human rights organizations that expose immoral conduct by Israel should not be allowed to operate freely. Most of the respondents also stated that Israeli citizens who support international… Continue reading
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When Empires Join Hands: Japanese Military Joins U.S. And NATO In Horn Of Africa By Rick Rozoff
Djibouti rests at the confluence of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, across from strife-torn Yemen, and borders the northwest corner of equally conflict-ridden Somalia. The narrow span of water separating it from Yemen is the gateway for all maritime traffic passing between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean via the Suez… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA AFRICA NEWS No.479 – 30 April, 2010: LINKS & RESOURCES
The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Zimbabwe update, 2. Women & gender, 3. Human rights, 4. Refugees & forced migration, 5. Social movements, 6. Africa labour news, 7. Emerging powers news, 8. Elections & governance, 9. Corruption, 10. Development, 11. Health… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, April 30, 2010 HISTORIC DISSIDENT JOURNAL PUBLISHED ONLINE
Original Russian-Language “Problems of Eastern Europe” Connected Soviet, Eastern and Western Publics New Russia Web Page Features Digitized Soviet Documents On Missile Crisis, Afghanistan, End of Cold War, and Dissidents From National Security Archive Collections English introduction – www.nsarchive.org/rus New Russian-language page – www.nsarchive.org/rus/Index.html Washington, DC, April 30, 2010 – A rare complete series of… Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron – “Me And The Devil”
Gil Scott-Heron’s video for “Me And The Devil”, out Feb 22 and taken from his forthcoming album “I’m New Here” Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron boycotts Tel Aviv, sends powerful message to Israelis By Noam Sheizaf
A small commotion erupted this week among the public that appreciates black music in Israel upon learning that ground-breaking artist, poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron apparently canceled his Tel Aviv show for political reasons. There was no official statement; However, following protests of some of his pro-Palestinian fans during a show in London on the… Continue reading
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Parliamentary ‘democracy’ – a triumph of Victorian engineering? By William Bowles
Enter Parliamentary ‘democracy’ and the route chosen by organized labour as the one true road to socialism. And it’s here that the role of myth-making was and remains crucial to the exercise of ‘democracy’, a ritual performed every 5 years as the political elite go through the motions of winning our votes. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 