July 2010
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ISRAEL AND ECONOMIC “WARFARE”
On Wednesday, July 14th, the Israeli Parliament approved the first of three readings of a new law. If passed, the law will make it illegal to declare a boycott on Israel or Israeli companies, participate in a boycott, or provide aid in the form of information to anyone who is part of the Boycott, Divestment… Continue reading
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Pyotr ISKENDEROV: Kosovo Case in the International Court of Justice: Time to Shed Illusions
The International Court of Justice was supposed to unveil its ruling in April, 2010 but, as the media found out, serious disagreements surfaced among the Court judges and the process took longer than initially expected. Moreover, there were indications that the West deliberately postponed the ruling to exert additional pressure on Belgrade over the extradition… Continue reading
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Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India): Talibjan Vs Taliban
A new terminology has been recently added to conflict and peace discourse in trouble torn Afghanistan. The term Talibjan (a combination of Talib and Jan) is coined to impart a new meaning to the Taliban in Afghanistan to bring them to the orbit of the «reintegration» process. Taliban (the singular is Talib, which literally means… Continue reading
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Alexander MEZYAEV: Aggression in the Light of International Law: Huge Problems and Minor Progress
The international law in its present form abounds with paradoxes. For example, it explicitly disallows the use of incendiary bullets, but contains no ban on the use of nuclear weapons. The present-day criminal law is in many parts just as incoherent: degrading treatment of captured occupants who brought death to the country they invaded is… Continue reading
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Crossover Dreams: A guide for American journalists: How to report on Haiti when you visit again six months from now By Ansel Herz
Actor Sean Penn, who is helping manage a camp of displaced earthquake victims in Haiti, is making pointed criticisms of journalists for dropping the ball on coverage of Haiti. He’s wrong. I’ve been on the ground in Port-au-Prince working as an independent journalist for the past ten months. I’m an earthquake survivor who’s seen the… Continue reading
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America’s Undeclared War on Pakistan By James Gundun
It was a relatively flawless performance. With Washington stuck in its Afghan review and Pakistan’s cities under bombardment, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touched down in a hostile Pakistan in October 2009 on a self-proclaimed propaganda mission. Greeted with bombs from Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and treated with hard questions on the freshly signed Kerry-Lugar bill,… Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION Newsletter No.1164 22 July 2010
On Monday 26 July, Joe Glenton, the soldier who said no to the war in Afghanistan, will make his first public speech since his release from military custody. He will speak at Stop the War’s Time To Go rally in London, when he will be joined by Caroline Lucas MP, Mark Steel (comedian and Independent… Continue reading
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Against the New McCarthyism: A NACLA Statement on Hollman Morris
The North American Congress on Latin America denounces the State Department’s decision to deny a visa to Colombian TV journalist Hollman Morris. Morris was slated to receive the Samuel Chavkin Award for Integrity in Latin American Journalism, given by NACLA in recognition of his brave and uncompromising coverage of the armed conflict in Colombia. NACLA… Continue reading
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Haiti: Six Months After the Earthquake…The Deadly Realities of Imperialist Aid
Six months ago, on January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, an island nation of about 9 million. The quake killed at least a quarter million people, and left over 1.5 million homeless. As Revolution brought out at the time, this devastation did not result solely from a natural disaster. It was made massively… Continue reading
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Video – Six Months After the Earthquake: Deep Wounds in Haiti
Six months after the earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people, the dust is starting to settle over Port-au-Prince. As it does, the deep wounds that fracture this country are re-emerging, more gaping than even before. Continue reading
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Books: The Trojan Spy by Gaither Stewart
From Feodor Dostoevsky and Joseph Conrad to Doris Lessing, many have explored what makes nihilists or anarchists or terrorists. In The Trojan Spy, Gaither Stewart enters the same maze with Anatoly Nikitin, a Russian double agent and spymaster from the Cold War era who, in its aftermath, intends to kill his CIA controller responsible for… Continue reading
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UK: The proportional representation bill is coming…
On Monday 26 July the referendum bill on our voting system will be debated by MPs in parliament. Continue reading
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“Kosovo is as independent as Vichy France” – RT Top Stories
‘Kosovo is as independent as Vichy France was in WWII. It’s a puppet state. It suffers from endemic corruption, abuse of power. Its governmental structure can be better described as organized crime,’ the journalist added. Continue reading
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Gerald Celente: Wall Street Boys run the show, only Ron Paul has firm grasp
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law the biggest financial overhaul since the Great Depression. The main goal is to prevent another economic crisis. Meanwhile, Gerald Celente, the director of the Trends Research Institute, argued that the banks and Wall Street approve of this bill because it is a white wash. “It does nothing… Continue reading
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Keiser Report 62: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert look at the latest scandals with stolen credits and the debt in Europe. In the second half of the show, Max talks to his guest Gregor MacDonald about the role of energy in US economy. Continue reading
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Sex with Jewish girl costs Arab man 18 months in Israeli jail
In Israel, an Arab man has been sentenced to 18 months for ‘rape by deception’. Sabbar Kashur tricked a woman into having sex with him, by claiming to be Jewish. He plans to appeal the decision. And as RT’s Paula Slier reports, even couples who choose to have interfaith relationships face hostility Continue reading
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The Sentencing of Lynne Stewart By Michael Steven Smith
She wasn’t prosecuted for what she did, not under the Clinton administration, nor during the first years of George W. Bush. Then came 9.11. Bush’s Attorney General John Ashcroft flew into New York City in 2003 and announced Lynne’s indictment on the David Letterman show. The crime? A novel one. Conspiracy to provide material aid… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 