Africa
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Tunisia: For a Constitutional Assembly to Lay the Foundations of a Democratic Republic By Hamma Hammami
Democratic change cannot spring from the same party, figures, institutions, apparatuses, and legislations that maintained the dictatorship and deprived the people of basic rights for more than half a century, 23 years of which under Ben Ali. Continue reading
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Tunisia: A Revolution That Goes All the Way? By Dyab Abou Jahjah
The regime is playing its last card today in Tunisia. That last Card is the RCD (the party of the former dictator). After the formation of a so-called “National Unity Government ” yesterday, and after the UGTT (the largest trade union in the country) supported and even participated in it with three ministers, alongside three… Continue reading
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Tunisia: The Struggle for Legitimacy By Dyab Abou Jahjah
In Tunisia, a new government is being formed under the leadership of the RCD (the party of the fallen dictator) and with the participation of some legalized opposition parties. All parties that were illegal under the old regimes are being excluded, however, and this is stirring up a lot of controversy among parts of the… Continue reading
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The Lesson of the Tunisian Revolution By Hassan Nasrallah
I’d like to take this occasion to congratulate the Tunisian people for their historic revolution as well as praise their bravery. But we must draw a lesson from that revolution. The lesson, above all, is this: the Ben Ali regime and its entourage have always served the interests of France, the United States, and the… Continue reading
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Tunisia: The Logic of Revolution By Dyab Abou Jahjah
The Tunisian revolution continues to dictate its own logic on all levels. . . . After attempts by regime leftovers to spread chaos by several techniques (cars driving through the streets shooting at people and houses randomly, destroying infrastructure, etc.), the Tunisian people organized itself in committees that spread all across the country, in every… Continue reading
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The Political Economy of 'Democracy Promotion' By Jamie Stern-Weiner
Thus far, a month into the massive demonstrations rocking Tunisia, the Washington Post editorial page has published exactly zero editorials about Tunisia. For that matter, the Weekly Standard, another magazine which frequently claims the mantle of Arab democracy and attacks Obama for failing on it, has thus far published exactly zero articles about Tunisia. Continue reading
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Notes on the Tunisian Revolution By Dyab Abou Jahjah
From day one it was clear this was a revolution that was not about bread only, it was also against dictatorship and corruption. The revolution was supported by all segments of society. Poor, middle class, and even upper middle class. Especially the middle class showed its claws in the last days in Tunis. Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 18 January, 2011
18 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Citizens hopeful as new Tunisian government forms CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Tunis, Tunisia (CNN) — As Tunisians adjust to a new government following the ouster of their longtime president, some say they are … edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/18/tunisia.protests/ Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 17 January, 2011
17 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia May Form Coalition After Ben Ali Overthrow BusinessWeek 17 (Bloomberg) — Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi said he may announce a coalition government today after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the … www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-17/tunisia-may-form-coalition-after-ben-ali-overthrow.html Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks 16 January, 2011
16 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Libya’s Gaddaffi pained by Tunisian revolt, blames WikiLeaks Monsters and Critics.com Cairo/Tripoli – Libyan President Moammar Gaddaffi said he was pained by events in Tunisia surrounding the overthrow of former president Zine al-Abedine ben … www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1612073.php/Libya-s-Gaddaffi-pained-by-Tunisian-revolt-blames-WikiLeaks Continue reading
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The Tunisian intifada: The way forward
This issue of AMEC insights examines the ongoing protests in Tunisia – which have persisted for four weeks. It looks at the underlying reasons for the explosive protests, tracing them back to the implementation of structural adjustment programmes by the Tunisian state. It also discusses the uniqueness of the current protests as compared to previous… Continue reading
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A New Bandung? Samir Amin Interviewed by Christophe Champin
Would you say that you’re among the pessimists who regard the five decades of African independence as five lost decades? I’m not a pessimist and I don’t think that these have been five lost decades. I remain extremely critical, extremely severe with respect to African states, governments, and political classes, but I’m even more critical… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks reveals how Shell infiltrated Nigeria
The petrol giant Shell has thoroughly infiltrated the Nigerian government, newly leaked WikiLeaks documents show. The multinational corporation inserted its employees into every key government ministry to gain unparalleled influence in policy-making in the oil rich Niger Delta. Al Jazeera’s Jesse Mesner-Hage reports on how the revelation fits into the decades-long troubled relationship between Royal… Continue reading
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More on the Nigeria to charge Dick Cheney in $180 million bribery case By John Byrne
According to a story filed late Wednesday, Cheney will be indicted in a Nigerian bribery case as part of an investigation into an alleged $180 million bribery scandal. Continue reading
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Nigeria Issuing Arrest Warrant For Dick Cheney!
3 December, 2010 Nigeria to charge Dick Cheney in $180 million bribery case, issue Interpol arrest warrant Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Will The Obama Govt Pressure Nigeria To Back Off Issuing An Arrest Warrant For Dick Cheney?
3 December, 2010 Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Nova – Trafigura 17 May 2010
Witnesses and victims describe the aftermath of Trafigura’s dumping of lethal toxic waste in the Ivory Coast. In Dutch with English subtitles. Continue reading
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Yemen: The Covert Apparatus of the American Empire By Andrew Gavin Marshall
Yemen is perhaps an excellent example of America being on the “wrong side of a world revolution,” as the secret war in Yemen being exacerbated in the name of “fighting al-Qaeda” is in actuality, about the expansion and supremacy of American power in the region. It is about the suppression of natural democratic, local, revolutionary… Continue reading
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RED SEA ROILING
In the last two years, Washington and its allies have trained their gaze upon the western tip of what Zbigniew Brzezinski and others have called the “arc of crisis.” The capture of several merchant vessels by pirates in the Red Sea and the failed underwear bombing of Christmas 2009 have prompted extensive media coverage, much… Continue reading
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Israel/Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy: by Ran Greenstein Part 2
In the previous section I made a distinction between historical apartheid (unique to South Africa) and apartheid in its generic form — a structured system of political exclusion and social marginalization on the basis of origins (including but not restricted to race). I concluded that Israel is different from historical apartheid, but it displays characteristics… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 