Africa
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Syria And UNSC: New Provocation Against Russia, China And UN Itself By Alexander Mezyaev
On February 4 the UN Security Council (UNSC) held a new session devoted to Syria. This time the targets of the strike were Russia and China. It was done in an open and demonstrative way. The provocative skills become more and more honed. Continue reading
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The World War on Democracy By John Pilger
Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people’s resistance to the war on democracy. I first glimpsed her in a 1950s Colonial Office film about the Chagos islanders, a tiny creole nation living… Continue reading
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2012: Prospects for Humanity? By Prof. Francis Boyle
Future, what future? I am extremely pessimistic. In my opinion the world is moving ineluctably towards a third world war—a strategic nuclear war. I do not believe that anything can be done to prevent it. The international system is simply too unstable to survive for long. Continue reading
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EU unable to defend apartheid Israel By Ralph Schoenman
Interview with Ralph Schoenman, political analyst and author of the Hidden History of Zionism, Berkeley. Continue reading
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A Poisoned Chalice: Liberation, ANC-Style By John S. Saul
There is good and obvious reason to celebrate the long history of the African National Congress (ANC): the organization’s marked dedication over one hundred years to the cause of the betterment of the lot of the oppressed African people in South Africa. It has also sustained an honourable commitment to a multi-racial, pan-ethnic outcome to… Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: January 4, 2012: On The Brink Of A Global Conflict
4 January 2012 — Stop NATO news: January 4, 2012 On The Brink Of A Global Conflict Afghanistan: NATO Deaths In Twelve Calendar Years U.S. Air Forces Africa Commander Visits Ugandan Air Force Powder Keg: South Caucasus Nations Purchase Small Arms Brzezinski: U.S. Decline Can Affect Global Clients, Empire Continue reading
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South Africa: Media freedom’s roller coaster ride in 2011 By Pamela Stein and Dario Milo
There can be no doubt that media freedom in South Africa suffered some major blows in 2011, not least by the lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, passing the Protection of State Information Bill, known in some quarters as the Secrecy Bill. Much has been written about that draft official secrets legislation, and it… Continue reading
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South Africa: Media freedom’s roller coaster ride in 2011 By Pamela Stein and Dario Milo
There can be no doubt that media freedom in South Africa suffered some major blows in 2011, not least by the lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, passing the Protection of State Information Bill, known in some quarters as the Secrecy Bill. Much has been written about that draft official secrets legislation, and it… Continue reading
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Video: Against AFRICOM: Questioning the US Agenda in Africa
Find out more about the race for Africa’s riches in this week’s GRTV Feature Interview with former congresswoman and 2008 presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 24, 2011: U.S. Pivot To Asia Strategy Can Destabilize Entire Region
24 December 2011 — Stop NATO U.S. Pivot To Asia Strategy Can Destabilize Entire Region U.S. Intensifies Military Posture Against Russia In Arctic After Libya: Britain Mulls Military Intervention In Somalia Britain: After Libya, NATO States Plan For Next Air War Horn Of Africa: France Signs New Military Pact With Djibouti France Close To Providing Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 22 December 2011: Britain’s new year resolution: intervene in Somalia
22 December 2011 — williambowles.info Britain’s new year resolution: intervene in Somalia The Independent Britain plans to deepen its involvement in Somalia – a land that has become a byword for instability and violence – in the new year. David Cameron describes Somalia as “a failed state that directly threatens British interests” and will convene Continue reading
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Video Interview: Anti-Syria campaign in geopolitical context
‘We have to recall that three countries in North Africa – Tunisia, Egypt and Libya – have experienced regime change so far this year, and that the process seems well under way in Yemen and Syria. So what we are looking at is a pattern. What may initially start as a peaceful protest could end… Continue reading
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Aleela
The tantalum for the capacitors and cobalt for the batteries which power our cell phones are often mined by children in Congo making twenty cents per day. Those children come from a society where rape of women and girls is endemic. Continue reading
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Euro Crisis: Britain’s Financial Arsonist Returns to the Scene of the Crime By Finian Cunningham
The spectacle of bankrupt David Cameron swaggering over to Europe to ask equally bankrupt European governments for more deregulatory concessions for the City of London is about as stupefying as an arsonist returning to the scene of the crime – and asking for more gasoline. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Climate Crisis – The Collapse In Corporate Media Coverage
The latest round of UN climate talks has just begun in Durban, South Africa, but the world’s richest nations are already planning to prevent any new treaty from taking effect before 2020. Achim Steiner, head of the UN environment programme, has condemned the action as a ‘political choice’, rather than one based on science, calling… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 15, 2011
Stop NATO Chicago Plans ‘Extraordinary Measures’ Against Anti-NATO/G8 Protests U.S. Congress Passes $662 Billion Military Authorization Bill Congress Authorizes Pentagon To Wage Internet War Pentagon Plans Space Telescopes To Spy Anywhere On Earth Uganda: U.S. Special Forces Begin Counterinsurgency Mission Africa Partnership Station: U.S. Warship Completes Six-Month Mission Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 14, 2011
14 December 2011 — Stop NATO U.S. Interceptor Missile System Aimed Against Russia, China: Security Official U.S., NATO Forces Surround Syria On Eve Of Invasion? German General: 15,000 NATO Troops In Afghanistan Past 2014 U.S. Loses Drones In Middle East, Off East Africa Coast NATO State Diplomats In Firing Exercise At Georgian Military Center U.S., Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: December 12, 2011
12 December 2011 — Stop NATO Pakistani Forces Take Control Of Air Base As U.S. Troops Evicted NATO Commander: No Guarantee New Pakistan Attacks Won’t Occur Pakistan To Shoot Down U.S. Drones: Government Official Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Eastern Afghanistan Afghan War: U.S. Commander Defends Night Raids Iran Summons Afghan Envoy Over NATO Drone Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 560 5 December 2011: LINKS AND RESOURCES
5 December 2011 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in AfricaPambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Announcements, 2. Podcasts & Video, 3. Women & gender, 4. Human rights, 5. Refugees & forced migration, 6. Emerging powers news, 7. Elections & governance, 8. Corruption, 9. Development, 10. Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: December 5, 2011
5 December 2011 — Stop NATO AFRICOM Complement: Canadian, Other NATO Nation Troops In Sahel, North Africa U.S. Appoints Northern Command For Arctic Role Versus Russia, China NATO Acknowledges ‘Losing’ Drone In Western Afghanistan U.S. Supports Georgia’s NATO Membership Bid Baltic States: NATO Outposts On Russia’s Northwest Frontier Bonn Conference: Pakistan Stands Firm Against NATO Continue reading
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