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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 11, 2011
11 August 2011 — Stop NATO Southern Africa Liberation Movements Youth Groups: All NATO Leaders War Criminals U.S. Launches Anti-Libya African Offensive Blueprint For NATO Attack On Syria Revealed Prompt Global Strike: Pentagon To Launch New Hypersonic Aircraft Contra U.S.-NATO ABM System: Russia Restoring Missile Umbrella New Russian Submarine Supermissile Can Penetrate U.S. Missile Shield Continue reading
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Libya — Lather, Rinse, Repeat — Syria: Liberal Imperialism and the Refusal to Learn By Maximilian C. Forte
One detects a strong tendency among liberal imperialists and assorted self-designated “progressives” to think of their actions and thoughts as being above history, as if residing in some altostratus of unimpeachable rectitude. If they pretend to act and think as if they were gods, it is not an historical accident. At the end of their… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 10 August 2011: Barack's Satan Sandwich / Obama Slipping / Black Brits Revolt
10 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report: News, commentary and analysis from the black left Barack’s Satan Sandwich Only The First Course: Will We Re-Hire the Chef in 2012 Anyway? Bruce A. Dixon By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver pronounced the debt deal a Satan Sandwich. The CBC is conducting its Continue reading
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“Beachhead for an Attack on Iran”: NATO is planning a Military Campaign against Syria
NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. Continue reading
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"Beachhead for an Attack on Iran": NATO is planning a Military Campaign against Syria
NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. Continue reading
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Video: Military Intervention in Syria Will Lead to Extended War
“Let’s understand that [if there is] any kind of military intervention in Syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement or responsibility to protect, we’ll have devastating consequences leading to a military escalation in a vast area.” Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 4, 2011
4 August 2011 — Stop NATO Bankrupt U.S. Buys $23 Billion Worth Of Global Hawk Drones KLA’s Thaci Inciting Warfare In Kosovo: Serbian Minister U.S./NATO-Backed Kosovo Speaks Of War With Serbia NATO Troops Torture, Kill Afghan Clergyman Three NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan U.S. Domestic Politicking Affects Afghan War, World Security NATO Fuel Trucks Destroyed Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 3 August 2011: Obama Catastrophe / Ruling Class Victory / McKinney Eyewitness Libya
3 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report News, commentary and analysis from the black left Ruin-Nation: The Obama Catastrophe by BAR executive editor Glen Ford After two and a half years of waging war against the Left half of his own party, while seeking a “Grand Consensus” with the GOP, President Obama has finally set Continue reading
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South Africa Tells Exactly Why It Is Terrified Of A Walmart-Massmart Merger
The sheer scale of Walmart’s international operations made government’s intervention necessary. Walmart’s revenue is estimated to be $408 billion – larger than South Africa’s GDP. In 2004, Walmart, if it was measured as a country, would have been China’s 8th largest trade partner and would have a GDP larger than 75% of countries worldwide. In… Continue reading
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World Food Program in Somalia: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death? By Thomas C. Mountain
To hear the corporate media tell it, the Shabab resistance in Somalia is to blame for the drought and famine. But ten million people are threatened in the neighboring Ogaden region of Ethiopia, largely populated by ethnic Somalis, many of whom are at war with the Ethiopian dictatorship. Ethiopia restricts the movements of foreigners in… Continue reading
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US-backed forces launch military offensive in Somalia as aid is used as a weapon of war By Susan Garth
African Union forces have launched a military offensive against the al-Shabab militia in Somalia. The African Union is propping up the Transitional Federal Government that was installed by the US-backed Ethiopian invasion of December 2006. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 3 August 2011
3 August 2011 — williambowles.info Mexico: American Ambassador Is Confirmed New York Times The former ambassador, Carlos Pascual, resigned in March after a public dispute with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico over embassy documents released by WikiLeaks. The documents showed him and other American officials criticizing Mexican authorities … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/world/americas/03briefs-Mexico.html Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 2, 1011
2 August 2011 — Stop NATO Libyan War: U.S. Celebrates Launching of 2,000th Tomahawk Missile British Warplanes Provide Air Support For Libyan Rebel Attacks France Gives $259 Million Of Seized Libyan Government Assets To Rebels Thaci’s Enforcers: NATO Removes Serb Barricades In Kosovo Afghanistan: NATO Implicated In Killing Of BBC Reporter At Least Ten NATO Continue reading
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Pambazuka News 542 1 August 2011: Links and Resources
1. Zimbabwe update, 2. Women & gender, 3. Human rights, 4. Refugees & forced migration, 5. Social movements, 6. Emerging powers news, 7. Elections & governance, 8. Corruption, 9. Development, 10. Health & HIV/AIDS, 11. Education, 12. Racism & xenophobia, 13. Environment, 14. Land & land rights, 15. Media & freedom of expression, 16. Conflict… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 31, 2011
Stop NATO Libya: The True Costs Of War Americanization And Militarization Of Canadian Foreign Policy NATO Certifies Another Bulgarian Warship For Deployment Uganda: AFRICOM Chief Pledges U.S. Role In Fighting LRA Vermont: NATO Obstacle Course Training For Military ‘Olympics’ U.S. Senate Tells Russia To Withdraw Troops From Abkhazia, South Ossetia Chinese Warships Participate In Russian Continue reading
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Libya: The True Costs Of War Charles Abugre*
The bottom line is war was solely unwarranted. But my greatest sadness and shame was to see the United Nations secretariat beating the war drums and cheering on the battle rather than singing the songs of peace. This is a sad time indeed. How else can one describe what is going on in Libya but… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 30, 2011
30 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Armored Vehicle Kills Child, Injures Seven Other Afghans Mongolia: U.S. Leads NATO, Asian NATO Allies In Military Exercise America’s Africa Partnership Station In East Africa Call To Expand American Counterinsurgency Operations In Philippines U.S. Military To Be Based In Australia To Confront China U.S. Could Upgrade Polish Warships Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 541: FORCED MIGRATION: RETHINKING ‘GOVERNANCE’ AND JUSTICE
This special issue of Pambazuka News brings together a selection of papers and research presented at the conference, which explored key dimensions of the relationship between forms and tools of governance on the one hand and patterns and experiences of forced migration on the other. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 541: FORCED MIGRATION: RETHINKING 'GOVERNANCE' AND JUSTICE
This special issue of Pambazuka News brings together a selection of papers and research presented at the conference, which explored key dimensions of the relationship between forms and tools of governance on the one hand and patterns and experiences of forced migration on the other. Continue reading
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ColdType, August 2011
27 July 2011 — www.coldtype.net In this month’s 64-page COLDTYPE MAGAZINECover story this month is Jonathan Cook’s article about Israeli government actions that are stripping away freedoms of expression from its increasingly-polarised citizens. You won’t want to miss Trevor Grundy’s account of four elderly Kenyans who are causing severe embarrassment to the British government with Continue reading
The New Dark Age 