Africa
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ColdType June-July 2011 Issue
14 June 2011 — Coldtype Download in pdf format at http://www.coldtype.net 1. Back to the, er, past . . . This month we’ve changed our name from The ColdType Reader back to the original, and simpler, title of ColdType. It’s the third time we’ve changed our name: the first incarnation of ColdType was in tabloidprinted Continue reading
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Reporting From Tripoli: What is Really Happening in Libya By Cynthia McKinney
As my time in Libya winds down, I am rushing to see as much as I can. Continue reading
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Pentagon Laments “Difficulties” in War Against Libya
At first promising a 2-day operation, NATO has been forced to continually extend its daily bombing operations that now includes much of the civilian infrastructure and frequent bombings of the house of the Qaddafi family, which thus far has resulted only in the murder of his youngest son, who has no connection to either business… Continue reading
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Vladimir Nesterov – US-Chinese Rivalry Over Africa Gaining Momentum
A China-Africa summit convened in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, 2009, the two highlights of the forum being Beijing’s pledge to extend $10b in loans to African countries in return for commodity deals and the signing of a host of impressive contracts in the sphere of infrastructure construction by Chinese companies. Continue reading
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The Lies behind the West's War on Libya By Jean-Paul Pougala
Africans should think about the real reasons why western countries are waging war on Libya, writes Jean-Paul Pougala, in an analysis that traces the country’s role in shaping the African Union and the development of the continent. Continue reading
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Stand up for Africa! Stand up for climate justice!
For Africa and its peoples in particular, governments meeting at this year’s United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Durban must end years of unacceptable vacillation, and meet their moral, historical and legal obligations and commitments for action on climate change, in accordance with the requirements of science and the principles of equity. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 4-11 June 2011
11 June 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation UN – A Peril for World Health 11.06.2011 | 01:20 | Dmitriy SEDOV The possibility that the UN is used to promote the interests of the drug business cannot be ruled out… The Russian foreign ministry’s calls for an overhaul of the UN acquire a deeper meaning in Continue reading
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Apartheid, Sand Nigger Style: The Tunisian Model for a New Colonialism in Libya? By Nathaniel X. Turner
The Great White Fathers of Europe and the United States excel in lies, lies and damnable lies. ‘’Humanitarian intervention’ by Europeans in Africa is always a subterfuge for theft, mass murder, and sadism’ – Europe’s main export to the world. ‘This is a new scramble for the African Continent.’ Continue reading
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Media Manipulation and the Endless Onslaught of Empire Selected Articles
7 June 2011 — Global Research Media Manipulation: The Propaganda Machine at Work VIDEO: Mladic Arrest Will Not Open EU Doors to Serbia Watch the interview on GRTV – by Boris Malagurski – 2011-06-07 Continue reading
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Libya: NATO's War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State By Obi Nwakanma
The use of Western troops in Africa – particularly in the case of France – the use of its paratroopers, first in Ivory Coast, and now in Libya, represents a new strategic declaration of war against Africa, the African interest, and the African continent. In NATO’s disregard of AU, there is without doubt a remanifestation… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 5 June, 2011: Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State
5 June 2011 — Stop NATO Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State Russia Alarmed By NATO’s Escalating, Partisan Use Of Force In Libya NATO Warplanes Intensify Bombardment Of Libyan Cities Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan Continue reading
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Libya And Ivory Coast: NATO Reverts To Law Of The Jungle In Africa By He Wenping
NATO bombers have reminded us once again that for the power-politics era, the law of the jungle still applies. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 4-5 June 2011
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info 5 June 2011 Global Research: Libya: NATO’s War Of Aggression Against A Sovereign African State Morning Star: Hague follows Apaches to Libya Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 5, 2011 Morning Star: Libya war is an inhuman sham Craig Murray: Trouble Abroad for Clegg BBC: Hague ‘inspired’ by Libyan rebels Continue reading
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Libyan war update/Stop NATO news: June 3, 2011
3 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Maintains Deadly Nightly Onslaughts Against Libyan Capital U.S. Recruits More Georgian Troops For NATO’s Afghan War Four NATO Soldiers Injured In Afghan Bomb Attack Clinton Applauds Czech Republic’s Willingness To Join NATO Missile System U.S. Horn Of Africa Command Marks Death Of Soldiers In Djibouti U.S. Eurasian/Caspian Energy Continue reading
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Al-Jazeera footage captures ‘western troops on the ground’ in Libya
Armed westerners have been filmed on the front line with rebels near Misrata in the first apparent confirmation that foreign special forces are playing an active role in the Libyan conflict. Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron, Spoken-Word Musician, Dies at 62
Musician Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” died Friday at age 62. Continue reading
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Take Action to Stop Violent Force Evictions in Haiti
Members of the Haitian National Police accompanied by agents of Mayor Wilson Jeudy of Delmas have been destroying camps in the Delmas neighborhood of Haiti’s capital. On Monday, May 23rd, they arrived after many people had left the camp to look for work and immediately began to destroy tents with batons. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 28 May, 2011: “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles
28 May 2-11 — Stop NATO “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles African Leaders Demand NATO Stop Air Strikes Against Libya NATO’s Libyan Air War: 8,595 Sorties, 3,274 Strike Missions French Warplanes Forced To Land In Malta Pentagon Plan To Muscle Out China: New Scramble Continue reading
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NATO Defies Africa By Intensifying Bombardment Of Libya By Tichaona Chifamba
In essence, the leaders’ demand for a ceasefire is of no consequence as the western powers have so far simply ignored it, in the same way the French helped remove former Cote d’Ivoire president Laurent Gbagbo, despite African resistance to foreign military intervention. Continue reading
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Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey By John Pilger
When Britain lost control of Egypt in 1956, Prime Minister Anthony Eden said he wanted the nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser ‘destroyed … murdered … I don’t give a damn if there’s anarchy and chaos in Egypt’. Those insolent Arabs, Winston Churchill had urged in 1951, should be driven ‘into the gutter from which they… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 