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Free Market Genocides: The Real History of Trade
What role should greed play in how we run the world? Should it rule us and shape all that we do? 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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Somalia Newslinks 20 December 2011
20 December 2011 — williambowles.info US Considers Combating Somali Militants’ Twitter Use New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya The United States government is increasingly concerned about the Twitter account of the Shabab militant group of Somalia, with American officials saying Monday that they were looking closely at the militants’ use of Twitter and the … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/world/africa/us-considers-combating-shabab-militants-twitter-use.html Continue reading
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In Kenya, flowers for Europe reap hunger and destruction By Tony Iltis
As the global population approaches 7 Billion, we’re seeing an increasing number of articles declaring that overpopulation is responsible for all of the world’s ills. Africa in particular is regularly singled out as a continent where population growth causes poverty and famine. As this article shows, population growth is a minor issue, compared to the… Continue reading
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Covering the Somali famine- of news By William Bowles
Far from being a ‘natural disaster’ events in Somalia can be traced directly to Western intervention, an intervention carried out in at least one hundred indebted economies the world over in the name of ‘structural adjustment’. 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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Somalia: the Real Causes of Famine By Michel Chossudovsky
Somalia is now facing widespread famine. According to reports, tens of thousands of people have died from malnutrition in the last few months. The lives of several million people are threatened. The mainstream media casually attributes the famine to a severe drought without examining the broader causes. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 