insurrection
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Here’s How Much Worse Things Will Get If Capitalism Isn’t Overthrown
In his novel The Man in the High Castle, which depicts a Nazi-dominated world, Philip K. Dick describes a dynamic where the Reich, despite holding enormous power, makes itself progressively more volatile and reactive. At one point in the book, a character observes that “most high-placed Nazis are refusing to face facts vis-a-vis their economic plight.… Continue reading
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“Haiti is living a moment of almost complete insurrection”
Chavannes Jean Baptiste talks about the factors behind the current people’s rebellion in Haiti and the different proposals on the way forward Continue reading
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Burn, Neoliberalism, Burn By Pepe Escobar
Neoliberalism is – literally – burning. And from Ecuador to Chile, South America, once again, is showing the way. Against the vicious, one-size-fits-all IMF austerity prescription, which deploys weapons of mass economic destruction to smash national sovereignty and foster social inequality, South America finally seems poised to reclaim the power to forge its own history. Continue reading
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Haiti: The Epic of a Great Popular Uprising By Carlos Aznarez
For almost two weeks now, the people of Haiti have been the protagonists of a large-scale insurrection. Two weeks, if not two months, two years or two centuries. But despite this, the world continues to ignore the bravery of these women and men who, as Haitian wrestler Henry Boisrolin rightly says, “have nothing left to… Continue reading
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Podcast Show #80: The Massive Propaganda on Syria
William Bowles joins us to discuss the latest on Syria, the massive propaganda campaign that has been unleashed on the Western public, and the real motives behind a rapacious imperial power in supporting, encouraging and arming groups like the FSA and the Syrian National Council to wage war on the government. Continue reading
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Fall of Syrian Government, Prelude to an Attack on Iran. British and Qatari troops preparing military incursion through Turkey By Global Research News
A collapse of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could provide enough chaos to shield a U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran. Otherwise, Syria would provide early warning. (David Fulghum, Syria Key To Iranian Defenses Against West, March 6, 2012) Continue reading
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Netizen Journalism, Libya and the UN By Ronda Hauben
In this issue is a collection of articles documenting what happened in Libya in 2011. These articles serve to argue that starting in February 2011 there was a media blitz supporting the NATO actions, largely based on unverifiable claims by the opposition against the government of Libya. The story that emerged is based on broadly… Continue reading
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SYRIA: Media Lies Refuted by Arab League Mission By Michel Chossudovsky
The chief of the monitoring team Sudanese General Mustafa Dabi has described the situation in the central city as reassuring. Dabi, however, says more investigations are required. The observers also plan to visit the nearby city of Hama as well as the northwestern province of Idlib and Deraa province in the south. Continue reading
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Damn it or fear it, the forbidden truth is an insurrection in Britain By John Pilger
On a warm spring day, strolling in south London, I heard demanding voices behind me. A police van disgorged a posse of six or more, who waved me aside. They surrounded a young black man who, like me, was ambling along. They appropriated him; they rifled his pockets, looked in his shoes, inspected his teeth.… Continue reading
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Greece: Crisis and Unrest By Panagiotis Sotiris
The only way to describe recent developments in Greece is to refer to a peaceful popular insurrection that has led to an open political crisis. The mass gatherings at city squares at the centres of all major Greek cities continue to gather momentum. Since the 25th of May, Athens and most Greek cities have experienced… Continue reading
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A time for outrage in France By Sudhir Hazareesingh
In the autumn of 2010 Hessel published Indignez-vous!, a pamphlet which has sold over a million copies in France so far and catapulted this venerable war hero (he is ninety-four years old) into the limelight. Addressed to the youth of his country (and now, with this excellent translation, to the English-speaking world), it is a… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 