Obama
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Tariq Shadid – Going it alone: a Third Intifada?
It may well be that the citizens of the world, tired of hearing newscasts about Israel and the Palestinians, are not in the mood to hear it. Still, pressure in Palestine is building up quickly due to Israel’s continuing defiance of calls from around the world to halt settlement building in East Jerusalem and the… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, March 16, 2010: Presidential statement, White House memorandum, Attorney General speech mark Sunshine Week
Archive findings show agencies lagged in fulfilling Obama orders: “A for effort, Incomplete for results”; says Archive director Continue reading
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2010 Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture – Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives
Bill Fletcher Jr. is a longtime labour and international activist and the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum. He is the executive editor of The Black Commentator, and founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. His latest book is Solidarity Divided. Continue reading
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Strained US ‘ China Relations: China’s Crucial Role as America’s Creditor By Prof. James Petras
The Obama Administration has heightened tensions with China through a series of measures which can only be characterized as major provocations designed to undermine relations between the two countries. These provocations include political support for separatist movements, such as the US-funded theocratic-monk led Tibetan secessionists and the Washington-based Uyghur secessionists, as well as through the… Continue reading
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ICH 1 March, 2010: Can Obama Assassinate Americans?
Can Obama Assassinate Americans? By Nat Hentoff The executive branch alone decides who shall die instantly. And there are no defense attorneys to raise objections, even when an American citizen is marked for oblivion. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24888.htm The Picture By David Glenn Cox I want you to look very closely at this picture and try and keep… Continue reading
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ICH 23 February, 2010: Letter From The Afghanistan Resistance
Report From The Afghanistan Resistance: Marjah Operations are an Exemplary Lesson for the Invaders By Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Despite the preparations, boasts and propaganda stunts, the enemy have not been able to make any headway against a small group of Mujahideen who are not more than 1000 armed men and their weapons are no… Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: Once more for the record
Obviously Barack Obama has wiped his ass on his campaign promises. That’s yesterday’s news. Americans demand jazzy new and ever more shocking ‘news’ daily, or else they fall asleep before their TV sets face down in their sausage pizzas from Brooklyn to Beaumont (or their fat free vegan lentil soup, as the case may be… Continue reading
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Pierre Labossiere on Haiti: ‘This is criminal’
As Haitians organize to rebuild their lives in the midst of an escalated military occupation, we demand that the Obama administration stop its destructive interference in Haiti. Haitians must be at the head of relief efforts and the long term rebuilding of their country. Fanmi Lavalas, the democratic grassroots movement of Haiti, must be at… Continue reading
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Protecting Haiti's Interest By John Maxwell
It would be ironic, if you like your irony flavored with blood and disinfectant, to discover that moored off Port au Prince at this moment is the US hospital ship, the USS Comfort, one of two employed in 1994 as floating slave barracoons in Kingston Harbor. Today the Comfort is providing medical care for people… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: HAITI – THE BROKEN WING
In our search of the Lexis Nexis media database (February 3) we checked for articles containing the word ‘Haiti’ over the last month. This gave 2,256 results (some online press articles are not captured by Lexis Nexis). Our search for articles containing ‘Aristide’ gave 47 results. The words ‘Haiti’ and ‘Voodoo’ gave 53 results. The… Continue reading
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Another U.S. War? Obama Threatens China and Iran By Shamus Cooke
The possibility of yet another U.S. war became more real last week, when the Obama administration sharply confronted both China and Iran. The first aggressive act was performed by Obama’s Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who “warned” China that it must support serious economic sanctions against Iran (an act of war). Continue reading
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Don’t Call It a “Defense” Budget By Norman Solomon
After three decades of frequent carnage and extreme poverty in Afghanistan, a new influx of lethal violence is arriving via the Defense Department. That’s the cosmetically named agency in charge of sending U.S. soldiers to endure and inflict unspeakable horrors. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 