Oil
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Book Review: Alison Frank, “Towards a Great German Oil Empire”
Although the book’s title might seem to imply that Germany waged war in order to secure access to oil, the narrative itself does not suggest that this was the case. On the contrary, the thirst for oil seems to have been as much driven by military success as it was an inspiration for military engagement.… Continue reading
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Video: "Massive Casualties Feared in Nigerian Military Attack on Niger Delta Villages"
Nigerian Joint Task Force troops, made up of the army, navy, air force and mobile police, launched an offensive on communities across Warri south and southwest government areas on 13 May after JTF troops were reported to have been attacked by armed groups in Delta state, according to Amnesty International. Continue reading
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Video: Nigeria – Sweet Crude Directed by Sandy Cioffi
“For fifty years, crude oil has been flowing from under the feet of the people of the Niger Delta. For fifty years, they have been promised that this would mean a better life. This promise has never been kept. Now, the people have had enough.” Continue reading
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US-NATO Military Agenda: Part One – The Destabilization of Pakistan By Michel Chossudovsky
Recent developments (including the aerial bombardments of Pakistani villages under the auspices of the “war on terrorism”) indelibly point to a broadening of the Afghan war theater, which now encompasses parts of Pakistan. The underlying tendency is towards an Afghan-Pakistani war. Continue reading
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Video – The Georgian trap
Video: As thousands demand Saakashvili’s resignation, Paul Jay investigates roots of 2008 Russia-Georgia War Continue reading
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"Chávez: The Empire of the Dollar Is Coming to an End"
President Chávez has proposed, at the summit of Arab and South American Countries held in Doha, Qatar, the creation of the ‘Petro’ as new common currency backed by the reserves of oil and gas states to combat the ravages of the global financial crisis. Continue reading
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The Eastern Partnership: The West's Final Assault On the Former Soviet Union By Rick Rozoff
The ultimate intent of the Eastern Partnership is to wean away all the other ex-Soviet states from economic, trade, political, security and military ties with Russia Continue reading
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, energy, EU, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, NATO, Oil, Poland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan -
Global Energy War: Washington's New Kissinger African Plans
It is here that then EUCOM and NATO top military commander Jones arranged the foundation of the future AFRICOM. Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Will cheap oil compromise Venezuela
Miguel Tinker Salas explains to The Real News that Venezuela had planned ahead for the price drop, by stocking up on US dollars. Continue reading
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Michael Parenti: Afghanistan, Another Untold Story
The war against Afghanistan, a battered impoverished country, continues to be portrayed in US official circles as a gallant crusade against terrorism. If it ever was that, it also has been a means to other things: destroying a leftist revolutionary social order, gaining profitable control of one of the last vast untapped reserves of the… Continue reading
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Hidden histories confirmed: So much for the ‘Mother of Parliaments’
24 November 2008 — williambowles.info “This we do by rigging the parliament through official majorities, a restricted franchise and so forth” — From the minutes of the British Colonial Office, 14 December, 1959 Back in June of 2006 I wrote a piece, based on a story in the New African magazine on how the British… Continue reading
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Igor TOMBERG: Under Sign of Cartels
Now that the credit market has thinned, leaving few chances for speculations, Moscow begins to play a more adequate role in fuel price formation. Having carrying out some calculations, Russian experts concluded that the lack of liquidity would make the law of supply and demand more influential. Continue reading
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Rami Khouri: Iraq Sliced and Diced 22 Oct 2008
Will Iraq finally end the colonial era? One of the most fascinating developments in the Middle East these days is the attempt by the US and Iraqi governments to negotiate an agreement defining the status of American troops in Iraq, including a target date for all US troops to leave by 2011. A critical issue… Continue reading
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Martin Saatdjian: Venezuela taken steps to weather the financial crisis
Regardless of the impact of the existing economic meltdown, the Venezuelan government has taken important economic decisions, even before the crisis was even known, that now benefits and secures its economy against the financial crisis. Continue reading
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Are they REALLY Oil Wars? By ISMAEL HOSSEIN-ZADEH
A most widely-cited factor behind the recent U.S. wars of choice is said to be oil. “No Blood for Oil” has been a rallying cry for most of the opponents of the war. While some of these opponents argue that the war is driven by the U.S. desire for cheap oil, others claim that it… Continue reading
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Crisis in the Caucasus – Russian Perspectives
I didn’t want to post each article, rather, I’ve supplied links instead to what I regard as informative analysis and for a change, from a Russian perspective on the upheavals since Georgia’s insane attack on South Ossetia. 2008-09-05 Pyotr ISKENDEROV The Serbian Front in the War Over the Caucasus “At the moment, we are witnessing… Continue reading
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Anti-Empire Report, June 6, 2008 By William Blum
6 June 2006 — Anti-Empire Report Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life The Empire — A Status Report There are a number of expressions and slogans associated with the Nazi regime in Germany which have become commonly known in English. ‘Sieg Heil!’ — Victory Hail! ‘Arbeit macht… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Somalia – Hidden Catastrophe Hidden Agenda
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media May 13, 2008 On May 1, the BBC website reported an attack on Somalia with the words: “Air raid kills Somali militants.†One might think the BBC’s headline would identify the agency responsible for the bombing, but the first few sentences also shed no… Continue reading
Africa, Burma, Daily Telegraph, Ethiopia, EU, food, Government, ICU, militants, Oil, security, Somalia, The Times, UN, war on terror -
BBC NEWS | Americas | Chavez proposes oil barter scheme
BBC NEWS [Interesting little nugget here from the ‘inventors of spin’, the BBC, that I thought was worth sharing with you. The fact it’s reported at all and so directly, reveals just how central energy is to big capital’s activities and when a bunch off brown-skinned fellas start mucking about with it, there’s normally hell… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 