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Video: Israel and US Strategic Interests
Lawrence Wilkerson: Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are far more important than Israel to US strategic interests from view of US military Continue reading
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Obama Claims To Reset The Imperial Clock By Glen Ford
Since when does the leader of an empire voluntarily “reset” to become a non-interfering power? Never. President Obama’s speech, last week, was mainly geared to maintaining U.S. supremacy in the Mideast and North Africa following the shock of the Arab Reawakening. Continue reading
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The serious questions raised by the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair By David North and David Walsh
The arrest of French financier and politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York City on sexual assault charges and his continued imprisonment is a disturbing event with far-reaching implications. Continue reading
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Immanuel Wallerstein: The great Libyan distraction
The entire Libyan conflict of the last month — the civil war in Libya, the US-led military action against Gaddafi — is neither about humanitarian intervention nor about the immediate supply of world oil. It is in fact one big distraction — a deliberate distraction — from the principal political struggle in the Arab world. Continue reading
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Immanuel Wallerstein: The great Libyan distraction
The entire Libyan conflict of the last month — the civil war in Libya, the US-led military action against Gaddafi — is neither about humanitarian intervention nor about the immediate supply of world oil. It is in fact one big distraction — a deliberate distraction — from the principal political struggle in the Arab world. Continue reading
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Libya Conflict Highlights NATO’s Imperialist Mission By Joseph Gerson
Having launched its Libyan regime change war to oust the Qaddafi dictatorship from the United States’ German-based Africa Command, the Obama administration this week arranged to continue its air war under cover of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance. Continue reading
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Preparing for “Operation Libya”: The Pentagon is “Repositioning” its Naval and Air Forces… By Manlio Dinucci
‘The United States is moving naval and air forces in the region’ to ‘prepare the full range of options’ in the confrontation with Libya: Pentagon spokesperson Col. Dave Lapan of the Marines made this announcement yesterday, March 1. Continue reading
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US, UK, French forces land in Libya By Akhtar Jamal
According to an exclusive report confirmed by a Libyan diplomat in the region ‘the three Western states have landed their ‘special forces troops in Cyrinacia and are now setting up their bases and training centres’ to reinforce the rebel forces who are resisting pro-Qaddafi forces in several adjoining areas. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 February, 2011: Justice Drops Defense of Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz
23 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House Khadafi On the Outs “Khadafi had clearly reached an accommodation with the United States and the rich men of Europe.” By Glen Ford The worst possible consequence of the Libyan crisis would be for the United States to find some way to intervene, in any way whatsoever. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27552.htm Continue reading
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U.S. Chickens Come Home to Roost in Egypt By Prof Marjorie Cohn
Barack Obama, like his predecessors, has supported Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the tune of $1.3 billion annually, mostly in military aid. In return, Egypt minds U.S. interests in the Middle East, notably providing a buffer between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. Egypt collaborates with Israel to isolate Gaza with a punishing… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Daily News Roundup 2 January, 2011
2 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Reasons why Bradley Manning’s alleged Crimes are Serious and deserve Harsh … OpEdNews By Steven Leser First, a disclaimer, Private First Class Bradley Manning is presumed innocent until proven guilty. … www.opednews.com/articles/Reasons-why-Bradley-Mannin-by-Steven-Leser-101231-517.html Continue reading
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The Battle against Cholera by Fidel Castro Ruz
The United Nations, at the instigation of the United States, the creator of poverty and chaos in the Haitian Republic, decided to send into Haiti its forces of occupation, the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), which, by the way, introduced the cholera epidemic into that sister nation. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report By William Blum: Wikileaks, the United States, Sweden, and Devil's Island By William Blum
… I’m standing in the snow in front of the White House … Standing with Veterans for Peace … I’m only a veteran of standing in front of the White House; the first time was February 1965, handing out flyers against the war in Vietnam. I was working for the State Department at the time… Continue reading
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The Media is the Message By William Bowles
It’s more than possible that the entire cables release was engineered in order to justify even more repressive laws under the guise of protecting the agents of the Empire or fighting the ‘war on terror’. Whatever the truth, it’s no longer is it about the cables, it’s all about Julian Assange. Mission accomplished. Continue reading
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Zinn on class in America
Howard Zinn Pt1: In the United States we are brought up to think there’s only one class. Continue reading
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As WikiLeaks’ Assange Freed on Bail, Alleged Military Leaker Bradley Manning Imprisoned under Inhumane Conditions
A high court in London has upheld a decision to grant bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. But what about U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning? The Army intelligence analyst has been held for the last seven months on suspicion of leaking the massive trove of government documents to WikiLeaks. Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald says Manning… Continue reading
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A New Bandung? Samir Amin Interviewed by Christophe Champin
Would you say that you’re among the pessimists who regard the five decades of African independence as five lost decades? I’m not a pessimist and I don’t think that these have been five lost decades. I remain extremely critical, extremely severe with respect to African states, governments, and political classes, but I’m even more critical… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 11 December, 2010: It really is us against them
11 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House US House Approves Large Increase in Military Aid to Israel By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER Despite freezing funding for most aspects of the US government at 2010 levels, the US House agreed Wednesday evening to increase military aid to Israel substantially. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27041.htm Jailed Afghan Drug Lord Was Informer on… Continue reading
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Is WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange a Hero? Glenn Greenwald Debates Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News
WikiLeaks is coming under attack from all sides. The U.S. government and embassies around the world are criticizing the whistleblowing group for releasing a massive trove of secret State Department cables. The WikiLeaks website is struggling to stay online just days after Amazon pulled the site from its servers following political pressure. The U.S. State… Continue reading
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William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 88
One of the most common threads running through the Wikileaks papers is Washington’s manic obsession with Iran. In country after country the United States exerts unceasing pressure on the government to tighten the noose around Iran’s neck, to make the American sanctions as extensive and as painful as can be, to inflate the alleged Iranian… Continue reading
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