Quick Links
Search
Latest News
- Filmmaker Nadine Labaki takes naive approach to Middle Eastern politics - Boston Globe
- Rangers can take title back, says Green as consortium details emerge - Daily Mail
- Pakistan to participate in Automechanika Middle East - The News International
- Patrick Cockburn: Goodbye to recent delusions - the age of nationalism is back ... - The Independent
- EBRD approves €1b investment for North Africa, Middle East - gulfnews.com
Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Media Scoundrels Promote War
Stephen Lendman
Syria is target one, then Iran. The road to Tehran runs through Damascus. Western-backed insurgents can’t match Assad’s security forces.
In 2011, Libyan killer gangs had air force support. Without NATO, they’d have been routed.
Expect stepped up intervention in Syria. All signs suggest it… Continue reading
How to Leave Guantánamo:
By Means of a Plea Deal or In A Coffin
Andy Worthington
Guantánamo briefly emerged from the shadows on Wednesday, February 29, when Majid Khan, a Pakistani national described as one of 14 “high-value detainees” when he arrived at Guantánamo in September 2006, after three and a half
Pentagon Knowingly Exposed U.S. Soldiers To Toxic Waste: Leaked Memo
Stuart Whatley
The Pentagon allegedly endangered U.S. soldiers by implementing and covering-up dangerously toxic waste-incineration practices at Balad Airbase in Iraq during years past, as revealed in a leaked Air Force memo [PDF]. Raw Story, which first reported the leak, writes
Noam Chomsky: The Decline of American Empire (Part 2)
The principles of imperial domination have undergone little change, but the capacity to implement them has markedly declined.
To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here. The following article is part 2 of Noam
Transformational Politics
Awakening an American Society and the Global Community
Be Part of the Evolution
Clive Hambidge
“Julian Assange” said Noam Chomsky “should be congratulated for carrying out the responsibilities of a citizen in democratic societies, where the
arcticcompass.blogspot.com
Profiting From The Pentagon – OpEd
Donald Kaul
Washington’s talking about cutting the military budget. Whoopee.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently revealed plans to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the Pentagon’s budget in the next decade, with possibly more reductions on the way.
We’re going to have fewer soldiers… Continue reading
From Washington this looks like Syria‘s ‘Benghazi moment’. But not from here
Robert Fisk
Look east and what does Bashar see? Iran standing with him and Iraq refusing to impose sanctions
February 07, 2012 “The Independent‘ – President Bashar al-Assad is not about to go. Not yet. Not, maybe, for… Continue reading
Stop the War protests against Iran and Syria intervention: 28 January 2012
On 28 January 2012 at the United States Embassy in London, Stop the War held a rally to launch the Don’t Attack Iran campaign. Among the speakers (videos below) were Tony Benn, Kate Hudson, John Rees, Roger Lloyd Pack, Andrew Murray, John
Declaration of Social Movements Assembly Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
We, people of all continents, gathered in the Assembly of the Social Movements during the Thematic Social Forum Capitalist Crisis and Social and Environmental Justice, fight against the causes of a systemic crisis expressed as the economic, financial, political, food, and environmental crisis, that
The Assange Case Means That We Are All Suspects Now
John Pilger
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange talks to demonstrators while leaving a court appearance for a verdict on an extradition request in London, February 24, 2011.
This week’s Supreme Court hearing in the Julian Assange case has profound meaning for the preservation of… Continue reading
Drug war hypocrisy: drug trafficking’s big money benefits Big Brother and corrupt banksters
PF Louis
(NaturalNews) The hypocrisy of the war on drugs is outrageous when compared to the amount of drug trafficking that benefits the CIA and international banking system. The son of a convicted notorious mobster, John Gotti Jr, when asked… Continue reading
6 Shocking Ways Capitalism Is Failing Working America
Les Leopold
Without a dramatic rethink, our “free-enterprise” system may never again provide enough decent jobs for those who need them.
Capitalism is coming apart at the seams and the middle-class is paying the price. This week’s news alone bombards us with examples of… Continue reading
Targeting AIPAC
Stephen Lendman
On January 23, Occupy AIPAC announced plans to confront the powerful Israeli Lobby in Washington from March 2 – 6. More on what’s planned below.
Since last September, OWS inspired affiliate groups. Among others they include Occupy Together, Occupy Everything, Occupy Arrests, Occupy Police, Occupy Marines, Occupy Veterans… Continue reading