Tag Archives: France

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Noam Chomsky: America’s Decline Is Real — and Increasingly Self-Inflicted

Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com

Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example.  Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them about what is likely to lie ahead. … Continue reading

Posted on February 21, 2012 by FG

Europe’s Own Human Rights Crisis

Benjamin Ward

To many friends of human rights in Europe, the Arab Spring has been the most thrilling period since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Judging from their soaring rhetoric about yearning for freedom among Arab peoples, European Union leaders share that enthusiasm. Today there is an… Continue reading

Posted on February 12, 2012 by FG

Exposed: The Arab Agenda in Syria

Pepe Escobar

February 04, 2012 “Asia Times” – - Here’s a crash course on the “democratic” machinations of the Arab League – rather the GCC League, as real

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Posted on February 5, 2012 by FG

Currency Warfare: What are the Real Targets of the E.U. Oil Embargo against Iran?

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Against whom is the European Union’s so-called “oil embargo on Iran” really aimed at?

This is an important geo-strategic question. Aside from rejecting the new E.U. measures against Iran as counter-productive, Tehran has warned the… Continue reading

Posted on February 4, 2012 by FG

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

Posted on February 2, 2012 by FG

How the Banks Broke the Social Compact, Promoting their Own Special Interests

Prof. Michael Hudson

Banks Weren’t Meant to Be Like This.  What will their future be – and what is the government’s proper financial role?

The inherently symbiotic relationship between banks and governments recently has been reversed. In medieval times, wealthy… Continue reading

Posted on January 31, 2012 by FG

Why a Regional Model for Israel/Palestine Is Viable and Just

David Zlutnick

Rachel Havrelock is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and its historical interpretation. She is an associate professor of Jewish studies and English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the author of three books and the writer/director of the play… Continue reading

Posted on January 29, 2012 by FG

The People vs The United States

Archie Kennedy

The United Nations is empowered, under Article 1 of its Charter, to: “maintain international peace and security”, to “develop friendly relations among nations”, “to achieve international co-operation”, and “to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.”… Continue reading

Posted on January 29, 2012 by FG

GLOBAL RESEARCH ONLINE INTERACTIVE READER SERIES

GR I-BOOK No.  2

Michel Chossudovsky and Finian Cunningham

The Globalization of War

The “Military Roadmap” to World War III

Michel Chossudovsky and Finian Cunningham (Editors)

December 2011

INTRODUCTION

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Posted on January 19, 2012 by FG

Terror Attacks, U.S.-Israeli War Games Raise the Prospects for War with Iran

Tom Burghardt

Amid rising tensions over bogus Western claims that Iran plans to build nuclear weapons, upcoming American war games with Israel have the potential of escalating into a deadly confrontation.

A miscalculation, or deliberate provocation by the West

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Posted on January 18, 2012 by FG

How to Start a War: The American Use of War Pretext Incidents.

Richard Sanders

The following article by Richard Sanders published in May 2002, prior to the onslaught of the Iraq war, carefully documents the History of War Pretext Incidents.

This historical  review raises an important issue: Is the Pentagon seeking

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Posted on January 15, 2012 by FG

Truth about Syria: Crazy Men in Grey Suits

The west is on the hunt for another war in the Middle East.

Jeremy Salt

January 13, 2012 “Information Clearing House

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Posted on January 14, 2012 by FG

Getting Crowded: UK To Deploy Warship In Persian Gulf

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Britain is sending its newest and most-advanced warship to the Persian Gulf, the Press Association reported, amid increasing tensions with Iran over its threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The deployment of the… Continue reading

Posted on January 8, 2012 by FG

Monopoly Media Manipulation

Michael Parenti

In a capitalist “democracy” like the United States, the corporate news media faithfully reflect the dominant class ideology both in their reportage and commentary. At the same time, these media leave the impression that they are free and independent, capable of balanced coverage and objective commentary. How they… Continue reading

Posted on January 7, 2012 by FG

Libyan Violence and Instability

Stephen Lendman

NATO’s killing machine ravaged a nonbelligerent country posing no threat. Tyranny replaced Jamahiriya government. Violence followed stability.

On January 3, Middle East Online contributor Jay Deshnukh headlined, “Ex-rebels’  war for money, power: Fierce clashes erupt in Tripoli,” saying:

In central Tripoli, fighting claimed two lives… Continue reading

Posted on January 7, 2012 by FG