Tag: imperialism

Have a nice world war, folks

By John Pilger, March 25, 2010 Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has invaded Africa. US troops have entered Somalia, extending their war front from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen and now the Horn of…

War, Racism and Poverty

War, Racism and the Empire of Poverty: When Empire Hits Home, Part 1 By Andrew Gavin Marshall, Global Research, March 22, 2010 At a time of such great international turmoil economically and politically, it is increasingly important to identify and…

Setting the stage for World War

U.S. Tightens Missile Shield Encirclement Of China And Russia by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, March 4, 2010 So far this year the United States has succeeded in inflaming tensions with China and indefinitely holding up a new strategic arms reduction…

Imperial delusions

The Real Grand Chessboard and the Profiteers of War by Prof. Peter Dale Scott, Global Research, August 11, 2009 In the Road to 9/11 I summarized the dialectic of open societies: how from their energy they expand, leading to a…

Should Canada leave NATO?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization turned 60 on April 4, 2009. The official story is that NATO was formed in the aftermath of World War 2 to defend western Europe against the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. With the…

Pakistan’s Balkanization

A boy stands at the site of suspected U.S. drone attacks in the Janikhel tribal area in Bannu district of North West Frontier Province, Nov. 29, 2008. U.S. forces in Afghanistan have carried out at least 27 air strikes by…