New Colonialism: Pentagon Carves Africa Into Military Zones By Rick Rozoff, Global Research, May 5, 2010 Last year the commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General William Ward, said the Pentagon had military partnerships with 35 of the continent’s 53…
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Chomsky on Iran
Chomsky: What’s At Stake in the Issue of Iran By Pravda, April 28, 2010 In an interview with the German publication, Freitag, Noam Chomsky talks about U.S. pressure on Israel and Iran and its geopolitical significance. “Iran is perceived as…
The decline of the American empire
War with China? The Dangers of a Global Conflagration Rising and Declining Economic Powers: The Sino-US Conflict Deepens By Professor James Petras, Global Research, April 29, 2010 Will the intensified conflicts between the US and China inevitably lead to a…
In Kandahar: “Yankees, go home!”
94 Percent of Kandaharis Support Negotiations With the Taliban – Kandahar Campaign Doomed Before It Begins? By Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, April 19, 2010 An opinion survey of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province funded by the U.S. Army has revealed that 94 percent…
CIA spins the Afghan war
Leaked Document Discloses CIA Plans to Target European Public Opinion over Afghan War By Antifascist Calling, March 28, 2010 Since their 2007 launch, the whistleblowing web site WikiLeaks have been the subject of “hostile acts” by state and private security…
America’s strategy for military dominance
America’s Imperial Design. Prompt Global Strike: World Military Superiority Without Nuclear Weapons by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, April 11, 2010 A war can be won without being waged. Victory can be attained when an adversary knows it is vulnerable to…
Caldicott describes the dangers posed by the nuclear industry and nuclear weapons
By talkingsticktv, April 2, 2010 This is a video of an address by Dr. Helen Caldicott, co-founder of Physicians for Nuclear Responsibility, to Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility on March 25, 2010 in Seattle.
Project Hero = pro-war propaganda
Regina 16 say common folk won freedoms By John F. Conway, The Calgary Herald, April 6, 2010 The 16 University of Regina academics who signed the letter protesting the university’s participation in the Project Hero Scholarship program were clear in…
Israel knows apartheid has no future
By Mustafa Barghouthi, Ma’an News Agency, April 6, 2010 After decades of military rule over Palestinians and theft of our land, Israeli leaders are increasingly seeing the writing on the wall. They are at least acknowledging reality, if not yet…
America’s war crimes
A boy weeps as others survey the damage caused by a US air strike on Fallujah in September 2004. Picture:AFP The United States takes the matter of three-headed babies very seriously. By William Blum, Anti-Empire Report, April 5, 2010 When…