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Belgium> 500 activists close NATO [Editor's Note: Below are articles from DeWereldMorgen and Le Monde and links to other articles. Note the translation is literal via Google Translate, and therefore a bit rough.] by Keltoum Belorf 1 april 2012 http://w ww.dewereldmorgen.be/ Today, about 500 peace activists from more than ten European countries are taking part [...]
An Interview With Jonathan Schell How Empires Fall (Including the American One) by ANDY KROLL March 1, 2012 Tom Dispatch When Jonathan Schell’s The Unconquerable World, a meditation on the history and power of nonviolent action, was published in 2003, the timing could not have been worse. Americans were at war — and [...]
Tomgram: Engelhardt and Turse, The End in Afghanistan? Posted by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse February 28, 2012 Tom Dispatch Blown Away How the U.S. Fanned the Flames in Afghanistan By Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse Is it all over but the (anti-American) shouting — and the killing? Are the exits finally coming into view? Sometimes, in a moment, the fog lifts, [...]
What Are Iran’s Intentions? Noam Chomsky Saturday 3 March 2012 Nation of Change “Iran has very limited capacity to deploy force, and its strategic doctrine is defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to take effect.” The January/February issue of Foreign Affairs featured the article “Time to Attack Iran: Why a [...]
Cuba Sets a Global Example for the Achievements of Socialism By Peter Phillips (about the author) February 21, 2012 opednews.com In an all-day conference, February 10, 2012, some 120 authors, professors, and journalists, from dozens of Caribbean, American and African countries, met with Fidel Castro. Those attending were invited participants for the Intellectual Encounters for Peace and the [...]
Special Forces involvement in Libya January 19th, 2012 | by Ian Silvera | Published in All Stories, Bureau Recommends A Libyan defected soldier (2nd left) explains how to use a rocket launcher to a group of rebels An investigation by BBC’s Newsnight reveals that British special forces were deployed in Libya. In a report broadcast last night, Mark Urban, [...]
Tomgram:> William Astore, The Remoteness of 1% Wars Nick Turse December 8, 2011 Tom Dispatch Editor’s Note: See William Astore’s article ”Fighting 1% Wars Why Our Wars of Choice May Prove Fatal” in a separate post. This year, 155,754 recruits joined the active-duty U.S. military with the Army leading the way to the tune [...]
Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda By Meredith Aby WAMM Newsletter November 2011 Chicago will host the NATO/G8 summit from May 15-22, 2012. Simultaneously, the U.S.-financed 28-nation military alliance, NATO, is meeting with a summit of the G8 world powers, the main economic council of wealthy nations. The G8 includes the United Kingdom, France, [...]
Lynching in Libya – Made in U$A Murder of Gadhafi is next step to wider U.S. wars in Africa By Sara Flounders INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER STATEMENT ON LIBYA The brutal lynching of Moammar Gadhafi, the leader of Libya, is the latest criminal act in NATO’s seven-month war of regime change and conquest. Gadhafi died resisting to the [...]
Sarah Flounders spoke recently in Minneapolis. Sara Flounders, activist and author, is the co-director of the International Action Center, founded by Ramsey Clark to oppose U.S. militarism, racism and war. She is an editor and co-author of 10 books that cover the brutal impact of U.S. policy in Iraq, Haiti, Colombia, Gaza, the role of [...]
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