Friends of the Earth denounces unjust trade agreements
President Obama broke his campaign promises in backing Bush-era trade pacts that repeat mistakes of NAFTAWASHINGTON, D.C. -- With President Obama’s backing, Congress yesterday passed trade agreements...
View ArticleProject For A New American Century-Taking place now (?)
Don't let that title make you think this is something good- it isn't. PNAC, or the Project For A New American Century was a policy paper written by a neo conservative think tank of the same name (with...
View ArticleThe neocolonial scramble for Africa
THE installation of the National Transitional Council (NTC) government in Libya by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) could signal the beginning of an open neocolonial scramble for Africa....
View ArticleBomb, build and benefit: countries that bombed Libya now getting contracts to...
NATO may have ended its operations in Libya, but the Western presence is far from over - with big companies replacing the warplanes. The countries that bombed the oil-rich country are now getting...
View ArticleProtest in Kathmandu against Monsanto and US AID
More than 250 people of different race and culture, including foreigner joins holding placards and banners demanding answers, representing Nepalese farmers in solidarity. Police stopped them from...
View ArticleOpposition: Syrian war planes blow up oil pipeline in Homs
A massive plume of thick, black smoke billowed from the Syrian city of Homs Wednesday, punctuating the chaos that has plagued the opposition stronghold for months.According to the Local Coordination...
View ArticleThe new geopolitics of climate change and conflict
Climate change, largely abstract in the United States, is already shaping conflicts around the world – and not for the better.Energy security and climate change present massive threats to global...
View ArticleWhy didn't Obama mention TAPI pipeline completion in 2014 in his speech?
From 2011: KABUL: Afghan lawmakers on Saturday approved the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas agreement, Afghan television ToloNews reported.The Afghan parliament’s International...
View ArticleObama’s America Yemen First Policy: Obama Issues Draconian Executive Order To...
President Obama has issued an alarming executive order that would allow the government to crackdown of U.S. citizens and other individuals who “indirectly” oppose U.S.-backed Yemeni President, Abed...
View ArticleWhat do we actually spend on national security? A mindboggling one trillion...
As the country’s big wars on the Eurasian continent wind down, American war-making and war preparations fly ever more regularly under the radar. There has, for instance, been much discussion about the...
View ArticleTo tap Arctic's oil, Russia partners with Exxon-Mobil
Russia is still the world's largest producer of oil and gas, but growth has stalled and to get to new supplies requires going to a very difficult place — the Arctic."If you want to be in this business...
View ArticleSyria condemned by UN for Houla massacre
The United Nations security council has unanimously condemned the Syrian government for using heavy weapons in Houla where more than 100 civilians, including dozens of children, died last week.An...
View ArticleClinton to assert U.S. claim in scramble for Arctic
* Arctic's abundant oil, gas attracts global interest* As sea ice recedes, new trade routes open(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will assert U.S. interest in the Arctic, where the...
View ArticleIran threatens attacks on US bases in event of war
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned that Iran will target U.S. bases in the region in the event of war with Israel, raising the prospect of a broader...
View ArticleWhen I get confused and need direction: Some advice from George Carlin
Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another...
View ArticleClimate change not mentioned in debates for first time in a generation
History was made at the third and final presidential debate at Lynn University on Monday night. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, sparred over American policy in Libya...
View ArticleWater Crisis In Gaza Strip Will Make Land "Unliveable"
Water for the 1.6 million people – half of them children and two-thirds refugees – who live in just 365 sq km of land bordering the Mediterranean comes entirely from the shallow coastal aquifer shared...
View ArticleThe U.S. Swarms Over Africa
By Glen Ford “The 2nd Brigade’s deployment is a much larger assignment, aimed at making all of Africa a theater of U.S. military operations.”2013 is the year the U.S. kicks off its wholesale military...
View ArticleIran and Pakistan Inaugurate IP Gas Pipeline-Dueling Pipeline With US...
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari have officially inaugurated the final construction phase of the multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline...
View ArticleWithout Water, Revolution
Without Water, RevolutionBy Thomas FriedmanExcerpt:"You can’t imagine the war here continuing for another year, let alone five. But when you feel the depth of the rage against the Assad government and...
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