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Omar Khadr, Bradley Manning and Our National Psyche
Lawrence Davidson - Reader Supported News,
16 Aug 2010
At present there are two men sitting in prison who have never met but are nonetheless intimately connected. One is 23-year-old Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was with a group of Afghan resistance fighters attacked by US troops in 2002 (when he was 15). The second is PFC Bradley Manning, the man who blew the whistle on the barbaric tactics used by the US in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It is their different forms of resistance to a war sold to the US public as “necessary” and defensive that binds their fate.
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Raanan Ben-Zur, AFP – YNetNews,
16 Aug 2010
Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu was freed from jail on Sunday [8 Aug 2010] after serving 11 weeks behind bars for breaking the terms of his release and meeting a foreigner, a prison official said…. He said it was time Israeli authorities allow him to leave the country, and accused the media of not fighting for his human rights and freedom.
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The Fall of the US Empire – And Then What? (Part 1)
Paul Jay interviewing Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich -The Real News Network,
2 Aug 2010
Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich discuss the proposal for a Department of Peace.
→ read full articleThe Fall of the US Empire – And Then What? (Part 2)
Paul Jay interviewing Johan Galtung and Dennis Kucinich - The Real News Network,
2 Aug 2010
Dennis Kucinich and Johan Galtung discuss the proposal for a Department of Peace.
→ read full articleThe Genocide behind Your Smart Phone
Alan Mascarenhas - Newsweek,
26 Jul 2010
Our biggest gadget makers—including HP and Apple—may inadvertently get their raw ingredients from murderous Congolese militias. A new movement wants them to trace rare metals from ‘conflict mines.’
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The Missing Words at the G20
Paul Jay – The Real News Network,
26 Jul 2010
Paul Jay on the G20 declaration – an absurd plan for the global economic crisis.
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The Boycott Israel Movement
Paul Jay, interviewing Shir Hever – The Real News Network,
19 Jul 2010
Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation – Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in Jerusalem and Beit-Sahour. Researching the economic aspect of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, some of his research topics include international aid to the Palestinians and Israel, the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories on the Israeli economy, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against Israel. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of the economy of the Israeli occupation.
→ read full articleThe Death of the Fourth Estate
Rodolfo F. Acuna - Reader Supported News,
5 Jul 2010
The press, in theory, is supposed to safeguard democratic principles. During a parliamentary debate in 1787, Edmund Burke supposedly referred to the press corps reporting the activities of the House of Commons as the Fourth Estate. Hypothetically, the press was the champion of the public…. Hence, the journalist’s foremost duty was to tell the truth. But, over the years there has been an erosion of the public trust in the Fourth Estate, as the media has been monopolized by those President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 called “economic royalists” that control the country.
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G20 Commits Itself to More “Neoliberalism”
Paul Jay, The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Jul 2010
Reporting from Toronto – Leo Panitch, political science professor at York University: “Free movement of capital and strengthening power of global elites is G20 objective.”
→ read full articleChe, an Extraordinary Human Being
Jayatilleke de Silva – Daily News,
21 Jun 2010
Today [14 June 2010] marks the 82nd birth anniversary of an extraordinary human being, one whose name will live through centuries and generations. He is none other than Ernesto Che Guevara, the legendary guerilla, statesman, thinker and revolutionary.
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How Israel Planned the Flotilla Attack
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jun 2010
As the MV Rachel Corrie ship is dragged to Israel,TRNN investigates Israel’s plan for attacking the flotilla.
→ read full articleAmnesty: U.S., Europe Shielding Israel over Gaza War Crimes
Haaretz Service and News Agencies,
31 May 2010
In its annual report, the rights group accuses Israel of continually violating human rights in Gaza with its ongoing economic siege.
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Abbas Al Lawati – Gulf News,
31 May 2010
Canadian-Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu, a former legal adviser to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, said Israel “confuses” occupation with colonization.
→ read full articleNew Colonialism: Pentagon Carves Africa into Military Zones
Rick Rozoff – Pambazuka News,
24 May 2010
Under its AFRICOM (African Command) initiative, the US Army is becoming ever more deeply involved in African military affairs across the continent, encroaching on the military autonomy of an increasing number of African nations, writes Rick Rozoff. Pulling African countries’ militaries into its network is not based on altruism, Rozoff contends, but simply reflects the concerns of every military power: ‘The threat and use of armed violence to gain economic and geopolitical advantages.’
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Global Food Bubble on the Way?
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 May 2010
Jayati Ghosh: We have to ban finance speculation that does not physically hold food commodities.
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US Military Enforces Attacks on Haitian Unions
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2010
Didier Dominique: US military helping to repress organizing of textile workers’ unions in Haiti.
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Japan’s PM Denies Washington Post Report about US Military in Okinawa
MoxNewsDotCom – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Prime Minister Hatoyama denies that an agreement has been reached with US authorities regarding the relocation of the US military base in Okinawa. The base remains unwelcome by the Japanese people and government.
→ read full articleIndonesia: Lies, Non-Truths and the Path to Peace
ANU News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Lies, non-truths and a corrupt military have all played key roles in Indonesia’s transition from an unstable, violent state to a relatively peaceful democracy. This contradicts the idea that truth and transparency are always vital ingredients in fostering peace. That’s the argument made in the first of a series of books from a 20-year study of global peacebuilding efforts that is being undertaken at The Australian National University.
→ read full articleWorld Poll: Only 19% See Israel in Positive Light
Ynet - Israel News,
26 Apr 2010
Survey conducted in 28 countries on 29,000 respondents reveals that only Iran, Pakistan, North Korea have more negative perception than Israel. Most ‘loved’ country is Germany. ‘Obama effect’ has resulted in improvement in relations towards US for first time since 2005.
→ read full articleTurkey to Challenge Israel, Support Hamas
Maayana Miskin, IsraelNationalNews – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
Turkey is planning a gesture that will challenge Israel and provide support to Gaza’s Hamas leaders next month. A flotilla of ships funded by Turkey will approach Gaza in May, in an attempt to challenge Israeli control at sea – or, as organizers put it, “break Israel’s illegal blockade on Gaza.”
→ read full articleLEAKED VIDEO SHOWS CIVILIAN KILLINGS IN IRAQ, SIGNIFIES GROWING POWER OF INDEPENDENT WEB JOURNALISM
Brett Michael Dykes, Yahoo! News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2010
When a nonprofit group this week released video footage, leaked via a source in the Pentagon, showing a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack on a group of civilians in Baghdad, the clip unleashed a viral online sensation and ignited an intense debate about the conduct of U.S. forces in Iraq. But the simple fact of the video’s release also reflects the ongoing revolution in how news gets produced and published.
→ read full articleU.S. COVERING UP REALITY IN HONDURAS
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2010
While State Department attempts to sell the world that the inauguration of a new president in Honduras has brought an end to the country’s crisis, the continuing assassinations of anti-coup activists and their children stands as sharp evidence to the contrary.
→ read full articleIRAN’S CALLS FOR N-FREE MIDEAST SHOULD BE BACKED
Linda Heard – Arab News,
12 Apr 2010
From April 17-18, Iran intends to host a nuclear disarmament summit just four days after Washington concludes a nuclear security summit to which Tehran was not invited. Under the banner “Nuclear energy for everyone, nuclear arms for no one”, Iran calls for a nuclear-free Middle East and an end to nuclear proliferation globally.
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HELEN THOMAS ON HER ONE QUESTION FOR OBAMA
Real News Network,
7 Apr 2010
White House Press Corps longest-serving member says Obama lost credibility when he dodged her question on Israeli nukes. A Real News Network video httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Oz8M_FnV4
→ read full articleUN’S BAN KI-MOON CALLS ARAL SEA ‘SHOCKING DISASTER’
Jim Heintz, AP-Yahoo! News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Apr 2010
Once the world’s fourth-largest lake, Central Asia’s Aral Sea has shrunk by 90 percent. NUKUS, Uzbekistan – The drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet’s most shocking environmental disasters, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday as he urged Central Asian leaders to step up efforts to solve the problem. Once the […]
→ read full articleNEW POPE CRITICISM MARS EASTER WEEK
News 24, Worldpress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Apr 2010
Vatican – Pope Benedict XVI faced new criticism on Saturday after his preacher likened attacks on the Catholic Church over the paedophile priest furore to anti-Semitism, further marring Easter Week celebrations. Jewish groups and those representing victims of abuse by Catholic priests denounced the remarks by the pope’s personal preacher during a Good Friday homily. […]
→ read full articleA PERSONAL ISSUE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SCANDAL
John Cory - Reader Supported News,
5 Apr 2010
My views on child abuse and child molestation are harsh and unforgiving and forged by the fires of my own childhood. I give no quarter on this issue. I have no kind words or forgiving thoughts for the Catholic hierarchy or their enablers, which brings me to Bill Donohue’s article on the CNN Opinion web […]
→ read full articleJAPAN: LYING ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Lawrence S. Wittner – History News Network,
5 Apr 2010
One of the most popular muckraking American journalists of the late twentieth century, I.F. Stone, once remarked: "All governments lie." Even a prominent government official — Andrei Gromyko, the veteran Soviet diplomat — once admitted, in a weak moment: "Governments are never sincere." This gloomy assessment appears all too true when it comes to national […]
→ read full articleHELEN THOMAS ON WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS
The Real News Network - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Mar 2010
Thomas: “Most press rolled over and played dead during Bush years, press was gung-ho to go to war.” Helen Thomas is an American News reporter, member of the White House Press Corps and author. She was the first female officer of the National Press Club and the first female member and president of the White […]
→ read full articleNEPAL’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER DIES
Steve Herman - VOA News, New Delhi,
20 Mar 2010
Nepal’s former five-term prime minister has died. Girija Prasad Koirala, who was in his mid-80’s still headed the country’s Congress Party, playing a critical role in Nepal’s fragile government until just before his death. There are concerns his passing could re-plunge the Himalayan nation into a chaotic period. Nepal’s senior statesman died early Saturday [20 […]
→ read full articleDISTURBING STORY OF FALLUJAH’S BIRTH DEFECTS
John Simpson - BBC News,
5 Mar 2010
Six years after the intense fighting began in the Iraqi town of Fallujah between US forces and Sunni insurgents, there is a disturbingly large number of cases of birth defects in the town.Fallujah is less than 40 miles (65km) from Baghdad, but it can still be dangerous to get to. As a result, there has […]
→ read full articleTRIBE MARKS MASSACRE WITH BURIAL GROUND GATHERING
Jessie L. Bonner - AP, Yahoo! News,
10 Feb 2010
PRESTON, Idaho – Tribal members descend in late January each year to the burial ground near the Bear River where soldiers felled hundreds of their ancestors in one of American history’s bloodiest -but little remembered- massacres. Descendants of the Northwestern Shoshone who were decimated in their winter encampment in a surprise attack 147 years ago, […]
→ read full articleUS DRONES KILLED 123 CIVILIANS, THREE AL-QAEDA MEN IN JANUARY
Amir Mir – The News, Lahore,
1 Feb 2010
Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number of 12 deadly missile strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan in January 2010, of which 10 went wrong and failed to hit their targets, killing 123 innocent Pakistanis. The remaining two successful drone strikes killed three al-Qaeda leaders, wanted by the Americans. The rapid increase in […]
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INSIDE ISRAELI LAND GRABS
The Real News Network,
1 Feb 2010
Real News speak to settlers, Palestinians and experts to understand the process of land confiscation in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. 9:58-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW (Join the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) campaign toprotest the Israeli barbaric siege of Gaza, illegal occupation ofPalestine, the apartheid wall, and its inhuman and degrading treatmentof the […]
→ read full articleNOT FOR SALE
Ron Moreau - Newsweek,
31 Jan 2010
Kabul’s Western allies want to pay Taliban fighters to quit the insurgency. Lots of luck. Representatives from nearly 70 countries showed up in London on Jan. 28 for a one-day conference on how to save Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai was there, gamely offering "peace and reconciliation" to all Afghans, "especially" those "who are not a […]
→ read full articleHONDURAS, U.S. NORMALIZE DIPLOMATIC TIES
FOCUS News Agency,
31 Jan 2010
Honduras and the United States normalized on Friday [Jan 29 2010] their diplomatic ties which were affected by the political crisis caused by the coup against then president Manuel Zelaya in June last year, Xinhua News Agency informed.Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said on Friday that "I am happy that with the visit of U.S. ambassador […]
→ read full articleEXPLOITATION NATION?
Katie Paul – Newsweek,
24 Jan 2010
Naomi Klein worries Haitians won’t have a role shaping their future.Bottom feeders follow closely on the heels of disaster. After Hurricane Katrina, private security contractors landed in New Orleans, hired to guard against looters. After the Indian Ocean tsunami, governments in Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, and the Maldives pushed aside coastal villages to make […]
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HAITI: GUNS OR FOOD?
The Real News Network,
21 Jan 2010
Presence of US troops provides both hope of relief, and fear of continuing legacy of US domination.As aid starts to trickle in, and the extent of the horror becomes known, decisions are already being made that will affect the Haiti that emerges from this. Ansel Herz reports live from Port-Au-Prince on the role that the […]
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YOU NEVER EXPLAIN WHY THEY WANT TO DO US HARM! WHAT’S THEIR MOTIVATION?
C-SPAN (MoxNews),
12 Jan 2010
White House press corps journalist Helen Thomas asks the fundamental Peace Journalism question: Why? And nobody answers. 1:52-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW YOUTUBE VIDEO C-SPAN (MOXNEWS)
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GITMO GUARD REUNITES WITH FREED INMATES SO HE CAN APOLOGIZE
BBC (MoxNews),
12 Jan 2010
Former Guantanamo Bay prison guard travelled to England to meet ex-Gitmo detainees Ruhal Ahmed and Shafiq Rasul to express remorse for his part in their two and a half years imprisonment. 3:47-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW YOUTUBE VIDEO – BBC (MOXNEWS)
→ read full articleDID U.S. FORCES EXECUTE KIDS IN AFGHANISTAN?
Dave Lindorff - OpEdNews,
10 Jan 2010
The apparent mass murder of Afghan schoolchildren, including one as young as 11, by U.S.-led troops, was virtually blacked out in the American media.The Taliban suicide attack that killed a group of CIA agents in Afghanistan was big news in the U.S. over the past week. The attack took place on a base that was […]
→ read full articleANSWERING HELEN THOMAS ON WHY
Ray McGovern - Consortiumnews,
10 Jan 2010
Thank God for Helen Thomas, the only person to show any courage at the White House press briefing after President Barack Obama gave a flaccid account of the intelligence screw-up that almost downed an airliner on Christmas Day.After Obama briefly addressed L’Affaire Abdulmutallab and wrote “must do better” on the report cards of the national […]
→ read full articleGAZA FREEDOM MARCH
The Real News Network,
3 Jan 2010
Paul Jay talks to Sam Husseini in Cairo, Egypt. Sam Husseini is in Egypt, accompanying the “Gaza Freedom March,” which has assembled in Cairo, Egypt with hopes of visiting Gaza on the year anniversary of Israel’s bombing last January. He is writing for The Washington Stakeout. CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO
→ read full articleTHE ‘COALITION OF THE WILLING’ IN IRAQ BECOMES AN ARMY OF ONE
Hannah Allam - McClatchy Newspapers,
2 Jan 2010
The British said cheerio back in July, around the same time the Romanians cleared out "Camp Dracula," their compound on a U.S. base in southern Iraq. Tonga and Kazakhstan left ages ago, and no one seems to remember if any Icelandic forces ever made it to Iraq. It doesn’t matter now, anyway, because as of […]
→ read full articleUGANDA BANS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
BBC News,
19 Dec 2009
Ugandan MPs have voted to outlaw female genital mutilation – also known as female circumcision.Anyone convicted of the practice, which involves cutting off a girl’s clitoris, will face 10 years in jail, or a life sentence if a victim dies. The BBC’s Joshua Mmali in Uganda says it is not officially condoned but is still […]
→ read full articleSIX ALTERNATIVES TO A TROOP SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN
Madre News,
4 Dec 2009
Tonight, President Obama will tell us that he must expand the war on Afghanistan in order to end it. He will say that another troop surge is necessary to prevent al-Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base. What he won’t say is that al-Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan. He probably won’t point out that […]
→ read full articleFROM SEATTLE TO DETROIT
Stephanie Guilloud - Project South Fall Newsletter,
28 Nov 2009
10 Lessons for Movement Building on the 10th Anniversary of the WTO ShutdownFor five days in 1999, 80,000 people from Seattle and from all over the country stopped the World Trade Organization from meeting. Despite extreme police and state violence, students, organizers, workers, and community members participated in a public uprising using direct actions, marches, […]
→ read full articleLULADINEJAD
Pepe Escobar – The Real News Network,
25 Nov 2009
How the West could learn from Lula’s way of playing politics. Pepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He’s been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized […]
→ read full articleADDICTED TO OCCUPATION
Gideon Levy – The Real News Network,
19 Nov 2009
Levy: Israel is in a "coma" and needs outside help to get over its addiction to the occupation.7:19-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW – INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
→ read full articleITALIAN RULING A MILESTONE VERDICT – AND EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE CIA
Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff - Newsweek,
5 Nov 2009
The ruling by an Italian judge convicting 23 Americans—including several CIA officers—of plotting the abduction of a Muslim cleric is a milestone verdict on several fronts. It represents the first legal judgment by a foreign court that elements of the Bush administration’s post-9/11 counterterrorism policies involved the commission of criminal acts. Even if none of […]
→ read full articleLANDMARK PACT INDICATES GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, SAYS UN EXPERT
UN News Centre,
24 Oct 2009
19 October 2009 – The international community showed its support for the world’s nearly 400 million indigenous people by adopting the landmark 2007 declaration outlining their rights, a United Nations independent human rights said today.The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People came after more than two decades of debate. “The adoption […]
→ read full articleSOUTH ASIAN FEDERALIST (SAF) URGES FOR UN ASSEMBLY IN KATHMANDU
Himalayan News Service,
6 Oct 2009
KATHMANDU: South Asian Federalist (SAF) launched a campaign for the establishment of United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA), in Kathmandu, today [Oct 3, 2009].At a press meet in the capital, James Arputharaj W, President South Asian Federalist, claimed that the purpose of the UNPA was to represent citizens in global institutions. He further stated, “it would […]
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HONDURAS: WHERE DOES WASHINGTON STAND?
The Real News Network,
7 Aug 2009
Hylton: "In refusing to follow its own laws, US is supporting an increasingly repressive regime in Honduras."10:50-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleAFGHANISTAN: US UP TO ITS EARS IN TROUBLE
The Real News Network,
1 Aug 2009
Eric Margolis: The US is not just fighting the Taliban. It is fighting the Pashtun people. 9:46-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleUS MILITARY TO SET UP IN COLOMBIA
The Real News Network,
28 Jul 2009
Rest of South America has reason to be alarmed by future US military presence on Colombian bases. Forrest Hylton is the author of Evil Hour in Colombia (Verso, 2006), and with Sinclair Thomson, co-author of Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics (Verso, 2007). He is a regular contributor to New Left Review and […]
→ read full articleZELAYA JUST ONE OF MILLIONS
The Real News Network,
24 Jul 2009
Honduran coup plotters’ fear isn’t losing power to Zelaya or Chavez. Their fear is losing power to Hondurans. 12:04-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleG-20 OR G-192: FEAR OF THE SOUTH
The Real News Network,
13 Jul 2009
West shutting UN out of global crisis response, as South governments question pillars of world economy. 6:38-Min Video CLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleG-20 OR G-192: WHICH IS MORE ‘GLOBAL?’
The Real News Network,
13 Jul 2009
UN General Assembly vying for leadership over global economic crisis, despite objections from the West. 10:59-Min Video CLICK TO VIEW
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TOTALITARIAN DEMOCRACY IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER
The Real News Network,
11 Jul 2009
William Engdahl on his book ‘Full Spectrum Dominance:’ Totalitarian Democracy in the new world order. 12:55-Min Video CLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE TALKS ABOUT HER ABDUCTION BY ISRAELI FORCES ON IRISH TV
Nightly News With Vincent Browne,
9 Jul 2009
Just out of a prison cell to where she was taken after being abducted by the Israeli navy in the Mediterranean on June 30, Mairead Maguire describes her ordeal and her reasons for trying to break the siege of Gaza in a panel discussion on the Palestinian/Israeli confict. TV3 CLICK TO VIEW (Join the […]
→ read full articleEFFORTS TO BREAK SIEGE OF GAZA UNCEASING DESPITE DEPORTATION OF BOAT CREW AND CONFISCATION OF AID
Palestinian News Network,
8 Jul 2009
Brussels / PNN – The European campaign to lift the siege on Gaza said in a statement that a second convoy of aid was launched Sunday afternoon from JFK Airport in New York. It is being led by American activist Ron Kovic, and includes British MP George Galloway and activist Kevin Aovindn along with the […]
→ read full articlePERU INDIANS HAIL ‘HISTORIC’ DAY
BBC News,
20 Jun 2009
Indigenous groups in Peru have called off protests after two land laws which led to deadly fighting were revoked [19 Jun 09]. Hailing victory, Amazonian Indian groups said it was an "historic day". At least 34 people died during weeks of strikes against the legislation, which allowed foreign companies to exploit resources in […]
→ read full articleINSIDE THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
The Real News Network,
12 Jun 2009
Ben Powless: "President can hunt indigenous leader all he wants, the movement came from below." 11-Min Video YouTube CLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleREPORT ON AFGHANISTAN – Part 2 (Part 1 in VIDEO OF THE WEEK here)
The Real News Network,
6 Jun 2009
Anand Gopal, Afghan physicist and journalist for the Christian Science Monitor: The Pakistani state is aligned with Afghan Taliban but at war with the Pakistani Taliban.10:25-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleFEARS OF SRI LANKA ‘CATASTROPHE’
BBC News,
15 May 2009
The Red Cross says its staff in Sri Lanka are witnessing an "unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe" in the area where troops have trapped Tamil Tigers. The agency says a ferry loaded with aid has been unable to reach the battered north-eastern coastal strip for three days because of fighting. The Sri Lankan army earlier […]
→ read full articleREPUBLIC OR EMPIRE?
The Real News Network,
14 May 2009
Bruce Fein: Former Reagan official says Americans must choose between a Republic or an Empire. 16:13-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleTHE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME!
The Real News Network,
25 Apr 2009
Skewer: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart looks at the horrors of socialism in Sweden. Comedy Central 4:46-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleA BRIEF HISTORY OF TORTURE
The Real News Network,
24 Apr 2009
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on White House tortured logic. Comedy Central 4:10-Min. Video YouTubeCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articlePAST IS PRESENT IN LATIN AMERICA
The Real News Network,
24 Apr 2009
Latin American leaders, born out of US backed repression, demand an end to 50-year old US-Cuba standoff. 10:12-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleERITREA BECOMING ‘A GIANT PRISON’
BBC News,
21 Apr 2009
The Eritrean government is turning its country into a giant prison, according to Human Rights Watch. The Horn of Africa nation is widely using military conscription without end, as well as arbitrary detention of its citizens, says HRW. Hundreds of Eritrean refugees forcibly repatriated from countries like Libya, Egypt and Malta face arrest and torture […]
→ read full articleCREDIT CARD INDUSTRY LOSES ONE – DEFEATED FOR NOW
ANP-American News Project,
10 Apr 2009
Credit card lobbyists glum as Senate passes 2 separate bills to protect consumers. 5:39-Min Video The Real News Network CLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleCOAL ACTION HEATS UP CAPITOL HILL
The Real News Network,
3 Mar 2009
American News Project Talks with young activists about why the clean energy issue inspires their generation. 5:37-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleCAMPAIGN TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
The Real News Network,
2 Mar 2009
PART 2 Vera Leone: They may have changed the school’s name, but we are still seeing the same violent results. 7-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleCAMPAIGN TO CLOSE DOWN SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
The Real News Network,
27 Feb 2009
Pablo Ruiz: US tax dollars are used to train Latin American soldiers how to oppress their own people. 8-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleTHE AFGHAN TRAP
The Real News Network,
21 Feb 2009
Ray McGovern: US attempt to trap the USSR in 1979 is at root of current situation in Afghanistan 9-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleGUATEMALA SORRY OVER BAY OF PIGS
BBC News,
19 Feb 2009
President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala has apologised to Cuba for his country’s role in the failed US-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs in 1961. The CIA used Guatemalan territory to train Cuban exiles before their disastrous invasion which was quickly defeated by Cuban forces. "It was not us, but it was our land," President […]
→ read full articleANTI-TERROR TACTICS ‘WEAKEN LAW’
BBC News,
17 Feb 2009
Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says. After a three-year global study, the International Commission of Jurists said many states used the public’s fear of terrorism to introduce measures. These included detention without trial, illegal disappearance and torture. It also said that the UK and […]
→ read full articleWEAPONS PROGRAMS RE-BRANDED AS JOBS PROGRAMS
The Real News Network,
15 Feb 2009
Military industry appeals to job-loss fears. Pentagon fighting to maintain military spending 8:54-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleWRONG SIDE OF THE FENCE
The Real News Network,
10 Feb 2009
Beni Raz is not a typical Israeli settler – he wants to leave, and has founded a movement to make it easier. But this has made him a pariah in his community6:13-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleWHERE NOW FOR THE ISRAELI PEACE MOVEMENT?
The Real News Network,
7 Feb 2009
Peter Beaumont talks to left-wing Israelis about the impact of the Gaza conflict on upcoming elections. 4:51-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleWHY YOU SHOULD KNOW GEN. JACK KEANE
The Real News Network,
5 Feb 2009
Gareth Porter: Anyone who wants to understand the Middle East should study Gen. Jack Keane 7:35-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full article(CHANGE? WHAT CHANGE?) – CLINTON: HAMAS MUST ABIDE BY PRECONDITIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN TALKS
News Agencies (Haaretz),
4 Feb 2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the United States wants to work with all involved parties to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but insisted that the Islamist group Hamas must first abide by the preconditions for such talks. According to preconditions set by international powers, Hamas must renounce violence, recognize Israel and respect […]
→ read full articleWORKERS TO BOYCOTT ISRAELI SHIP
News24.com,
4 Feb 2009
(Johannesburg) – Durban dock workers are expected to refuse to off-load an Israeli ship as part of a week of action against "apartheid" Israel, Cosatu and the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) said on Tuesday. Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven and PSC spokesperson Salim Vally said dock workers would refuse to off-load the ship arriving on Sunday, […]
→ read full articleJIMMY CARTER ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS Part 2
The Real News Network,
29 Jan 2009
Riz Khan discusses the likelihood of a 2-state solution with the former US president 10-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleJIMMY CARTER ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS Part 1
The Real News Network,
29 Jan 2009
Riz Khan discusses the potential for Middle East peace with the former US president 13:57-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleSUDANESE GOVERNMENT AND UNICEF SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROTECT CHILDREN
UN News Centre,
25 Jan 2009
Sudan’s military and child welfare authorities have partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to protect children’s rights and prevent the recruitment of child soldiers in the war-torn African nation. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), Sudan’s National Council for Child Welfare (NCWW) and UNICEF signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to create a Child […]
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Real News Network,
13 Jan 2009
Eric Margolis: Hamas is more of a threat to corrupt Arab regimes than to Israel 9:27-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleRAFAH – REPORT FROM THE GROUND
The Real News Network,
4 Jan 2009
Fida Qishta of Rafah, Gaza, describes the past few days as Israeli bombing kills hundreds. 9:20-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleISRAEL’S ENDGAME
John Barry - Newsweek Web Exclusive,
4 Jan 2009
The Attack on Gaza Shows that the Olmert Government Feels It May Be Running Out of Options Does the Gaza offensive signal that the Israeli government has decided to embark on the end game? The scale of the effort—a massive aerial assault, with Israeli tanks massing along Gaza’s border in evident preparation for a ground […]
→ read full articleTALIBAN LEADER MULLAH OMAR URGES SEVEN POINT PLAN FOR PEACE
Jalal Ghazi - New America Media, News Analysis,
21 Dec 2008
Eye on Arab Media Editor’s Note: While President-elect Barack Obama vows to pull back from Iraq and focus military action on Afghanistan, Taliban leader Mullah Omar is working hard to negotiate his way out of this situation. Jalal Ghazi is the associate producer of the Peabody Award-winning show "Mosaic: World News from the Middle East," […]
→ read full articleMOOD MIXED AS CLIMATE SUMMIT ENDS
Richard Black - BBC News Environment Correspondent,
14 Dec 2008
Poznan – The UN climate summit has ended with delegates taking very different views on how much it has achieved. Western delegates said progress here had been encouraging, but environment groups said rich countries had not shown enough ambition. Developing nations were angry that more money was not put forward to […]
→ read full articleUN OFFICIAL CALLS ISRAEL ‘APARTHEID’
The Real News Network,
13 Dec 2008
President of UN General Assembly urges Israel to be recognized as an Apartheid State 9-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleUNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: 60 YEARS ON
The Real News Network,
11 Dec 2008
Guardian: Archival footage of UN the day the declaration was approved and a message from Ban Ki-Moon1.5-Min VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleUS WON’T PARTICIPATAE AS CLUSTER BOMB BAN SIGNED
News from Antiwar.com,
4 Dec 2008
Most of the world’s nations met today in Oslo, Norway to sign a treaty banning the use, stockpile, transfer, and manufacture of cluster munitions. Among those agreeing to the ban were most NATO members, including Britain, France, Germany, and Australia. Conspicuously absent were Russia, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and the world’s largest manufacturer of such […]
→ read full articleTHE MEDIA AND THE VENEZUELAN ELECTIONS
The Real News Network,
28 Nov 2008
US media covers Chavez victory and calls it a defeat 7.30-Min. VideoCLICK TO VIEW
→ read full articleCLUSTER BOMB ‘SOON TO BE THING OF THE PAST’
Angus Crawford - BBC News Germany,
15 Nov 2008
On 3 December, more than 100 countries, including the UK, will sign a treaty banning cluster bombs. As a result Britain, by law, will have to destroy more than 30 million explosives. The UK does not have the facilities, so they are being exported to Germany for disposal. "I feel good to work for a […]
→ read full articleBE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Real News Network,
15 Nov 2008
Sabah al-Nasseri: Will Iraq’s ‘democracy’ reject US plan? 9-Min. VideoClick to View
→ read full articleOLMERT: ARABS SUFFER ‘INTOLERABLE’ DISCRIMINATION
Israel National News,
13 Nov 2008
"For sixty years there has been discrimination against Arabs in Israel. The discrimination is built-in and intolerable," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday at a session of the Knesset committee that is investigating why Arab citizens have not been incorporated into the public service. According to Army Radio, MK Ahmed Tibi, chairman of the […]
→ read full articleAFRICA AT LARGE: AU TAKES TOUGH STANCE ON DICTATORS
Africa News Update,
30 Oct 2008
The Citizen (Tanzania) Chairman of the African Union (AU), Jakaya Kikwete, has said the African Union will not tolerate leaders who sought power through undemocratic means. He said African countries must learn to respect democracy in electing their leaders. The AU Chairman, who is also president of Tanzania, spoke on Monday in South Africa during […]
→ read full articleNIGER EX-SLAVE WINS LANDMARK CASE
BBC News,
30 Oct 2008
A West African court has found Niger’s government guilty of failing to protect a woman from slavery in a landmark case for the region. The court found in favour of Hadijatou Mani, who says she was sold aged 12 and made to work for 10 years. A judge ordered the government – which says it […]
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