The US and of course its favoured ally in the Middle East (part from Israel) Egypt is plating all sorts of games in attempts to block communication on the internet. As time goes by the interference from the US will increase rapidly particularly when the freedom loving Obama has legislation in place to be able [...]
Archive for February 1st, 2011
Report from Democracy Now Commentator on site in Egypt
February 1, 2011
As usual the Democracy Now site has provided absolutely excellent coverage of the situation in Egypt. Very often they have managed to either be the only group on site or at least one of the very few able to convey accurate information and assessments of what is happening. Their latest offering is in line with [...]
Financial recession and CO2 emissions
February 1, 2011
It seems there is a good side to recession. In the UK CO2 emissions were down last year and as an article at the Guardian notes, “ Total UK emissions plummet as recession lowers electricity and fuel use Government estimates for 2009 greenhouse gas emissions show the biggest drop in since records began A dramatic [...]
Pressure on the UK because Manning may be a British citizen
February 1, 2011
The following article appears at the Guardian site today and concerns Bradley Manning who it appears is a British citizen the article starts,” The British government is under pressure to take up the case of Bradley Manning, the soldier being held in a maximum security military prison in Virginia on suspicion of having passed a [...]
Foreign Policy in Focus group looks at Egypt and the Brotherhood
February 1, 2011
The Foreign Policy in Focus group has a new article on its site titled,” Two Cheers for the Brotherhood” obviously a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood that works in Egypt. As a first observation what appears is, “In the latest news out of Egypt, where people power is confronting regime rigidity, President-for-life Hosni Mubarak is [...]
Atzmon on Egypt and Israel
February 1, 2011
There have some excellent articles at Gilad Atzmon’s page. He is producing written material at a fairly prodigious rate. One Article is titled The Global Intifada and commences with this observation,” Haaretz reported today that “Israel urges the world to curb criticism of Egypt’s Mubarak.” Apparently Jerusalem seeks to convince its allies that it is [...]
The US inquiry into the financial crisis examined
February 1, 2011
There is another exceptional video interview with Professor William Black at the Real News Site. It concerns the recent inquiry findings into the financial crisis in the US. The interview commences with interviewer Paul Jay reading out several of the conclusions of the inquiry and then he asks Black for an opinion. Black’s response was [...]
Future weapons the madness continues
February 1, 2011
There is a very interesting article at the Tom Dispatch site by Nick Turse, is titled, “ Overkill Future Weapons, Future Wars, and the New Arms Race. IIt commences with,” In the future, the power of magnetism will be harnessed to make today’s high explosives seem feeble, “guided bullets” will put the current crop of [...]
How much it costs to keep wars going, people dying and lies flowing
February 1, 2011
In another Sabbah article the author, Paul J. Balles is a retired American university professor and freelance writer who has lived in the Middle East for many years. He’s a weekly Op-Ed columnist for the Gulf Daily News. Dr. Balles is also Editorial Consultant for Red House Marketing and a regular contributor to Bahrain This [...]
Are the happenings in Egtypt made in the USA?
February 1, 2011
There is a very good article at the Sabbah site about Egypt and whether what is happening there was not in fact made in the US. This is an important topic because of the continued role of the imperial project all over the world as it ruthlessly asserts the right of capital to dominate every [...]
Further insights into the Palestine Papers
February 1, 2011
Here is an article from the Sabbah site written by an Arab writer about Israel and the treatment of the Palestinians. It is by * Dr. Elias Akleh who is an Arab writer from a Palestinian descent born in the town of Beit Jala. His family was first evicted from Haifa after the “Nakba” of [...]