June 21, 2011
The Eco-Hero Who Didn’t Stand A Chance How an environmental advocate faces jail time for peacefully derailing the government’s auction of Utah land. June 20, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. grab this widget | start a petition [...]
Tags: Bidding, Bureau of Land Management, Dee Benson, Fully Informed Jury Association, Salt Lake City, Tim DeChristopher, United States federal judge, Utah
Posted in Climate, Climate change, Climate denial, Environment | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
US Mayors Pass First Anti-War Resolution Since 1971 – The Organizers Back Story! By Maria Allwine (Fund Our Communities, Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore, MD Green Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference-Baltimore, Healthcare NOW of MD) http://warisacrime.org/node/58235 The US Conference of Mayors just passed an historic resolution urging Congress and the President to end the wars in Iraq [...]
Tags: Baltimore, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Code Pink, United States, United States Conference of Mayors, United States Congress, US Congress, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Posted in Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Miscarriage of Justice, Mission Creep, Negotiate. It's now or never, Swanson, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
You may have felt that there has more often than not been something missing from Green Movement missions and talks. What that has been is a central or basic philosophy that can at least capture some or all the Green goals and aspirations. In many ways a ‘Green’ attitude ro an issue has been a [...]
Tags: Business, Enron, environment, Green Movement, Non-governmental organization, Political corruption, Rhiannon, United State
Posted in Climate, Climate change, Climate denial, Environment | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Arab League chief admits second thoughts about Libya air strikes Amr Moussa, who played central role in securing Arab support for Nato strikes, calls for ceasefire and ‘political solution’ The head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, pictured left with the European commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said he had ‘misgivings’ about the Libya air [...]
Tags: Amr Moussa, Arab League, Arab people, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, The Guardian
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June 21, 2011
How Robert Gates‘ Lies and Cover-Ups Earned Him a Long, Prestigious Career — At the Expense of the American People Two decades ago, U.S. history could have taken a very different course if Gates and his cohorts had faced real accountability and their secrets had been exposed. June 19, 2011 | On Wednesday, Sen. Patrick [...]
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Iran–Contra affair, Robert Gates, Saddam Hussein, United States, White House
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, CIA, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Predator Drone, Propaganda, Protest, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay. When President Zelaya–and of course he’s now former president of Honduras, but many people think he still should be president because he was removed in what most of the world at the time said was an illegal coup. But a couple [...]
Tags: Colombia, Honduras, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, United States, Venezuela
Posted in Colombia, debate and discussion, Democracy, Dictators, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, elections, Elites | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Afghan Withdrawal: Obama Lied, Soon Many Will Have Died By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58232 The United States has about 200,000 military personnel in Afghanistan, half of them troops, half of them contractors. President Barack Obama put over two-thirds of that number there, first with a big escalation in 2009 that everyone refuses to pay the slightest [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, David Swanson, Joe Biden, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, United States, Wall Street Journal
Posted in Afghan Youth, Afghanistan, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, CIA, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, elections, Elites, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Manufacturing Consent, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Peace Movement, Peak oil, Pentagon, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, Swanson, Taliban, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
World Beat by JOHN FEFFER | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Vol. 6, No. 25 O U R L A T E S T JUNE 21 | A New Perimeter to Expand NAFTA? Stuart Trew JUNE 21 | Egypt’s Evolving Foreign Policy Richard Javad Heydaria JUNE 20 | Timor: Where Has All the Aid Gone? Guteriano Neves Subscribe to [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, egypt, Foreign policy, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Tim Pawlenty, United States
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June 21, 2011
Jonathan Schell, The War on the Word “War” Posted by Jonathan Schell at 7:50am, June 21, 2011. [Absolute Last Chance for TomDispatch Readers: In 24 hours, your opportunity to get a personalized, signed copy of Adam Hochschild’s bestselling To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, in return for a $100 contribution to this [...]
Tags: Adam Hochschild, iPod, Jonathan Schell, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Presidency of George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, War Powers Resolution
Posted in US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Adel: A decade of injustice Adel al-Gazzar has undergone a decade-long ordeal involving detention without trial, torture and medical malpractice. In January 2009, President Obama signed an order to suspend the Guantanamo military commission for 120 days and that the detention facility would be shut down within the year [GALLO/GETTY] For someone to be held [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Clive Stafford Smith, egypt, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Hosni Mubarak, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, United States, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Posted in Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Dissent, Islam and the US, Leon Panetta, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Peace Movement, Peak oil, Pentagon, people's protests, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US war crimes, War, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Syrians call Assad ‘liar’ following speech Protesters take to streets immediately after presidential address, chant, ‘No to dialogue with murderers’, while Barak predicts Assad will fall within six months Reuters Protesters took to the streets across Syria on Monday to denounce a speech by President Bashar Assad they said did not meet popular [...]
Tags: Aleppo University, Associated Press, Bashar Assad, Bashar-al Assad, Damascus, Damascus University, Ehud Barak, Latakia, middle east, Protest, Syria
Posted in debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, elections, Elites, Syria conflict, Syria repression and violence, Syria sanctions | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Future RAF missions under threat if Libya operations continue, warns air force chief Air force‘s head of combat operations warns of ‘huge’ demand on resources already feeling strain from swingeing cuts Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant says government will have to make ‘challenging decisions’ on military future. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA The RAF’s ability to [...]
Tags: Air Chief Marshal, Daily Telegraph, Libya, Mark Stanhope, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Royal Air Force, Simon Bryant, Strategic Defence and Security Review
Posted in Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, UK, UK Foreign Policy, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Passports for all in Gaza? Some 30,000 Gazans have been denied passports in rift between Hamas and Fatah. 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza are on a ‘blacklist’ that prevents them from having passports. This prohibits them from traveling abroad for medical treatment when necessary [GALLO/GETTY] In Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority recently decided to remove 141 Palestinians [...]
Tags: Fatah, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Interior ministry, Mohammed Omer, Palestinian people, West Bank
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June 21, 2011
If only Australia had the same number of capable female politicians who could really show the men’s club just how much damage they have done over the decades past. Instead we have Gillard, Wong, Bishop et al to show for what must surely be a very very substantial pool of female talent and motivation to [...]
Tags: Antonio Palocci, Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Palácio do Planalto, Planalto Palace, President of Brazil, Workers' Party
Posted in Australian economy, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Australian support for Zionism, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Democracy, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, elections, Elites, Fascism, Gillard, Gillard and Labor; Masters of the Australian Crawl, Global capitalism and imperialism, Imperial Project, Imperialism | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
No Savior Salam Fayyad, Palestinian Prime Minister. STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images If Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s political career came to an end today, he could still proudly claim to be Palestine‘s most accomplished prime minister ever. The problem is that all of his predecessors — Ahmad Hilmi, Mahmud Abbas, Ahmad Qurei, and Ismail Haniyya [...]
Tags: Fatah, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Nathan J. Brown, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad, United States, West Bank
Posted in Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, elections, Elites, Fatah, Gaza, Golan Heights, Goldstone, Hamas, Islam and the US, Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel's wall, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Negotiate. It's now or never, Netanyahu, oil, oil and gas resources, Peace Movement, Pentagon, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, US Foreign Policy, US Politics | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
The Stream: Egypt‘s Muslim Brotherhood As the Brotherhood aims for a position in the new government, Egyptian youth discuss the topic of Islamist politics. Egyptian youth have ousted former President Mubarak from leadership, but they now face a new struggle for a fair and democratic election [GALLO/GETTY] “You can’t dictate democracy,” I said to a woman from [...]
Tags: Ahmed Shihab Eldin, egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, Islamism, Larbi Sadiki, Muslim Brotherhood, New York City, United States
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June 21, 2011
The fiscal case for legalising marijuana It’s a no-brainer: ending the ‘war on drugs‘ would create jobs, cut law enforcement costs, raise revenue – and benefit patients Levi smokes cannabis for medicinal purposes at the San Francisco Patients Co-op. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Marcy Dolin, of Rohnert Park, California, smokes eight joints (marijuana cigarettes) every [...]
Tags: Cannabis, Drug, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Drugs, Health, HIV, Law, Medical cannabis, New York City, New York Times, San Francisco, United State, United States
Posted in US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, USA, War, War on drugs | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
UK government‘s Fukushima crisis plan based on bigger leak than Chernobyl As Japan’s nuclear emergency unfolded, scientists devised a worst case scenario involving issuing iodine pills to Britons The earthquake and tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant from the air on 14 March 2011, following a second explosion. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images The British government made [...]
Tags: Fukushima Prefecture, Health Protection Agency, Japan, John Beddington, National Nuclear Laboratory, Nuclear, nuclearpower, Scientific Advisory Group, Spent nuclear fuel, Tokyo Electric Power Company
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June 21, 2011
THE ROVING EYE NATO, the ultimate transformer By Pepe Escobar To follow Pepe’s articles on the Great Arab Revolt, please clickhere. Forget about the Hollywood Transformer franchise; as facts on the ground go, the ultimate transformer in real life is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO has just admitted it was “probably” responsible for the [...]
Tags: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Arab Revolt, Black Sea Fleet, Central Asia, Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, Libya, Ministry of Truth, NATO, Pepe Escobar, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Posted in Libya, NATO, Pentagon, President of the World, Protests, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Patrick Cockburn Lies, damn lies, and reports of battlefield atrocities World View: Gaddafi is feeding his troops Viagra and ordering them to rape the womenfolk of the rebels … well, maybe. Or is truth, as usual, the first casualty in this war? EPA A woman alone: Iman Al-Obeidi, who claims she was raped by pro-Gaddafi [...]
Tags: CNN, International Criminal Court, Iraq War, Jaguar XK, Libya, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Patrick Cockburn, Peter Arnett, Rape, Sildenafil, Stonewall Jackson, United State, Viagra, Warfare and Conflict
Posted in Libya, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
‘Political language … is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell, ‘Politics and the English Language.’ By Roger Sheety “On June 5, 2011 more than 20 Palestinians were murdered by the Israeli Defense Forces as they marched alongside Syrian protesters towards [...]
Tags: George Orwell, Golan Heights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli-occupied territories, Martin Seemungal, Palestinian people, United States
Posted in Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
AMY GOODMAN: Glenn Greenwald, you’ve also written about Anthony Weiner, “The Joys of Repressed Voyeuristic Titillation.” Very quickly. And then I want to end on gay marriage in New York. The legislature could be poised to pass gay marriage as early as today in New York. But first, Anthony Weiner. GLENN GREENWALD: Right. The Anthony Weiner [...]
Tags: AMY GOODMAN, Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, Democratic, Dick Cheney, Glenn Greenwald, Nancy Pelosi, New York
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June 21, 2011
‘Shocking‘ state of seas threatens mass extinction, say marine experts Overfishing and pollution putting fish, sharks and whales in extreme danger – with extinction ‘inevitable’, study finds Record high temperatures during 1998 wiped out 16% of all tropical coral reefs. Photograph: Darryl Leniuk/Radius Images/Corbis Fish, sharks, whales and other marine species are in imminent danger [...]
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June 21, 2011
AMY GOODMAN: The New York Times reported Saturday President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and Justice Department when he decided he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without congressional authorization. The Obama administration continues to face congressional opposition to the ongoing Libya [...]
Tags: AMY GOODMAN, Barack Obama, John Boehner, New York Times, United States Armed Forces, War Powers Clause, War Powers Resolution, White House
Posted in economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, elections, Elites, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US torture; art and science, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War Crimes, War is a crime | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Greek crisis: EU leaders must act decisively or face disaster, says IMF IMF chief tells eurozone leaders to agree Greece‘s bailout or trigger further global crisis as EU ministers delay €12bn lifeline European Council president Herman Van Rompuy (right) and Greece’s prime minister George Papandreou. EU leaders have been warned by the IMF to act [...]
Tags: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, European Central Bank, European Union, George Papandreou, Greece, Herman Van Rompuy, International Monetary Fund, List of Prime Ministers of Greece
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June 21, 2011
Mayors Tell Congress: Bring War Dollars Home By Lisa Savage http://warisacrime.org/node/58223 BALTIMORE, June 20 – Mayors from around the world met in Baltimore this week to set public policy for the billions of people living in big cities, depending on municipal services to stay safe. While Congress considered allocating another $118 billion to conduct [...]
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Barack Obama, Chellie Pingree, Kitty Piercy, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mike Michaud, United States, United States Conference of Mayors, United States Congress
Posted in War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
GILAD ATZMON: LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBI SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011 AT 7:53PM GILAD ATZMON We are used to reading about Israelis and Jews bragging about the inherent bond between Israel, enlightenment, modernity, science and technology. Hence, it may take us by surprise to find out that in the Jewish State, a dog was ‘sentenced to [...]
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June 21, 2011
Palestine, Israel and America: The Strategic Void “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in [...]
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, European Union, Israel, middle east, Palestine, Palestinian people, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly
Posted in Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Drone strikes claim lives in Pakistan At least nine suspected fighters killed in two separate attacks in the country’s Kurram tribal area, officials say. US drone attacks have angered the Pakistani public and caused tensions between the two countries [EPA] At least nine suspected fighters have been killed after US drones fired missiles at a vehicle and [...]
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