What it Will Take to Make Renewable Energy a Reality in the US LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. Wind and solar sources make up almost half of all new electricity generation in Europe, but we’re far behind in the [...]
WASHINGTON — With just over three months until the last U.S. troops are currently due to leave Iraq, the Department of Defense is engaged in a mad dash to give away things that cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars to buy and build. The giveaways include enormous, elaborate military bases and vast amounts of military equipment [...]
Ties between Pakistan and the US have worsened since ISI was accused of supporting armed group [Reuters] Pakistan’s prime minister has warned the United States that continued accusations of playing a double game in the “war on militancy” only risked fanning anti-Americanism in his country. Yusuf Raza Gilani, speaking in an interview with Reuters news agency on [...]
Pakistan Scrambles for New Allies as Split With US Seems Likely Army Commanders Dismiss US Allegations of Terrorism by Jason Ditz, September 26, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Following a a multi-hour meeting on Sunday, Pakistan’s military commanders publicly rejected the multiple US allegations of attacking the US Embassy in Kabul, and agreed to [...]
Living off the landfill: Indonesia‘s resident scavengers One of the many Indonesian families who live on the Jakarta waste ‘mountain‘ in a home built from rubbish. Photograph: Javaz Tizmaghz for the Guardian Jakarta’s ‘mountain’ waste tip provides a living – and a home – for 2,000 families reddit this Kate Hodal in Jakarta guardian.co.uk, Tuesday [...]
Appeal court criticises judge’s approach to riot sentencing Lord Justice Leveson, one of three appeal judges, criticised the sentencing initiative in Manchester of Judge Andrew Gilbart. Photograph: Wpa Pool/Getty Images Lord chief justice says if other crown courts had circulated alternative tariffs it would have been a ‘recipe for chaos’ reddit this Owen Bowcott, [...]
Libyan Islamists must have share in power, warns leader Libyan Islamists must not be marginalised, says Abdel Hakim Belhaj, leader of the Tripoli Military Council. Photograph: Francois Mori/AP Libya‘s Islamist groups “will not allow” secular politicians to exclude or marginalise them in the intensifying battle for power in the post-Gaddafi era, the country’s most powerful [...]
Merkel tries to rally support for Greece and euro ahead of crucial EFSF vote The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, warned that Greece should ‘do its homework’. Photograph: Picture Perfect/Rex Features Chancellor faces widespread scepticism to enlarging eurozone bailout fund among German public and her own MPs Germany pledged support to Greece today in a desperate effort [...]
The planned construction of a highway through a national park and indigenous territory has been suspended by Bolivia‘s president after police clashed with demonstrators who have been marching for over a month to protest against the plan. Evo Morales announced his decision on Monday, hours after police released hundreds of activists who had blocked roads and stopped [...]
Why al-Qaeda Won by Walden Bello, September 27, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum With the 10th anniversary of the crime that was 9/11, the question inevitably crops up: Who won, the United States or al-Qaeda? According to the politically correct answer, although al-Qaeda has been decimated, it has been a Pyrrhic victory for Washington. [...]
Empire of the Son The president’s parents were supporters, not opponents, of American hegemony. Thaddeus Russell from the October 2011 issue A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother, by Janny Scott, Riverhead, 376 pages, $26.95 The Roots of Obama’s Rage, by Dinesh D’Souza, Regnery, 258 pages, $14.99 Although the debate over Barack Obama’s [...]
Pentagon to Increase Presence of US Trainers in Afghanistan by 800 Afghan forces, incapable and criminal, are pathetically unprepared to take over responsibility for security by John Glaser, September 26, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The United States will increase the number of American military trainers in Afghanistan by 800 in the [...]
Two ‘systematic’ acts of brutality and coverup By HIROAKI SATO NEW YORK — When Mark Hatfield, who had served as a U.S. Senator from Oregon for three decades, died in early August, obituaries noted that he was one of the first U.S. soldiers to visit Hiroshima not long after the atomic bombing of the city, [...]
Are We At War With Pakistan? Seems like it… by Justin Raimondo, September 26, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In the days before the Empire, generals – particularly Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs – kept their mouths shut. The Founders’ justified fears of military intrusion into the political realm were still present in the American [...]
Germany Makes Another Balkan Mess |More Ted Galen Carpenter | September 26, 2011 German chancellor Angela Merkel has received undeserved praise for adopting an uncompromising position regarding Kosovo in meetings with Serbian president Boris Tadic. The latest example of a laudatory reaction is the piece by Morton Abramowitz and James Hooper. Abramowitz and Hooper are thrilled [...]
The Occupied Turn Occupiers By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/occupied-turn-occupiers In a recent debate Congressman Ron Paul claimed the United States military had troops in 130 countries. The St. Petersburg Times looked into whether such an outrage could actually be true and was obliged to report that the number was actually 148 countries. However, if you watch [...]
Embarrassing Obama in free-fall as gangster morals kill peace process by STUART LITTLEWOOD on SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 No-one connected with the old discredited peace “circus” should be allowed anywhere near the new quest for justice in the Holy Land. Too many are strangers to fair play and appear to share the mentality of gangsters and others [...]
Quintessentially Authoritarian Foreign Policy John Glaser, September 26, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Reuters: Pakistan’s military will not take action against the Haqqani militant group that Washington blames for an attack against its embassy in Kabul, despite mounting American pressure to do so, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Monday. …The Pakistani commanders [...]
. Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, which has planted 20 to 30 million trees in Africa [Reuters] Kenyan Nobel laureate Maathai dies Africa’s first women Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai dies in Nairobi while receiving cancer treatment, aged 71 Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi [...]
Much of the mainstream media is covering Rabbani’s death as the end of the peace process with the Taliban [EPA] Did the Rabbani hit really kill peace talks? Rabbani could not offer the Taliban the one condition needed for a peace agreement – the full withdrawal of US troops. Gareth Porter Last Modified: 26 Sep [...]
The Senate stayed in session later than planned to strike the deal [AFP] US Senate averts government shutdown Legislators strike deal to allow government to continue operations while also providing aid to victims of disasters. The US Senate has reached a deal to avert a government shutdown and make billions of dollars of aid available to [...]
Visitors watch Pipilotti Rist‘s Lobe of the Lung. Photograph: Linda Nylind Pipilotti Rist: big time sensuality She’s danced topless to the Beatles, made a chandelier from pants and filmed inside the human body. Adrian Searle is hooked on the womanly world of artist Pipilotti Rist reddit this Comments (0) Adrian Searle guardian.co.uk, Monday 26 September [...]
Vladimir Putin: return of the king The then President Putin at a military shooting range in 2006 Photograph: Itar-Tass/Reuters It is virtually inevitable that Putin will next year become Russia‘s president again. What will that mean for Russia, the world, and indeed the man who just can’t seem to give up power? reddit this Luke [...]
