Nato units left 61 African migrants to die of hunger and thirst Exclusive: Boat trying to reach Lampedusa was left to drift in Mediterranean for 16 days, despite alarm being raised Share1587 Jack Shenker in Lampedusa guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 May 2011 21.30 BST Article history Refugees from Libya reach Lampedusa. A Nato ship failed to [...]
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Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Welcome to the McJobs Recovery Posted by Andy Kroll at 5:50pm, May 8, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: For those of you who created a wavelet of contributions in response to our offer on Tuesday of a personalized, signed copy of Adam Hochschild’s remarkable new history of World War I, To End All Wars: [...]
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An email from Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky University of Leeds (UCU) – Blog, November 30, 2009 I had a startling experience a few weeks ago. I travelled to Mexico City for talks at the National University, an enormous and very impressive institution with high standards of achievement and scholarship. Entrance is selective, but the university [...]
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What follows is a very interesting article from the Tom Dispatch site. There is a brief introduction from Tom Englehardt and then there is the article itself by well known authors McCoy and Reilly. As this century unfolds it may [...]
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“BRICS” to reject use of force in Middle East, N.Africa Email Print Reuters – A security official stands guard outside the Sheraton Hotel, the venue of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, … By Ben Blanchard and Ray Colitt – Wed Apr 13, 11:36 am ET SANYA (Reuters) – Leaders from five of the world’s largest emerging economies will reject the use of force in [...]
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Is there a lesson here for the unelected Australian government?
Obama Faces Mounting Arab Disillusionment by David Elkins, May 18, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum On the eve of a much-anticipated address by President Barack Obama on U.S. policy in the Middle East, a new survey suggests that disillusionment with both Obama and Washington’s approaches to the region are once again on [...]
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