April 3, 2012
True Democracy Still Far Off By Gibson Nyikadzino April 03, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — It is fact that in many – if not all ‑ countries of the world, the dominant political discourse consists of ideas put forth by the ruling class. This discourse led Karl Marx to argue that [...]
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March 8, 2012
Measured against today’s standards, leaders like Charles de Gaulle were authoritarian, says Karaganov [GALLO/GETTY] Moscow, Russia - The world is currently being shaken by tectonic changes almost too numerous to count: the ongoing economic crisis is accelerating the degradation of international governance and supranational institutions, and both are occurring alongside a massive shift of economic and [...]
Tags: Asia, Charles de Gaulle, Francis Fukuyama, Iran, Islamism, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, West, Western world, Winston Churchill
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January 14, 2012
The Hollow Democracy Thursday, January 5th, 2012 Maybe they’re trying to remind us that democracy isn’t merely a matter of casting that little vote once every Leap Year — but, far, far more significantly, it’s about getting that right to vote in the first place, keeping that right, and having it [...]
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January 10, 2012
Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012 Posted by Michael Klare at 9:37am, January 10, 2012. Last week, the president made a rare appearance at the Pentagon to unveil a new strategic plan for U.S. military policy (and so spending) over the next decade. Let’s leave the specifics to a future TomDispatch post and focus instead on a historical footnote: [...]
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December 3, 2011
An article by a political analyst that starts with an unusual question. But if you read the rest it does not seem to be so unusual. Democracy is a hated creature as far as the elite is concerned. At their most charitable the elites see it as only a once every so many years marking [...]
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November 29, 2011
By James Petras We live in a time of dynamic, regressive, regime changes. A period in which major political transformations and the dramatic roll back of a half century of socio-economic legislation are accelerated by a prolonged and deepening economic crises and a world-wide financier led offensive. This essay explores major ongoing regime changes that [...]
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November 24, 2011
On Western Democracy by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Every day that passes adds to the fraudulent image of what is called Western democracy. Consider that the entire Western world is outraged that the Greek prime minister announced that he is going to permit the Greek people to decide their own fate instead of having it decided [...]
Tags: European Union, George W. Bush, Greece, Greek, List of Prime Ministers of Greece, Paul Craig Roberts, Politics of Greece, United States
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November 13, 2011
While European leaders are struggling to deal with the crises in Italy and Greece, another debt crisis is looming. The US congress has until November 23 to agree on how to reduce its public debt, or face mandatory budget cuts. Many are concerned that failure to reach a deal might lead to a downgrade of the US [...]
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October 21, 2011
Occupy Rome Giulia Mazzorin 30 Architecture student, from Venice Giulia Mazzorin, architecture student. Photograph: Nick CornishI came with my dog and met friends from Catania, Milan and Naples. I found the camp by chance last Saturday after fleeing from the clashes. I am not a member of any party. I am a virgin when it [...]
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October 20, 2011
There has been a large number of new posts added to this site. Some with a preface written by me and an article written by me that looks at the question of consent. On one hand these are exciting times when you look at what is a new level of appreciation of how the rampant [...]
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October 16, 2011
Occupy movement goes global – in pictures Occupy Wall Street protests are linking up with other Occupy movements around the world An Occupy Wall Street protester, with a US flag stuck over her mouth, holds up a placard in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in New YorkPhotograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Related articles Even the [...]
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August 19, 2011
March 14, 2011 Is Egypt the Future IndoTurkeZil? So Many Ways to Strut Your Democratic Stuff in a New World By Pepe Escobar Three mummies were recently found in an underground temple in Luxor, Egypt. Translated hieroglyphs identified them as the Clash of Civilizations, the End of History, and Islamophobia. They ruled in Western domains [...]
Tags: Arab world, Clash of Civilizations, egypt, Egyptian Army, Hassan al-Banna, Hosni Mubarak, middle east, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
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August 11, 2011
Arab Revolution Caught Between Euphoria and Despair REUTERS More than half a year after the beginning of the Arab Revolution, pro-democracy movements in several countries appear to have stalled. The despots in Syria and Libya are fiercely opposing rebellions in their countries, while Yemen threatens to slide into chaos. Will the trial of Hosni Mubarak in [...]
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August 5, 2011
Pierre Van Peteghem, treasurer of the African Development Bank, addresses the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the Congress Center in Lisbon, Portugal on 07 June 2011 [EPA] Perhaps for the first time in modern history, the future of the global economy lies in the hands of poor countries. The United States [...]
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July 30, 2011
Progressives don’t need more reasons to be disappointed with President Barack Obama’s handling of the deficit talks, but here’s another failing that has not gotten much play: The administration has been so timid on defense cuts that some leading Republicans are now well to the president’s left on this issue. (Flickr/gregwest98) SHARE THIS STORY. [...]
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July 29, 2011
A Facebook group co-ordinating the protests has urged Syrians to turn up for Friday’s protests [Reuters] Syrian security forces have continued their clampdown on the pro-democracy movement, killing four protesters and arresting two leading activists on the eve of more mass rallies. In the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, where security forces were carrying out operations in nearly [...]
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July 29, 2011
Looking at austerity measures implemented in the past, it becomes clear that they only leave those countries poorer and more vulnerable [GALLO/GETTY] Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and unfettered markets – brought the world to the brink of ruin. Even in its hey-day, from the early 1980s [...]
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July 26, 2011
For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]
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July 26, 2011
Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen points out, there’s more to the story: The latest revelations in the UK about phone hacking, bribing the police, and frightening political leaders are just [...]
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July 26, 2011
The war in Iraq created another ‘puppet’ regime. (Zoriah.net) By James Petras Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance [...]
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July 24, 2011
The imperial project as we have seen it unfold on the part of the US and other countries around the world has always come hand in hand with the destruction of any and all existing free, democratic or libertarian institutions that exist in the target countries. In order to strip these countries of the resources [...]
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July 13, 2011
US politicians continue to press for detainees captured overseas to be tried in military courts [EPA] When Ahmed Warsame was captured by US forces in April, he didn’t know that he would be interrogated on a ship at sea, then rendered to trial in New York City nearly three months later. It also probably didn’t occur [...]
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July 13, 2011
The rebels faced a tough task in trying to take the town of Asabah [Reuters] Libyan rebel fighters say they have retaken the village of Qawalish in western Libya from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. The village fell to Gaddafi forces earlier on Wednesday, but the rebels said they had staged a successful counter-attack to seize [...]
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July 13, 2011
Phyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is also a fellow of the Transnational What follows is in the form of a letter by Phyllis Bennis the author of the article beside this one on this page. It summarises thoughts, actions, initiatives and the continuing [...]
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July 7, 2011
Just when you thought your years on the planet supporting the capital project and the callous billionaire leeches would reap a tiny reward from the loyal employees of the elite your luck runs out. all those years on the day shift, or the factory or the conveyor belt or the school or the hospital all mean [...]
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July 6, 2011
Every once in a while the news for those of you who think that decency and equality and freedom really means something gets good. The non stop erosion of liberty by the rampant and incorrigible forces of reaction is what seems so strong. Yet the fact that their power rests in opinion is proven time [...]
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July 6, 2011
This is yet another good article at the Gilad Atzmon site. That site can by reached at http://www.gilad.co.uk/. This article has an interview between Cattori and Plionis. I have has been mentioned on this page a few times that Israel has become like a new found friend for Greece. That raises a further interesting point. The [...]
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July 5, 2011
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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July 4, 2011
A day after she led Pheu Thai party to a landslide victory in parliamentary elections in Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra has announced a new five-party coalition government. Yingluck, a sister of the ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, unveiled an agreement on Monday where the new coalition will control about 60 per cent of parliament, or 299 seats. The accord came unusually [...]
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July 4, 2011
Libya Rebels Reject Another Peace Plan, Vow New Offensive Calls for Peace a ‘Non-Starter’ for NATO-Backed Rebels by Jason Ditz, July 03, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The East Libyan rebel governemnt has again rejected an international attempt at brokering a ceasefire in the war-torn nation, saying any peace talks were [...]
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July 4, 2011
When you are down and out or that’s what the elites are telling you , what you need is a good friend. But beware the fangs of the viper. It was only a day ago I posted an article and asked if Greece had started paying the interest yet on the loans. It [...]
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July 4, 2011
India‘s economy has been growing quickly, but activists say democracy is suffering because prosperity is being hoarded by a small group of corrupt elites [EPA] 2010 was the year of scams in India – the 2G telecom swindle, Commonwealth Games, Adarsh and plenty of others. 2011 has emerged as the year of the fight against corruption – [...]
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July 3, 2011
Time and bailouts do not cushion anemic post-crisis recoveries from the inevitable next shock [GALLO/GETTY] The global economy is in the midst of its second growth scare in less than two years. Get used to it. In a post-crisis world, these are the footprints of a failed recovery. The reason is simple. The typical business [...]
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July 3, 2011
Yingluck Shinawatra will be Thailand‘s first female prime minister [Reuters] Thailand’s prime minister has conceded defeat in the country’s elections, paving the way for Yingluck Shinawatra, the leader of the opposition and the sister of the ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, to form the next government. With almost all the votes counted, Puea Thai had [...]
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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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