November 9, 2011
Any fossil fuel infrastructure built in the next five years will cause irreversible climate change, according to the IEA. Photograph: Rex Features World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly changed, the world will ‘lose for ever’ the chance to avoid dangerous climate change [...]
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October 20, 2011
I, along with many others was warning readers about the awful killing machines, the Drones. They are a weapon with nothing more than a continually updated capacity to kill and destroy while using highly suspect forms of surveillance. What they really do is to simply be employed against a site where there is some suspicion or advantage attaching [...]
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October 15, 2011
The grim reality of life under Alabama‘s brutal immigration law Alabama immigration law: anyone failing to carry immigraton papers is now deemed to be committing a criminal act. Photograph: Gary Tramontina/Polaris Fear of detention, families torn apart – Hispanics in Alabama are trapped in a unique half-life under punishing new immigrant laws • Latest: police can [...]
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September 21, 2011
The Racial Divide Is There and Waiting AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais One should never forget the presence of racism in politics. Perhaps most of all it should always be at the forefront that the racist elements are usually quite well represented in the governments that are the first to proclaim their intent to keep [...]
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August 27, 2011
In Washington, at least 275 protesters have been arrested oppossing a pipeline which they say will damage ecosystems, increase oil dependency and worsen global warming [GALLO/GETTY] David Daniel had never been to an environmental protest before this week, but as hundreds converge in Washington for civil disobedience against a massive oil pipeline, the retired carpenter from Texas is spearheading [...]
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August 16, 2011
After Months of Pushing for ‘Request’ White House Will ‘Consider’ Staying in Iraq As Attacks Continue to Grow, Spokesman Says Still Waiting for Iraqi Request by Jason Ditz, August 15, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Pretending as usual with that months of haranguing the Maliki government into allowing US troops to [...]
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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 6, 2011
Obama Counterterrorism Strategy Lies and Fails John Glaser, July 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum When the Obama administration last week released their new National Strategy for Counterterrorism I naively expected some honest iteration of policy of the kind that slip through in declassified NSC reports. That wasn’t the case. Rather, [...]
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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 3, 2011
U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray By Craig Whitlock, Sunday, July 3, 9:54 AM The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the main means of providing American and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment. Although Pakistan [...]
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June 27, 2011
Arab activists say liberalisation of trade, investment and deregulation advocated by the US and the EU as part of their aid packages had contributed to the unrest in the first place. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features Arab activists warned on Monday that conditions attached to western aidthreatened to undercut the goals of economic and social justice at the [...]
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June 27, 2011
2010 Sydney Peace Prize to Dr. Vandana Shiva, Indian Scientist and Environmental Campaigner The distinguished Indian physicist and environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva is the recipient of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize. The citation for Dr. Shiva’s selection reads, “For courageous leadership of movements for social justice – the empowerment of women in developing countries, advocacy [...]
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June 27, 2011
With the ever growing presence of fascist thought starting to dominate the mainstream of the media it is useful to look around at what people who are not psychopaths think about the directions being taken at present around the planet. Here in australia we are firmly in the grip of an unelected Prime Minister who [...]
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Civilian control of the military, David Petraeus, Naval Postgraduate School, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Ron Paul, Scott Horton, TomDispatch.com, United State, United States
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June 26, 2011
Politics shapes strategy in conflicts of choice — which is another reason to avoid them In National Review, The Weekly Standard, and the Washington Post, leading War on Terror hawks are expressing outrage at the timeline President Obama set for troop reductions in Afghanistan. Their complaint: politics is driving American policy. “So why September 2012?” Bill Kristol writes. [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, middle east, National Review, Osama BinLaden, Saddam Hussein, United States, Washington Post
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June 26, 2011
NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) – Supporters of Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr have offered to carry out suicide attacks against US troops in Iraq, his office said Saturday, as a year-end deadline for a US pullout looms. “Thank you, my dear friends, and God bless you,” Sadr wrote in reply to the offer from loyalists of [...]
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June 26, 2011
You may wonder why in a world beset with massive environmental problems as well as endless wars it all seems to come down to a dollar value before the penny drops. But is it the right penny? Saying that the war in Afghanistan is a costly mess or any words to that effect only further legitimises the [...]
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June 26, 2011
US Vows to Arm Philippines to Fight China Clinton Calls for Restraint, Announces More Weapons Transfers by Jason Ditz, June 24, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum With the disputes over the unpopulated Spratly Islands continuing to grow, the Obama Administration has announced that it is preparing a major increase in arms [...]
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June 25, 2011
Even Democrats seem to be able to see that there is at least a problem. President ‘becoming an absolute monarch’ on war powers, Dem says By Pete Kasperowicz - 06/24/11 09:56 AM ET A House Democrat warned Friday that the U.S. president is becoming an “absolute monarch” on matters related to the authority to start a war. Rep. [...]
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June 23, 2011
All this may look good but think about the fact that they should not be there at all and that a mercenary army will have ti be there to protect their precious assets and it all comes to nought. Now how long ago was it that the great crawler Julia said we were there regardless? [...]
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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 [...]
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June 20, 2011
Obama’s third war US President Barack Obama’s promises that Libya would be a short war with humanitarian aims have fallen flat. US President Barack Obama now has his country mired in another military quagmire in Libya [GALLO/GETTY] Republicans in the United States Senate held a hearing in early April to discuss the progress of what [...]
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June 20, 2011
Protests follow Syrian president’s speech Rallies held across the country as activists say reforms pledged by Bashar al-Assad are not enough. Syrians who have fled into Turkey protested in refugee vamps after Assad’s speech [AFP] Protesters have taken to the streets across Syria to denounce a speech by President Bashar al-Assad, saying his address did not meet popular [...]
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June 18, 2011
US in talks with Taliban, says Karzai Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, confirms US involvement in the peace talks at a news conference in Kabul Share22 Reuters guardian.co.uk, Saturday 18 June 2011 10.23 BST Article history Diplomats have already said there have been months of preliminary talks between the two sides. Photograph: Reza Shirmohammadi/AP The US [...]
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June 18, 2011
Whatever attitude you adopt it is hard to go past the fact that the US was with Iraq and our co-criminal involvement was all about oil as a resource as well as about controlling oil reserves in the Middle East. Of course that spreads to and includes other countries with estimated massive reserves of gas [...]
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June 18, 2011
Pulling Obama at Both Ends on Afghanistan Pullout John Glaser, June 17, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Obama will make a public decision on an initial draw-down of troops in Afghanistan in the next few weeks. On one end, we have Defense Secretary Gates, General Petraeus, and – officially now – the [...]
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June 13, 2011
Washington Post Wants Endless War By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58137 The Pentagon Washington Post has yet to mention Section 1034 of the Defense Authorization Act of 2012, but you can expect it — if it passes the Senate — to show up in many a future editorial, as it will give presidents the “legal” (although unconstitutional) [...]
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June 9, 2011
Lawmakers call for reduced Afghan role Email Print Reuters – Senator John Kerry (D-MA) speaks during a news conference in Islamabad May 16, 2011. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood Slideshow:Afghanistan Play VideoAfghanistan Video:Panetta backs responsible withdrawal from Aghanistan 13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads Play VideoAfghanistan Video:In Kabul, air pollution a bigger killer than war AFP By Missy Ryan and [...]
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June 7, 2011
So the size of the U.S. troop pullout President Obama is slated to announce later this month now varies by an order of magnitude: those who want to preserve the gains earned over the past year are suggesting about 3,000 — of the 100,000 U.S. troops now there — would be about the right number [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, Hamid Karzai, Joe Biden, Leon Panetta, Osama BinLaden, Robert Gates
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June 6, 2011
Iraqi activist: PM paints protesters as terrorists – Sun Jun 5, 8:46 am ET BAGHDAD – A leading Iraqi human rights organizer who confronted the prime minister on national TV says he is trying to paint legitimate protesters as terrorists. Hana Adwar’s comments were broadcast live Sunday during a human rights conference in Baghdad attended by Prime Minister Nouri [...]
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June 5, 2011
Taliban Move Into Kandahar City Insurgents Stage Urban Strikes as the U.S. Fights for Territory Around Afghanistan‘s No. 2 Metropolis June 4, 2011 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—The Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan is turning urban, as the American military surge in their rural heartland drives militants into the maze of Kandahar, the nation’s second-largest city. The U.S. [...]
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June 5, 2011
The Libyan artists driving Gaddafi to the wall In cities that have fallen to the rebels, such as Benghazi, the beleaguered leader is the subject of taunts and derision, the visual outpouring of pent-up hatred Share87 Comments (11) Rory Mulholland The Observer, Sunday 5 June 2011 Article history End of his reign? Muammar Gaddafi [...]
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June 4, 2011
War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity The brutality with which the US government exercises its “war on terror” is condemned both by the court of international public opinion and by the principles of international law governing human rights. The wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan and the torture of [...]
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June 3, 2011
Libyan who claims she was raped by Gaddafi troops deported from Qatar As Nato continues strikes on Tripoli, US expresses concerns for the safety of Iman al-Obeidi Share10 Associated Press in Tripoli guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 June 2011 18.35 BST Article history Iman al-Obeidi who claims she was raped by Gaddafi’s troopsis in Benghazi after [...]
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June 3, 2011
Portugal limps into election that could tilt EU further to the right Poll suggests beleaguered economy weighed down by onerous €78bn bailout will be the latest surrendered by a leftwing leader Share Giles Tremlett guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 June 2011 15.41 BST Article history Portugal’s Socialist prime minister José Sócrates faces losing Sunday’s election after [...]
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June 3, 2011
These are the latest videos available at the RealNews site. Honduras rejoins OAS, Ecuador votes no Following the return of former president Manuel Zelaya, OAS votes to reinstate Honduras Go to story | Go to homepage Call to Decriminalise Drugs The global war on drugs has failed, a group of past and [...]
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June 2, 2011
JUAN GONZALEZ: Extreme weather across the United States has been dominating the news for weeks, from tornadoes to floods to drought. This is just a sampling of some recent news reports. PETER MANSBRIDGE, CBC: Now more than 1,500 people are still unaccounted for following Sunday evening’s tornado in Joplin, Missouri. The storm killed at least [...]
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June 2, 2011
This type of action serves to highlight what these people like Kissinger have done. It is all very worthwhile, but a little scary for the arrester. George Ikners ikners.com a WordPress site Kissinger Protested at New York Event Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger came under protest Tuesday at a public event in New [...]
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June 1, 2011
Misdiagnosing the Middle East |More F. Gregory Gause III | May 26, 2011 There is a dangerous consensus about the Middle East based on the assumption that authoritarian politics are the root of instability, violence and anti-Americanism. Thus the United States is obliged, for both its own security and the furtherance of its values, to [...]
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June 1, 2011
With the arrest of Mladic it is a good idea to remember that war criminals are not restricted to the vanquished. Often the greatest crimes are committed by the victors and of course quite conveniently forgotten. The major matter that springs to mind was the vaporisation of two Japanese cities as the final kick in the war against the Japanese. In [...]
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June 1, 2011
Refugees marching in 1989 Refugees to March from Lebanon on June 5 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will march toward borders between Lebanon and the occupied territories on Sunday commemorating the mass dispossession of Palestinians in 1967. In Lebanon, two rallies will be held in Maron Ar-Ras and Naqoura near the country’s borders with Israel, [...]
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May 31, 2011
Emperor Obama vs the Arab people Despite calling for change in some parts of the Middle East, the US president reaffirmed the status quo where it counts. Joseph Massad Last Modified: 21 May 2011 13:17 By giving Israel his unflinching support, Obama has alienated much of the Arab world [GALLO/GETTY] In 1960, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan [...]
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May 30, 2011
America’s Coming Nakba Obama knows America is threatened by this subservience. By William A. Cook ‘From the moment we took on a role that included the permanent military domination of the world, we were on our own—feared, hated, corrupt and corrupting, maintaining ‘order’ through state terrorism and bribery, and given to megalomanic rhetoric and sophistries [...]
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May 28, 2011
Here is a link to a Democracy Now! video about the return of Zelaya to Honduras. http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6840 In many ways this is quite a remarkable video with interviews of people in Honduras. Please remember that the RealNews does a very valuable job in assisting people come to rational views on world events. So if [...]
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May 28, 2011
UK training Saudi forces used to crush Arab spring • British military personnel run courses for snipers • Human rights groups furious over Riyadh link Share198 Jamie Doward and Philippa Stewart guardian.co.uk, Saturday 28 May 2011 21.00 BST Article history Saudi special forces, seen here training in Mecca, were used to crush protests in [...]
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May 27, 2011
These are pretty high stakes when you look at the continued existence of the capital project and the continued concentration of wealth is so few hands. It really seems to be the case that despite what may be being said there really is enough room on the planet for the population today. What we are running out of space for is [...]
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May 27, 2011
Massive Anti-US Rally in Baghdad: Shi’ites Demand Pullout Top US Commander Slams March as ‘Affront to Iraq‘s Democracy’ by Jason Ditz, May 26, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Though Iraq’s government had mostly managed to keep the protesters off the streets over the past several weeks, a massive rally organized by [...]
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May 27, 2011
If a vote were held in Canberra do you think it would be anything other than extremely close to unanimous. That’s what you get for lovin’ the US. House Call to End Afghan War Suffers Narrow Defeat Massive Swing From 2010 Vote Shows Growing Antiwar Sentiment by Jason Ditz, May 26, 2011 Email This | Print [...]
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May 26, 2011
Welcome to the violent world of Mr. Hopey Changey 26 May 2011 When Britain lost control of Egypt in 1956, Prime Minister Anthony Eden said he wanted the nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser “destroyed… murdered… I don’t give a damn if there’s anarchy and chaos in Egypt”. Those insolent Arabs, Winston Churchill had urged in [...]
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May 26, 2011
Obama, Cameron Vow Escalation of Libya War House Amendment Reiterates Illegality of Conflict by Jason Ditz, May 25, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Meeting today in London, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron once again insisted that the NATO war in Libya will continue until Moammar Gadhafi is [...]
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May 26, 2011
There is Much More to Say Noam Chomsky ZNet, May 2011 After the assassination of bin Laden I received such a deluge of requests for comment that I was unable to respond individually, and on May 4 and later I sent an unedited form response instead, not intending for it to be posted, and expecting [...]
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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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