(photo: waterdotorg) US Intelligence Report: Expect Water Wars Soon Report sees biotechnology, agricultural exports and virtual water trade as the way forward – Common Dreams staff A report released today on global water security from the Defense Intelligence Agency assesses that in next 10 years, water instability will be likely in “nations important to the [...]
‘Stability’ Trumps Democracy in Egypt Charles Davis and Medea Benjamin, March 24, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Confronted with popular protest, the country’s unelected rulers have doubled down on repression, jailing peaceful activists and killing dozens of civilians who have the gall to exercise their rights. Those who state security forces haven’t [...]
Photo Credit: U.S. Dept. of Commerce 3 Ways Sex-Based Discrimination Harms the Economy Challenges to women’s economic participation in the economy exist not only in countries around the world, but also in the United States. March 8, 2012 | The impact of women’s entrepreneurship on the global economy cannot be underestimated. In 2010, 104 million women in [...]
Perhaps the luckiest people on the planet are those in the US and those who follow their lead in creating imperial hegemony. The level of war crimes committed by people like Clinton, Obama, Blair. Howard and more recently Gillard here in Australia would see any person not so close to the elites struggling to defend [...]
Hillary Clinton speaks to the press following the Friends of Syria conference. Photograph: Jason Reed/AFP/Getty Images Two weeks ago I met the Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu and we talked about the efficacy of the high-powered Friends of Syria gatherings – the latest of which took place in Tunis last weekend – in finding a [...]
China: US, Europe have hegemonistic goals in Syria By SCOTT McDONALD, Associated Press Saturday, February 25, 2012 The United States and Europe are “harboring hegemonistic ambitions” in Syria, China’s state news agency said Saturday, a day after Beijing was condemned at an international conference held to find a way to halt [...]
Click to view caption Dempsey meets Tantawi and Anan to discuss tense Egypt-US relations This week’s diplomatic efforts did not seem to ease the row between the US and Egypt caused by the decision by Egypt’s military rulers to place 43 NGO employees, including 19 Americans, [...]
There has been a flurry of recent visits to Myanmar by Western governments offering more development assistance. The US says it now wants to restore full diplomatic relations with the nation following its recent reforms. “They haven’t changed anything yet, but they saw the Arab Spring happening in the Middle East [...]
Wikileaks: Did Chain of Command Fail Bradley Manning? – Common Dreams staff New questions are being raised about the scapegoating of Bradley Manning underway after a massive failure of the US military chain of command. Bradley ManningThe Christian Science Monitor reported: Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s alleged release of hundreds of thousands of military and diplomatic documents – many [...]
After the grovelling to Obama so willingly supplied by the Australian PM Gillard comes a few home truths. Lapdogs and the like never get any more than table scraps, while the elite dine in luxury. Only someone as foolish and as pro US as Gillard and her racist Labor Party could [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to register her political party in Naypyidaw Photo: AFP/GETTY By Dean Nelson, South Asia Editor 3:04PM GMT 23 Dec 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi registers political party Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma’s democracy movement met the speakers of the country’s parliament and registered her political party to contest [...]
DPA Planes taking off and landing in Europe must now pay for their emissions. Article from Der Spiegel- link http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,805353,00.html Europe’s highest court has backed an EU emissions trading scheme for the aviation industry, angering leaders and airlines abroad. Experts warn the ruling could spark a trade war. Despite the tensions, German commentators on Thursday encouraged EU officials [...]
Egyptian women protest in Cairo against brutal treatment Hundreds of women join rally against Egypt‘s military rule as Clinton denounces treatment of female protesters Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Cairo to protest against military rule and the brutal treatment of female protesters by Egypt‘s security services. The women rallied outside a government [...]
. Clinton warned Myanmar to be wary of donors whose main interest is resource extraction [GALLO/GETTY] When a team of health professionals reached the makeshift camps along the China-Myanmar border in September to meet with refugees displaced by fighting in Kachin State, they encountered a young boy whose tale symptomises how debased the wars in [...]
Rallies in at least 15 cities are expected as anger over claims of fraud by the ruling United Russia party grows [EPA] Russia is bracing itself for the first nationwide protest against Vladimir Putin’s 12-year rule amid signs of swelling anger over a poll won by his ruling United Russia party with the alleged help of widescale fraud. Moscow authorities gave permission for 30,000 [...]
Obama’s risky oil threat to China By Michael T KlareWhen it comes to China policy, is the Barack Obama administration leaping from the frying pan directly into the fire? In an attempt to turn the page on two disastrous wars in the Greater Middle East, it may have just launched [...]
Appeasement Complex By John Feffer Several years ago, I wrote an article about Burmese cooking. My editor at the magazine inserted a sentence at the end of the piece that read something like this: “And there has never been a better time to visit Burma and sample its delicious cuisine.” I immediately [...]
Israeli ministers hit back after the nation’s press reported comments by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying she feared for the future of Israel‘s democracy. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith, File) JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after local media quoted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying she feared for the future [...]
Myanmar ‘already has in Aung San Suu Kyi its very own Nelson Mandela‘, writes author [GALLO/GETTY] Tokyo, Japan – Historic transformations often happen when least expected. Mikhail Gorbachev‘s liberalising policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union emerged at one of the Cold War’s darkest hours, with US President Ronald Reagan pushing for strategic missile defence [...]
US secretary of state tells new leaders to stay on path of democratisation for further improvement in relations. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on a historic visit to Myanmar.The two women shared a private dinner at the home of the top-ranking US diplomat [...]
Cover of Woody Allen Woody Allen’s Son Wins Rhodes Scholarship Ronan Farrow Scoops Honor; Ultra-Orthodox Woman Wins Too By Forward Staff Published November 21, 2011. PRINT EMAIL SHARE Ronan Farrow, the over-achieving son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. The 23-year-old, who graduated college at 15 and already aced Yale Law [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi will compete for a seat in parliament at the election. Photograph: Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images Burma poised to free jailed activists as it edges closer to democracy As the pace of the ‘Burmese Spring’ accelerates, release of political prisoners will be crucial to lifting EU and US sanctions reddit this Comments [...]
The US is accused of killing civilians in the Philippines while carrying out ‘counter-terrorism’ activities [GALLO/GETTY] As Australia should know very well being the “true friend downunder”. Means being the true partner in wars and war crimes all over the world. In allowing an expanded role to the US in Australia we are simply [...]
Antiwar.com’s Week in Review | October 28, 2011 Angela Keaton, October 28, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Antiwar.com’s Week in Review | October 28, 2011 IN THIS ISSUE Mission accomplished in Libya? Surge in Af-Pak isn’t working The continuing role, post-Iraq The empire turns to Africa Assorted news from [...]
The Return of Barbarism How imperialism corrupts the soul of America by Justin Raimondo, October 24, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum “We came, we saw, he died,” babbled our notoriously bloodthirsty Secretary of State as news of Moammar Gadhafi’s grisly murder hit the headlines. Throwing her arms up in a gesture of mock-triumph, she averred – [...]
Hamid Karzai claims on TV his country ‘will side with Pakistan if US attacks’ Hamid Karzai’s controversial remarks during a TV interview came hours after US secretary of state Hillary Clinton‘s visit to the region. Photograph: Reuters Afghan president accused of hypocrisy and ingratitude over remarks made soon after Hillary Clinton’s visit to the [...]
Beware of strangers bearing gifts. Post-modern Amazon and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally landed in Tripoli – on a military jet – to lavish praise on the dodgy Transitional National Council (TNC), those pportunists/defectors/Islamists formerly known as “North Atlantic Treaty Organization rebels”. Clinton was greeted on Tuesday “on the soil [...]
Clinton told Afghan civic leaders that the US would not abandon the country [AFP] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has encouraged Afghanistan’s wary leadership and civic leaders to keep up Taliban reconciliation efforts and boost counterterrorism co-operation with Pakistan, as the Obama administration presses ahead with troop withdrawal plans. On an unannounced visit to Kabul, Clinton told civic [...]
Clinton pledges increased aid for Libya Making an unannounced visit, US secretary of state praises those who “stood up against a dictator’s aggression”. Clinton, centre, said the US would ’return Libya’s frozen assets’ and provide more aid [AFP] The US secretary of state has pledged increased support to Libya and and praised Libyans for demonstrating “bravery [...]
Malalai Joya’s Message on the Anniversary of the Afghanistan Invasion Eric Garris, October 09, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum A message from former Afghan MP and Parliamentarian in the National Assembly Malalai Joya. She was ousted for denouncing the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan parliament. She is the [...]
Over 1,000 women are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo [GALLO/GETTY] The price of oppressing your women A recent Newsweek article listed the best and worst places to be a woman, and explained the disadvantages of oppression. The top and the bottom of the list of countries in Newsweek’s recent cover story, [...]
US ready to fight UN bid to bitter end Published yesterday (updated) 14/09/2011 17:30 Palestinians take part in a protest marking the 63rd anniversary of the “Nakba” (catastrophe) in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 12, 2011. [MaanImages/Luay Sababa] WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States has decided to fight to the bitter [...]
Why the Tar Sands Pipeline Will Be Game Over for Our Planet James Hansen being arrested at the White House, August 29, 2011. Photo Credit: tarsandsaction.org The country’s leading climatologist talks about why he was arrested at the Tar Sands protests in DC and what the pipeline will mean for our future. September [...]
Israeli marines shot dead nine Turkish passengers on the Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010 [AFP] Israel says it will stick to its refusal to apologise to Turkey for killing nine of its citizens on a Gaza-bound aid ship, an Israeli official has said. Wednesday’s announcement, which the official said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu conveyed to [...]
AMSTERDAM – The European Union may decide in the next week or two to broaden its sanctions against the Syrian regime and state-run businesses, stepping up the pressure on President Bashar Assad to end the crackdown on anti-government protesters, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said Friday. Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has been lobbying [...]
Protesters in the Midan area of Damascus chant for the execution of President Bashar al-Assad [3ayeef] Security forces in Syria have again used deadly force to clamp down on protests as citizens gathered across the country for Friday prayers and to call for the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, according to activists and witnesses in [...]
Will the PA go through with its UN initiative? (UN) By Josh Ruebner The Roman philosopher and politician Cicero urged orators to ‘Strain every nerve to gain your point.’ The Obama Administration appears to have taken his advice to heart in its attempts to make the case that the United States should oppose Palestinian efforts [...]
U.S. Moves Closer to Call for Regime Change in Syria by Jim Lobe, August 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Amidst growing calls in Congress for stronger measures to effect “regime change” in Syria, the administration of President Barack Obama is escalating its rhetoric against President Bashar Al-Assad. [...]
Potential 1,500 mile pipeline could be ‘essentially game over’ for the climate [GALLO/GETTY] Potential 1,500 mile pipeline could be ‘essentially game over’ for the climate [GALLO/GETTY] It took some serious digging in the sock drawer, but eventually I found my ‘Environmentalists for Obama’ button left over from the ’08 campaign. I [...]
It’s not exactly a secret that I’ve long been a fan of professional wrestling. These days, this also means being a fan of Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and its current top star John Cena. But not every fan likes Cena. In fact, some downright hate him. Though packaged as the ultimate good guy—whose [...]
photos from Tripoli – Libya Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi has a “suicidal plan” to blow up the capital Tripoli if it is taken by rebels, the Kremlin’s special envoy to Libya told a Russian newspaper Thursday. “The Libyan premier told me: if the rebels seize the city, we will cover it with missiles and [...]
Syria has denounced a statement by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost legitimacy and was “not indispensable”. “Syria strongly condemns the statements of the American foreign minister … these remarks are provocative and aim at continuing the internal tension,” Syria’s state news agency, SANA, said [...]
Even the Clintons can tell the truth….but not often. apparently Hillary told our esteemed and boy wonder Foreign Affairs Supremo that it was hard to argue with your banker. Probably that means that sooner or later she would /might need to know the answer. But in true Clinton style what don’t go ’round don’t go ’round. China [...]
The Audacity of Hope will join Freedom Flotilla II in the latest attempt to break the Israeli siege on Gaza. By Ramzy Baroud United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made a series of stern and fiery statements recently, giving the impression that war is somehow on us once again. Oddly, Clinton’s sudden reappearance [...]
Hundreds of Thousands Rally Across Syria Demanding Assad’s Ouster 24 Killed by Security Forces as Demonstrators ‘Red Card‘ Dictator by Jason Ditz, July 01, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Friday protests in Syria get bigger every week. This was true again this week, where hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the [...]
US Formally Recognizes Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Clinton Says US Would Welcome ‘Dialogue’ With Political Party by Jason Ditz, June 30, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In early February the US ruled out ever recognizing the Muslim Brotherhood, a political party in Egypt which seems to be destined for a significant showing in [...]
Transparent and Trustworthy Israel Now that’s a laugh by Scott A. Hill, July 01, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum How good of Netanyahu to allow journalists to accompany Israeli forces when they intercept the international aid flotilla bound for Gaza in the next few days. This – apparently – is to ensure [...]
The Audacity of Hope will join Freedom Flotilla II in the latest attempt to break the Israeli siege on Gaza. By Ramzy Baroud United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made a series of stern and fiery statements recently, giving the impression that war is somehow on us once again. Oddly, Clinton’s sudden reappearance [...]
It’s ‘Kinetic,’ So Don’t Get Frenetic Throw away your dictionary – we’re not at war in Libya by Justin Raimondo, June 29, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Explaining the Obama administration’s rationale for violating the War Powers Act by not asking Congress for authorization to attack Libya, the White House claims that [...]
Staying Human: Preparing to Sail to Gaza The US ship will bring over 3,000 letters of support. By Kathy Kelly Last week, newly-arrived in Athens as part of the US Boat to Gaza project, our team of activists gathered for nonviolence training. We are here to sail to Gaza, in defiance of an Israeli naval [...]
