Category: International

Haiti after the quake

Where the Relief Money Did and Did Not Go by Bill Quigley and Amber Ramanauskas, Counterpunch, Jan. 3, 2012 Haiti, a close neighbor of the US with over nine million people, was devastated by earthquake on January 12, 2010. Hundreds…

The end of American Democracy

THE INAUGURATION OF POLICE STATE USA 2012: Obama Signs the “National Defense Authorization Act” By Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, Jan. 1, 2012 With minimal media debate, at a time when Americans were celebrating the New Year with their loved ones,…

US threatens China & Russia

Obama Raises the Military Stakes: Confrontation on the Borders with China and Russia By Professor James Petras, Global Research, December 10, 2011 After suffering major military and political defeats in bloody ground wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, failing to buttress…

Marching to war with Iran

THE CLOCK IS TICKING: “Shadow War” Heating Up. War With Iran: A Provocation Away? by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Dec. 5, 2011 Amid conflicting reports that a huge explosion at Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan occurred last week, speculation…

Libyan slaughter – a warning to Africa

If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure NATO claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It’s a warning to the Arab world and Africa By Seumas Milne, The Guardian,…

Canadian Boat to Gaza update

Freedom Wave riders beaten, denied access to family; organizers demand accountability By Canadian Boat to Gaza November 5, 2011 – Freedom Waves to Gaza organizers have not yet had any direct communication with the delegates from the ships Tahrir and…

Washington’s black ops against Iran

Extensive range of covert operations envisaged by US Congress by Dr. Ismail Salami, Global Research, Oct. 30, 2011 The US secret agenda for tightening its vice-like grip on the Islamic Republic of Iran has taken on an apparently new form…