Category: Opinions and Debates

Imperial delusions

The Real Grand Chessboard and the Profiteers of War by Prof. Peter Dale Scott, Global Research, August 11, 2009 In the Road to 9/11 I summarized the dialectic of open societies: how from their energy they expand, leading to a…

The Last Fighting Tommy (of WW1)

Harry Patch, the “last fighting Tommy” to have survived the trenches of World War One, died on Saturday at the age of 111. For most of his life, he refused to speak of his horrific experiences. In recent years Mr.…

Blood and Oil

Synopsis: From bloodandoilmovie.com The notion that oil motivates America’s military engagements in the Middle East has long been dismissed as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. Blood and Oil, a new documentary based on the critically-acclaimed work of Nation magazine defense…

Imperial paranoia then and now

Armageddon at the Top of the World: Not! A Century of Frenzy over the North-West Frontier By Juan Cole, Tomdispatch.com, July 27, 2009 Despite being among the poorest people in the world, the inhabitants of the craggy northwest of what…