contributions

1. A war on Iran could kill us all. President Obama said in the State of the Union: "America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal. But a peaceful resolution of this issue is s till possible . . . if Iran changes course." So, unless Iran, which the Secretary of Defense says is not developing a nuclear weapon, ceases developing a nuclear weapon, we’re going to war. Sound familiar? Ever seen this movie (…)

Last night, TWO’s Wayne Besen appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show to discuss how former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney indirectly helped fund so-called "pray away the gay" therapy.
The Tyler Charitable Foundation, set up and funded by the Romneys, donated $10,000 in 2006 to the Massachusetts Family Institute, which promotes the ex-gay programs. The charity also donated $25,000 to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which opposes marriage equality and has compared LGBT activists to (…)

The Symbol By David Glenn Cox
The time comes and it overtakes us all, a time when all, which we thought, could never be so, is so. All of the things, which once seemed impossible, have now come to pass. The world as we once knew it is gone; our lives as we once knew them are inverted, contorted and pulled inside out.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, some thirty years ago, any motivation to promote Capitalism as superior economic system to the people has evaporated and ceased to exist. (…)

Republican critics of the U.S. president continued to lob accusations at the White House by saying it wasn’t doing enough to promote anything from jobs to energy security or was somehow misleading the American public by playing political games with the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. Yet the irony is that by playing their own political games, the Grand Old Party may have effectively killed off the project by forcing the administration’s hands – at least for now. Way back in (…)

Hands off Iran and Syria 2 - 4pm, US Embassy Grosvenor Square London W1K 2
Called by Stop the War Coalition.
Supported by UNITE the Union, War on Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention on Iran, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Goldsmiths Student Union and SOAS Student Union.
This is the most dangerous moment in the world since 2003. The sanctions on Iranian oil imposed by the EU on Monday are a provocation that could spark a war at any time. Iran’s (…)

26 January is the Republic Day of India which commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force, replacing the British Government of India Act 1935 (26 January 1950), noting that India achieved Independence from Britain on 15 August 1947. The 26th of January was chosen to commemorate the declaration of Indian independence in 1930. 26 January is Australia Day for White Australians and Invasion Day for Indigenous Australians (Black Australians, Aborigines, (…)

The message
It is not in ANYONE’s best interest that: There are millions of unemployed people (most of them WANT to be employed).
It is not in ANYONE’s best interest that: Millions of people on unemployment can’t afford to take a job that pays less than their unemployment.
It is not in ANYONE’s best interest that: Millions of people on unemployment can’t afford to take a job that would eliminate what healthcare insurance they have.
It is not in ANYONE’s best interest to: Drink (…)

Australia: Renewable energy The anti renewable energy movement has taken a decidedly political turn in three States. Victoria and New South Wales persist in strong anti wind energy policies, despite scientific reports about wind energy not being harmful to health. (An extraordinary double standard here, as Victoria’s government pushes ahead with permits for coal seam gas exploration). In South Australia, Family First rears its astroturfing head, as it vows a political fight against wind (…)

All is not as it appears in the global oil markets, which have become entirely dysfunctional and no longer fit for its purpose, in my view. I believe that the market price is about to collapse as it did in 2008, and that this will mark the end of an era in which the market has been run by and on behalf of trading and financial intermediaries.
In this post I forecast the imminent death of the crude oil market and I identify the killers; the re-birth of the global market in crude oil in new (…)

Whereas Iran is home to 75 million ordinary (and extraordinary) fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, and whereas U.N. and IAEA fact finding missions have found no evidence of nuclear weapons manufacturing in Iran (despite a dishonest US mainstream media blitz to the contrary), and whereas the only possible explanation for invasion is corporate greed, We, the people, of the United States, Israel, Europe, Asia, South and Central America, Canada, Australia, Russia, Turkey, Africa, and the rest (…)