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  • NO ATTACK ON MOSUL CITY / IRAQ
    21 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    No Attack on Mosul!
    An International Emergency Statement of Intellectuals and Activists * - 05 February 2008. International Anti-Occupation Network
    Bush’s failure in Iraq requires a new “success”. While the blood-soaked US occupation in Iraq declares one victory after another since nearly five years, it stages massacre after massacre of the people of Iraq. ow the occupation declares a new “decisive” success is imminent, this time against the population of Mosul, the second largest city (…)

  • Iraqi Holocaust, Iraqi Genocide (4 million dead) - BOYCOTT UK, US, Australia
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Decent folk must BOYCOTT racist US, UK and White Australia over Iraqi Holocaust and Iraqi Genocide (4 million excess deaths, 1990-2008; 1.7-2.2 million excess deaths post-invasion, 2003-2008).
    We have all just witnessed the 5th anniversary of the illegal, war criminal, Australian, UK and US invasion of Iraq.
    $3.5 trillion, 4,000 US deaths, 30,000 US wounded and 1.7-2.2 million post-invasion Iraqi excess deaths later, all decent people must urgently apply Sanctions and BOYCOTTS to bring (…)

  • Tibet: An inalienable part of China
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Guardian 30 August, 2006
    Tibet: An inalienable part of China
    by Rolf Berthold
    After many years abroad, the Tibetan Dainmba returned home to China. He had spent time at a special training camp for Tibetans in Colorado, USA.
    In May 1991 he commented about his stay in Colorado — allegedly a political instructor at this camp declared that it was intended to prevent the China from becoming rich and powerful, and for that purpose China was to be divided whilst it was still poor. The (…)

  • Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Michael Parenti
    I. For Lords and Lamas
    Along with the blood drenched landscape of religious conflict there is the experience of inner peace and solace that every religion promises, none more so than Buddhism. Standing in marked contrast to the intolerant savagery of other religions, Buddhism is neither fanatical nor dogmatic—so say its adherents. For many of them Buddhism is less a theology and more a meditative and investigative discipline intended to promote an inner harmony and (…)

  • Iran: Danger and Opportunity; Cheney’s Trip to the ME
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Thursday, March 20, 2008
    Iran: Danger and Opportunity;
    Polk Guest Op-Ed
    William R. Polk writes:
    Cassandra and Yogi Berra are an unlikely pair, but I hear both of their voices today. Cassandra, like some of us, was cursed to be always disbelieved as she correctly predicted the future while baseballer Yogi Berra will be remembered for his penetrating insight into the flow of history, “This is like deja vu all over again."
    It is through the unlikely medium of U.S. News and World (…)

  • War in Heaven: The Arms Race in Outer Space, A review of Helen Caldicott’s book
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    A review of Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath’s book by Jim Miles
    In this short volume, Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath provide a sharp and concise analysis of the American nuclear weapons industry and its many ramifications for society and the peoples of the world in general. While they see the big picture, they ably document the details of theory and practice of the (mostly) American push towards bigger and better (deadlier and more accurate) nuclear armaments that accompany (…)

  • The Corporation, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the War Racket
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    The first time I watched the award winning documentary “The Corporation” was during the 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival. Walking out of the theater after the question and answer period was a very surreal moment for me. Previous to this experience my mindset could have been classified as an anti-corporate activist.
    That night I learned that a corporation did not have to be regarded an evil entity. Just like human beings, corporations can be good or bad. They can be established (…)

  • Why?
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By William Rivers Pitt
    t r u t h o u t | Columnist
    Wednesday 19 March 2008
    "Politics is the art of controlling your environment." - Hunter S. Thompson
    Five years in Iraq.
    That’s 1,825 days since "Shock and Awe" lit up the skies above Baghdad, all of which was captured live and in living color by unblinking CNN cameras with unobstructed views of the carnage.
    3,991 United States soldiers have died in Iraq since then. That’s a little more than two United States (…)

  • Declassified documents shed new light on American support to Dalai Lama
    20 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Arthur J Pais in New York
    Just as the United States Congress, following intense pro-Tibet lobbying by the likes of movie star Richard Gere, has urged the administration to spend annually $ 2 million in support of the Tibetan exiles, in addition to the $ 2 million annually in funding for Tibetan exiles in India, comes a revelation that could embarrass the Tibetan cause.
    The Central Intelligence Agency has stoutly refused to discuss its involvement in the Tibetan struggle but the story (…)

  • CLASS WAR’S OPEN LETTER TO THE STOP THE WAR COALITION
    16 March 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    This Saturday sees a large anti-war march in central London, with the Stop The War Coalition marking five years since the largest demonstration in British history - against invading Iraq.
    Below is Class War’s open letter to the STWC leadership:
    Five Years On - Why Are We Still Marching
    IF MARCHING CHANGED ANYTHING THEY’D ABOLISH IT
    Back in 2003 the Stop the War Coalition had two tactics to prevent war in Iraq: marching from A to B and then going home, and marching from B to A and (…)