contributions

Egypt’s Revolution: US Imperialism Brought to Heel
by Finian Cunningham Global Research, February 2, 2011
With up to eight million Egyptian people defying nearly a week of military curfew in that country to insist implacably on the overthrow of the US-backed Mubarak regime, there can be little doubt that this is a people’s revolution. In this way alone, the people have succeeded already in defying bravely – over 300 have been killed by the regime in the past week – a brutal (…)

CIA: Frank G. Wisner arrived in Cairo
As the Egyptian revolt swells, the U.S. National Security Council considered that the handling of the situation by Margaret Scobey, their Ambassador in Cairo, was not good enough.
Ms Scobey is a career diplomat with a significant track record in the Middle East, but lacks experience in secret operations. Without prejudging the future, she has spared no effort to meet with the greatest number of players and establish ties with all camps at the same (…)

Mister President Obama The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington DC 20500
Mister President,
In my letter of the month of November 2010, I recalled the arrest of Francisco Chavez Abarca.
This Salvadorian terrorist had been arrested in Caracas July 1st 2010 while attempting to enter into Venezuela with false identity papers. As he later admitted, his objective was to evaluate the possibility of creating, in connection with radical opposition members, unrest and acts (…)

Egyptian Uprising Must Address U.S Interference and the Role of Israel in the Region
by Ghada Chehade Global Research, January 31, 2011
As an analyst and observer of the recent rebellions in the Middle East, specifically Egypt, I want to make three developing observations. First, the Egyptian people cannot confront local despots and “regime change” without addressing the patron of Mubarak’s regime—The United States. Second, because of the U.S’ influence and because Egypt is so (…)

INDIGNEZ-VOUS! GET ANGRY! CRY OUT
by Stéphane Hessel
After 93 years, it is almost the final act. The end for me is not very far off any more. But it still leaves me a chance to be able to remind others of what acted as the basis of my political engagement. It was the years of resistance to the Nazi occupation — and the program of social rights worked out 66 years ago by the National Council of the Resistance!
It is to Jean Moulin [murdered founder of the Council] that we owe, as part (…)

Wall Street Journal Interview With Bashar al-Assad
by Bachar El Assad*
31 JANUARY 2011
From
Damascus (Syria)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who inherited a regime that has held power for four decades, said he will push for more political reforms in his country, in a sign of how Egypt’s violent revolt is forcing leaders across the region to rethink their approaches.
In a rare interview, Mr. Assad told The Wall Street Journal that the protests in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen are (…)

GORDON DUFF: AMERICA IS EGYPT
January 31, 2011 posted by Gordon Duff
“FACE VALUE,” THEY ARE IN THE STREETS FOR ALL OF US By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Egypt is a lesson for America, teaching us to look at ourselves, at how free we really are. We are not so different, Egypt under Mubarak and America under what ever gang of financial criminals and foreign thugs is controlling the government today. Egyptians have known thousands of years of slavery. They recognize it when (…)

Arab world: Pro-Western regimes go adrift / 60 percent risk of socio-political explosion on Egypt-Morocco axis
According to LEAP/E2020, the global systemic crisis contributes to weaken Arab states’ pro-Western regimes confronted to hunger riots, religious fundamentalism fuelled by the growing influence of Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas, and the incapacity of Washington and its European allies to answer by anything else than securitarian stances (1). Day after day Egypt loses in stability (…)

By Nicola Nasser*
The Arab world is the beating heart of the overwhelmingly Muslim Middle East, and the Arab masses are angrily moving for a change in the status quo, practically dictated by the military, economic or political hegemony of the United States, which in turn is whipped by the regional power of the Israeli U.S. strategic ally. But any change in the regional status quo would place the Middle East at a strategic crossroads that is not expected to be viewed tolerantly by the U.S. (…)

JAZZMAN CHRONICLES. DISSEMINATE FREELY.
Nothing frightens the ruling elite more than a fresh new wave of democracy. When the people are empowered to challenge repressive governments on the streets, a challenge to the corporate dominance that shapes world economic policy cannot be far behind.
The events in Tunisia and Egypt with rumors of upheaval in Yemen and Jordan have sent shock waves through the halls of power in every boardroom of every corporate monolith and every war room of (…)