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The US government has been meddling in the Palestinian internal affairs since at least 2003. Its effort is to transform the Palestinian national movement for liberation and independence into a more compliant or quisling government, willing to accede to Israel’s political and security demands..
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It is inconceivable that the Polisario would agree to any arrangement that didn’t give the Western Saharans control of their natural resource assets, most notably the phosphates and fish. These alone would give the small population of the area a good per capita income, probably well above Morocco’s. And if oil is discovered does anyone really think that Morocco would allow the Western Sahara to control the petrodollars? Inconceivable.
The Moroccan military is heavily entrenched in the (…)

The Western Sahara builds the whole case for its self-determination on inherited colonial borders. Between 1884 and 1975, whatever the prehistory, it was a separate territory with its own colonial master (Spain). And every single such colonial territory in Africa, except Western Sahara, has been granted independence: the last ones were Namibia in 1990 and Eritrea in 1993. (A belated Asian case, very similar to W. Sahara, was East Timor, which became independent only in 2002 after lengthy (…)

Iraq Exclusive:
By Morton S. Skorodin, M.D. Axis of Logic Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009
Hicks and colleagues report in the April 16, 2009 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine regarding civilian non-combatant deaths during the current Iraq War period (2003-2008) was seriously flawed. Their stated goal was to analyze the causes of these deaths. To accomplish this purpose they used the database of Iraqbodycount.org that estimates 91,358 deaths due to “armed violence”. For this report the (…)

By David Glenn Cox
I have come to the conclusion that I am permanently unemployed; after almost two years of non-stop hunting I don’t admit defeat but only the inevitable. Meanwhile, the mainstream media are doing all that they can do to convince you that the economy is doing much better and that prosperity is just around the corner.
They proudly boast, “First time jobless claims down lowest since April!” Down from 558,000 first-time claims last week to 554,000 first-time claims this (…)

The photos in this video cover a wide range of political activism. They run the gamut from antiwar; to stopping torture; to fighting against utility rate hikes; to the struggle for a “Free Palestine;” to exposing the scheme to privatize Iraq’s oil, to championing a Single Payer Healthcare system. Also included are pictures which represent the cause of justice for the “Cuban Five” and for a “Free Burma;” abolishing the Death Penalty; ending “The Fed,;” showing solidarity with the (…)

Collapse in the Wake of the Fed’s Wall Street Bubble? Market Review
by Bob Chapman
Global Research, August 13, 2009 The International Forecaster
“History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it’s issuance.” James Madison
The Fed’s Wall Street bubble, as we forecast in January, will need at least $2 trillion more in 2010, if the economy is to just (…)

Italy, Germany and Japan: Former World War II Axis Nations Repudiate Bans against "Preparing for War"
by Rick Rozoff
Global Research, August 13, 2009 Stop NATO
A press report on August 10 revealed that the government of Italy is planning to modify if not dispense with its post-World War II constitutional limitations on conducting offensive military operations; that is, to reverse a 61-year ban on waging war.
The news story, reminding readers that "Italy’s post-World War II (…)

by Prof. James Petras Global Research, August 12, 2009
The most striking aspect of the prolonged and deepening world recession/depression is the relative and absolute passivity of the working and middle class in the face of massive job losses, big cuts in wages, health care and pension payments and mounting housing foreclosures. Never in the history of the 20-21st Century has an economic crisis caused so much loss to so many workers, employees, small businesses, farmers and professionals (…)

9/11 Mind Swell: Scientific evidence refutes the official story
by Joel S. Hirschhorn Global Research, August 11, 2009
As we approach the eighth anniversary of 9/11 consider this paradox. In the post 9-11 years the scientific evidence for disbelieving the official government story has mounted incredibly. And the number of highly respected and credentialed professionals challenging the official story has similarly expanded. Yet, to the considerable disappointment of the international (…)