After being attacked by Israel and stranded in Egyptian territorial waters for 7 days, The Spirit of Rachel Corrie has lifted anchor and is sailing back towards Gaza [8.33am EDT, 14.33pm local time] in defiance of both the Egyptian and Israeli navy patrols. SPREAD THE WORD Read the rest here […]
Geopolitics
[ It’s an election year – and naturally, we will all be facing a giant media tsunami of spun lies and half truths – so this book may be a useful tool to help you successfully navigate the oncoming wall of PR diarrhoea that is headed our way. ] The 2011 Elections […]
More Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans. This probably is news to you. But the truth has been hidden by a technicality. So here is the truth. The casualties in the Vietnam War were pretty simple to understand. If a soldier was dead from his combat tour, he […]
A massive international land grab is now underway as investors and national governments buy up millions of acres of farmlands in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It amounts to an unprecedented and novel set of enclosures of worldwide land, much of it customary land that rural communities use […]
Hopes for a peaceful settlement of Yemen’s political crisis receded further on Tuesday as street battles intensified between government security forces and opposition tribesmen, leaving at least two dozen people dead and turning part of the Yemeni capital, Sana, into a war zone. Read the rest here
[youtube]O35_Ai6EsMU[/youtube] Some believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi’s plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth. “It’s one of these things that […]
In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the free Internet, it has emerged that You Tube [ … yes & who is ‘youtube’ and what is their business model again ? ] is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and […]
Iran has arrested 30 people it says were engaged in “complex espionage and sabotage network” run by the United States, state media reported. Another 42 CIA operatives officers were supposedly identified. Spying in Iran can carry the death penalty. The spy network worked under the cover of labour recruitment agencies. […]
[ This should be required viewing for any servicemen facing deployment to South West Asia ] [youtube]ahODXzmJjxQ[/youtube]
The history of Europe is one of successive collapsed empires. Some, such as the Roman, Holy Roman, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires, simply overextended themselves and collapsed due to nationalist uprisings coupled with domestic political and economic inertia. [youtube]PhgEOLNRJZE[/youtube] Others, like the German Nazi, Soviet, Italian fascist, Napoleonic French, Spanish, and […]