As the war in Afghanistan enters its final chapter, Sean Smith’s brutal film from the Helmand frontline shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMyFqJmaIiM Warning: contains distressing scenes and strong language. Warning – Battle scenes are live and very graphic. Sean Smith’s […]
Geopolitics
[youtube]a0ICDvB1QXg[/youtube] Latest figures show the death toll from clashes in Libya’s massive popular uprising against long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi is nearing 300. Reports have put the number of people killed in the country’s second largest city, Benghazi at more than 200 over the past days. Hospital officials, however, estimate that […]
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In what appears to be as close to a consensus as the world community can ever hope to achieve, the United States reluctantly stood its ground on behalf of Israel and on February 18, 2011 vetoed a resolution on the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem that […]
In a world full of madness and chaos, you’ve got to keep your sense of humor or else you’ll go friggin’ nuts. The Vinny Eastwood Show is on the “cutting edge” of where the media is going. Armed with a camera and an amazing sense of humour Vinny aka Mr. […]
https://chomsky.info/interviews/20110217.htm Noam Chomsky interviewed by Amy Goodman Democracy Now!, February 17, 2011 AMY GOODMAN: This month is the 15th anniversary of Democracy Now! on the air, and it’s a real privilege to have MIT professor, analyst, world-renowned political dissident, linguist, Noam Chomsky with us. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan Gonzalez, […]
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by Philippe Gigantes. This is an interesting book by an interesting man, someone who has served in the Royal Navy and the Canadian Senate and government, someone who has been a reporter for the Observer. This purposefully short book is not a history per se but a study of power, […]
Award-winning journalist John Pilger investigates the discrepancies between American and British claims for the ‘war on terror’ and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington, DC. [youtube]hI6DRJXUYOQ[/youtube]