By: Peter Chamberlin Have we really become “We the sheeple,” or are we still human beings? The planet is dying under the thrall of a small minority of men who think of the rest of the human race as “cattle,” livestock for them to buy and sell. The ruling class […]
Geopolitics
By Dr. Ludwig Watzal It’s all over town. Only the Obama administration does not want to hear it. The people responsible for the moral decay of U.S. foreign policy were the ‘Bush-worriers’: Vice President Dick Cheney and his President George W. Bush and all the other cronies. Why will […]
Africa is the next “Middle East”, in terms of resources to be exploited. That’s the reason “Africom” was created in the first place. [h/t What Really Happened.com] -In addition to U.S. military officers and intelligence officers, “Unified Quest 2008” brought together participants from the State Department and other […]
[ … because – really – that’s all that’s going on here … ] NZ SAS ~ Complicit In Torture & Civilian Casualties From Peace Movement Aotearoa Kia ora, as you will have heard by now, Cabinet decided yesterday to deploy the SAS in Afghanistan again. A decision rather at […]
[From the Global Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter] PROTEST: No SAS Troops to Afghanistan – 12 noon Saturday 22nd August outside Papakura Military Camp, Grove Road, Papakura. A car convoy will leave from Unite Union office, 6A Western Springs Road, Morningside. Gather at 11am. Papakura Military Camp is the training […]
[ … and now here’s Eduardo Galeano with what appears to be some pretty gosh, darn good questions … ] August 13, 2009 I’d like to share with you some questions–some flies that keep buzzing in my head. Is justice right side up? Has world justice been frozen in […]
“Human Universals” is a term used in anthropology and evolutionary psychology to refer to behavioral or cognitive traits common to all neurologically normal humans. The notion of human universals was partially formulated as a challenge to cultural relativism, a predominant view of human nature in the late 20th century, which […]
Source: The Guardian In 2003, at a meeting with a group of senior staff from the US judge advocate general’s office (which deals with criminal trials of military personnel), I was told that as a result of decisions taken in the Bush White House, a long American tradition of compliance […]
By HANAN AWAREKEH Israel seems to be determined to continue its psychological and media warfare against Lebanon, three years on its defeat in the Second Lebanon War. Israeli bullying also seems to be a part of turning the International concern away from building its illegal settlements in occupied Jerusalem and […]
[ Like a clueless bloated tick that’s rammed itself into the neck of a shriveled cow standing in a desiccated field somewhere, the first world creates and perpetuates the third world. End of story. ‘National Interests’ are not ‘National’ Interests. They are ‘International’ Interests. ( And people wonder why there’s […]