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Delmer Berg, Last of American Volunteers in Spanish Civil War, Dies at 100 by Sam Roberts March 2nd (NY Times) Delmer Berg, the last known living veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, which vainly fought against Fascism’s advance into Spain in the late 1930s, died on Sunday at his home in Columbia, Calif. He was... Continue Reading →
[Turkey, like the Gulf States and Israel, are allied with the USA against the Syria people. Fascism is on the move.. -- MP] Turkey’s nationalist 'Gray Wolves' enter Syrian fray by Fehim Taştekin is a columnist at the Turkish newspaper Radikal, based in Istanbul. He is the host of a weekly program called "SINIRSIZ" on... Continue Reading →
[Empire armed to the teeth to impose its will on the Middle East. - NP] (http://www.independent.co.uk/) British arms companies ramp up bomb sales to Saudi Arabia by 100 times despite air strikes on civilians The United Nations has said Saudi Arabia is disproportionately killing civilians in its military operation in Yemen by Jon Stone British arms... Continue Reading →
[A tragic end to another story about people fleeing the violence in Syria, that can in large part be blamed on NATO and its imperialist cohorts. The imperialist governments then have the gall to complain about refugees seeking a safer existence within their boarders. It is truly a shameful display of moral bankruptcy. -Uziel] ATHENS,... Continue Reading →
[Leftist reformer Sankara was murdered by a coup backed by the French imperialists. Another example of how imperialism works against any African leader who stands up for his people. -NP] Ousted Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore Charged in Thomas Sankara Killing (http://www.africacradle.com/) Ouagadougou (ACN) – Burkina Faso has issued an international warrant for ousted leader... Continue Reading →
8-10 million Iranians died over Great Famine caused by the British in late 1910s, documents reveal by Sadegh Abbasi* (http://english.khamenei.ir/) One of the little-known chapters of history was the widespread famine in Iran during World War I, caused by the British presence in Iran. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Britain became the main foreign... Continue Reading →
A People’s History of Churchillian Madness by ELLIOT MURPHY (counterpunch.org) This year marked the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, which is almost universally seen in Britain as purely a war against the Nazis and their UK-bound warplanes. Unlike the First World War or the wars in Indochina and Iraq, the... Continue Reading →
The myth of the 1,400 year Sunni-Shia war by Murtaza Hussain Murtaza Hussain is a Toronto-based writer and analyst focused on issues related to Middle Eastern politics. @@MazMHussain (http://www.aljazeera.com/) During the period of European rule over Rwanda, the Belgian colonial administrators of the territory accomplished an extraordinary feat in their subjugation of the local population... Continue Reading →
[The Defense Secretary of the only country guilty of using atomic weapons on people is pointing the finger at Russia for "nuclear saber-rattling." In fact all of the statements by Carter cited in this article are laughable, especially coming from a spokesman for the world's top imperialist offender. It is almost like an extreme case... Continue Reading →
[As long as capitalism remains the global system, climate change will be discussed ad nausem with no results. Hollande and the rest of the imperialists can invoke "finance" until they are blue in the face and it won't change the grim reality facing the Earth and its people. Capitalism is incompatible with preserving the environment... Continue Reading →
[This is a compilation of recent events that are shaping the current situation in Turkey and Kurdistan. -Uziel] Istanbul (AFP) - Eight Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on Wednesday and militants in Istanbul launched an attack on the palace housing the prime minister's offices. Here are the main developments since a huge attack... Continue Reading →
[This is an interesting development concerning both the fight against ISIS and the Kurdish struggle. Up until this point Turkey has largely left ISIS alone, most likely because the group was serving a strategic purpose against Ankara's regional enemies, primarily the Assad regime in Syria and the Kurdish people. The bombing of both ISIS and... Continue Reading →
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