Pakistani Islamists protest over NATO supply routes
Pakistani Islamists protest over NATO supply routes (AFP) Thousands of Pakistani Islamists opposed to the country's anti-terror alliance with Washington converged on Islamabad on Monday after a "long march" to protest over the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan. Around 15,000 protestors gathered outside the Pakistani parliament to chant anti-US slogans and wave the... Continue Reading →
Deadly violence rages across Afghanistan
[The United States continues to wage war in Afghanistan. Obama has continued and even expanded Bush's wars. The Democrats and Republicans are two faces of the same system. The people of the Third World continue to pay the price for the lifestyles of imperialist peoples in the First World. -- New Power] Deadly violence rages... Continue Reading →
Huge protests rock Mexico
Huge protests rock Mexico (New-power.org) Huge protests are occurring in Mexico over accusations of election fraud. The media has downplayed the events. According to one online source: "The largest public protests, rallies and demonstrations that the world has ever seen are happening right now - with almost no media coverage. Not only is ... there... Continue Reading →
Russia to host Assad’s opponents amid wrangling over his fate
[Russia is hosting a meeting of Assad's opponents. As in the Libyan conflict, Russia and China will not militarily confront the United States and its allies over Syria. Rather, they are positioning themselves as power brokers for a possible transition. They are playing both sides of the conflict. They do not want to lose influence... Continue Reading →
New Evidence Reveals U.S. Has Used Drones to Target Rescue Workers and Funerals in Pakistan
New Evidence Reveals U.S. Has Used Drones to Target Rescue Workers and Funerals in Pakistan A report found that since President Obama took office between 282 and 535 civilians have been reported as killed in Pakistan, including more than 60 children. (Democracynow.org) AMY GOODMAN: The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians... Continue Reading →
Iran mourns 1988 airliner downing by US warship
[If Iran shot down a US airliner, the response would surely be a US military response against Iran. However, the US is able to murder civilians around the world will impunity. --New Power] Iran mourns 1988 airliner downing by US warship (AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians marked on Monday the anniversary of the downing... Continue Reading →
Iran warns EU of ‘repercussions’ over new sanctions
[The imperialist powers are attacking Iran on many fronts. They are attacking Syria. They are terrorizing the population of Bahrain. They are funding death squads who assassinate Iranian intellectuals and scientists. They are also waging an economic war against Iran. They are using Iran's alleged nuclear program as a pretext. There is little evidence Iran... Continue Reading →
Grenada Trying To Find Remains Of Slain PM
[Although Maurice Bishop was neither a true Marxist nor communist, he and his regime fell to a brutal US invasion of Grenada in 1983. The world's greatest super power, the United States, invaded tiny Grenada. All the military might of the imperialists targeted the tiny island. The invasion of Grenada was another one of the... Continue Reading →
US expands ‘shadow war’ in Africa
US expands 'shadow war' in Africa (The Lookout) The U.S. military is expanding its intelligence-gathering operations across Africa, the Washington Post reports, mainly using small, unarmed planes "equipped with hidden sensors that can record full-motion video, track infrared heat patterns, and vacuum up radio and cellphone signals"—part of a "shadow war" against al-Qaida and other... Continue Reading →
Ward Churchill Background
Ward Churchill Background (Kick him, Honey) As I mentioned recently, Ward Churchill v. University of Colorado went before the Colorado Supreme Court last week. In a stroke of great timing, the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom has published two pieces germane to the case. The first is the “Report on the Termination of Ward Churchill” by the Colorado... Continue Reading →
Israel wants airstrikes against Syria
Israel wants airstrikes against Syria (Press TV) The Israeli regime wants to “push the world, to push the international powers to launch airstrikes… against Syria,” said Maya Nasser, a Damascus-based political analyst, in an interview with Press TV on Monday. The analyst made the comments two days after Ayoob Kara, a senior member of the... Continue Reading →
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