Just remind me. We’re staying in Afghanistan to save the women from awful oppression at the hands of the Taliban. This rather challenges that bogus narrative: Often characterised as valiant crusaders defying Afghanistan’s chauvinistic culture, many female candidates standing in tomorrow’s parliamentary elections may in fact be just the opposite: proxies doing a warlord’s bidding.…
Zionist lobby? Never heard of it, doesn’t exist
This is worth sharing from today’s Sydney Morning Herald. Little needs to be said except how it shows the growing hysteria of Jews against anybody who dares say anything about Israeli crimes.”Anti-Semitism” has lost its meaning with such frivolous and desperate tactics (which are increasingly failing): The Australian Press Council has considered a complaint by…
Islam is the enemy, kill Islam immediately
Communism is dead. Islamism is the new threat. And the same radical Zionists who once fought (from their bedrooms, of course) against the Evil Empire are now focusing on Islam and Iran. Richard Silverstein uncovers the role of neo-conservatives Jews who once again want to be defined solely through war.
There’s nothing the Marines can’t solve
An unnamed leading American politician tells Johan Galtung, founder of peace and conflict studies: Our instinctive reaction whenever there’s a problem is to send the Marines and not to try to solve the problem. We have done that too many times.
Hello, my name is Blackwater and I’d like to protect your wealth
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill continues his seemingly never-ending investigation of Blackwater: Over the past several years, entities closely linked to the private security firm Blackwater have provided intelligence, training and security services to US and foreign governments as well as several multinational corporations, including Monsanto, Chevron, the Walt Disney Company, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and…
Chinese man online; I’m a slave please help me
How the internet is slowly but significantly changing the face of China, bringing to the public the massive social issues caused by Beijing’s oppressive policies: The photo was taken on September 3 in Beijing. In the photo, Professor Yang Zhizhu from China Youth University for Political Sciences is holding a placard to… sell himself as a…
Most asylum seekers in Australia are real, say the facts
This story in today’s Sydney Daily Telegraph says one thing; most refugees who come to Australia are legitimate and deserve sanctuary: The Federal Government has been forced to reveal figures showing of 6310 asylum seekers to arrive in Australia in the past two years only 75 have been rejected and returned to their country of…
Who lives permanently at Gitmo?
American crimes at Guantanamo Bay continue day in day out and yet the corporate press largely ignores it. Independent journalist Andy Worthington is a notable exception. So which prisoners are left at the prison camp? Worthington has collated an invaluable list, explaining how they got there and very often it was through the paying of…
What’s the best to bring reform in Saudi; Washington sells weapons of death
The $60 billion arms deal between the US and fundamentalist Saudi Arabia is the largest single foreign arms deal in history. Democracy promotion at work.