Category Archives: Disclosure

The Privatization of Repression – Blackwater’s Death Machine by NORMAN POLLACK

Obama is excellent at multitasking in navigating the waters of international politics, seeking to construct a political-structural framework of American global hegemony, formally (for who knows the full extent of the forces standing behind him?) presiding over a Juggernaut of … Continue reading

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U.S. Foreign Policy Is a Shambles by SHELDON RICHMAN

With al-Qaeda affiliates wreaking havoc in Iraq, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham seem to lament that no U.S. troops are on the scene to get in on the action. “The Administration must recognize the failure of its policies in … Continue reading

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Duplicitous Diplomacy? Can Iran Trust the United States? by SHELDON RICHMAN

People ask whether the United States can trust Iran. The better question is whether Iran can trust the United States. Since 1979 the U.S. government has prosecuted a covert and proxy war against Iran. The objective has been regime change … Continue reading

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Mos Def force-fed under standard Guantánamo Bay procedure – video

As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for force-feeding detainees. In this four-minute film … Continue reading

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Using Labels – The ‘Terror’ Act of Woolwich by BINOY KAMPMARK

It is an object study. Two men in a car, which is driven into another man. The attacked individual is then hacked to death by a meat cleaver or kitchen implement in broad daylight. There may be several instruments used. … Continue reading

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Pakistani killed with a machete by white guy barely gets a mention – Guardian – 02 May.13

Birmingham murder may have been racially motivated, say police Detectives appeal for witnesses after Mohammed Saleem, 75, was stabbed to death as he returned home from local mosque A 75-year-old man stabbed to death yards from his home may have … Continue reading

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Examples of Hate v Reason

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Rage escalates over sexual violence plaguing India – SMH – 29 Dec.12

AS THE 23-year-old victim of a brutal gang rape nearly two weeks ago fights for her life in hospital, further cases of police indifference and political insensitivity to sexual violence in India continue to disturb the country. The woman has … Continue reading

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Another Superfluous War by URI AVNERY

How did it start? Stupid question. Conflagrations along the Gaza Strip don’t start. They are just a continuous chain of events, each claimed to be a [or “in”] “retaliation” for the previous one. Action is followed by reaction, which is … Continue reading

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Muslim protesters held to a hypocritical standard – SMH – 24 Sep.12

By Uthman Badar The usual quiet of the streets of Piara Waters in Perth was abruptly broken the weekend before last. Five hundred teenage partygoers, gathering in response to a party advertised on social media, went out of control, hurling … Continue reading

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