Month: February 2014
The Legend of Bahrain
Maiming by Birdshot – The Timoney and Yates Doctrine
The extensive, heavy handed, use of Bird-shot against Protesters did not appear until the Bahrain Regime hired John Timoney and John Yates as Security Consultants at the behest of the US Secretary of State Clinton. It emerged as a means to maim protesters so they could be captured when the sought medical attention. The practice more »
Bahrain's Fate and Visioning it's Future
I remember meeting Sharif a few days before the crackdown. We sat at a burger restaurant, and I asked him about their main demand. He said, “The most important is to elect a constitutive committee representative of the people to write a new constitution for the country to replace the current one. Everything else is more »
20 Years of Walking Slowly – the struggle we share on every corner and village in the world
From Fire to Autonomy: Zapatistas, 20 Years of Walking Slowly 25 January, 2014 – By Andalusia Knoll and Itandehui Reyes -Truthout Journalism with real independence and integrity is a rare thing. Truthout relies on reader donations – click here to make a tax-deductible contribution and support our work. Speaking in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, more »
Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman deceives with dialogue, guns young men down in Streets
Time running out as Bahrain tries to revive national dialogue By Bill Law – BBC News – 29 January, 2014 Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa shows the UK’s Prince Andrew round the Bahrain International Airshow (16 January 2014) The meeting between Prince Salman (centre) and the opposition came a day more »
Big Oils last Stand: Gathering Clouds form ‘Epic’ Opposition from Native American Alliance
The Oglala Sioux Tribe passed a resolution Friday banning TransCanada and former AFN national chief Phil Fontaine, who has been hired by the energy firm to deal with First Nations opposition to its Energy East project in Canada, from entering its territory. Keystone XL ‘Black Snake’ Pipeline to Face ‘Epic’ Opposition from Native American Alliance more »
Terrorizing Dissent
Terrorizing Dissent: Harper’s approach to defining terrorism is shamelessly bald By Azeezah Kanji – 31 January, 2014 “When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid dissent is frankly when it’s rapidly losing its moral authority to govern.” — Stephen Harper, 2005 (as Leader of the Opposition) If dissent is the lifeblood of democracy, more »
Violence Sounding – Regime Discovers Large Terrorist Weapons Cache in Bahrain
Rihanna al Mousawi, Tormented for Protest, Imprisoned on Lies
Rihanna al Mousawi, Tormented for Protest, Imprisoned on Lies 02 February, 2014 Rihanna al Mousawi was arrested last April for “planning to bomb” the FI Race. She and Nafeesa were accused by the Public Security Chief General Tariq Hassan of attempting “ a dry run to test the security measures at the F.I.” by carrying more »