Ukraine: The Dangers of Dealing with Delusional Western Leaders Finian CUNNINGHAM – 04 March, 2014 – The Strategic Culture Foundation Fittingly, given the coincidence of the US cinema Oscars ceremony held at the weekend, American politicians and their Western allies were also starring in bravura performances of hypocrisy and double think with regard to their more »
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Obama's neoNazi Coup, His Dumbest Plan Yet
The Coup in Ukraine – Obama’s Dumbest Plan Yet by MIKE WHITNEY – 2 March, 2014 – Counter Punch “Washington and Brussels … used a Nazi coup, carried out by insurgents, terrorists and politicians of Euromaidan to serve the geopolitical interests of the West.” — Natalia Vitrenko, The Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine The United more »
The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy
The Failure of Nonviolence 28 February, 2014 – open salon – Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy By Peter Gelderloos (2013 Left Bank Books) Book Review You occasionally read a totally mind bending book that opens up a whole new world for you. The Failure of Nonviolence more »
No Love for the Black Power Movement, Misrepresenting the Civil Rights Movement
No Love for the Black Power Movement, Misrepresenting the Civil Rights Movement 26 August 2013 – by Lawrence Brown How far have we really come? As we sit on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the magnificent March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (MOW), I am struck by a peculiar phenomenon: the Black more »
The Use of Guns in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Deacons for Defense and Justice The Use of Guns in the Civil Rights Movement By Ben Garrett The thought of guns during America’s Civil Rights movement generally conjures up images of acts of violence perpetrated against African-Americans and civil rights workers in the South. But guns also played a significant role in dissuading violence, primarily more »
Reconciling the role of armed resistance in the midst of MLKs "nonviolent" movement
Deacons for Defense and Justice Wikipedia The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed self-defense African-American civil rights organization in the U.S. Southern states during the 1960s. Historically, the organization practiced self-defense methods in the face of racist oppression that was carried out under the Jim Crow Laws by local/state government officials and racist more »
Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy
Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy Kristian Williams – January 2011 – Solidarity ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2010, Los Angeles police shot and killed a Guatemalan day laborer named Manuel Jamines. The next day, a crowd gathered on the corner where Jamines died. They assembled a small memorial, then piled debris and set fires more »
Ukraine alleges Russian “invasion” of Crimea as Obama warns of “costs”
Article one of the Budapest Memorandum reads: “The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine … to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine.” Ukraine alleges Russian “invasion” of Crimea as Obama warns of “costs” By more »
The Pearl the Colonialists can't let go from their bloody grip
Why Is the UK Facilitating Oppression in Bahrain? 28 February, 2014 – Huffington Post He’s put teenagers in prison for calling him names, and made treating wounded protesters a crime punishable by death. He’s a pretty nasty guy, the King of Bahrain. However with such high stakes in the stability of the Kingdom of Bahrain, more »
Bahrain Courts of Injustice the Ultimate Charade of Hamad's House of Fools
Statement by Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) regrets the insults and the inappropriate treatment to which the lawyers are being exposed before the criminal courts by some members of court panels, which has reached levels that necessitate a strong stance by the Supreme Judiciary Council to restore the lawyers confidence more »