Bahrain courts of injustice to hear “police bombing” case built on torture, family detentions, expedience 8 March, 2014 Bahrain defence lawyers are worried that the government will rush through this case, declare people guilty on no evidence and pronounce executions and not merely life sentences. The Prime Minister went on T.V. talking about “expediting” the more »
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The Bahrain – Ukraine Duality
The Bahrain – Ukraine Duality by RANNIE AMIRI – counter punch – 08 March, 2014 When President Obama recently spoke on “… the principle that no country has the right to send in troops to another country unprovoked …” he was of course referring to Russia’s concerns over unrest in Ukraine and its subsequent troop more »
Anonymous Workers Union Statement about the situation in Ukraine
UKRAINE: Statement about the situation in Ukraine from AWU (Autonomous Workers Union) by tahriricn – 19 February, 2014 Civil war began in Ukraine yesterday. A less than peaceful demonstration clashed with state defense forces and divisions formed by the adherents of the current government near the Vekhovna Rada (Parliament). On February 18, police, together with more »
Coup in Ukraine: A warning to the international working class
This strengthening of the fascists would not be possible without the systematic support of the media and the main political parties in Europe and the US. Liberal newspapers such as the New York Times and the Süddeutsche Zeitung have produced a deluge of propaganda portraying events in Ukraine as a “democratic revolution”, glossing over the more »
Putin holds aces, Obama deuces
Putin holds aces, Obama deuces 3 March, 2014 – By Finian Cunningham – PressTV As Russian troops pour into Ukraine consolidating control over the southern Crimea region it looks as if President Putin has finally had enough of playing games according to bent Western rules. Vladimir Putin knows that world public opinion and a good more »
Ukraine: The Dangers of Dealing with Delusional Western Leaders
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 »
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 »