Imperialism
Marine Corps probe after video emerges showing American troops ‘urinating on dead Afghan bodies’
The anonymous person who put it online wrote, ‘Scout sniper team 4 with 3rd battalion 2nd marines out of camp lejeune peeing on dead talibans’ By Daniel Bates Last updated at 9:15 PM on 11th January 2012 The U.S. Marine… Read More ›
Marines: Video shows troops urinating on corpses
Editor’s note: This post contains language and imagery that some might find offensive. By Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News A video posted on YouTube shows four combat Marines urinating on the corpses of three dead men in Afghanistan,… Read More ›
Obama to Send US Troops to South Sudan
Troops Sent Over ‘Recent Outbreaks of Violence’ by Jason Ditz, January 10, 2012 Citing recent ethnic violence and with the apparent certainty that every nation on the planet needs at least a few US boots on the ground, President Obama… Read More ›
ILWU Pres. McEllrath: ‘Prepare to take action when EGT vessel arrives’
Click here to download a pdf of this letter. January 3, 2012 To: All Longshore, Clerk, and Walking Boss/Foreman Locals Brothers and Sisters: We are currently engaged in a labor dispute with one of our employers, EGT, in the Pacific… Read More ›
N.C. sterilization panel: Victims deserve $50K
RALEIGH, N.C. – People sterilized against their will under a discredited North Carolina state program should each be paid $50,000, a task force voted Tuesday, marking the first time a state has moved to compensate victims of a once-common public… Read More ›
Retrospect – Obama’s Africa Speech: Lies, Hypocrisy, and a Prescription for Continued African Dependence
Q. Is Obama better than Bush? A. It depends how you like your imperialism – with a white face or a black one. By Stephen Gowans US president Barack Obama’s speech at Accra, Ghana on July 11, 2009 was equal… Read More ›
The Massacre Everyone Ignored: Up to 70 Striking Oil Workers Killed in Kazakhstan by US-Supported Dictator
By Mark Ames With violence and government crackdowns making headlines from so many familiar parts of the world, there’s hardly been a peep in the media about the biggest and ugliest massacre of all: Last Friday in Kazakhstan, riot police… Read More ›
Bagram “worse than Guantanamo,” says rights attorney
Some surprisingly good CBS reporting on Bagram Airbase as the new legal black hole, secret prison of the Obama administration: Begram: the Other Guantanamo There are now 3,000 detainees in Bagram, up from 1,700 since June (!) and five times… Read More ›
Cultural Genocide in Lake County, CA
“There was no civilization before private property” by WILL PARRISH As you read these words, one of the Northern California East Bay Area’s wealthiest men is getting away with an act of cultural genocide. Construction crews employed by wireless technology… Read More ›
Holocaust Survivors Blast Nazi Garb at Protest
By ARON HELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM January 1, 2012 (AP) Images of ultra-Orthodox Jews dressing up as Nazi concentration camp inmates during a protest drew widespread condemnation Sunday and added a new twist to a simmering battle over growing extremism… Read More ›
Turkey president, premier express regret over airstrike that killed 35 civilians
Two Turkish F-16 fighter-bombers fired at a group of Turkish civilians, who were mistaken for Kurdish rebels, crossing the Iraqi border. Turkey’s president and prime minister expressed their regret and condolences Friday over the airstrike that killed 35 Turkish civilians,… Read More ›
Half of America in Poverty?
The Facts Say It’s True by PAUL BUCHHEIT Recent reports suggest that almost 50% of Americans are in poverty or at a “low income” level. The claim is based on a new supplemental measure by the Census Bureau that includes… Read More ›
Embellishing the Iraq War
Moral Victory, and Selective Body Counts by RAMZY BAROUD Someone ought to let mainstream news producers know that the nearly 4,500 US soldiers killed in the Iraq war were not the only victims. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have also… Read More ›
IDF chief: Gaza war against Hamas was an ‘excellent’ operation
Second round of fighting in Gaza is not a matter of choice for Israel; it must be initiated by Israel and must be ‘swift and painful,’ Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz says. By Amos Harel Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 