PART ONE: “Two, Three, many Vietnams”: National Liberation and the Rise of the Third World (1945 – 1991) Asia, Africa and Latin America in the Early Years of the Century With the exception of Latin America, and several noteworthy cases… Read More ›
Yugoslavia
Red Action (Croatia): Information Concerning the Current Rebellion in Bosnia and Herzegovina for our Foreign Comrades
– Protest started on 4th of February in the industrial city of Tuzla. Workers of several privatized companies based in Tuzla organized a protest (without the help or support of trade-unions) demanding the cancellation of privatizations and against closing-down of… Read More ›
The Sarin Mysteries: Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli
by Michael Parenti The Sarin Mysteries Following Kerry, President Obama announced that the situation in Syria had changed irredeemably since August 21. The United States would have to attack. But, on second thought, Obama decided to leave the decision up… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: The Nobel Peace Prize for War
Those who own the wealth of nations take care to downplay the immensity of their holdings while emphasizing the supposedly benign features of the socio-economic order over which they preside. With its regiments of lawmakers and opinion-makers, the ruling hierarchs… Read More ›
An Interview with North Koreans
by Stansfield Smith I recently returned from a late March trip to North Korea [Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)], along with 45 others, through Koryo Tours. On that tour I had the opportunity to discuss with the Korean tour guides… Read More ›
“Iran and Everything Else” by Michael Parenti
Occasionally individuals complain that I fail to address one subject or another. One Berkeley denizen got in my face and announced: “You leftists ought to become aware of the ecological crisis.” In fact, I had written a number of things… Read More ›
Juan Perón and Social-Fascism in Argentina
History of the Terms “Social-Democracy” and “Social-Fascism” The term “social-democracy” has been used by the left since the time of Marx and Engels. The term is a pejorative one today, since it has become almost synonymous with liberal reformism. About… Read More ›
Syria isn’t the ‘new Bosnia’, despite the narcissistic hopes of the Western commentariat
By Brendan O’Neill Oh no, this is not good, this is not good at all: more and more Western observers are starting to describe Syria as “the new Bosnia”. Which can mean only one thing. The liberal commentariat is on… Read More ›
Anti-ACTA protests erupt across Europe
By Erik Kirschbaum and Irina Ivanova (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and… Read More ›
Michael Parenti: An Opinon About the Opinion-Makers
Jill Pletcher and Mary Magnuson (two of my favorite FB people) were speculating as to what might be my opinion of Chris Hedges. I think Hedges makes a valuable contribution. He goes over issues and topics that some of us… Read More ›
American Party of Labor Statement on the Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
No the Colonization of Libya! With the victory of the NATO-backed rebels and the National Transitional Council, Libya has been colonized once again. Moammar Gaddafi, the leader of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, has been killed according to the country’s rebel… Read More ›
Libya overshadowed by “Kosovo model”
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) — The latest moves by Western allies against Libya have shown marked similarities to “strategies” they adopted in Kosovo in the 1990s. Catherine Ashton, EU’s foreign policy chief, opened the bloc’s office on Sunday in Benghazi,the… Read More ›
Operation Odyssey Dawn: Libya to get the “Kosovo Treatment”
Another “Humanitarian Bombing” – First Yugoslavia, Now Libya President Barack Obama has now made the exact same speech Bill Clinton made on network news back in 1999 – promising “no ground forces” in the next American-led war of aggression. U.N…. Read More ›
Who Was Richard Holbrooke?
“He is simply one of the giants of American foreign policy,” President Obama said of him on Monday. Upon the news of the sudden death of Richard Holbrooke on December 13th, 2010, an elaborate state funeral was quickly arranged,… Read More ›
Review: Genocide, War Crimes and the West
Adam Jones’ book Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity is an incredibly revealing anthology containing accounts of atrocities carried out by Western imperial capitalism and those who serve its interests abroad. Articles describing the little-known and little-understood… Read More ›