The Hijacking of Mandela’s Legacy
The Hijacking of Mandela’s Legacy
Beware of strangers bearing gifts. The “gift” is the ongoing, frantic canonization of Nelson Mandela. The “strangers” are the 0.0001 percent, that fraction of the global elite that’s really in control (media naturally included).
Apartheid Amnesia
How the GOP conveniently forgot about its role in propping up a white supremacist regime.
State surveillance of personal data is theft, say world’s leading authors
• 500 signatories include five Nobel prize winners
• Writers demand ‘digital bill of rights’ to curb abuses
New Legislation Would Ban NSA From Arizona
State senator says ‘the NSA isn’t welcome in Arizona unless it follows the Constitution’
No Contest: Edward Snowden is Person of the Year
US Media Whitewashes Israel’s Plan To Ethnically Cleanse 40,000 Of Its Arab Citizens
Palestinians say Kerry appeasing Israel over Iran – at their expense
Hagel warns Pakistani leaders of U.S. aid losses over drone-strike protests
The Pentagon issued a warning Monday to Pakistani leaders: Stop protesters from hindering U.S. military equipment leaving Afghanistan or else lose U.S. aid.
Iran-US Interim Agreement: Historic Breakthrough or Historic Sellout?
U.S. senators prepare legislation to pressure Iran
Obama: Option Of Totally Dismantling Iran’s Nuclear Program Is ‘Not Available’
Iran’s Zarif says nuclear deal dead if U.S. passes new sanctions
4 terrorists killed in U.S. drone strike in southeast Yemen
Canada plans claim that would include North Pole
Canada plans to make a claim to the North Pole in an effort to assert its sovereignty in the resource-rich Arctic, the country’s foreign affairs minister said Monday.
Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis
Everyone knows where al-Qa’ida gets its money, but while the violence is sectarian, the West does nothing
This Is Nelson Mandela
U.S. Lionizes Mandela In Death … But Labeled Him a Terrorist While He Was Alive
CIA Central In Mandela’s Arrest … Kept Him On Terrorist List Until 2008
Six Things Nelson Mandela Believed That Most People Won’t Talk About
This Is Nelson Mandela Video
“Arafat is a comrade in arms, and we treat him as such.” -Mandela (1990)
Nelson Mandela Condemns George W. Bush and War With Iraq, January 30th, 2003
C.I.A. TIE REPORTED IN MANDELA ARREST June 10, 1990
The real Mandela: Don’t let his legacy be abused
Good Liberation Hero—Bad Liberation Hero
It seemed almost inevitable that on the new day Western newspapers were filled with encomia to the recently deceased South African national liberation hero Nelson Mandela that another southern African hero of national liberation, Robert Mugabe, should be vilified. “Nearly 90, Mugabe still driving Zimbabwe’s economy into the ground,” complained Geoffrey York of Canada’s Globe and Mail.
Mandela is a sell-out, he betrayed black people, says ex-wife
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Mandela’s legacy: peace, but poverty for many blacks
UN, EU subsidize French crimes in CAR : Analyst
The United Nations and the European Union are subsidizing the French government’s crimes in the poverty-stricken Central African Republic (CAR), an analyst says.
Chomsky: US, Israel two ‘rogue’ actors operating in Middle East
“There are in fact two rogue states operating in the region, resorting to aggression and terror and violating international law at will: the United States and its Israeli client,” Chomsky wrote in a recent article.
Hagel: US has no plans to retreat from global affairs
The US defence secretary says his country has no plans to retreat from any part of the world, as he departs for Bahrain to attend the Manama Dialogue, followed by a visit to Doha for talks with Qatari leaders.
Hagel: US military power must back Iran nuclear deal
Hagel reminds Iran that threat of force still an option
Defense Secretary Defense Chuck Hagel on board the USS Ponce, just 120 miles off the coast of Iran, told servicemembers that the threat of U.S. military force still exists even though the Obama administration is pursuing a six-month long diplomatic process with Iran to freeze its nuclear program.
Pro-Israel groups backing away from confrontation with Obama over Iran
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When it comes to the deal between Iran and major powers, Israel and the pro-Israel community are retreating from a strategy of confrontation and working instead to influence the contours of a final agreement.
US Congress may throw wrench into Iran nuclear deal
Obama: Chances for Final Iran Deal 50-50 or Worse
President Barack Obama said Saturday he believed the chances for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran are 50-50 or worse, yet defended diplomacy as the best way to prevent Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons.
Fears mount that Dems will undermine White House on Iran
Multiple Democrats on Capitol Hill are worried that House Democratic leaders are close to joining with House GOP leaders to support a bipartisan measure that could undermine the White House’s efforts to reach a long term deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program, I’m told by sources involved in discussions.
Congress Warns Oil Companies: Don’t Get So Cozy With Iran
Iran presents IAEA with info of new generation of centrifuges
Top Democrats seek intelligence briefings, report on Iran
Free Expression Another Casualty of Sanctions
Aliakbar Salehi is a former member of the Iranian parliament and an Internet freedom and human rights advocate now living in Washington, DC. In 2006, he was arrested and jailed by the Iranian government for urging human rights reforms.
Karzai Aide: Afghans Won’t Bow to US Pressure on Pact
US Ultimatum ‘Will Not Achieve Anything’
Drones, Taliban on agenda as Hagel heads to Pakistan
Pakistan PM Plans Crackdown on Anti-Drone Protests
Warns Imran Khan to End Demonstrations
All unfilled munitions declared by Syria destroyed: OPCW
All category 3 (unfilled) munitions declared by Syria have been destroyed, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations announced in a statement published on Friday.
This U.S. Colonel Was Sure He Was About To Get Involved in Syria’s War
Whose sarin?
Barack Obama did not tell the whole story this autumn when he tried to make the case that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the chemical weapons attack near Damascus on 21 August.
‘Whose Sarin?’ Investigative Bombshell Questions Obama’s Case for Syria War
Seymour Hersh report asks serious questions about the president’s case for war
Islamists seize Free Syrian Army arms depots: activists
Israeli military attacks Palestinian commemorations of Nelson Mandela
UK trains Libyan army in fight against al-Qaida and warlords
Struggling to contain widespread viiolence, the fractured post-Gaddafi government is turning to the west for military help
Cuba throws wrench in WTO talks over trade embargo
Saving the Net from the surveillance state: Glenn Greenwald speaks up (Q&A)
The man to whom Edward Snowden entrusted his NSA documents isn’t content just to save the Bill of Rights and reinvent journalism. He also wants to stop the Internet from becoming history’s most dangerous spy tool.
Defeated By The Taliban, Washington Decides To Take On Russia And China
More French troops deploy in CAR
More French troops deploy in Central African Republic
The move came amid efforts to improve security in the Central African Republic with a United Nations Security Council vote this week on a French-drafted resolution aimed at strengthening a flagging African stabilisation force on the ground.
A narcissistic US, an anxious Saudi Arabia and a hysterical Israel
The Iran nuclear deal has brought out the ‘borderline’ personality disorder of Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Nearly a century after the Armenian genocide, these people are still being slaughtered in Syria
And now, almost unmentioned in the media, their holy places are also being desecrated
Assad: Our Battle With Saudi Is Open-Ended
Ten days ago, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with a delegation of party leaders and politicians from Arab countries. He said unequivocally: The battle will continue as long as Saudi Arabia continues to “back terrorism,” and the flow of extremist fighters, money, and arms into Syria continues.
Zionism’s Last Card and Hope For Palestine
Following the interim agreement with Iran the next six months will tell us whether or not the American-led Zionist lobby and Zionism itself has played its last card and lost. If it does lose President Obama will be free to use the leverage he has to try to cause Israel to be serious about peace on terms almost all Palestinians and most other Arabs and Muslims everywhere could accept (and which would not pose any threat to the wellbeing and security of those Jews now living in Palestine that became Israel and who wanted to stay). The stakes could not be higher.
5 Ways Our Lives Are Being Violated by Corporate Greed
We already pay dearly for energy, medicine, banking, and telecommunications services. But a little research reveals that we’re paying more—much more—in a variety of ways that our business-friendly mainstream media won’t talk about.
24 Insurgents Killed in Nigeria Attacks
At least 24 insurgents have been killed during an exchange of fire between Nigerian security forces and suspected terrorists in the pre-dawn attack on Maiduguri, a military statement said Monday.
British news staff may face terrorism charges over Snowden leaks
Guardian Newspaper Staff May Face Charges For Assisting Terrorists
Fresh spy leak shows Australia offered to share data on its citizens
Thousands protest election result in Honduras
Honduras’ defeated leftist presidential candidate, the wife of ousted former leader Manuel Zelaya, has led thousands of supporters onto the streets of Tegucigalpa to protest an election result she has called fraudulent.
Hamid Karzai says US cutting supplies to put pressure on security pact
Nato-led force responds to Afghanistan president: ‘There has been no stoppage in the delivery of requested fuel’
NATO says Karzai failure to sign pact would end Afghan mission
Why Karzai Is Stonewalling A Security Agreement With US
It’s outrageous to accuse the Guardian of aiding terrorism by publishing Snowden’s revelations
Alan Rusbridger is being grilled by MPs – but he has published nothing that could be a threat to national security