Category Archives: Imperialism

White House Strategy for Africa Revealed: Intensified Militarization and War on Terror

Posted on June 24, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

White House Strategy for Africa Revealed: Intensified Militarization and War on Terror Wed, 06/20/2012 – 13:14 — Glen Ford   by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The White House has put in writing its policies for sub-Saharan Africa. The problem … Continue reading →

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Learning from the Irish Hunger Strikes of 1981 and the Palestinian Challenge

Posted on May 11, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

If you recently watched “The Iron Lady” with Meryl Streep, this is a useful reminder of who Margaret Thatcher really was. Learning from the Irish Hunger Strikes of 1981 and the Palestinian Challenge from Richard Falk by Richard Falk   Prefatory Note John … Continue reading →

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Repulsive progressive hypocrisy

Posted on February 9, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

Repulsive progressive hypocrisy BY GLENN GREENWALD https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2F2012%2F02%2F08%2Frepulsive_progressive_hypocrisy%2F&size=medium&count=true&annotation=bubble&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DJply8MRgngQ.en.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!n_yunSsn15SIR87Grw%2Fd%3D1%2F#id=I1_1328801519860&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com&rpctoken=313547518&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart President Barack Obama speaks at UPS, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)  (Credit: AP) (updated below) During the Bush years, Guantanamo was the core symbol of right-wing radicalism and … Continue reading →

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Black Politics Atrophies Under Obama

Posted on February 8, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

Black Politics Atrophies Under Obama Wed, 02/08/2012 – 10:55 — Glen Ford War Against Somalia | War Against Libya | Occupy the Dream | Obamarama | foreclosure moratorium Printer-friendly version   by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Traditional Black progressive and movement politics has … Continue reading →

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Iraqi universities

Posted on February 7, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

Iraqi universities from The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب by noreply@blogger.com (As’ad AbuKhalil) “Until the 1990s, Iraq had perhaps the best university system in the Middle East. Saddam Hussein’s regime used oil revenues to underwrite free tuition for Iraqi university students … Continue reading →

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Dershowitz justifies war on Iran in fresh attacks on BDS conference

Posted on February 3, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

Dershowitz justifies war on Iran (and Iraq? again?)– and Mort Zuckerman rides shotgun– in fresh attacks on BDS conference from Mondoweiss by Alex Kane Alan Dershowitz at UPENN last night (Photo: Stephanie Nam/Daily Pennsylvanian) The Israel apologists are out in full force as … Continue reading →

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Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who is the subject of Palestinian liberation?”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who is the subject of Palestinian liberation?” from Mondoweiss by Today in Palestine Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who Is the Subject of Palestinian Liberation?” In Finkelstein’s explicit demands to water down the struggle lies a … Continue reading →

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Freedom Rider: Defend Iran!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

Freedom Rider: Defend Iran! Wed, 01/25/2012 – 02:04 — Margaret Kimberley oil and resource wars | Iran | Republicans | Democrats Printer-friendly version   by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “Americans can expect to see a presidential address within the next … Continue reading →

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State of Obama: Immunity for Wall Street

Posted on January 25, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

State of Obama: Immunity for Wall Street from Glen Ford’s blog by Glen Ford   by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama had hoped to put on a big show – a huge con, really – at his State of the Union … Continue reading →

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Name the Morally Objectionable Action

Posted on January 20, 2012 by anewworldsinbirth

Name the Morally Objectionable Action from Ted Rall’s Rallblog by Ted Rall Which is more wrong: invading a country, killing its people, peeing on the dead, or filming it? The New York Times editorial board votes “D.”

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