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The terrorists are already in their midst, already in their homes: the mad gun-wielding members of the NRA.
Category: The war that will not end in our lifetimes
US Secretary of State told a group of journalists when the United States invaded Iraq, “this will be a war that will not end in your lifetimes.” The vision of the project for the New American Century which backed George W Bush’s bid for presidency, is that the United States will control the world economy, by controlling the world’s oil supplies. The backing of independence movements in Georgia and Chechnya has deprived Russia of the gateway to Middle Eastern oil, and prevented it building a planned pipeline to China. Combined with manouvers in Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel, it is clear that this plan is being put into effect. The news stories in this category track the progress of this project and the impact it is having on the world economy and hence, your daily life.
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It tells us we can limit planetary destruction if we act now, but we know from the world’s response to that report that we won’t act, not now and probably not ever.
Russia’s corporate army in Syria
Source: Al-Monitor As the civil war in Syria officially draws to a close, the imperial states withdraw with much media fanfare. Their influence, though, remains in the form of corporate armies paid by national governments to maintain the pressure where their interests demand. Russia maintains a significant corporate army in Syria, though it has stepped Continue Reading →
Iran bans US dollar in retaliation to immigration laws
Iran announced earlier this month that it will stop reporting its financial affairs in US dollar from the end of its Fiscal year in March. The nation also tested a ballistic missile causing Israel to demand firm action from the US. Iran immediately suspended all future visas for American citizens in direct response to President Continue Reading →
Islamic scholars reject Saudi extremism
The final week of 2016 is an apt time to reflect on the role of religion. Fundamentalists fan the flames of religious hate from Aleppo to Ipswich. Borders snap shut, refugees languish in ghettos and First Nations people from West Papua and Western Australia to just West of the Mississippi at Standing Rock are tortured Continue Reading →
Global protests bemoan the destruction of Aleppo
Brisbane residents appalled by the slaughter in Aleppo last week joined global protests against the involvement of our governments in supporting and prolonging the civil war in Syria. The ongoing annihilation of the people of Aleppo by the Syrian Government in an attempt to wipe out the rebel strongholds in the city was the catalyst Continue Reading →