In Mafia terms, it’s called “making an offer that can’t be refused”. The “offer” is not one of free choice between options that may benefit the object party. In reality, it is about setting up a scenario of duress, under which the object party is coerced to capitulate to detrimental terms of extreme prejudice determined cynically by the other party […]
Nobel Peace Laureate’s Appeal for Dialogue and Reconciliation in Syria Report and Appeal to the International community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government and reject outside intervention and war. BY Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate. Spokesperson for Mussalaha International Peace delegation to Lebanon / Syria 1-11th May, 2013 After a […]
Sweeping Triumph of Socialist Economic Program by Asad Ismi The Latin American Revolution scored another victory on February 17 when Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s socialist leader, won his third successive election as President. Correa amassed close to 58% of the vote, leaving his closest rival 34 percentage points behind. Alianza Pais, Correa’s political party, also won two-thirds of the seats in […]
Gerald Celente is on fire in this latest Trends Journal update Warning – Contains Adult Language
By agency reporter (ekklesia) Lawyers for the UK Government claimed yesterday (21 May) that it should not be held accountable in British courts for its role in the rendition and torture of Gaddafi opponents in 2004. Responding to a claim brought against the Government by a Libyan victim of a joint UK-US-Libyan ‘rendition’, ministers’ lawyers argued that the case should […]
Chris Hedges, Truthdig, joins Thom Hartmann. The AP scandal is just the latest example of an ongoing – and often corporate backed – assault on our most basic democratic rights.
Two suspected terrorists were shot by armed police after attacking a pedestrian, believed to be a soldier, with a machete-style knife close to military barracks in an ‘Islamist attack’ by Daily Telegraph reporters Local MP Nick Raynsford said he had been told the man attacked in the street was a soldier serving at the Royal Artillery Barracks near the attack. […]
Washington’s war. It was planned years ago. It began in early 2011. No end of conflict looks near. Escalating it appears likely by Stephen Lendman Israel’s very much involved. It abhors peace and stability. Its history reflects belligerence. It’s a direct threat. It borders Syria. Both countries are longstanding imperial partners. The Israeli Lobby plays a key role. So do […]
This operations manual—written by an anonymous collec- tive of resistors, defaulters and allies from Strike Debt and Occupy Wall Street—is for all those being crushed under the weight of debt. It aims to provide specific tactics for understanding and fighting against the debt system so that we can all reclaim our lives and our communities. It con- tains practical information, […]
Cornel West, professor of African American Studies at Princeton and of Religious Philosophy and Christian Studies at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, the most outspoken anti-imperialist lecturer and writer, the most well known defender of Black and minority civil rights since Martin Luther King Jr. and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has been for years […]
By Alfredo Embid 19 October, 2012 (excerpts from “La mierda sigue acumulándose sobre la Comisión de Investigación “independiente” del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU sobre Siria” – Boletin Armas Contra Las Guerras, 19 October, 2012 (http://ciaramc.org/ciar/boletines/cr_bol456.htm ) (translated to English, with slight edits, for this report) New evidence that Hula slaughter was perpetrated by the Free Syrian Army […]
Officials within the United States government say hackers from China have renewed their assault on US targets only three months after a highly-touted investigation linked the People’s Liberation Army to a series of cyberattacks waged at American entities by RT According to the New York Times, computer security experts and US officials alike say the PLA’s sophisticated cyber squadron is […]
