More on Obama’s plans to declare an executive order allowing him to detain anyone indefinitely; Bernie Madoff and GE robbery; Israel’s nuclear weapons; Israel erecting more settlements in the West Bank; Ahmadinejad declared the official winner of Iran’s highly disputed presidential election; SCOTUS rejects 9/11 survivors’ claim against the Saudis for funneling money to al-Qa’ida.
Archive for June, 2009
Daily Briefing — 27th-28th June 2009
Posted: 28 June 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, atheism, Ayatollah Khamenei, Baghdad, Camp Quest, cheerleading, drug war, Egypt, fascism, Gay Pride Parade, Gaza, Gaza Massacre, human rights, international law, Iran, Iran election, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, law, libertarian, liberty, Middle East, Mousavi, Netanyahu, Newspeak, North Korea, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama, oil, Palestine, Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, Rafah, Richard Dawkins, South Korea, sports, Tehran, terrorism, UK, UN, US, War, Zionism
U.S. military out of Iraqi cities by Tuesday; “The Scramble for Iraq’s ‘Sweet Oil’”; More violent protests in Iran; Israel intends to annex over 34,000 acres in the West Bank; Atheist youth camp in the U.K.; and more…
Obama is Wall Street’s Favorite Crony
Posted: 24 June 2009 by Sayyid in National News, Political ScienceTags: banking, Cairo Speech, China, corporatism, credit default swaps, cult of personality, derivatives, economic crisis, economy, Federal Reserve, fiat money, Hillary Clinton, hyperinflation, inflation, Iran, libertarian, liberty, Newspeak, Obama, Rockefeller, Russia, Samuel Huntington, Timothy Geithner, Trilateral Commission, US, US dollar, Wall Street, Webster Tarpley, Zbignew Brzezinski
Gerald Celente and Webster Tarpley on the new powers granted to the Federal Reserve and the cult of personality making it easy for banksters to use him as their puppet…. and they are.
Ex-Detainees Describe Abuse at ‘The Other Guantanamo’ (Video)
Posted: 24 June 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, Bagram, Bagram Air Base, BBC, Bush Administration, detainees, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, human rights, international law, law, Middle East, Obama, terrorism, torture, torture photos, US, War, War on Terror
The BBC interviewed 27 former detainees of the U.S. that were held at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, almost all described being tortured.
Obama Calls Neda Soltani’s Death “Heartbreaking”… Who Cares?
Posted: 23 June 2009 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, civilians, Farah Massacre, fascism, human rights, international law, Iran, Iran election, Jeremy Scahill, Lew Rockwell, libertarian, liberty, Middle East, Neda Soltan, Neda Soltani, Newspeak, Obama, Pakistan, terrorism, US, War
The president continued, “And I think that anybody who sees it knows that there’s something fundamentally unjust about that.” What did he think he saw this?
Chomsky’s Lectern: Iran Election, Religion in Democracy, and ‘Neoliberal’ Globalization (mp3)
Posted: 23 June 2009 by Noam Chomsky in Af-Pak War, Chomsky's Lectern, International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: #iranelection, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, anarchism, anti-Statism, Cairo Speech, capitalism, China, Constitution, corporatism, democracy, economy, elitism, fascism, founding fathers, George Bush, globalization, heathcare, human rights, Iran, Iran election, James Madison, Keynesianism, Middle East, neoliberalism, Newspeak, Noam Chomsky, Obama, Pakistan, protectionism, state capitalism, US, War
Interview by Said and Dari on WorldStreams Radio – 17 June 09
U.S. Funding ‘Regime Change’ in Iran
Posted: 23 June 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: #gr88, #iranelection, ABC News, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejab, Al Jazeera, Amy Goodman, Brian Ross, Bush Administration, Cheney, CIA, corporatism, Democracy Now, fascism, George Bush, Ghida Fakhry, Green Revolution, Henry Kissinger, Iran, Iran election, Iraq, JSOC, Jundallah, MEK, Middle East, Mousavi, Newspeak, nuclear weapons, Obama, PJAK, regime change, Rich Epstein, Seymour Hersh, terrorism, US, War
Brian Ross for ABC News in 2007 and Seymour Hersh for The New Yorker in 2008 reported the Bush Administration’s Presidential Finding enacting a C.I.A. plan to use propaganda to push regime change in Iran. Democrats in Congress backed the $400 million dollar appropriation. The July ’08 article by Mr. Hersh quotes a member of the House Appropriations Committee: “[I]t will take another year before we get the intelligence activities under control…. We control the money and they can’t do anything without the money. Money is what it’s all about. But I’m very leery of this Administration.”
Daily Briefing — 22nd June 2009
Posted: 22 June 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: #iranelection, al-Quds, Alan Garcia, Amazonians, Amy Goodman, AntiWar.com, Azadi Square, Charlie Rangel, China, CIA, corporatism, Cynthia McKinney, David Miscavige, Democracy Now, dollar, dollar hegemony, East Jerusalem, fruad, Green Revolution, human rights, Iran, Iran election, Iran Guardian Council, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Israel, Jason Ditz, Jeremy Scahill, Mousavi, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Neda Soltan, Neda Sotani, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, Patrick Cockburn, Peru, police brutality, police state, Scientology, settlements, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia, stimulus packages, Twitter, UK, War, West Bank, World Bank
Jeremy Scahill on “Obama’s “undeclared war against Pakistan”; The end of Western hegemony?; Deaths in Iraq on the rise; Admitting fraud, Iran denies nullifying vote; Mousavi calls for rally on Thursday, Iran judiciary threatens force; Somalia announces “state of emergency”; U.K. thugs arrest women for asking their badge numbers; Scientology leader beats his staff.
Obama Embracing Bush Secrecy Policy After Campaigning on Transparency
Posted: 22 June 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: 2008 election, Afghanistan, Amy Goodman, AntiWar radio, AntiWar.com, Cheney, Dan Fromkin, Democracy Now, fascism, FOIA, George Bush, human rights, international law, Juan Gonzalez, law, libertarian, liberty, media, Middle East, MSM, Newspeak, Obama, Scott Horton, state secrets privilege, terrorism, torture memos, torture photos, US, War, War on Terror, Washington Post
‘Civil libertarian’ constutional rights attorney and Salon.com blogger, Glenn Greenwald, runs through the list of Pres. Obama’s enhancement and preservation of the Bush Administration’s “state secrets privilege” with Scott Horton on AntiWar Radio and Amy Goodman/Juan Gonzalez on Democracy Now! (DN!).
Video From a Woman in Iran Before Saturday’s Resistance
Posted: 20 June 2009 by Sayyid in International AffairsTags: #gr88, #iranelection, Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Khamenei, democracy, fascism, Green Wave, human rights, Iran, Iran elections, liberty, Mousavi
A woman in Iran relays a message to the world Friday night.
