The State as Drug Lord

Kevin Carson: “From the Golden Triangle of Indochina, to crack cocaine funding for the Contras, to the latest revelations about the CIA’s ties to Ahmed Wali Karzai’s opium operation, the story repeats itself like the leitmotif in a Wagnerian opera.”

Obama Allows Pentagon to Block Release of Torture Photos

A.C.L.U.: “We are disappointed that the president has signed a law giving the Defense Department the authority to hide evidence of its own misconduct, and we hope the defense secretary will not take advantage of that authority by suppressing photos related to the abuse of prisoners.”

Congressman: Obama Bill Promoting Future ‘Secret Bailouts’ is ‘TARP on Steroids’

The treasury secretary and chairman of the House Finance Services Committee have unveiled a bill being referred to as the bailout of 2008 “on steroids”, Adrianne Appel at Inter Press Services (IPS).

Ron Paul: Sanctions on Iran an Act of War, Like Iraq

Dr. Paul reiterates that Iran has been compliant with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and this act of war is similar to the way the Bush Administration drummed up a pre-emptive war against Iraq under false pretense.

Pentagon Won’t Confirm End of Bush ‘Military-Industrial-Media-Complex’ Propaganda Program

David Barstow won a Pulitzer Prize for his report at The New York Times on the Bush Administration’s covert propaganda wing of the Pentagon recruiting retired military analysts to manufacture consent for its policies in the media. Pentagon officials “equivocated on the subject of whether the program has ended”, Brad Jacobson reports at The Raw Story.

Rigi: Middleman Facilitated U.S.-Jundallah Relationship

Jundallah, a U.S. backed terrorist group to spark ‘regime change’ in Iran, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing killing at least 49, including dozens of civilians and several officials within the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps. The brother of the group’s leader, in Iran custody, tells Iranian state media Amanollah-Khan Rigi is its contact to the U.S. government.

Rights Lawyer Finds C.I.A. Prevented Detainee Deaths to Prolong Torture (Video)

John Sifton details ‘grotesque’ C.I.A. torture at secret prisons as models for prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and other military detention centers.

‘History Says We’re Going Down, Not Exceptional’

Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Bush Administration Secretary of State Colin Powell, on the ‘Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex, perpetual war’s relation to the viability of the American Empire, ‘evil’ dollar hegemony’s inevitable demise and the inherent corruptibility of power preventing the U.S. ‘from impeaching a president every generation’. Col. Wilkerson’s no libertarian—probably better classified as a ‘Jeffersonian military man’—as you see in his proposed solution.

Inside the U.S.-Israel-Forced ‘Palestine Water Shortage’ (Video)

“Inside Story” at al Jazeera’s program, “Palestine Water Shortage”: “We discuss the effect of Israel cutting water to Palestine and the political impact in the possible peace process in the region.”

‘Mafialike’ C.I.A. Asset: Hamid Wali Noriega

The New York Times reports the opium-profiteering brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on the C.I.A. payroll.

Apartheid Report: ‘Israel Rations Palestinans to Trickle of Water’

“Troubled Waters—Palestinians Denied Fair Access to Water”, an Amnesty International report released Tuesday, finds the Israeli government’s water restrictions to Palestinians were discriminatory. Since its occupation of the West Bank in 1967, the government has expanded settlements to monopolize the water supply and has continues to maintain a blockade on the Gaza Strip for a third year.

When Only Abolition is Just, Reform is Naïve

Looking into the derivatives crisis and major players that manufactured the economic crisis, anything short of killing the ‘Creature from Jekyll Island’ would be unjust.

Money is You

It is not dollars, treasuries, bonds and debt that is being sold by your government. It is you.

VIDEO: Citizens Arrest Attempt of Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco

ei: Bay Area residents attempted a citizen’s arrest of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, while he gave a speech to the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on 22 October 2009. Twenty-two people were arrested for challenging Olmert directly and demanding he be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Gaza: A Prison by the Sea (Video)

The U.S.-Israel-Egypt blockade forced on Gazans has turned it into—what AntiWar Radio host Scott Horton calls—”a prison by the sea”. This documentary for al Jazeera (AJE), Locked In: Life in Gaza by George Azar and Mariam Shahin, looks into the everyday life of Munzer al-Dayyeh, a 40-year-old mechanic supporting a family of eight children in the Gaza Strip. “It’s like we are orphaned,” he says.