A flotilla of activists and politicians carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the U.S.-Israel-Egypt unlawful blockade, were attacked by the Israeli Navy. Israel Army Radio reports up to 16 have been killed. Others report up to 20.
Archive for May, 2010
Israel Attacks Humanitarian Aid Convoy to Gaza, Killing 19
Posted: 31 May 2010 by Sayyid in Palestine-IsraelTags: agorism, Al Jazeera, Amnesty International, Bernard Kouchner, EU, European Union, France, Franco Frattini, Free Gaza Movement, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blackade, Gaza Massacre, Greece, human rights, humanitarian aid, IDF, international law, Isabel Kershner, Israel, Lebanon, Mairead Maguire, Mel Frykberg, Middle East, NATO, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, propganda, Russia Today, Spain, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, UNSC, USAID, West Bank, Zionism
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Weekend Briefing 29th-30th May 2010
Posted: 30 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Alyce Santoro, AP, Argentina, banking, Bush Administration, Dean Baker, DIY, DJP, DPRK, drones, Freedom Flotilla, George Bush, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, ICC, ICJ, indefinite detention, international law, Iran, Japan, Libya, North Korea, NPT, nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia, SDP, terrorism, The Hague, War on Terror
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Daily Briefing—28th May 2010
Posted: 28 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: airstrikes, BBagram Air Base, blowback, Brazil, Chicago Police, drones, Fawaz Gerges, Glenn Greenwald, human rights, immigration, Iran, Israel, Jon Burge, Jonathan Cook, Nathan Hodge, National Security Strategy, NPT, Obama Administration, Pakistan, police brutality, Rand Paul, Scott Horton, torture
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Daily Briefing—27th May 2010
Posted: 27 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, airstrikes, Amnesty International, black jails, Britain, Canada, Catholicism, Charles Davis, China, CIA, Colombia, DoD, drones, Dyncorp, Freedom Flotilla, Futenma, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gitmo, Guantanamo, habeas corpus, Hezbollah, IDF, IMF, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jeremy Scahill, Jonathan Cook, Kashmir, Kurt Nimmo, Middle East, military industrial complex, Nathan Hodge, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Okinawa, Pakistan, Paul Joseph Watson, Pentagon, Philip Giraldi, POWs, PSYOPS, SDRs, Somalia, Syria, Thomas Friedman, torture, TTP, UK, USAF, USD, Vietnam War, William Pfaff
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Daily Briefing—26th May 2010
Posted: 26 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Ahmadinejad, airstrikes, Arizona, Bagram Air Base, BP Gulf oil spill, child soldiers, conspiracy theory, constitutional rights, DPRK, Faisal Shahzad, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Hakimullah Mehsud, Hannah Rubenstein, illegal immigration, India, Iran, Israel, missile defense, national debt, NM Rothschild, North Korea, North Waziristan, NPT, Poland, Russia, Scott Horton, South Korea, Times Square bomb, UN, US Pakistan, War on Terror, William Fisher, Yemen
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Daily Briefing—24th-25th May 2010
Posted: 25 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, apartheid, Chicago Police, CIA, Colombia, covert operations, Cuba, David Petraeus, diplomacy, DPRK, Freedom Flotilla, Gareth Porter, Gaza blockade, Honduras, Hugo Chavez, Iran, Iraq War, ISI, Israel, Jon Burge, Jonathan Turley, journalism, Kevin Carson, Latin America, media, Michael Corcoran, Middle East, military industrial complex, NHS, night raids, North Korea, OAS, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pentagon, police brutality, politics, propaganda, Robert Fisk, Ron Paul, Saddam Hussein, settlements, South Korea, Stanley McChrystal, torture, USAID, Venezuela, West Bank
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Report: C.I.A. Faked Bin Laden Video, Considered Manufacturing Propaganda Saddam Was Gay
Posted: 25 May 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Bagram Air Base, Bush Administration, CIA, conspiracy theory, Copper Green, fascism, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, homosexuality, human rights, indefinite detention, international law, Iraq War, Islam, Jeff Stein, Newspeak, Raphael Patai, Saddam Hussein, Seymour Hersh, terrorism, The Arab Mind, torture, US, War, War on Terror
The Agency reportedly bounced around the idea of making a fake video depicting the deposed Iraqi president having sex with a young boy and circulating it around Iraq. The Agency also made a tape depicting Osama bin Laden and others drinking alcohol around a campfire that was not circulated.
Politics as a Dead End—Part Two
Posted: 25 May 2010 by Kevin Carson in National News, Philosophy, Political ScienceTags: 1964 Civil Rights Act, anarchism, anti-Statism, boycotts, Charles johnson, economics, free market, law, libertarian, liberty, market-anarchism, non-aggression principle, Paul Krugman, politics, Rachel Maddow, racial discrimination, Radley Balko, Rand Paul, RIAA, Ron Paul, United Farm Workers, US
Kevin Carson on the density of conventional political discourse.
Meet the New Boss—Part II: Executive Power and Police Statism
Posted: 23 May 2010 by Kevin Carson in National News, Political ScienceTags: Bush Administration, Democrats, Elena Kagan, executive power, fascism, human rights, Kevin Carson, law, libertarian, Mark Rosenthal, Martha Coakley, National Security State, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, police state, Radley Balko, Republicans, Scott Brown, SCOTUS, US
Kevin Carson on the perpetuity of the National Security State.
Weekend Briefing—21st-22nd May 2010
Posted: 22 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, agorism, Bagram Air Base, BP, Chicago, Chicago Police, China, Coach, constitutional rights, DPRK, drug war, economic sanctions, Felipe Calderon, foreign aid, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, indefinite detention, intellectual property, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Jason Ditz, Jon Burge, Kandahar Surge, Liliana Segura, Mexico, military industrial complex, missile defense, NATO, North Korea, Patrick Buchanan, South Korea, Taliban, UN Security Council, UNASUR, UNSC
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On Klein’s Three Argument Methods on Policy
Posted: 22 May 2010 by Little Alex in Philosophy, Political ScienceTags: 1964 Civil Rights Act, argumentation ethics, cynicism, deonotology, ethics, Ezra Klein, law, libertarian, Newspeak, political realism, politics, pragmatism, Rand Paul, US
Ezra Klein’s comment on types of policy arguments rubbed me the wrong way.
Two-State Illusion: NATO’ization of Palestine
Posted: 22 May 2010 by Editors in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Alan Dershowitz, apartheid, Arab League, European Union, fascism, France, Israel, Israel lobby, John Mearsheimer, Middle East, Middle East peace process, NATO, Newspeak, Nicolas Sarkozy, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, Saeb Erekat, settlements, two-state solution, US, West Bank, Zionism
The proposed end to Israeli occupation of the West Bank is a NATO occupation of 40,000 troops.
Politics as a Dead End: Part I
Posted: 22 May 2010 by Kevin Carson in National News, Political ScienceTags: anarchism, anti-Statism, BP, corporatism, free market, Gabriel Kolko, Gulf oil spill, Kevin Carson, law, libertarian, Newspeak, Paul Krugman, US
Kevin Carson on the self-detonating reformism of politics.
Daily Briefing—20th May 2010
Posted: 20 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, al-Quds, Arizona, Bank of America, banking, border violence, BP, Brazil, Bush Administration, China, CIA, Coast Guard, corporatism, East Jerusalem, eminent domain, EUR, eurozone, FDA, FDIC, financial crisis, Gareth Porter, Gaza, general strike, Gitmo, Glenn Kessler, Greece, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, immigration, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, mortgage crisis, night raids, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Qatar, Red Shirts, renminbi, Roger Cohen, Russia, SB 1070, settlements, Syria, Texas, Thai protests, Thailand, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, unemployment, US, WaMu, Wikileaks, yuan
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