Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class
James Petras The US government (White House and Congress) spends $10 billion dollars a month, or $120 billion a year, to fight an estimated “50 -75 ‘Al Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, according to the CIA and quoted in the Financial Times of London (6/25… more »
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PASOK: Pan Hellenic Socialist Kleptocrats
James Petras “George Papandreou is not bought, he is rented. He sells public enterprises to the multinationals. He reduces wages, pensions and employment at the behest of the IMF. He turns over the public treasury to the European banks. He supports… more »
Washington’s Long War Against Africa
James Petras The US bombing of Libya in support of rebel clients in the spring of 2011 is part and parcel of a sustained policy of military intervention in Africa since at least the mid 1950’s. According to a US Congressional Research Service Study[1]… more »
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Libya and Obama’s Defense of the ‘Rebel Uprising’
James Petras Over the past two weeks Libya has been subjected to the most brutal imperial air, sea and land assault in its modern history. Thousands of bombs and missiles, launched from American and European submarines, warships and fighter planes, are… more »
Libya – What Now?
By Brian Downing After weeks of indecision, the NATO powers and a few Arab states have taken action against the Kadafi regime and its armed forces. NATO aircraft and missiles have devastated loyalist air defenses, troops concentrations, and supply… more »
Libyan Options Running Out
By Brian Downing The Libyan uprising once seemed sure to follow the pattern in Tunisia and Egypt where longstanding autocrats stepped down after large popular demonstrations. Colonel Kadafi, however, has rallied his forces and is quashing the… more »
State Terror Put to the Ultimate Test: Qaddafi’s War on Libya
By Numerian posted by Michael Collins The extraordinary brutality employed by the Qaddafi regime against its own people has few modern precedents. Dictators tend to reserve their use of state terror for political or sectarian enemies. Saddam Hussein… more »
Libya, Gas Prices, and the Big Payday at Your Expense
Another Triumph for The Money Party Michael Collins The average price for a gallon of gas rose 30% from $2.69 in July 2010 to $3.49 as of March 6. Most of that 30% has come in just the last few days. We're about to embark on another period of let the… more »
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IMF Rates Up Dictatorships Just Before Revolutions
By Michael Collins The International Monetary Fund (IMF) made an embarrassing error just two days before the start of the Libyan people's revolution on February 17. This quote from an IMF country study appeared in a previous article: "The outlook for… more »
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