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URUGUAY IS RIGHT BETWEEN CENTRAL AND SO WILL CONTINUE WITH MUJICA
Prof. James Petras, American sociologist, Comments for CX36 Radio Centenario
"I analyze the vote in the UN and the shame is that Uruguay is with Colombia on abstinence as Argentina, Brazil and other countries voted for the report. So I say that Uruguay is part of the center-right has a space of autonomy but share a large part of Calderon's policy, Uribe and Alan García." www.radio36.com.uy
Chury: Petras good day, how you doing?
Petras: We're fine. Studying the visit of Mr. Obama to Asia and its efforts at public relations.
Civil Disobedience, Imprisonment and My Search for Justice...
Norm Lowry
"Justice is more precious to me than life..."
An ancient prophet by the name of Habakkuk began one of his writings by saying, "Everywhere I look there is oppression and bribery and men who love to argue and fight. The Law is not enforced and there is no Justice given in the courts, for the wicked outnumber the righteous and bribes and trickery prevail..."
For nearly six months (4/17/09 - 10/08/09), I was imprisoned in the Lancaster (PA USA) County Prison, charged with three crimes: Possessing an Instrument of Crime, Disorderly Conduct and Criminal Mischief. The local media (newspapers, radio and television) 'helped the public', by portraying me as simply being 'an angry man who chose vandalism as a sedative'. Omitted were the facts:
The destruction of Iraq was for Israel, not oil
Not Sylvia Night
When the US invasion of Iraq started in 2003 how often did we hear the slogan "No Blood for Oil" proclaimed loudly by the anti-war movement?
How often did we hear the accusation that the "insatiable thirst" for oil of the American economy and the American consumer had caused this drive for war against an oil-rich country?
But is this really what we should be focused on?
Ahmed Janabi of Al-Jazeera has good reason, supported by new documentary evidence, to see a far more important motive for the US war-policy.
On November 9, 2009 Janabi wrote:
Why Monbiot ran
John Izzard
Who is George Monbiot?
Well, while some of his fellow London journalists call him Moonbat, George Monbiot is actually the Guardian newspaper’s attack dog. A sort of in-house Cassandra. Those of you who received their education prior to the present era may recall that the Cassandra of Greek mythology (“she who entangles men”) was said to have had her ears licked clean by snakes during an interlude in Apollo’s temple.
This, apparently, enabled her to hear the future.
George Monbiot certainly has the gift to hear the future. Or at least one version of the future. As the left-leaning Guardian’s environmental prophet he is about as nasty a climate-change-fanatic as you are ever likely to find. His latest book, The Age of Consent - A Manifesto for a New World Order is said to be a best seller. Journalist and broadcaster Rod Liddle, who writes for the Sunday Times (UK), recently said of Monbiot “ His entire column in today’s Guardian deals exclusively with one subject which has obsessed the man for years, and bored the rest of us: himself.”
Why George Monbiot should interest us in Australia is that he is, with the assistance of some keen high-profile Australian climate-change academics, trying to destroy the reputation and standing of Ian Plimer, author of Heaven and Earth: Global Warming - The Missing Science. And when it comes to academic character assassination, no one does it better than our local boys and girls. Think of what was dished out to Professor Orr, Professor Blainey and Keith Windschuttle, to name a few.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Omar Khadr, and Barack Obama: A Dreadful Tale of What America Has Become
John Chuckman
During his trip to Asia, President Obama called for the government of Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi, a noted dissident who has spent years under house arrest.
It made headlines, a fact which tells us more about the role of media as an outlet for government press releases than in communicating genuine news.
Obama’s was hardly a brave or innovative act when you consider that it is a universally-condemned military junta keeping Aung San Suu Kyi penned up. But when you appreciate the full context of Obama’s call, you may agree with me that it was more a cowardly act than anything else.
A year ago, after eight years of mind-numbing stupidity, countless public lies and bloody war crimes, Obama’s arrival on the American political scene thrilled the world. His intelligence, his grace, and his sense of decency were striking. His like as an American politician, quite apart from his race, had not been seen in the lifetime of many.
What's next?
Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
Hundreds of Palestinians gather in the West Bank city of Ramallah
to express support for President Mahmoud Abbas
Whatever lies ahead after Abbas's notification of not seeking the Palestinian presidency again, the status quo ante is over for good, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah.
The recent decision by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas not to seek a second term in office has already thrown into question the continued survival of the Oslo peace process as well as the future of the PA itself.
Most Palestinians have interpreted Abbas's decision as a frank -- though belated -- admission of the failure of the peace process with Israel. In his speech on Thursday, 5 November, Abbas didn't mourn that process much. But he did suggest that it was pointless to walk any further along the current path given Israel's adamant refusal to stop settlement expansion and the Obama administration's refusal to force Israel to give up the spoils of the 1967 war.
Lebanese students advise President Obama how to get it right
Franklin Lamb Beirut
If those in Lebanon watching the news on 11/12/09 blinked they might have missed an interesting news item. It appeared at approximately 4:20 pm on Narharnet.com, the pro-US/Saudi news website.
The news item read “4:16 pm, American Ambassador Michele Sison (sp) departed Lebanon for her country.” Ten minutes later the item disappeared and, as it turned out, the ten minutes was exactly how long it took for the US Embassy security and press office to inform Beirut media outlets that “the American Ambassadors movements are to be reported at least one hour after they occur not one minute.”
The Inevitable Collapse of the Dollar
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy
Americans live beyond their means, Asia finances it and China props up the buck so that the US can buy Chinese made stuff at Wal-Mart. Eventually the Asians/Europeans will stop financing the USA, China will pull the plug on the buck and the bubble will burst.
The CIA's World Fact Book lists the US at the very bottom of a list with the world's largest negative Current Account Balance. China, which pegs the Yuan to the dollar, is at the top with the world's largest positive Current Account Balance.
If the GOP had been correct, US exports should have risen! The 'balance of trade deficit' i.e, the NEGATIVE Current Account Balance would have been reduced! If the GOP had been correct, the US could have paid off huge amounts of national debt run up in incompetent and dishonest GOP regimes. The US might have survived decades of conservative budgets which forced the US to borrow from other countries. But --not surprisingly --things have not worked out as the GOP would have you believe.
Origins of 'Islamophobia' in US Imperialism and Neo-Colonialism
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy
'Islamophobia' in the U.S. is a top down phenomenon encouraged and exploited by the right wing. It is easier to whip up war fever if the populace is irrational, mindless, or unduly fearful of an entire class, religion or even race. A crooked, corrupt or illegitimate state is 'motivated' to encourage irrational fears among its populace. This was true of Rome, the Third Reich and it is true of the US. It is, perhaps, one of several harbingers of the fall of empire.
That 'Islamophobia' is a needless waste is proven by recent events.
The US government and the assassination of Tupac Shakur
Thomas C. Mountain
ASMARA, Eritrea -- I first wrote about the assassination of American Rap Music superstar Tupak Shakur almost a decade ago. At the time I used the title “The Hand of The Man in Tupak’s Assassination” and I use the term “assassination” for good reason.
Tupak was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip in front of the mega gambling casino Circus Circus after a Mike Tyson boxing match. Hundreds of people witnessed the killing and it had to have been captured on multiple CCTV (close circuit television) systems used to monitor the front of the hotel. The killers had to have arrived and departed from the scene of the crime via the main thoroughfare, The Strip, and were certainly recorded doing so on dozens if not hundreds of other CCTV systems. -Yet to this day, well over a decade later, law enforcement claims they have no idea who committed this crime. No photos extracted from the multiple video cameras that recorded the assassination, not even the license plate number of the killer’s vehicle.
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