29 May 2008
Who was it that said, if you live with a cripple, you would learn to limp. By Anwaar Hussain Walk down a busy Kabul street and try coming back unscarred. Legless men rattle down bazaars in wheelbarrows, little children with missing limbs crab along like some decapods, one-legged men hobble about on ugly crutches among [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, War, War Crimes, War on Terror, Weapons of War by: admin
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28 May 2008
TS Admin : From today onwards, TS will occasionally be posting its pick from the web for our readers. This also looks after the copyright problems that TS faces with some pieces. This is being done on trial basis pending our readers’ response. TS may continue the practice if the feedback is positive. Comments, here [...]
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28 May 2008
By James Petras – May 2008 Wars in an imperialist democracy cannot simply be dictated by executive fiat, they require the consent of highly motivated masses who will make the human and material sacrifices. Imperialist leaders have to create a visible and highly charged emotional sense of injustice and righteousness to secure national cohesion and [...]
Posted in Humanity & Global Civilization, Hypocrisy of Western Leaders, Imperialism, Israel, Military Alliances, Neoconservatives & Neocolonialism, The Common Moral, The Empire Crimes, The West, War, War on Terror, Western Racism/Aggression/Greed, World Control, ZPC - Zionist Power Configuration in the US by: admin
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27 May 2008
By James Petras Picture by Carlos Latuff. Introduction From the middle of the 19th century but especially after the Second World War, two models of empire building competed on a world scale: One predominantly based on military conquests, involving direct invasions, proxy invading armies and subsidized separatist military forces; and the other predominantly based on [...]
Posted in Capitalism & Disastrous Capitalism, Imperialism, Indochina, Israel, Militaristic Subculture, Neoconservatives & Neocolonialism, Sudan, World Control, ZPC - Zionist Power Configuration in the US by: admin
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25 May 2008
As evidence emerges of dwindling oil reserves, the price of crude hits $135 a barrel TS Admin : A comprehensive read on the subject In France, fishermen are blockading oil refineries. In Britain, lorry drivers are planning a day of action. In the US, the car maker Ford is to cut production of gas-guzzling sports [...]
Posted in Consumerism, Humanity & Global Civilization, Oil, Politics by: admin
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24 May 2008
By LWB When you have built a house of cards, it is important that none of the cards is removed or of course the house will fall. Lets say for example you represent that the ace of spades in your deck is that the Jews of Modern Israel are somehow genetically related to the Judeans [...]
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23 May 2008
By Eric Walberg The US is not only repeating all the Soviets’ mistakes in Afghanistan, it is showing remarkable creativity in the horrors department, says Eric Walberg in the first of a two-part series. Twenty years ago this week the Soviet Union began its withdrawal from Afghanistan, eight and a half years after it was [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Hypocrisy of Western Leaders, Imperialism, New World Order, Politics, The Empire Crimes, US Empire, USA, War, War on Terror by: admin
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