In Somalia, It’s The Blood Money, Stupid! by Amina Mire
Another valuable and urgent piece on Somalia with thanks to Amina Mire for sending it. She writes about the underexamined role of China’s scramble for Africa’s natural resources, in addition … Continue reading
Petras on Zionism, Puppet Regimes and Political Allies
A very good analytical overview piece from James Petras (see also related recent post on economic empire building here). In this article he focuses upon the influence of Israel and … Continue reading
Outsourcing the Military: Blackwater and Bush
The second-largest army in Iraq does not belong to a country, it belongs to a corporation. They are the tens of thousands of private security contractors in which Blackwater dominates. … Continue reading
Thank you, Rep. Ron Paul
Run-time 1 min:50. Thanks to my good friend Paul for forwarding these. Rep Ron Paul displays a canny concern for the appearance of a Gulf of Tonkin style incident, and … Continue reading
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