Nafeez Ahmed and Antonia Juhasz say that the U.S. is using the possibility of Kurdish independence as a threat against the central government in Baghdad [youtube=http://youtu.be/vviq7zAUMTU] Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up More
(Click to enlarge) dailykos.com June 18, 2014 Relevant article showing photos of the London spikes here. Apparently the number of homeless there is increasing: Katharine Sacks-Jones, head of policy and campaigns at Crisis, said: "This is happening in a context where rough sleeping has gone up massively. Over the last three years rough sleeping has risen More
The barriers to women’s progress are not personal, they are structural, and they are embedded in the workings of American capitalism. The Curve: Where feminism and economics intersect. Kathleen Geier and Curve Contributors TheNation.com June 11, 2014 Elba Aquino, foreground, and Alex Nunez, center, both waiters at the Cheyenne Diner in New York (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Welcome to More
...I must make it clear that I have great admiration for the young Mr. Snowden, for what he did and for how he expresses himself. He may not be a radical, but he is a hero. His moral courage, nerve, composure, and technical genius are magnificent. The Anti-Empire Report #129 By William Blum WilliamBlum.org More
Who are ‘Boko Haram’, and what are they up to in Nigeria? BY 21WIRE SPECIAL REPORT 21st Century Wire MAY 11, 2014 Nigeria’s premier terror circus conveniently grabbed the headlines away from an embattled White House this week (simmering scandals, Behghazi, and IRS), just in the nick of time, pulling off the terror caper of the year. More
“The Russians are coming … again … and they’re still ten feet tall!” By William Blum May 9th, 2014 The Anti-Empire Report #128 Official website of the author, historian, and U.S. foreign policy critic. So, what do we have here? In Libya, in Syria, and elsewhere the United States has been on the same More
Gareth Porter visited the Twin Cities to talk about his book, Manufactured Crisis: the Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, in which he discusses the false narrative that Iran had/has nuclear weapons and how that false narrative began and was perpetuated by the neo-cons under the Bush administration and still persists today, even as we go into More
Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Pentagon, Libya, and Tomorrow's Blowback Today Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. By Nick Turse TomDispatch.com April 15, 2014 Is the U.S. secretly training Libyan militiamen in the Canary Islands? And if not, are they planning to? That’s what I asked a spokesman for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). “I am surprised by your More
John Kerry and the "last resort" rule as a cause for optimism From: The Vineyard of the Saker OrganizingNotes Posted by Bruce Gagnon April 26, 2014 Listening to Kerry today I went through a series of rather contradictory emotions. First, I felt disgusted, then my disgust turned to anger, then to outright amazement and, by the More
In early April, 2014, the U.S. Navy unveiled its Mach 7 Magnetic Mangler, “a railgun straight out of Star Trek that can take out targets at 100 miles with a projectile flying at nearly 7,000 feet per second.” By Kathy Kelly Truthout.org | Op-Ed April 18, 2014 (Photo: USS Missouri Battleship at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii via Shutterstock) So More
In early April, 2014, the U.S. Navy unveiled its Mach 7 Magnetic Mangler, “a railgun straight out of Star Trek that can take out targets at 100 miles with a projectile flying at nearly 7,000 feet per second.” By Kathy Kelly Truthout.org | Op-Ed April 18, 2014 (Photo: USS Missouri Battleship at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii via Shutterstock) So More
Transitioning from an industrial model of agriculture to a system benefiting small-scale producers - a step governments must support - will not only alleviate worldwide hunger and poverty, but will reduce carbon emissions, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food concludes in a new report. By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi Truthout.org | News Analysis Monday, 14 April (Photo: Chris More
