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Jean Bricmont> Beware the Anti-Anti-War Left
Why Humanitarian Interventionism is a Dead End Beware the Anti-Anti-War Left by JEAN BRICMONT DECEMBER 04, 2012 Counterpunch.org Louvain, Belgium. Ever since the 1990s, and especially since the Kosovo war in 1999, anyone who opposes armed interventions by Western powers and NATO has to confront what may be called an anti-anti-war left (including its far […]
Stephen Gowans> Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa
Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa The next time that empire comes calling in the name of human rights, please be found standing idly by By Stephen Gowans what’s left Posted in Africa, Libya by what’s left on November 9, 2012 Maximilian C. Forte’s new book Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa (released November 20) […]
Jess Sundin> Is the War in Afghanistan “Humanitarian Intervention”?
Is the War in Afghanistan “Humanitarian Intervention”? The fact is, war cannot liberate women. In reality, that was never a real goal of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. . . . By the same token, democracy cannot be delivered at gunpoint. By Jess Sundin August 22, 2012 Editor’s Note: This speech is one of […]
Linda Hoover> Syria and Libya > A Geo-political Analysis
Syria and Libya > A Geo-political Analysis Samir Amin, Egyptian born scholar and activist, says that the main struggle in the world today is between countries that need their resources to modernize and the imperialist countries that need control of the resources to maintain their economic supremacy. By Linda Hoover August 22, 2012 Editor’s Note: This speech […]
Brendan O’Neill> Syria: how the West is sanctioning sectarianism
Syria: how the West is sanctioning sectarianism Brendan O’Neill Monday 13 August 2012 Spiked In the name of making a PR performance of their moral resolve, Western governments are meddling in Syria in an ever-more lethal way. For a textbook example of how Western meddling in other states’ affairs makes bad situations worse, look no […]
Eric Margolis> Syria and the Invisible Hand of Foreign Intervention
Syria and the Invisible Hand of Foreign Intervention Eric S. Margolis August 10, 2012 National Interest via antiwar.com The Polish Zionist ideologue Vladimir Jabotinsky, the father of Israel’s right wing, observed nearly a century ago that much of the Arab world was a fragile mosaic. A few sharp blows, he wrote, would cause it […]
Video> Jean Bricmont on humanitarian interventionism
Published on May 29, 2012 by MWSyria Prof. dr. Jean Bricmont answers questions about humanitarian interventionism. (Highlights, subtitles in Dutch and French.) Compilation de l’interview avec prof. dr. Jean Bricmont, sous-titres en français. Compilatie van het interview met prof. dr. Jean Bricmont, ondertiteling in het Nederlands. Full interview in English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upRLIq1x97g Jean Bricmont (born April 12, 1952, Uccle[1]) is a Belgian theoretical physicist, philosopher […]
Rowley & Wright> Amnesty’s Shilling for US-NATO Wars
Coleen Rowley Former FBI Special Agent Amnesty’s Shilling for US-NATO Wars By Ann Wright and Coleen Rowley 06/18/2012 Huffington Post The new Executive Director of Amnesty International USA — Suzanne Nossel — is a recent U.S. government insider. So it’s a safe bet that AI’s decision to seize upon a topic that dovetailed with […]
Syria targeted by US advocates of unipolar global order
Syria targeted by US advocates of unipolar global order By Clifford A. Kiracofe GLobal Times | 2012-6-13 19:00:04 Washington’s regime change policy in Syria is about the world order. While human rights and democracy are featured in the propaganda mix, the real issue turns on the future of the international system and the role of […]
Polly Mann> On Intervention
On Intervention by Polly Mann June 4, 2012 The title of a recent article in The Guardian Weekly caught my attention – “It is not always wrong to intervene” and I could go no farther in perusing the news magazine, my principal source of news, both national and international. “Intervening” meant to me one […]
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