Burma/Myanmar’s radical “969 movement” has been central in the recent brutal pogroms against minority Muslims that have left at least 40 dead and 12,000 displaced. The Buddhist monk-led group, however, cannot be understood outside of the interface between President Thein Sein’s government and the country’s racist society at large. Nor can it be explained without […]
Top Google execs, including the company’s CEO and one of Barack Obama’s major presidential campaign donors Eric Schmidt, informed the intelligence agency Stratfor about Google’s activities and internal communication regarding “regime change” in the Middle East, according to Stratfor emails released by WikiLeaks and obtained by Al-Akhbar. The other source cited was Google’s director for
by Yves Smith posted April 20, 2013 by Naked Capitalism Yves here. This is a short but useful reminder of how the failure to enforce anti-trust laws leads to oligopolies. MBAs are taught how to make markets inefficient to increase corporate profits, and one of the most lasting ways is to achieve a dominant position, ideally
by Edward Williams posted April 24, 2013 by The Root The Boston-bombing suspects show that it’s time the media and the public redefined their view of Islam. The American story has too long been told through a racial lens and always vis-à-vis “whiteness.” This is a dangerous premise — fortifying the principles of
On April 13th 2013 in Düsseldorf, Germany, a meeting of German speaking Syrians took place who originate from all milieus participating in the conflict*. Representatives of the German peace movements provided the frame for the debates. Declared aim was to promote a dialogue of civil society in order to pave the way for political negotiations.
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by Pepe Escobar Posted May 2, 2013 by Online Asia Times This eminently Bushist Obama “red line” business, applied to Syria, Iran or both, is becoming a tad ridiculous. Take Pentagon head Chuck Hagel’s tour of Israel and the “friendly” GCC (the de facto Gulf Counter-revolution Club) last week. US defense contractors had the
An FBI report shows that only a small percentage of terrorist attacks carried out on U.S. soil between 1980 and 2005were perpetrated by Muslims. Princeton University’s Loon Watch compiled the following chart from the FBI’s data (as explained below, this chart is over-simplified … and somewhat inaccurate): Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil by Group, From 1980 to 2005,
Non-Muslims Carried Out More than 90% of All Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil Read More »
