The World Cheers as the CIA Plunges Libya Into Chaos ANNOTATED NEWS, ANTIWAR, CITIZEN TOOLS, HEADLINERS, The Middle East Comments Off Mar 312011 The lies continue to fly, as the stenographers to power in the corporate media, out of appalling ignorance or cowardice, toe the imperial line. Few articles challenge the (by now) official wisdom as this post by an independent correspondent. By David Rothscum Crosspost with Global Research, March 31, 2011 davidrothscum.blogspot.com HOW WAS LIBYA DOING UNDER THE RULE OF GADAFFI? How bad did the people have it? Were they oppressed as we now commonly accept as fact? Let us look at the facts for a moment. Before the chaos erupted, Libya had a lower incarceration rate than the Czech republic. It ranked 61st. Libya had the lowest infant mortality rate of all of Africa. Libya had the highest life expectancy of all of Africa. Less than 5% of the population was undernourished. In response to the rising food prices around the world, the government of Libya abolished ALL taxes on food. Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
Planned Regime Change in Libya CITIZEN TOOLS, GOVERNMENT CRIMES, HEADLINERS, Stephen Lendman Comments Off Mar 312011 By Stephen Lendman | March 30, 2011 Despite the effort at downplaying it, America is clearly spearheading the assault on Libya. A March 25 White House press release announced Obama’s planned March 28 national TV speech: “to update the American people on the situation in Libya, including the actions we’ve taken with allies and partners to protect the Libyan people from the brutality of Muammar Qaddafi, the transition to NATO command and control, and our policy going forward.” Imagine the hypocrisy. US-style “humanitarian intervention” rains death and destruction “to protect the Libyan people.” Recall how “shock and awe” protected Iraqis, how war on Afghanistan helps Afghans and neighboring Pakistanis from predatory drone and ground attacks. Libyans are now tasting imperial viciousness firsthand. Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
Playing TAPs ANNOTATED NEWS, ARTS & FILM, KULTURKAMPF Comments Off Mar 312011 MORRIS BERMAN Guilty as charged? One thing I’ve noticed about “progressive” or left-wing analyses of American politics is an absence of any critique of the people who inhabit this great nation of ours. The government is always fair game, but there is some sort of mystique about The American People (TAP). Uttering this phrase, writes Fareed Zakaria, is tantamount to announcing a divine visitation; anything has the force of biblical revelation if it is ascribed to this mystical, all-knowing entity. Thus Noam Chomsky, for example, believes that there is a “democracy gap” between this (potentially) enlightened population and its evil masters; that popular consent has been “manufactured”; and that if we (= who, exactly?) could only remove the wool that is covering their eyes, they would reject the government and institute some form of democratic socialism. In a more generally populist vein, Michael Moore seems to believe something similar: Americans are inherently decent and rational, they’ve just been led astray. Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
NNPA Defends Endorsement of Predatory AT&T -T-Mobile Merger. And We Answer ANNOTATED NEWS, CITIZEN TOOLS, CLASS STRUGGLE, IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE, MEDIA SCUM Comments Off Mar 312011 By Black Agenda Report managing editor by Bruce A. Dixon on Wed, 03/30/2011 What’s the mission of the black press? To hear Walter Smith, CEO of the NY Beacon and NNPA Budget Chairman, it’s to rep their advertisers, and increase their “corporate visibility.” What happened to informing the pubic, to defending the interests of black communities, to telling the truth without fear or favor? Last week we denounced NNPA’s craven endorsement of AT&T’s buyout of T-Mobile, which will concentrate three-quarters of the US cell phone market in the hands of two massive and massively predatory corporations. They answered. Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
Obama’s North African War Face ANTIWAR, CITIZEN TOOLS, HEADLINERS Comments Off Mar 312011 By Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford | 03/30/2011 Whatever happens to Moammar Gaddafi, an independent Libya is not on the U.S. agenda. “Obama hopes to ‘stabilize’ Libya under indirect U.S. dominion through a kind of protectorate involving various ‘international’ entities, on the Haitian model.” The president’s doctrine of “humanitarian” warfare – like his rhetoric – is merely a sweetened derivative of George Bush’s more crudely presented policies. “In the final analysis, Euro-American hegemony means crushing the aspirations of all Arabs in the sand.” Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
Freedom Rider: Attack of the Cruise Missile Liberals ASSHOLES, BASTARDS & CRIMINALS, INDECENT SLIMEBALLS, LIBERAL BETRAYALS, MEDIA SCUM 1 Response » Mar 312011 Liberals Love War By BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley | Created 03/30/2011 Americans are warlike – as long as they think they can be victorious. These nominal Democrats and Republicans “differ only on who they want to see doing the dominating.” Today, a Black Democrat is the head killer in charge, allowing the likes of Ed Schultz, Bill Maher and Juan Cole to endorse the criminal assault on Libya. When the chips are down, fraudulent anti-war liberals show their true racist, Manifest Destiny-loving colors. “The true anti-war movement must reawaken itself and hit the streets in the hundreds of thousands.” Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH: Reagan insider: ‘GOP destroyed U.S. economy’ ANNOTATED NEWS, CLASS STRUGGLE, HEADLINERS Comments Off Mar 302011 By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch | Aug. 10, 2010, 12:45 a.m. Reposted on March 30, 2011 Gold. Tax cuts. Debts. Wars. Fat Cats. Class gap. No fiscal discipline ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) — “How my G.O.P. destroyed the U.S. economy.” Yes, that is exactly what David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a recent New York Times op-ed piece, “Four Deformations of the Apocalypse.” Get it? Not “destroying.” The GOP has already “destroyed” the U.S. economy, setting up an “American Apocalypse.” Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
Wall St. Stands at the Pinnacle of 5,000 Years of Human Exploitation CAPITALISM & SOCIALISM, CITIZEN TOOLS, CLASS STRUGGLE, HEADLINERS, HISTORY Comments Off Mar 302011 But remember that Wall Street is merely a symptom of big corporate capitalism, the underlying disease. By David Korten, YES! Magazine Posted on March 30, 2011 In an earlier day, our rulers were kings and emperors. Now they are corporate CEOs and hedge fund managers. Wall Street is Empire’s most recent stage. Its reign will mark the end of the tragic drama of a 5,000 year Era of Empire. Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH: Tax the Super Rich now or face a revolution {w. VIDEO} CITIZEN TOOLS, CLASS STRUGGLE Comments Off Mar 302011 Commentary: A ‘Super-Rich Delusion’ is leading us to ruin By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch1 | March 29, 2011, 12:01 a.m. EDT SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, tax the Super Rich. Tax them now. Before the other 99% rise up, trigger a new American Revolution, a meltdown and the Great Depression 2. Revolutions build over long periods — to critical mass, a flash point. Then they ignite suddenly, unpredictably. Like Egypt, started on a young Google executive’s Facebook page. Then it goes viral, raging uncontrollably. Can’t be stopped. Here in America the set-up is our nation’s pervasive “Super-Rich Delusion.” Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
What’s at Stake for Women in Wal-Mart v. Dukes CITIZEN TOOLS, CLASS STRUGGLE, HEADLINERS, MEDIA SCUM, THE COLOR LINE, THE LABOR FRONT Comments Off Mar 302011 A company with a long history of corporate abuses and reactionary positions, including support for the worst American politicians, dictators, and practices injurious to animals and nature. Its opposition to labor unions is as virulent as it’s legendary. Fatima Goss Graves | Thursday 24 March 2011 DVD cover for Robert Greenwald's documentary "Walmart, the High Cost of Low Price". No matter how available wage data is sliced and diced, a single truth remains: a wage gap exists between male and female workers. On average, full-time female workers make 23 percent less than male full-time workers. And for women of color, the gap in wages is even larger. African American women and Hispanic women working full-time make far less, on average — 62 percent and 53 percent respectively — compared to white, non-Hispanic men. Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
