Monthly Archives: June 2010

Leader of Death Squads Wins Colombian Election A Great Victory For Democracy? Juan Manuel Santos, notorious Defense Minister in the regime of outgoing President Alvaro Uribe and closely identified with high crimes against humanity “won” the recent Presidential elections in … Continue reading →

Adapt and Survive The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning James Lovelock Allen Lane, UK, 2009, ISBN 9781846141850 By Stephan Harding Resurgency June 29, 2010 It is often said that it takes great ideas in science some forty years … Continue reading →

Report: US Warships Stationed Off Iranian Coast By Daniel Tencer The Raw Story June 27, 2010 As unconfirmed reports of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities pick up steam in the Middle Eastern media, a US-based strategic intelligence … Continue reading →

Honduras Resistance Strong Despite US-Supported Coup By Bill Quigley and Laura Raymond Information Clearing House June 28, 2010 One year ago, on June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was awakened by gunfire. A coup was carried out by US-trained … Continue reading →

The Third Depression By Paul Krugman The New York Times June 27, 2010 Neither the Long Depression of the 19th century nor the Great Depression of the 20th was an era of nonstop decline — on the contrary, both included … Continue reading →

Israel Offshore Gas Finds Trigger Dispute With Lebanon, Cyprus Questions Boundaries by David Wainer and Massoud A. Derhally Bloomberg.com June 17, 2010 Natural gas discoveries off Israel have sparked a debate with Lebanon over potential resources in the eastern Mediterranean … Continue reading →

Live from Planet Norte America’s totalitarian democracy and the politics of plunder, or, life is a titty tuck and a Dodge truck By Joe Bageant Information Clearing House June 28, 2010 Starting with the Homeland Security probe at Washington’s Reagan … Continue reading →

Time for a Second Stimulus A General Fall By MIKE WHITNEY CounterPunch.org June 24, 2010 Alan Greenspan has joined the ranks of the deficit hawks and is calling for austerity measures to reduce government spending. In an op-ed in last … Continue reading →

Afghan Aid on Hold as Corruption Is Probed By PETER SPIEGEL in Washington and MATTHEW ROSENBERG in Kabul Wall Street Journal June 28, 2010 The chairwoman of the House subcommittee responsible for foreign aid said she was stripping from pending … Continue reading →

The Runaway General Stanley McChrystal, Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House By Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Jun 22, 2010 ‘How’d … Continue reading →