Monthly Archives: June 2011

The Plight of the Chagossians by D. O’Dea The Liberi January 1, 2011 Prior to 1968 the Chagos Archipelago, a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, was inhabited by a people … Continue reading →

Nine War Words That Define Our World “Victory” Is the Verbal Equivalent of a Yeti By Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch.com June 23, 2011 Now that Washington has at least six wars cooking (in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, and more generally, … Continue reading →

Chance Didn’t Create The Current Economic Crisis International Bankers the creators of despair, the instruments of corporatist fascism and monopoly, markets not free under the eye of international banks, Greece the catalyist fo the Euro downfall, Fed inflation soaks up … Continue reading →

QE 3?  The Perils of Inflation Targeting By MIKE WHITNEY CounterPunch.org June 23, 2011 No one expects the Fed to announce a rate-hike at the end of the today’s FOMC meeting, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be a few … Continue reading →

Haiti, 17 Months After the Quake Still Displaced by Disaster By BILL QUIGLEY CounterPunch.org June 23, 2011 Haiti experienced a major earthquake January 12, 2010. Tens of thousands died, estimates range from 65,000 to 230,000 people killed. About 2 million … Continue reading →

Losers and winners in Obama’s Afghanistan By M K Bhadrakumar Asia Times June 24, 2011 United States President Barack Obama never fails to rise to the occasion when rhetorical flourish is the need of the hour. By that yardstick, the … Continue reading →

Islamists break Pakistan’s military ranks By Amir Mir Asia Times June 24, 2011 ISLAMABAD – The arrest of Brigadier Ali Khan, a senior officer of the Pakistan army, for his alleged ties to Hizbul Tehrir (HuT), a banned Islamic militant … Continue reading →

China runs gauntlet in South China Seas By Jian Junbo and Wu Zhong Asia Times June 24, 2011 LONDON and HONG KONG – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will celebrate its 90th birthday on July 1. While the party has … Continue reading →

US-Philippines flex collective muscle By Al Labita Asia Times June 24, 2011 MANILA – From waging a joint bloody war against Islamic terrorists, the United States and Philippines now find themselves shifting to another battle front: checking China’s provocations on … Continue reading →

Obama’s Afghanistan speech: An exercise in political duplicity By Bill Van Auken WSWS.org 23 June 2011 In his nationally televised speech Wednesday night, President Barack Obama announced a minimal withdrawal of US troops from the nearly decade-old war in Afghanistan. … Continue reading →