Podcast: Play in new window | Download James Corbett GRTV.ca When oil executives announced the discovery of the largest onshore oil reserves in the Lake Albert region of Uganda in July 2009, the landlocked, oft-neglected East African nation of Uganda went from relative obscurity to a key partner for multi-national oil conglomerates. Although buoyed by…
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NATO’s Grand Scheme: Syria, Iran and Kony2012
In Context STOP NATO In this episode we speak with journalist Rick Rozoff, manager of the blog Stop NATO about NATO’s broader plans in the Middle East and how they connect to the possible interventions in Syria and Iran. We also speak about how the Chinese and Russians are economically and geopolitically interested in what…
President Mugabe: Africa Must Be Ready To Defend Itself From Resurgent Imperialism
Editor’s Note: In January, President Mugabe stated it was time for African nations to stand up to the West to prevent the recolonization of Africa. Following the assault on Libya, “NATO had discovered we are toothless bulldogs and they can come in and out of the continent without anyone challenging them.” In February, Mugabe warned…
Muammar Gaddafi Hoped For An African-Arab Union
An Enlightening Interview with Gaddafi in 2009 with Euronews Even after 40 years in power, Libya`s Colonel Gaddafi has some bold ambitions. His ideas for African unity involve the creation of a United States of Africa modelled on the EU – an idea he set out at the recent African Union summit. As thousands of…
South Africa’s Corporate Media Call For “Regime Change” In Zimbabwe
Editor’s Note: Zimbabwe has been on the Freedom House hit list for years. Recently President Mugabe has been a vocal critic of the African Union, and an opponent of any foreign intervention in Africa. President Mugabe: The African Union Failed Libya President Mugabe Delivers A Stunning Blow To Imperialists And Libya’s NTC President Robert Mugabe’s…
President Mugabe: Africa Must Be Ready To Fight Against Foreign Invasion
Sydney Kawadza President Mugabe has branded some African leaders cowards who are prepared to sell out their countries for financial aid and material benefits. In an interview broadcast by ZBC last night, the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces said the leaders’ actions will trigger revolts if youths discover…
Cynthia McKinney Interview With Gary Corseri
I grew up in New York City, and have traveled and lived in different parts of the world, including about 18 years in the “Peachtree State” of Georgia. For almost as long as I lived there, I’d heard of Cynthia McKinney—the first African-American woman to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives. To be…
The Case For A Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy
R2P Imperialist Doctrine Jean Bricmont Louvain-la-Neuve The events in Syria, after those in Libya last year, are accompanied by calls for a military intervention, in order to “protect civilians”, claiming that it is our right or our duty to do so. And, just as last year, some of the loudest voices in favor of intervention…
Back to Djibouti: Africom and the New White Burden
Thomas C. Mountain The visit to Djibouti by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in late 2011 seems to be an omen foretelling the rebirth of the US African Command’s (AFRICOM) base in the Horn of Africa. The USA has little choice really, now that the Bahraini peoples resistance to the western backed Hamad regime has…
As Gas Fires Burn, Devastated Nigeria Pays Horrific Price to Ensure Profits of Big Oil
Bruce A. Dixon Big Oil ranks among the most profitable enterprises on earth. But capitalist corporations don’t pay their own costs – these are borne by the people and their environments. Few have paid a higher price than the oil-producing regions of Nigeria, now among the most devastated and toxic wastelands on the planet. Since…
Why The West Killed Lumumba
Later this year, the Belgian Parliament is due to report on the murder of the Congo’s first prime minister after independence, Patrice Lumumba, in January 1961. The circumstances of Lumumba’s death have been shrouded in mystery for 40 years, but as the Congo’s vast mineral wealth is once again becoming a focus for imperialist rivalries,…
Revolutionary Ruptures And The Pace Of Change In 2012
Progressives must brace for intensified struggles in 2012 because people in all continents are seeking alternatives beyond neo-liberal domination. The current European struggles will sharpen the struggles in Latin America and Africa. Horace Campbell Links added by Libya 360° INTRODUCTION From time to time in the history of society one event or a series of…
