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…
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President Mugabe Delivers A Stunning Blow To Imperialists And Libya’s NTC
MUGABE TO THE AU: IT’S TIME TO STAND UP TO THE WEST! Munyaradzi Huni Zimbabwe Herald President Mugabe has warned that recolonisation of Africa might take place if leaders fail to handle issues as the continent’s founding fathers used to do. He said the AU should not rush to recognise Libya’s National Transitional Council, but…
UK Admits Use Of Ground Forces, SAS To Quash Resistance And Force Regime Change
Mark Urban British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground – and on the quiet – special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters. This is the previously untold account of the crucial part they played. The British campaign to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi’s regime had its…
US DHS Targets Nigerian Boko Haram
US Homeland Security Suggests Military Action in Nigeria Nile Bowie For the fifth consecutive day, the Nigerian people have staged national strikes throughout their country in protest of the recent removal of fuel subsidies, which more than doubled the prices of transportation and commodities. In the northern city of Kano, protestors have demanded the immediate…
Nigeria the Next War Theater for AFRICOM
Nile Bowie Lagos Dissents Under IMF Hegemony On a recent trip to West Africa, the newly appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde ordered the governments of Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana and Chad to relinquish vital fuel subsidies. Much to the dismay of the population of these nations, the prices of fuel…
Cynthia McKinney: Against AFRICOM
GlobalResearchTV Established in 2007, the United States African Command (AFRICOM) has been at the heart of the US agenda to secure the continent and its resources against America’s supposed enemies. Now, many are questioning AFRICOM’s role on the continent at all.
Investigating the Pentagon’s African Holocaust
Gearóid Ó Colmáin On November 29th investigative journalist and genocide expert Keith Harmon Snow testified before Spain’s Highest Court (Audencia Nacional) to support the indictments against 40 Rwandan officials for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity during the western-backed invasions of Rwanda and Congo/Zaire by Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) and…
Qatar’s Delerious Ambitions
Who is Qatar? – Abdel-Rahman Shalgham, Libyan Ambassador to the United Nations Sean Fenley The diminutive Gulf totalitarian monarchy of Qatar, has been making quite a name for itself of late. It was one of the only Arab countries to provide air support in Libya, its customs officials — seemingly unprovoked — recently attacked a…
Africa Lies Naked To Euro-American Military Offensive
As the U.S. and its NATO allies move southward to further consolidate their grip on Africa, following the seizure of Libya and its vast oil fields, most of the continent’s leadership seems to welcome re-absorption into empire. “Africa is the most vulnerable region in America’s warpath, a continent ripe for the plucking due to the…
Snipers, Death Squads : Terror Tactics of US ‘Soft Power”
Unknown snipers played a pivotal role throughout the so-called « Arab Spring Revolutions » yet, in spite of reports of their presence in the mainstream media, surprisingly little attention has been paid to to their purpose and role. By Gearóid Ó Colmáin Libya 360° A Historical Review and Analysis The Russian investigative journalist Nikolay Starikov…
America’s Secret War In Somalia
Tense ties plagued Africa ops Sean D. Naylor Pan-African News Wire The U.S. operators were in trouble. Deep trouble. Along with some Ethiopian troops, a “really small” number of U.S. personnel were hunting a high-value target near the town of Bargal in Somalia’s autonomous Puntland region when they came under heavy fire that not only…
Noam Chomsky And The Manufacturing Of Consent
Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and…
