RussiaToday
June 17, 2009
The founder of the Trends Research Institute, Gerald Celente, shared his thoughts on Obama’s new initiative and the politicization of the Federal Reserve.
Day: June 17, 2009
Countdown: Spying on us + Feingold questions Holder
firedoglake
June 17, 2009
Countdown – Author James Risen discusses U.S. spying on us
06_17_09 visit: http://firedoglake.com
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Senator Feingold Can’t Get Straight Answer From Attorney Gen Holder On Warrantless Wiretap Program Continue reading
The Secret Wars Of The CIA by John Stockwell (1987)
by John Stockwell
Third World Traveler
October, 1987
Americas Third World War
How 6 million People Were killed in CIA secret wars against third world countries
Iran Faces Greater Risks Than It Knows By Paul Craig Roberts
By Paul Craig Roberts
June 17, 2009 “Information Clearing House”
Stephen Kinzer’s book, All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, tells the story of the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader, Mohammed Mosaddeq, by the CIA and the British MI6 in 1953. The CIA bribed Iranian government officials, businessmen, and reporters, and paid Iranians to demonstrate in the streets.
The 1953 street demonstrations, together with the cold war claim that the US had to grab Iran before the Soviets did, served as the US government’s justification for overthrowing Iranian democracy. What the Iranian people wanted was not important.
Today the street demonstrations in Tehran show signs of orchestration. The protesters, primarily young people, especially young women opposed to the dress codes, carry signs written in English: “Where is My Vote?” The signs are intended for the western media, not for the Iranian government.
Definancialisation, Deglobalisation, Relocalisation by Dmitry Orlov
by Dmitry Orlov
ClubOrlov
June 16, 2009
This talk was presented at The New Emergency Conference in Dublin, on June 11, 2009.
1. Good morning. The title of this talk is a bit of a mouthful, but what I want to say can be summed up in simpler words: we all have to prepare for life without much money, where imported goods are scarce, and where people have to provide for their own needs, and those of their immediate neighbours. I will take as my point of departure the unfolding collapse of the global economy, and discuss what might come next. It started with the collapse of the financial markets last year, and is now resulting in unprecedented decreases in the volumes of international trade. These developments are also starting to affect the political stability of various countries around the world. A few governments have already collapsed, others may be on their way, and before too long we may find our maps redrawn in dramatic ways.
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via ClubOrlov: Definancialisation, Deglobalisation, Relocalisation
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The American Empire Is Bankrupt by Chris Hedges
De-Dollarization: Dismantling America’s Financial-Military Empire by Prof. Michael Hudson
Understanding Peak Oil (must-see)
This Is What The Democrats Wrought by Bruce Gagnon
by Bruce Gagnon
featured writer
Dandelion Salad
Organizing Notes
June 17, 2009
Warning
This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience.
Rethink Afghanistan (Part 4): Civilian Casualties – TRAILER
bravenewfoundation
June 16, 2009
Trailer the part four of Rethink Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties. Watch the entire documentary online at http://rethinkafghanistan.com
Permaculture for Humanity
peakmoment
June 07, 2009
Peak Moment 146: The future is abundant, asserts permaculture designer Larry Santoyo. His vision of living in the present provides a wonderful antidote to fear about uncertain futures. People need to rediscover that we’re part of the ecosystem, and apply permaculture design principles to the many problems we face. Larry teaches sustainable permaculture design as a discovery of the world around us. He notes that trying to be self-sufficient is really anti-permaculture. Instead, we need to develop self-reliance skills. Then as we find others in our communities to interact with, everybody gets to play! http://www.earthflow.com
Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2
TEDtalksDirector
June 16, 2009
http://www.ted.com Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 — an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments. This is the first TED talk drawn from an independently organized TEDx event, held at the University of Southern California.
Kucinich: Made in America – War + Interview
Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Washington, June 16, 2009
Congressman Dennis Kucinich D-OH today made the following statement against the war supplemental on the House floor:
“We are destroying our nation’s moral and fiscal integrity with this war supplemental. Instead of ending wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan now by appropriating only enough money to bring our troops home, Congress abdicates its constitutional authority, defers to the president, and asks for a report. That’s right, all we are asking for is a report on when the president will end the war.
“There is also money for the IMF, presumably to bail out private European banks. Billions for the IMF so they can force low and middle income nations to cut jobs, wages, health care and retirement security, just like corporate America does to our constituents.
“And there’s money to incentivize the purchase of more cars, not necessarily from U.S. manufacturers because a ‘Buy America’ mandate was not allowed.
“Another $106 billion dollars and all we get is a lousy war. Pretty soon that is going to be about the only thing made in America – war.”
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Face To Face with Dennis Kucinich
presstv2009
June 13, 2009
Interview 6.10.09
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We’re Destroying Our Nation’s Moral & Fiscal Integrity With This War Supplemental! Dennis Kucinich Continue reading
Is TV Worth the Transition? by Ralph Nader
by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
June 12, 2009
At twelve noon on June 12, 2009, the end of analog television’s era was also when I let my set go dark. The last declaration I saw was that there were about three million of us disconnected but, no worry, we can still order the “converter box” to bring all those programs back to our living rooms.
Going dark on tv was not that hard—at least for a while. My recent memories had too many “yuks” and too few “harks”.
President John F. Kennedy’s chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Newton Minow, shocked a broadcast industry audience when he called television a “vast wasteland”. That was in 1961!
Had he not mellowed as a corporate lawyer with a lucrative practice, what would Newton Minow say today? What is the superlative of “vast wasteland”?
For workers’ power and a socialist Iran by Peter Symonds
by Peter Symonds
http://www.wsws.org
17 June 2009
The political crisis unfolding in Iran raises fundamental issues for the working class. The outcome of last Friday’s presidential election has exposed a sharp rift within the country’s clerical regime between the backers of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and those of his chief rival, Mirhossein Mousavi.
No one should be hoodwinked by the “colour revolution” being carefully orchestrated by the Mousavi camp to overturn the election result and demand a fresh poll. While there are tactical differences between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi, both are tested defenders of the existing regime and the interests of the Iranian bourgeoisie.
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As it has in the past, US imperialism is seeking to exploit the political turmoil in Iran to bring about a modification of the regime more favourable to its economic and strategic interests—in the first place, to secure greater Iranian support for its neo-colonial occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq.
If Mousavi were to pull off his “colour revolution,” the first to bear the brunt would be the working class and the poor, as the new regime sought to rein in public spending, privatise state-owned enterprises and guarantee the profits of local businesses and foreign investors. The barely concealed class hostility of Mousavi and his well-heeled supporters to working people is summed in their open contempt towards Ahmadinejad’s meagre handouts to the poor.
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CIA, Iran and the Election Riots
Are You Ready For War With Demonized Iran? By Paul Craig Roberts + Ahmadinejad Won. Get Over It
US Media Campaign to Discredit Iranian Election By Charting Stock
Some observations on the Iranian presidential election and its aftermath by Phil Wilayto
Memo to Dennis and Lynn: LEAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY by Cindy Sheehan
By Cindy Sheehan
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox
June 17, 2009
“Congress must use the power of the purse to end combat operations. When the War Supplemental conference comes to the Floor for a vote I urge you to continue to vote no.” – Dennis Kucinich, (D-Oh)
“Voting down the funds for war honors the mandate to end the war in Iraq that was given to this body by the American people in November 2006. Furthermore, defeat of the War Supplemental sends a clear message about U.S. priorities at home and abroad.” – Lynn Woolsey, (D-Ca)
I am not even remotely surprised that the new supplemental bill for war funding passed the House today. Hawks: Pelosi (Democratic Speaker of the House from SF), Hoyer (Democratic House Majority Leader), Obama (Democratic President) and Emmanuel (Democratic Chief of Staff) weren’t even about to allow the bill to come up for a vote until they were assured that it would pass. Besides, Pelosi, Hoyer, Obama (Senator) and Emmanuel (Congress Rep) gave George Bush every damn penny for war he demanded so why wouldn’t they also fill their own WAR chests?
Obama’s Confusion Over Guantánamo Terror Trials by Andy Worthington
by Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.andyworthington.co.uk
17 June 2009
Since sweeping into office pledging to undo all the malign results of the Bush administration’s brutal and ill-conceived “War on Terror,” Barack Obama has struggled to make as decisive a point as he did on that first day, when he pledged to close Guantánamo within a year, to ban the use of torture, and to ensure that the US military abided by the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of prisoners.
These promises resurface regularly — most recently during his recent bridge-building speech in Egypt — but in reality the torture promise has been tarnished by an unwillingness to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate the legality of the Bush administration’s policies, and doubts have arisen about the treatment of prisoners of war because of the administration’s refusal to open up the US prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan to outside scrutiny.
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