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Axis of HopeIn the Muslim world religious groups
that are militarily effective, but politically limited dominate
resistance to the American Empire. Asia is infatuated with capital.
Europe lies buried deep in neo-liberal torpor, and the Left and
social movements in the EU (Italy is the most recent example)
are in an advanced state of decomposition. But in South America
an axis of hope has emerged that challenges imperial domination
on every level. Who Says Africa is Independent?...in reality, what kind of independence are we talking about in Africa? A mere flag-and-anthem independence? Or an independence that gives us the right of choice, decision and action over national affairs? Read More!! THE FALSE DAWN OF CIVIL SOCIETYWhen we put our faith in civil society, we are grasping at straws. Apart from a few principled nationalists, libertarians and Marxists, most well-intentioned people now view the rise of civil society as the most promising political development of the postˇcold war era. By itself, that fact only points to how desperate we are...Read More!! ShamelessAmerica is falling out of fashion in Africa, and that is an understatement. Washington's Africa policy, like its diabolical Middle Eastern debacles, unquestionably brings out the "F" word -- excuse my French....United States President George W Bush this week approved a fiendish plan to centralise military operations in Africa under American command. He expects, I suppose, that he will exact absolute obedience from his African lackeys....Read More!! American ‘blueprint’ is dangerous for Africa the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia in December ...constitutes a “new
blueprint” by which the US military wishes, in future, to conduct
“proxy wars” through “surrogates”. ...What the AU must do is to
recommence the process of genuine negotiations between the Somali
factions that took place in Kenya and Sudan, and which very nearly
produced a government acceptable to a majority of Somalis, until the
CIA began to sabotage the negotiations...Read More !!! |
'Man In The Hood' Tells Of His Tale In Abu Ghraib
Ali Shalah, popularly known as 'the man in the hood' in a famous photograph depicting the torture suffered by Iraqis at the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, today spilled the beans on the inhumane treatment he received at the detention centre. Read
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