Anti-US Protest Marks Start of U.S. Vice-President's Trip to Iraq
By Agence France Presse - Friday, July 3, 2009
A fiery protest marked the start on Friday of US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Iraq, with supporters of the Shiite anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burning the Stars and Stripes...Under the Status of Forces Agreement signed in November, US commanders must now seek Iraqi permission to conduct operations, but their troops retain a unilateral right to "legitimate self-defence".
Israeli Gunboats Seize Ship Carrying Aid to Gaza
By Free Gaza Movement - July 02, 2009
Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the Spirit of Humanity, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney...The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel.
Michael Hudson's "Super Imperialism": The Economic Strategy of Imperial America
How imperial America rules.
Acceptable Versus Unacceptable Repression: A Lesson in Canadian Imperial Hypocrisy
By TODD GORDON - Counterpunch
It’s no accident that the Canadian government quickly and sharply condemns some instances of repression, such as that in Iran, while it ignores or tepidly responds to others. If it’s good for Canadian business, then it’s okay. This is imperialist Canada in the developing world: exploit people and their resources to make a buck, and if some repression is required along the way, well so be it. This isn’t just an American act; it’s a Canadian one too, and it’s becoming all too familiar.
Key Leaders of Honduras Military Coup Trained in U.S.
June 29, 2009 - Facing South
At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras on June 28 were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing graduates linked to torture, death squads and other human rights abuses.
Color Revolutions, Old and New
Imperial America's ugly agenda.
[Vancouver] No One Is Illegal Movie Marathon Madness
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL MOVIE MARATHON MADNESS!
Decolonize your mind and join NOII for films screenings exploring the realities of the "Canadian" experience.
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Saturday July 4th
11 am to 5 pm
Room 700, SFU Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings
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Reasons to attend an indoor film screening on a beautiful summer day:
America's "Bases of Empire"
Imperial America's global face.
Long on Rhetoric, Short on Memory
By Jim Miles - Znet
...I do not support any government actions that involve killing its own citizens. At the same time I do not support any U.S. interference, regardless of rhetoric, as their actions speak much more towards geopolitical control than concerns for democracy or nuclear proliferation...[H]ow can the U.S. media not be able to see the double standards that exist within U.S. policy towards Iran, towards Palestine, towards the Middle East, towards the world?
North Korea: "Sanity" at the Brink
By Michael Parenti - Znet Commentary
...[T]he United States has never attacked or invaded any nation that has a nuclear arsenal...The countries directly battered by US military actions in recent decades...along with numerous other states that have been threatened at one time or another for being "anti-American" or "anti-West"...have one thing in common: not one of them has wielded a nuclear deterrence-until now.
The "Bomb Iran" Contingent's Newfound Concern for the Iranian People
By Glenn Greenwald - June 16, 2009
Many of those now expressing solidarity with "The Iranian People" have been recently advocating bombing them...Imagine how many of the people protesting this week would be dead if any of these bombing advocates had their way...Advocating a so-called "attack on Iran" or "bombing Iran"...means slaughtering huge numbers of the very same people who are on the streets of Tehran inspiring so many...
Statement to the Iranian Community of British Columbia
StopWar, the broad anti-war coalition which has been active in the Vancouver area since 2002, sends warm greetings and solidarity to all those who are rallying for democracy and justice in Iran and abroad this week...We condemn any attempt by pro-war forces in the United States, Canada, and other countries to take advantage of this situation to push for 'regime change' imposed by outside powers.
Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Full Spectrum Dominance" (Part I)
Another must-read book on US imperial aims.
The U.S. Regime-Change Recipe for Iran
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS - June 22, 2009
On May 16, 2007, the London Telegraph reported that Bush regime official John Bolton told the Telegraph that a US military attack on Iran would “be a ‘last option’ after economic sanctions and attempts to foment a popular revolution had failed”...It is certainly a fact that the secularized youth of Tehran have played into the CIA’s hands...The Mousavi protests have set up Iran either for a US puppet government or for a military strike.
UN Guns Down One, Opens Fire on Crowd at Funeral of Haitian Priest
From the Haiti Information Project
One protestor was killed as UN forces opened fire during a funeral for Catholic priest Father Gerard Jean Juste...According to witnesses, UN troops on the scene began shooting indiscriminately at the crowd killing a young man identified only as "Junior" from the neighborhood of Solino.