In Every Black Man's Eyes--Death To The Rebel

... these beautiful brothers, still but terrible, were hell to Johnny Reb. The black soldier was human--sometimes cowardly, sometimes brave, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, ill-led, ill-fed, ill-trained, ill-equipped. But goddamn, if he wasn't the spitting image of everything the South fought against, everything that slavery declared untrue. Howell Cobb put it best, "If slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong." ... That's the point. Black soldiers literally, and symbolically, assaulted the very foundations of the South. There were a living weapon of psychological warfare ... READ MORE !!!

Time for 'Global Perestroika" - by Mikhail Gorbachev

The time has come to strike the right balance between the government and the market, for integrating social and environmental factors and demilitarising the economy....Washington will have to play a special role in this new perestroika, not just because the United States wields great economic, political and military power, but because America was the main architect, and America's elite the main beneficiary, of the current world economic model. That model is now cracking and will, sooner or later, be replaced. That will be a complex and painful process for everyone, including the United States.... We will cope with the new global challenges as well, but only if everyone understands the need for real, cardinal change - for a global perestroika. READ MORE!!!

They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America - by Ivan Van Sertima

Brezinski: On Frost Over The World

In America, Speaking the Truth Is a Career-ending Event

....Truth cannot be spoken in America. It cannot be spoken in universities. It cannot be spoken in the media. It cannot be spoken in courts, which is why defendants and defense attorneys have given up on trials and cop pleas to lesser offenses that never occurred. ...Truth is never spoken by government. .... Washington “is where principles go to die.” ... Read More!!!

Norman Finkelstein - In Praise of Resistance

Must Watch!!!

Unrealistic Expectations & Obama Worship

Foreign Aid Goes Military!

Imagine Lenin's puzzlement if he were alive to see the territories of the globe divided up not among capitalists but among foreign aid bureaucrats. I am exaggerating a little; but a surprising new trend among development economists, foreign aid organizations, and Western policymakers is the willingness to combine foreign military intervention with traditional aid work. This takes even further a tendency that began in the 1980s toward increasing intrusiveness of foreign aid programs in poor societies' economic policies and political institutions. In short, foreign aid has been getting ever more imperial over the past quarter-century. While foreign aid may be squeezed by the current financial crisis, the aid-military complex seems likely to thrive in view of the many threats to security in different parts of the world. Indeed, on October 13, 2008, right after the worst week in US stock market history, World Bank President Robert Zoellick found time in a major speech to talk about how the World Bank was "bringing security and development together." READ MORE!!!

Going Socratic, especially on you, my fellow citizens!!!

I shall never stop practicing philosophy and exhorting you and elucidating the truth for everyone that I meet. I shall go on saying...Are you not ashamed that you give your attention to acquiring as much money as possible, and similarly with reputation and honor and give no attention to truth and understanding and the perfection of your soul?...I shall do this to everyone I meet, young or old, foreigner or fellow citizen, but especially to you, my fellow citizens. ---- Socrates - from Plato’s, Apology

A Heart from Jenin - Documentary

If you come accross this documentary it is a must watch!!! Here is only half of the documentary please make an effort to watch the full length film to truly appreciate it.

(Video) President-Elect Obama and the Future of US Foreign Policy:

what are Obama’s foreign policy positions, and what are the concerns for those living in countries at the target end of US foreign policy? ....
Click here to view:....President-Elect Obama and the Future of US Foreign Policy: A Roundtable Discussion

(CNN Video) Bush Trying To Pardon Himself

Africa's Prospects: Hope and Opportunity Knocks

Two articles from the Economist 

Africa's Prospects: Opportunity Knocks 

With world markets in turmoil, an unexpected & Overlooked continent may benefit from its very isolation. READ MORE!!!

Africa: There  is Hope   

... the latest trend is cheeringly positive. READ MORE!!!

PENTAGON AND THE BAILOUT -- Must See!!

...why then aren't we concerned about the trillions of dollars the Federal Reserve is pumping into the system? Or the trillions missing from the Pentagon?

Black Swan - By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
A must read!!! - especially now, given what is transpiring in global financial markets. You surely have come across the phrase "a black swan event" - referring to "wallstreet melt down". However, the implications of the subject matter is far greater than just finance. I have found it difficult to find a comprehensive Book Review that, is not bogged down in some silly moments of the book, and that accurately capture the full essence of the subject matter. Anyhow, here is one report ..... enjoy!! READ MORE!!!

Human Rights Watch: Lies, Crimes and Cover-ups

Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a Congressional funded political propaganda organization, the National Endowment for Democracy has issued a report .....A close reading of the “Report” reveals an astonishing number of blatant falsifications and outright fabrications, glaring deletions of essential facts, deliberate omissions of key contextual and comparative considerations and especially a cover-up of systematic long-term, large-scale security threats to ... democracy posed by Washington . READ MORE!!!

Robert Fisk: On US Foreign Policy and OBAMA

We Blame Capitalism

"Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all."

John Maynard Keynes

NY Gold takeoff from the shakedown of wallstreet

Houston: we have a liftoff.

The New Humanitarian Order

The conflict in Darfur began as a civil war in 1987-89, before Bashir and his group came to power.... Having falsely attributed to Bashir the racialization of the conflict, Moreno-Ocampo focuses on two consequences of the conflict in Darfur: ethnic cleansing through land-grabbing and atrocities in the camps. He attributes both to Bashir. He is again wrong... This new humanitarian order, officially adopted at the UN's 2005 World Summit, claims responsibility for the protection of vulnerable populations. That responsibility is said to belong to "the international community,"... It describes as "human" the populations to be protected and as "humanitarian" the crisis they suffer from, the intervention that promises to rescue them and the agencies that seek to carry out intervention. Whereas the language of sovereignty is profoundly political, that of humanitarian intervention is profoundly apolitical, and sometimes even antipolitical. Looked at closely and critically, what we are witnessing is not a global but a partial transition. The transition from the old system of sovereignty to a new humanitarian order is confined to those states defined as "failed" or "rogue" states. The result is once again a bifurcated system, whereby state sovereignty obtains in large parts of the world but is suspended in more and more countries in Africa and the Middle East. ... The new language refers to its subjects not as bearers of rights--and thus active agents in their emancipation--but as passive beneficiaries of an external "responsibility to protect." Rather than rights-bearing citizens, beneficiaries of the humanitarian order are akin to recipients of charity. Humanitarianism does not claim to reinforce agency, only to sustain bare life. If anything, its tendency is to promote dependence. Humanitarianism heralds a system of trusteeship....It takes no great intellectual effort to recognize that the responsibility to protect has always been the sovereign's obligation. It is not that a new principle has been introduced; rather, its terms have been radically altered. To grasp this shift, we need to ask: who has the responsibility to protect whom, under what conditions and toward what end? READ MORE!!!

Is the Georgian crisis a good thing?

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US has given Russia no or little say in international politics -- or any other major power for that matter. Washington intentionally sabotaged collective international forums, ....For a long time, Russia played along...But as soon as Moscow took its breath, it started putting its foot down.....Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili may have erred in judgment... But ....Russia was making a point...It would no longer tolerate perceived threats to its national security. And it was willing to use arms when necessary. This is what makes this crisis more of a taste of things to come than a passing blip on the screen.... Where should we stand on the Georgian crisis? One answer would be to act in the light of how this crisis will affect the future of the world order. Questions such as minority rights, territorial integrity, and self-determination may need to be put aside for now. It is in our interest to see the world order move from being unilateral into being multilateral. READ MORE!!!

Sarah Palin: No Black People

Sarah Palin must have felt right at home last night during her speech to the G.O.P. convention: there were almost no black people... “As the country rapidly diversifies, Republicans are presenting a convention that is almost entirely white,” the Washington Post reported today.... Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated on the convention floor are black, the lowest number since the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies began tracking diversity at political conventions 40 years ago. Each night, the overwhelmingly white audience watches a series of white politicians step to the lectern–a visual reminder... READ MORE

A Path to Peace in the Caucasus - by Mikhail Gorbachev

The roots of this tragedy lie in the decision of Georgia's separatist leaders in 1991 to abolish South Ossetian autonomy. This turned out to be a time bomb for Georgia's territorial integrity....What happened on the night of Aug. 7 is beyond comprehension. The Georgian military attacked the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali ...Russia had to respond. To accuse it of aggression against "small, defenseless Georgia" is not just hypocritical but shows a lack of humanity. ... The Georgian leadership could do this only with the perceived support and encouragement of a much more powerful force. Georgian armed forces were trained by hundreds of U.S. instructors... READ MORE!!!

Obama: A Desaster in the making for the Horn of Africa

Militarism, Joe Biden and Susan Rice: What an Obama election would entail for Sudan and Horn of Africa.

The following is a video of U.S. Senate Foreign Relation Committee hearing on Darfur, chaired by Joseph (Joe) Biden, Obama's vice presidential candidate. Viewers are encouraged to view at least the first two testimonies by Andrew Natsios and Susan Rice - Obama's Foreign Policy adviser. Especially Joe Biden's exchange with Andrew Natsios, to observe Joe Biden's enthusiasm and strong yearning for the use of military and violence to achieve political and diplomatic ends. This heralds an ominous cloud over the future & stability of Sudan. What would the effect of destabilized Sudan mean to Central and Horn of Africa?
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Dennis Kucinich * WAKE UP AMERICA!!!*

Africa: Different But Equal --- by Basil Davidson (video / documentary)

Africa: Ep 1 - Different But Equal
- 52 min

This is the first of five installment of Basil Davidson's educational "Africa Series". Basil Davidson is an acclaimed writer and Africanist historian. His works are required reading in many British universities. He is globally recognized as an expert on African History.


Africa: Ep 2 - Mastering A Continent
Africa: Ep 3 - Caravans of Gold
Africa: Ep 4 - The King and the City
Africa: Ep 5 - The Bible and The Gun

George Galloway: on war with Iran

"Chomsky: US Public Irrelevant,"

Part I


Part 2 click here <<<