published on Thursday, October 21, 2010 by The Independent/UK NATO Surge on Taliban Stronghold Drives Civilians into the Line of Fire As troops step up their attack on the militants' Kandahar heartland, Julius Cavendish meets the ordinary people caught on the frontline by Julius Cavendish The first eyewitness accounts of NATO's assault on the final Taliban sanctuary … [Read more...] about NATO Surge on Taliban Stronghold Drives Civilians into the Line of Fire
Archives for October 2010
Afghanistani Politician Malalai Joya: Rejecting the NATO Coalition, Harper and the Excuses for War
by Malalai Joya In the United States, many looked to the ballot box and hoped for real change when Barack Obama was elected President in 2008. To be honest, I never expected that he would be any different for Afghanistan than President George W. Bush. The truth is that Obama's war policies have turned out to be even more of a nightmare than most people expected. Obama … [Read more...] about Afghanistani Politician Malalai Joya: Rejecting the NATO Coalition, Harper and the Excuses for War
Britain’s Shock Doctrine
October 21, 2010 By George MonbiotGeorge Monbiot's ZSpace Page / ZSpaceWe’ve been staring at the wrong list. In an effort to guess what will hit us tomorrow, we’ve been trying to understand the first phase of the British government’s assault on the public sector: its bonfire of the quangos. Almost all the public bodies charged with protecting the environment, animal welfare and … [Read more...] about Britain’s Shock Doctrine
Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops Take the Pledge The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are continuing through the use of exhausted troops who have been on multiple tours of duty and suffer deeply from the trauma of war. It is cruel and inhumane to deploy soldiers who are medically unfit for combat. Join IVAW in our effort to stop the deployment … [Read more...] about Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
The Heart of Journalistic Mythology
Paul Jay of the Real News Network talks about how the Canadian as well as US media gives the war machine in Afghanistan and Iraq carte blance and keeps people in the dark. At the same, this allows a kind of tyranny to take root with a society that still tends to believe it is free. The background is the reason for creating the Real News Network, to give people an alternative to … [Read more...] about The Heart of Journalistic Mythology