Now we’ll see what the transnational corporations and their government lackeys will do. An important day for the poorest and traditionally most subjugated nation on the American continent nevertheless. After all, these corporations operated for decades and it didn’t make a difference for Bolivia’s finances. Hopefully, if successful, other similar nations may follow suit.
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Continue Reading May 2nd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Angry Arab is right on: “[...] rich white kids have found a safe cause in Darfur.” While the high profile involvement is a blight for sure, the most dire problem is that the conflict has been simplified and moralized. Especially since the usual cliches have already been cast and the U.S. has had Sudan on [...]
Continue Reading May 2nd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Hard-hitting and very insightful editorial from Israel Shamir.
A few days ago I was invited to a live discussion on Russian TV Channel One, where the Moscow BBC bureau chief rhetorically asked why a peaceful Iran would need ballistic missiles, and he listed the Iranian missile arsenal. He could not answer the question of why a [...]
Continue Reading May 2nd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Robert Fisk reports from Syria, looking in on the chaos of Iraq, trying to make sense of it all and listening to Syrian intelligence, watching “through a glass, darkly” as he puts it. Most importantly he notes how the stories of American operations to ferment civil war and conflict are amassing and can no longer [...]
Continue Reading May 2nd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
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