Category Archives: Empire

The true Gaza back-story that the Israelis aren’t telling this week – Robert Fisk

Posted on July 9, 2014 by kf1

OK, so by this afternoon, the exchange rate of death in two days was 40-0 in favour of Israel. But now for the Gaza story you won’t be hearing from anyone else in the next few hours. It’s about land. … Continue reading →

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The Privatization of Repression – Blackwater’s Death Machine by NORMAN POLLACK

Posted on July 8, 2014 by kf1

Obama is excellent at multitasking in navigating the waters of international politics, seeking to construct a political-structural framework of American global hegemony, formally (for who knows the full extent of the forces standing behind him?) presiding over a Juggernaut of … Continue reading →

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The World Cup of Oil by JOHN K. WHITE

Posted on July 8, 2014 by kf1

It was reported last week that the United States is now the number 1 oil producer in the world ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia, adding to its 2010 lead in gas production, all thanks to the fracking revolution and … Continue reading →

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The Fundamental Lie of the Afghan War by GARY LEUPP

Posted on June 12, 2014 by kf1

As a general rule, U.S. wars are based on lies. Some of these are soon exposed; the lies about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaeda links used to justify the invasion and occupation of Iraq were exposed (to … Continue reading →

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Did a Neoliberal Energy Grab Backfire? Crimea: an EU-US-Exxon Screwup

Posted on May 25, 2014 by kf1

by PIERRE M. SPREY and FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY On 17 May, William Broad’s piece, “In Taking Crimea, Putin Gains a Sea of Fuel Reserves”, appeared in the New York Times.  Broad explained  how the annexation of Crimea by Russia changed the … Continue reading →

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Iraq: the Biggest Petroleum Heist in History? – Mike Whitney

Posted on May 25, 2014 by kf1

“Prior to the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq, US and other western oil companies were all but completely shut out of Iraq’s oil market. But thanks to the invasion and occupation, the companies are now back inside Iraq and … Continue reading →

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A World War is Beckoning by JOHN PILGER

Posted on May 16, 2014 by kf1

Why do we ­tolerate the threat of ­another world war in our name? Why do we allow lies that justify this risk? The scale of our ­indoctrination, wrote Harold Pinter, is a “brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of ­hypnosis”, as if … Continue reading →

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Christianity, Guilty as Charged! by ANDRE VLTCHEK

Posted on April 23, 2014 by kf1

Motto: verse from Colossians 3:22: “Slaves, obey your masters.” It is Easter and I am mourning for all those hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, who were forced to ‘die for Jesus’… They vanished so the Christian dogma of some crucified … Continue reading →

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5 Explosive Revelations Leaked from Senate Report Exposing CIA Torture

Posted on April 17, 2014 by kf1

The controversy over a Senate investigation documenting the Central Intelligence Agency’s post-9/11 regime of global torture continues to generate headlines—even though the report has yet to be released.  The Senate report has sparked a bitter war between the CIA and … Continue reading →

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The lost diary of Queen Victoria’s final companion

Posted on March 19, 2014 by kf1

Abdul Karim’s writings, hidden by his family until now, throw new light on a close and controversial relationship, says Ben Leach. ‘I am so very fond of him. He is so good and gentle and understanding… and is a real … Continue reading →

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