Monthly Archives: August 2013

Mark Weisbrot, Obama increasingly isolated as opposition to war on Syria mounts

http://portside.org/2013-08-31/obama-increasingly-isolated-syria-opposition-mounts-home-and-abroad

Richard Falk, US warmaking in Syria at expense of democracy

http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/syria-u-s-war-making-at-the-expense-of-democracy/

Matthew Yglesias, The case for not bombing Syria

http://portside.org/2013-08-31/case-not-bombing-syria

Gauteng police boss appointment reversed on day of announcement

The announced appointment and withdrawal of the appointment of the Gauteng police commissioner within hours in one day, Continue reading →

Jason Hirthler, The Banality of empire

The Banality of Empire

Tariq Ali, The vassals revolt

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2013/08/30/tariq-ali/the-vassals-revolt/

US prepares unilateral strike in Syria

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/30/us_prepares_to_strike_syria_over

Gareth Porter In rush to strike Syria, US tried to derail UN probe

In Rush to Strike Syria, U.S. Tried to Derail U.N. Probe

Tariq Ali, On intervening in Syria

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2013/08/28/tariq-ali/on-intervening-in-syria/

Does US have evidence that Syrian government used chemical weapons?

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/29/syria_debate_does_us_have_the

Robert Fisk, On imminent war against Syria

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/we-should-have-been-traumatised-into-action-by-this-war-in-2011and-2012but-now-8789506.html

Ariel Dorfman, Martin Luther King jr and the two 9/11s

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175741/tomgram%3A_ariel_dorfman%2C_martin_luther_king_and_the_two_9_11s/

Nina Simone, Why? The king of love is dead (written on the death of Martin Luther King jr)

Madonsini Manqina, Queen of South Africa’s Pondo music

Madosini, from Langa township outside Cape Town South Africa, is a master story-teller, composer and musician. Treating audiences to traditions passed down from generation to generation, Madosini was filmed here playing the Uhadi and Umrhubhe – Rhodes Memorial September 2005.

Nomboniso Gasa, Women must lead initiation debate

http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/women-must-lead-initiation-debate-1.1567663#.UhocVRaGj8s

Jeffrey St. Clair, The CIA came at night

One example of rendition, in the wake of 9/11 US lawlessness

The CIA Came at Night