Audio: William R. Clark, Author “Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar”

The notion that Iraq was invaded to prevent the development of weapons of mass destruction, or to combat terrorism, has long been discredited. But a growing consensus believes that Iraq’s oil was surely a prime reason for US actions. However, author William Clark argues convincingly in Petrodollar Warfare that the rationale for intervening was not just for control of the oil fields, but also for control of the means by which oil is traded in global markets. Petrodollar Warfare discusses the crucial shift in US monetary... Read article

Video: Harold Pinter – Art, Truth and Politics

Winner of ‘The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005′. Pinter’s excellent lecture sets the record straight regarding America’s sordid past of imperial devastation. Loading... You may need to update / download Free Real Player to view this video.  Read More →

Video: Secret US plans for Iraq’s oil

BBC Newsnight – Secret US plans for Iraq’s oil Greg Palast reveals how the Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq’s oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neocons and Big Oil. You may need to update / download Free Real Player to view this video.  Read More →

When Ignorance Rules

The other day I had lunch with my ultra conservative sister, who not only thinks that George Bush is a Christian—she acts as if he is the second coming of Christ. Believe it or not, in spite of this apparent lapse of insight on her part (perhaps it is a genetic defect; or one of us was switched at birth), I know my sister is both intelligent and kind. We grew up together, I know her. But she has a propensity for uttering things that truly astound me. On this day she informed me that she “does not like unions because... Read article

Video: Sky Television – Conspiracies: Iraq

Simon Reeve investigates the real reasons for the war in Iraq. Starting with oil and the contracts set up between Saddam and non-American/British companies. The latter part of the film looks at the petro-dollar cycle and how OPEC members can threaten US power by using the euro to trade oil – could Iran be next? Loading... You may need to update / download Free Real Player to view this video.  Read More →

Who Will Tell The People

And who will tell the people that free speech is a ruse; The corporations run the country and then they make the news. Is it media or mind control heroic victories or crime? Who will tell the people… that we are living in these times. ~Song by Willie Nelson In his essay on “Character” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.” I’ve had such days, many of them through encounters with Emerson himself, but never have... Read article

Understanding Root Causes

Imagine, if you will, that you are fielding a baseball team. You are a player on a team that possesses immense talent. Your opponent has never lost a game. The opposition is undefeated not because its players are superior to your own, but because it makes the rules of the game to assure its own victory. It wins because your team has to play by a fixed set of rules that it does not. Although you have an excellent pitcher on the mound, the strike zone is microscopic and in constant flux. Your opponent’s pitcher, however,... Read article

The Killing Fields

Ghosts of the Walking Dead Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it? Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it. –60 Minutes (5/12/96) Oil, Simply Oil The story of Iraq and its people since 1991 is one of immense tragedy, of a fate cruel and evil that has befallen innocent human beings... Read article

Living at Ground Zero

Osama bin Forgotten is baaack! In a new audiotape from Osama bin Ladin (it’s gotta be new because in the tape he mentions the relatively recent revelation that Bush plotted to bomb the Al-Jazeera offices in Qatar), bin Ladin says stuff like, “We are people who do not stand for injustice and we will seek revenge all our lives. The nights and days will not pass without us taking vengeance like on Sept. 11, God permitting. Your minds will be troubled and your lives embittered.” He has plans to blow up America?... Read article

The No-News Media

The briefest scan of the “news” pages reflects nothing new. The same garbage in the Middle East, and the so-called Peace Process which is no process at all. The same war in Iraq, with only a few knowing what is really going on in that nation. Americans are given perceptions. Facts are scarce. War with Iran looms large in the windows of fear among Western people and nations. We only want things that stay “over there” among smaller, weaker nations with no real armaments of mass destruction. Many Americans... Read article

The Confort Zone of Slavery

The fact is, I do not write a lot now. Six hundred and some articles after going on the internet in 1999, the world and our nation have only gotten worse, and the majority of people seem to care little, especially in America, about how this nation is being torn apart. I question whether they even see the destruction lying around them. The rest of the world, sick of America’s leadership and aggression, self-aggrandisement, self-anointed arbiter of how the world’s nations should mind their affairs of state, and... Read article

Video: Hot Spots: Iran

The US-backed coup of 1953, the hostage crisis in 1979, and the current nuclear stand-off have all contributed to a mistrust between Iran and the US. Is a war between the United States and Iran inevitable, or is a reconciliation possible? BBC Four You may need to update / download Free Real Player to view this video.  Read More →

Video: Dispatches – Iraq: The Reckoning

Peter Oborne reports on the West’s exit strategy for Iraq. He believes the invasion of Iraq is proving to be the greatest foreign policy failure since Munich. Oborne argues that the plan to transform Iraq into a unified liberal democracy, a beacon of hope in the Middle East, is pure fantasy. You may need to update / download Free Real Player to view this video.  Read More →

Video: Dr. Michael Parenti: “Terrorism, Globalization and Conspiracy”

Dr. Michael Parenti: “Terrorism, Globalization and Conspiracy” Globalization is an attempt to extend corporate monopoly control over the whole globe. Over every national economy. Over every local economy Over every life. Dr. Parenti has taught political science at a number of colleges and universities in the United States and other countries. He was written 250 majro magazine articles and 15 books and is frequently heard on public and alternative radio. Click Play To View [gv data=”http:///googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DjAAAAI-B7r5lV97wQDQZJTUv7nVtzryAQhNH0RQu13tQ9T9q4izqhjW1F6fSiq6KMd8q0nasPCYWNfARhfRD8vDzy_jSe4V4Il6lpwNyNoYrALYJEs1KGNkujOrnhQ3Mcp1uTCyeIkLTiHWu5Hcyzhy5C_rkPsr8aLAkRCYyf2Q4lK59ZDo24yp0KvnINA8zKJ55GA%26sigh%3DvSCmt-voEvV1GhwhXbZQ542QCCs%26begin%3D0%26len%3D3641699&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2F%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D18d4e48cad104e83%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1137902127%26sigh%3De6eo0uZEst-DPGU1fhB9t0bd9aw&playerId=6573660441809242121&playerMode=embedded”][/gv] OCTOBER... Read article

Throwing Down the Gauntlet

In the face of a relentless assault on our freedoms waged by conservative extremists, the democrats’ only strategy appears to be retreat. Among other things the neocon assault involves the suspension of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Habeas Corpus. It entails the unlawful spying on law abiding citizens engaged in peaceful activities, including Vermont Quakers. The fascist neocons are in the process of dismantling the social safety net that millions of hard working families depend upon. They are engaged in a brutal... Read article

Talking Revolution

Not only is it a disgrace that a nation endowed with the enormous wealth of the US neglects the working class and the poor—it is morally reprehensible, even criminal. Some of our founding fathers did not believe in equality—a fact they neglected to tell us in history class. There was much debate about whether or not non property owners would have the right to vote or to govern. The original intent of some was to create a plutocracy in which those with wealth and property would govern those without. The first inhabitants... Read article

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