Winnipeg Free Press August 19

NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a remarkable case of institutional survival in the face of changing circumstances. It was created in 1949 to protect Western Europe from the Soviet threat, and in 1989 the Soviet threat vanished. Yet NATO not only survived the collapse of the Soviet Union but expanded, taking in all the former satellite states of Eastern Europe and even the Baltic republics that had been part of the Russian empire for more than 200 years. But the Georgian debacle could break NATO. (Keep reading…)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 131 …. August 11, 2008 _____________________________________________________________ (Keep reading…)

Monthly Review June 2008

In trying to comprehend the virus of Islamophobia now infecting Europe, the small country of Denmark offers powerful insights. Shakespeare‚s phrase that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” seems appropriate to describe the transformation taking place in this former bastion of tolerance and conviviality. (Keep reading…)

Winnipeg Free Press April 16, 2008

‘This is a wise country, a country that knows when a person is tired and has turned vicious, when it is time to turn over a new leaf.” (Keep reading…)

World Socialist Web Site 13 March 2008

Tensions between Germany and France, the two largest economies of the European Union, whose common European policy was once called the “engine of Europe,” have intensified strongly over the past several months. These tensions have become much more visible since the taking of power by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Keep reading…)

Al-Ahram, 25 - 31 October 2007

As if his marital challenges were not enough cause for concern, “Sarco the Sayan” has suddenly emerged as the most infamous accolade of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The influential French daily Le Figaro last week revealed that the French leader once worked for — and perhaps still does, it hinted — Israeli intelligence as a sayan (Hebrew for helper), one of the thousands of Jewish citizens of countries other than Israel who cooperate with the katsas (Mossad case-officers). (Keep reading…)

PRESS RELEASE BY LUISA MORGANTINI (GUE/NGL) Vice President of the European Parliament

Brussels, 6 June 2007 (Keep reading…)

WSWS 25 May 2007

In preparation for the G8 summit of world leaders to be held June 6-8 in Germany, the idyllic bathing resort of Heiligendamm is being transformed into a high-security tract resembling the notorious “Green Zone” in Baghdad. The leaders of the seven major industrial nations and Russia will be entrenched behind a wall 12 kilometres long, 2.5 metres high (7.5 miles by 8.2 feet), comprising 4,600 steel panels, mounted with barbed wire, cameras and sensory detectors. An exclusion zone of 11 nautical miles will be established out to sea, complemented by an air exclusion zone extended 50 kilometres into the skies. (Keep reading…)

Globe and Mail May 11, 2007

In 2001, I spent a chatty weekend in England with British academics and policy wonks. It often felt like a Tony Blair impersonators’ convention. “I know what you mean,” said a British reporter: “Shallow enthusiasm.” (Keep reading…)

Global Research January 22, 2007

Daniele Ganser, professor of contemporary history at Bale University, and chairman of ASPO - Switzerland, published a landmark book about “NATO’s Secret Armies.”According to him, during the last 50 years the United States have organized bombings in Western Europe that they have falsely attributed to the left and the extreme left with the purpose of discrediting them in the eyes of their voters. This strategy is still present today, inspiring fear for the Islam and justifying wars on oil. (Keep reading…)