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Puppets in Revolt: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and the United States
Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance of their imperial superiors.
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Zalman’s Story from the Holy Land and a rant against Margaret Wente
A column by Margaret Wente entitled “Ship of Useful Idiots” irritated me to such an extent that I felt compelled to respond to it rather than write about political events in Israel.
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The Assassination of bin Laden: Its Use and Abuse
The assassination of bin Laden has been celebrated as a great strategic victory by the White House, the European capitals and all the major mass media outlets throughout the world. The killing has served as a major propaganda tool to enhance the standing of the US military in the eyes of the domestic public and to serve as a warning to overseas adversaries.
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View from the Middle East: Libya—the horrific destruction of Misurata
Anyone following the conflict in Libya will be well aware of the battles raging in Eastern Libya between pro-Gaddafi forces and anti-government rebels in that part of the country. Less front-page has been the tremendous struggle for Misurata, in the Western Region of the country.
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To Libya with God on our side
Grabbing other people’s land and interfering in their affairs became as American as apple pie before the annexation of Texas, and “Manifest Destiny” as the engine of U.S. foreign policy.
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View from the Middle East: Bad week for the Empire; bad week for the struggle
For those opposed to the imperialist agenda, it is crucial to recognize the nature of this evolving strategy, so as not to fall prey to the Empire’s new propaganda war. The past week shows particularly clearly both the nature of the Empire’s current weaknesses, and how the new imperial strategy works.
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Billionaires Flourish, Inequalities Deepen as Economies “Recover”
The bailouts of banks, speculators and manufacturers served their real purposes: the multi-millionaires became billionaires and the later became multi-billionaires.
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The Euro-US War on Libya: Official Lies and Misconceptions of Critics
Many critics of the ongoing Euro-US wars in the Middle East and, now, North Africa, have based their arguments on clichés and generalizations devoid of fact.
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Adapting to the Challenge to the Empire: The “New Hypocrisy” of the Western World
The Libyan struggle is between the mass of dispossessed poor throughout the country and the immensely wealthy ruling elite. In other words, a classic class struggle. The most astonishing feature of the Libyan conflict is that the Empire chose to intervene militarily on the side of the oppressed and against the ruling elite.
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The Libyan Conflict: Peaceful Demonstrations to Armed Struggle
Why does the Empire’s political strategy in the Middle East matter to the Canadian Left—or to the Left at all? Because the Middle East lies at—no, is—the very heart of the Western Empire. Without the Middle East, Western capitalism dies: it really is that simple.
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