This crisis is far more serious than the Great Depression. All major sectors of the global economy are affected. Recent reports suggest that the system of Letters of Credit as well as international shipping, which constitute the lifeline of the international trading system, are potentially in jeopardy.
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, credit crisis, Federal Reserve Bank, financial crisis, JPMorgan Chase, overproduction, united states, US asset securitization crisis, US Treasury
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Once installed in office, the Bush administration found itself distracted from Latin American issues by the Iraq war, giving the region the required space to develop its own consensus on regional developments, regardless of Washington’s ululations. This has heightened the ability of hemispheric leaders to halt or reverse some of the most imprudent U.S. policies that had gained ascendancy starting in the Clinton administration, and which then blossomed under Bush.
It now appears very certain that Georgian President Saakashvili had long planned a military strike against the Russian Autonomous Regions to seize back the breakaway territory starting with South Ossetia, but executed it very poorly.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, bush, caspian, caucasus, cheney, EU, McCain, Medvedev, NATO, palestine, putin, rumsfeld, Sarkozy, united states
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The EU politicians with their unsophisticated vision seem unable even to identify – least to condemn – the actual aggressor. They cannot admit that the mad Tbilisi ruler who has sent Georgia’s NATO-sponsored army to South Ossetia and thus inflicted unprecedented disgrace on his country is in fact their creature.
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Also tagged bush, caspian, caucasus, cheney, EU, McCain, Medvedev, NATO, palestine, putin, rumsfeld, Sarkozy, united states
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The West, led by the US and the UK have inflamed the situation by sending an armada into the Black Sea, promised to re-arm Georgia, broken off any meaningful dialog with Russia, and re-invented the Cold War. And in so doing, backed Russia into a corner by refusing to recognize its legitimate rights.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, Asia, BBC, bush, capitalism, caspian, cheney, cia, cnn, cold war, communism, democracy, elections, EU, GE, georgia, germany, imperialism, israel, left, McCain, media, NATO, oil, ossetia, propaganda, putin, right, Saakashvili, Sarkozy, south ossetia, soviet union, the state, The Times, Tito, uk, Ukraine, un, united states, war, war on terror, WWII
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On September 3, a number of Panamanian civic groups and political movements have scheduled a nationwide protest against the recently enacted five-pronged National Security Reform package. President Martin Torrijos and his Cabinet approved what essentially was a presidential edict, during the National Assembly’s two-month recess.
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Also tagged ANC, bush, cia, colombia, constitution, coup, coup d'etat, crisis, democracy, development, economy, ecuador, EU, FARC, free speech, GE, georgia, human rights, impunity, inflation, international law, iri, left, media, MIT, MoD, panama, revolution, right, southern command, the state, torrijos, travel, un, united states, war
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Several Palestinians who have previously been denied exit visas by Israel will join international human rights workers on the journey. Among the Palestinians leaving are Saed Mosleh, age 10, of Beit Hanoon, Gaza. Saed lost his leg due to an Israeli tank shell and is leaving Gaza with his father to seek medical treatment. Also on board are the Darwish family, who will finally be reunited with their relatives in Cyprus.
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Also tagged cia, EU, gaza, GE, germany, human rights, ICAHD, israel, israeli siege, italy, jerusalem, media, New York, palestine, right, siege, ss free gaza, travel, uk, un, united nations, usa, water
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“Last week, I landed in Washington, DC, brimming with optimism. Upon arrival, I was whisked into a separate room. An American official informed me that he had just received information about me that he could not reveal. However, it required him to put me on the next plane home. I was shocked. And I was taken aback at the cruelty of snatching away my educational dreams at the last possible moment.”
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Also tagged ANC, cia, gaza, gaza strip, GE, israel, jerusalem, MIT, NATO, palestine, right, siege, torture, un, united states, usa, west bank
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Yehudit Genud hardly feels she is on the frontier of Israel’s settlement project, although the huddle of mobile homes on a wind-swept West Bank hilltop she calls home is controversial even by Israeli standards.
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Also tagged ANC, books, bush, cia, GE, human rights, illegal settlements, international law, israel, jerusalem, media, MIT, occupied territories, palestine, right, the state, travel, un, united states, usa, war, water, west bank, zionism
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The Russified South Ossetia/Abkhazia vs. Georgia crisis has brought home an uncomfortable lesson for the US/NATO and Western powers outraged at Russia’s quick and powerful response to the invasion of South Ossetia by NATO-led mercenaries and the ‘so-called independent Georgian Army’ – there is no big stick they can reach for to punish Moscow.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, afghanistan, ANC, atrocities, caspian, china, cia, cold war, communism, crisis, cuba, debt, economy, EU, finance, food, GE, georgia, human rights, independent, israel, massacre, McCain, media, mercenaries, MIT, MoD, NATO, New York, new york times, obama, oil, ossetia, poland, refugees, right, Saakashvili, Sarkozy, south ossetia, soviet union, stalin, taliban, the new york times, uk, Ukraine, un, usa, Venezuela, war, war crime, water, WTO
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Before joining the London Independent to become its diplomatic editor, Anne Penketh trailed around Moscow, Paris and New York as a foreign correspondent. Apparently, she tries to “separate the spin cycle from the news cycle”.
In a main article on Russia and Georgia in the Independent of the 20 August, she asserted that “the Georgian government [...]
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Also tagged afghanistan, cia, communism, GE, georgia, independent, israel, NATO, New York, ossetia, south ossetia, soviet union, The Jamestown Foundation, the state, uk, un, united states, usa, war, war on terror
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For the first time since the collapse of the USSR, Russia went on the offensive. Its victory accomplished in a few hours rewrote the global balance of power. Yet, the American public knows little or nothing of these earth-shaking events.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, ANC, Asia, bush, cheney, cia, cnn, cold war, communism, culture, development, empire, EU, Fox News, GE, georgia, germany, independent, internet, italy, media, NATO, oil, ossetia, poland, PUP, putin, revolution, right, Saakashvili, Sarkozy, satellites, south ossetia, uk, Ukraine, un, usa, war, washington post, water
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Analogies of the Ossetia fiasco and its fallout with past events are coming thick and fast. Condoleezza Rice — bless her heart — says, “This is no longer 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia.” James Townsend, a former Pentagon official now with the Atlantic Council, compared the situation to Hungary in 1956.
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Also tagged 1948, Abkhazia, ANC, Asia, bush, cia, cold war, communism, crisis, EU, GE, georgia, independent, israel, italy, kosovo, kuwait, McCain, MIT, NATO, occupation, ossetia, pentagon, poland, putin, refugees, revolution, Saakashvili, Sarkozy, serbia, socialism, south ossetia, soviet union, stalin, uk, Ukraine, un, united states, usa, war, WWII, WWIII
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We are currently at 6.6 billion and expected to approach 9 billion some time before 2050. Mother Earth is mad as hell and isn’t going to take us anymore.
We’ve heard this all before.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, ANC, caspian, china, cia, climate, crisis, culture, democracy, environment, EU, food, food crisis, forests, GE, georgia, global warming, health care, israel, malthus, MIT, MoD, NATO, oil, ossetia, overpopulation, pakistan, poland, poverty, putin, right, Saakashvili, south ossetia, soviet union, un, united states, usa, war, washington post, water
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The outcome of six grim days of bloodshed in the Caucasus has triggered an outpouring of the most nauseating hypocrisy from western politicians and their captive media. As talking heads thundered against Russian imperialism and brutal disproportionality, US vice-president Dick Cheney, faithfully echoed by Gordon Brown and David Miliband, declared that “Russian aggression must not go unanswered”.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, ANC, Asia, atrocities, bush, caspian, cheney, cia, constitution, coup, crisis, democracy, EU, GE, george bush, georgia, guardian, imperialism, independent, independent media, israel, kosovo, McCain, media, MIT, NATO, oil, ossetia, revolution, Saakashvili, south ossetia, soviet union, the Guardian, uk, Ukraine, un, usa, war
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The government of Georgia would never have launched its armed forces against the capital of the Autonomous Republic of South Ossetia in the dawn of August 8th, engaged in what it called the re-establishing of constitutional order, without previous coordination with Bush who, last month in Bucharest, committed to support President Saakashvili for Georgia’s admission to NATO; that is like plunging a sharpened dagger deep into Russia’s heart.
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Also tagged africa, bush, china, cia, constitution, cuba, economy, empire, EU, Fidel Castro, GE, georgia, imperialism, media, MIT, NATO, New York, ossetia, poland, right, Saakashvili, socialism, south ossetia, Tito, un, united states, usa, war
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Putin Walks into a Trap by Mike Whitney: Information Clearing House – ICH
13/08/08 ‘ICH’ — – The American-armed and trained Georgian army swarmed into South Ossetia last Thursday, killing an estimated 2,000 civilians, sending 40,000 South Ossetians fleeing over the Russian border, and destroying much of the capital, Tskhinvali. The attack was unprovoked and took [...]
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Also tagged afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, ANC, Asia, banking, BBC, bush, carter, caspian, chavez, cheney, china, cia, climate, cold war, coup, economy, empire, EU, GE, georgia, imperialism, independent, international law, israel, Jimmy Carter, left, media, MIT, MoD, mugabe, NATO, New York, new york times, obama, oil, ossetia, pentagon, poverty, propaganda, PUP, putin, racism, revolution, right, rumsfeld, Saakashvili, south ossetia, speculation, stalin, the new york times, uk, Ukraine, un, united nations, united states, us foreign policy, usa, war, war on terror, washington post, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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The collapse of the Georgian offensive represents not only a disaster for that country and its US-backed leaders, but another blow to the myth of Israel’s military prestige and prowess. Worse, Israel fears that Russia could retaliate by stepping up its military assistance to Israel’s adversaries including Iran.
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Also tagged Abkhazia, africa, ANC, books, bush, chavez, cia, clinton, cold war, colombia, democracy, development, empire, EU, GE, georgia, Hugo Chavez, islam, israel, jerusalem, left, NATO, occupied territories, ossetia, right, shin bet, south africa, south ossetia, torture, un, usa, Venezuela, war, war on terror
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There is an obvious Israeli involvement in the present conflict between Georgia and Russia. There are hundreds of Israeli military advisers in Georgia and this is not just the claim of the rather unreliable DebkaFile but also the more respected Ha‘aretz expert Yossi Melman, the daily Ma‘ariv and also the rather reliable website “News [...]
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Also tagged ANC, cia, EU, GE, georgia, israel, italy, jerusalem, left, media, ossetia, pentagon, shin bet, the state, un, usa, war
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The global crisis of capitalism is ‘explained’ as being the “credit crunch” and all the fault of bad loans made by banks and mortgage lenders, but is this really the truth or are we being misled by a complicit corporate/state media?
Filed in Creative-i on Capitalism, From the Editor
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Also tagged adam smith, ANC, banking, BBC, capitalism, china, cia, circulation, consumer capitalism, crash, credit, credit crunch, crisis, debt, economics, economy, food, GE, hedge funds, inflation, left, media, MIT, MoD, oil, revolution, speculation, sub-prime mortgage, uk, un, vietnam, war, war economy
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