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Foreign Policy In Focus "If the negotiations proceed on their current path, foreign companies will produce the vast majority of Iraq’s oil. How much control they will exert, and who will reap the greatest benefits (and endure the steepest costs) is yet to be determined." By Antonia Juhasz.
Source: www.truthout.org
As U.S. and British oil companies sign contracts with the Iraqi government, is it time to declare Big Oil the "victor" in the bloody venture?
Foreign Policy In Focus "It cannot just descend on them from the sky. It has to be done in consultation with the people who occupy the land," Ethiopian opposition leader Bulcha Demeksa told Reuters. "But the government is not doing that. It is just going ahead and signing agreement after agreement with the foreigners." Via Africa Action and the Washington Post:
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
BAKO, Ethiopia/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - For centuries, farmers like Berhanu Gudina have eked out a living in Ethiopia's central lowlands, tending tiny plots of maize, wheat or barley amid the vastness of the lush green plains.
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Can talks with Iran lead to a world without nuclear weapons? http://www.ips-dc.org/articles/can_talks
Source: www.ips-dc.org
In one key conflict area-Iran-President Barack Obama appears to be keeping, at least for the moment, his campaign commitment to engage rather than threaten, to use diplomacy rather than force.
Foreign Policy In Focus Obama demands exit strategy for war in Afghanistan:
Inside This Morning’s White House Afghanistan Meeting: Anger With Eikenberry, ‘Beef’ With McChrystal
Source: washingtonindependent.com
It was a tense meeting this morning at the White House, as Ambassador Karl Eikenberry addressed the National Security Council by teleconference from Kabul just hours after the media got hold of his dissent on the crucial question of sending more troops to Afghanistan. ...
Foreign Policy In Focus This Veteran's Day, we need to remember that 260,000 vets will be homeless this year. We need to end the wars and take better care of the men and women who served. More information, and what you can do to help, via The Huffington Post: http://bit.ly/3GrzQO and check out the site for Iraq Veterans Against the War: http://www.ivaw.org/
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Veteran's Day only happens once a year, but our nation's veterans need our support year-round. We've pulled together five facts about U.S. veterans, the great organizations that are supporting them and how you can help any time of the year.
Foreign Policy In Focus "If one accepts [a] broadened definition of 'terrorism' -- that it includes violence that targets not only civilians but also combatants who are unarmed or not engaged in combat at the time of the attack -- it seems impossible to exclude from that term many of the acts in which the U.S. and our allies routinely engage." From Glenn Greenwald.
Source: www.salon.com
The incomparably pernicious Joe Lieberman said yesterday onFox News that he intends to launch an investigationinto "the motives of [Nidal] Hasan in carrying out this brutal mass murder, if ...
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"We, the African civil society under the Platform of Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, condemn deliberate efforts by developed countries to kill the Kyoto Protocol, and effectively killing the hopes for climate justice." Via AllAfrica: http://allafrica.com/stories/20091109152
Source: allafrica.com
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
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Activists disrupt UN climate plenary in Barcelona: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyWXT4BN5
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There's another financial crisis on the horizon -- the climate financial crisis. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-nancy-
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
The developed world -- responsible for both today's financial as well as climate crisis -- must help pay the costs for the developing world to do the right thing.
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"If anything, [sanctions] could strengthen Iran's hardliners, confirm their suspicions that the US under President Obama is not serious about relations based on 'mutual interest' and 'mutual respect,' allowing officials the excuse to justify economic woes, mismanagement and other internal challenges on the sanctions - ...dealing further blows to reformists and activists still recovering from the wounds of the disputed June 12 election." http://www.truthout.org/1104091Read More
Source: www.truthout.org
President Obama appears hesitant to endorse Congress's push for sanctions against Iran. (Photo Illustration: Jared Rodriguez / t r u t h o u t; Adapted from: jamesomalley, erjkprunczyk, mohammadali)
Foreign Policy In Focus "The union movement has come under constant attack since Calderón took office in 2006. Calderón employed tactics similar to the ones in the SME intervention against the Mexican Miners and Metalworkers Union. The government has refused to recognize the union’s democratically elected officers."
Source: blog.aflcio.org
The global union movement is accusing Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, of systematically trying to bust independent unions and is demanding that he respect the rights of workers to form unions.
Source: www.commondreams.org
On Tuesday, November 3, Congress is poised to vote on H.Res.867, which calls on the “President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the `Report ...
Foreign Policy In Focus "Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Transnational Institute wants politicians, particularly President Obama, to know that criticizing Israel is no longer political suicide."
Source: freespeech.org
Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Transnational Institute wants politicians, particularly President Obama, to know that criticizing Israel is no longer political suicide. Despite ...
Foreign Policy In Focus GritTV Interview with Afghan politician Malalai Joya. Our version's here: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6505
Source: www.commondreams.org
Very good interview, albeit it's not always easy to understand what Malalai Joya says, due to her accent. I nevertheless was able to gather enough from what she said to see it's a very good interview and ...
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"The IAASTD found that a focus on small-scale sustainable agriculture, locally adapted seed and ecological farming better address the complexities of climate change, hunger, poverty and productive demands on agriculture in the developing world. That report--the most comprehensive scientific assessment of world agricult...ure to date--recommended development strategies that are in large part the opposite of those backed by the Gates Foundation."Read More
Source: www.thenation.com
Bill Gates's fortune is funding a new Green Revolution. But is that what Africans need?
