africa

Israeli Strikes/ ISIS Bombings "Tactical Changes" In the MENA Remake

Coming hot on the heels of the second "ISIS suicide bombing" right where Usreael's Kurds are in Syria.. NOT A COINCIDENCE--- We have more news about Israeli airstrikes and an explosion in Latakia.Do you all recall in the previous post dated January 12/2019- I expressed, plainly, that the tactics had shifted and The Next Phase of the MENA Remake has Likely Begun.Hell that was even the title of the post. Quoting below, your's truly stated..

Israeli PM visits Chad ‘to restore relations’

MEMO | January 20, 2019 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Chad on Sunday for talks aimed at restoring diplomatic relations between Tel Aviv and N’Djamena. “I am now leaving on another historic and important breakthrough, to Chad, a huge Muslim country bordering Libya and Sudan,” The Times of Israel newspaper quoted Netanyahu as […]

Amnesty International’s Troubling Collaboration with UK & US Intelligence

Propaganda image from the cover of AI’s report entitled, ‘Squeezing the Life Out of Yarmouk: War Crimes Against Besieged Civilians’, one of many designed to fit hand-in-glove with the joint US and UK covert regime change operation deployed against Syria since 2011. By Alexander Rubinstein | Mint Press News | January 17, 2019 Amnesty International, […]

Capitalist Agriculture: Putting Soil on a Diet of Snake Oil and Doughnuts

In their rush to readily promote neoliberal dogma and corporate-inspired PR, many government officials, scientists and journalists take as given that profit-driven transnational corporations have a legitimate claim to be custodians of natural assets. The premise is that under capitalism water, food, soil and agriculture should be handed over to powerful and wholly corrupt transnational corporations to milk for profit, under 

Gabon and Coup Mania

It starts with a presumption, makes its way through a discussion, and becomes a set, moulded stereotype: Africa is the continent of tin pot dictatorships, unstable leaderships, and coups.  Latin America, attuned to brigandage and frontier mentalities, is not far behind.  Such instances lend themselves to the inevitable opportunity to exploit the exception.  Gabon, ruled by the same family without interruption since 1967, is being stated as a possible example.