The Shock Doctrine in Myanmar: “The people there (Myanmar) have the right to demand international assistance free of U.S. demands or sanctions.” This is the last sentence in an article by Sara Flounders (” U.S. Hostility Blocking Relief”). It postulates that the U.S. plans to supply humanitarian aid to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis as […]
How Tibet and Palestine Are Fighting for Freedom
23-04-08 On international TV channels, the Tibetans and the Palestinians are demonstrating against their respective occupiers and oppressors, China and Israel. Both peoples are fighting for their freedom, but what else do the two conflicts have in common? China is one of the largest countries in the world, Israel still one of the smallest. Gaza, […]
Haiti Is Starving
The last few days the media has been reporting on riots in Port au Prince, capital of the island Republic of Haiti, first Republic in the world founded and administered by its black native population in January 1804. The slogan of the French Revolutionary government, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity was extended to the former slave colony. […]
Russia Today 2
On February 1, I wrote a short Ground Report on the English language news program, Russia Today, defining it along with CNN, BBC, Aljazeera as one of the many 24 hours news coverage destined for abroad, i.e. outside the program’s country of origin. Now that Vladimir Putin had invited George W. Bush to Sochi in […]
Wheeling and Dealing in Zimbabwe and Chad
APRIL FOOL’S DAY–Wheeling and dealing in Zimbabwe and Chad Deal 1––Zimbabwe: Today, Tuesday 1 April, the results are not yet in from Sunday’s elections in Zimbabwe. The eternal ruling party of Robert Mugabe is being pushed aside by the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, of Z. Tsanvagiri which, according to its own figures, has […]
China and the ABC Theory
A journalist friend of mine told me about a theory some years ago, born during the Civil Rights movement in America or the Algerian War in France, which turned out to be very useful at the time. Then, as theories often do, it completed its cycle of influence and was forgotten. But as I was […]