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Australia, the lucky country (just don’t mention Asylum seekers)

February 17, 2012

Welcome to Australia – the lucky country, where white people live happily ever after. A story in today’s Daily Telegraph, titled “Asylum seekers made to feel at home, thanks to a $10,000 welcome pack” really sums up the inherent racism that lurks beneath the façade of our so...

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US Marines embrace Nazi sentiments in Afghanistan

Blog, Middle East, USA

February 16, 2012

US Soldiers pose with a Nazi SS flag in Afghanistan. No disciplinary action will be taken against the Marines, because apparently there was no malicious intent. According to Maj. Gabrielle Chapin, a spokeswoman at Camp Pendleton, Calif. ” The Marines mistakenly believed the “SS” in...

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US sanctions on Iranian oil exports

Blog, Pakistan, USA

January 12, 2012

Senior Analyst for Politact, Cosima Brand (yes, she is my super talented sister), discusses the implications of US sanctions on Iranian oil exports, the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project and other key players....

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US marines urinating on dead Taliban insurgents

Blog, USA

January 12, 2012

America: forever preaching and pontificating about how it is a beacon of freedom, democracy and respect in an otherwise dark world. Hmmm… The truth always has a way of coming out....

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On Utøya: Anders Breivik, Right Terror, Racism and Europe

Australia, Blog, Politics, Projects

November 4, 2011

I recently filmed the global launch of On Utøya – a compelling and challenging new book. The book was launched in Sydney by Greens Senator, Lee Rhiannon and Independent Journalist and Author, Antony Loewenstein. Edited by Elizabeth Humphrys, Guy Rundle and Tad Tietze, with essays by Anindya...

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The hypocrisy of politics

Blog, Middle East, USA

September 22, 2011

As Troy Davis sits on Death Row to be executed, within minutes, the US brazenly calls for sanctions against Syria for the Assad regime’s bloody crackdown on protesters. The US accuse Syria, Libya, Iran et al of murdering their own citizens, yet Troy Davis is condemned to death by the state. Over 3,200...

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The drone wars

Blog, Middle East, USA

September 22, 2011

The Obama administration are building secret drone bases in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in a newly aggressive intitiative to conduct “counter terrorism” operations in places such as Yemen, Somalia and the likes. These barbaric strikes from the sky also kill numerous...

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Brutal execution in Ugarit, Syria

Blog, Middle East

September 9, 2011

Soldiers execute a man in broad daylight in the port city of Ugarit, near Latakia, Syria. The unknown man is lying in a pool of his own blood in front of a Syrian military tank. Surrounded by soldiers, he has obviously already been shot. A soldier continues shooting him until he runs out of bullets, …...

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Australian MP spreading the message of hate

Australia, Blog

September 8, 2011

South Australian Liberal Senator, Cory Bernardi, is Australia’s very own Geert Wilders. Not something to be proud of. Islamophobia is on the rise and people such as Wilders and Bernardi and flying the flag of hatred and racism. In documents obtained exclusively by MuslimVillage.com, Bernardi clearly...

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Kim Jong-Il + Dmitry Medvedev =Trans-Korean Pipeline

Blog

September 8, 2011

Pepe Escobar on Kim Jong-Il’s new pipeline… “As much of the world – and news headlines – were transfixed by NATO’s “humanitarian” war in Libya, few noticed as a 69-year-old sporting a trademark Mao-style khaki jumpsuit and wearing sunglasses stepped out of a black...

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