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The following is the most concise and well-written article yet on Democrat Pres Truman's warning to the Soviet Union that the 20th century was to be the American century with its racist, criminal, unnecessary bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The same mentality continues today among Democrats & Republicans, the twin parties of war and fascism. Only Peace & Freedom and the Green Party are for peace and oppose nuclear weapons and nuclear power....
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 8:47am PDT
Syria...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 12:04am PDT
Israel...
Posted: Wed, Aug 7, 2013 11:38pm PDT
The battle for the future of Egypt is underway, and it’s chaos. There has been violence on both sides of the divide, with the military inflicting the heaviest doses on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. The violence combined with any lack of long-term solution could bode poorly for Egypt’s future, but the situation is in extreme flux, and by no means anywhere settled. There is still abundant hope for most Egyptians to achieve a better world, though time is of the essence....
Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2013 2:53am PDT
Prosecution and defense rested in the Rwandan Supreme Court appeals hearing of imprisoned Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire at the end of July, and the court has said it will rule on November 1st. Congolese have marched alongside Rwandans calling for Ingabire's release since her arrest in 2010. Congolese Swiss historian and activist BK Kumbi spoke to KPFA about what Victoire Ingabire means to her as a Congolese person....
Posted: Mon, Aug 5, 2013 5:59pm PDT
LOS ANGELES – On July 24, Filipinos in Los Angeles trooped to the Chinese Consulate offices in Shatto Place in Koreatown to protest the China’s aggression in the heated West Philippine Sea/South China Sea territorial dispute....
Posted: Sun, Aug 4, 2013 6:06am PDT
The era of Arab Spring euphoria is long ended, having devolved into doubt, confusion or wholesale rejection. Libya and Syria put an abrupt end to the Arab Spring celebrations, with the current situation in Egypt adding to the frustration....
Posted: Wed, Jul 31, 2013 4:31am PDT
On Monday, Human Rights Watch published another report documenting atrocities committed by Rwanda's M23 militia in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four days later John Kerry chaired a UN Security Council special session on Congo, and the day after that, the UN awarded $400 million in aid to Rwanda, a longstanding U.S. military partner, despite the report. And despite 13 years of similar reports by the Security Council's own group of expert investigators....
Posted: Sun, Jul 28, 2013 3:14pm PDT
