Archive for the 'International relations' Category

Chomsky on Latin America and the Carribean

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Christiaan
on 5 October, 2008
in Analysis, Carribean, International relations and Latin America
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Chomsky speaking at the Social Summit in Venezuela a couple of weeks ago.


Bush invokes UN Charter

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Christiaan
on 23 September, 2008
in International relations, Law, Propaganda, United States and War
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Bush Junior at today’s UN meeting invoking, I kid you not, the UN Charter:

The United Nations charter sets forth the equal rights of nations large and small. Russia’s invasion of Georgia was a violation of those words.

Bwahhh… haha! He’s not seriously suggesting that UN bollocks about justice means anything these days is he?

CNN interview with Vladimir Putin

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Christiaan
on 31 August, 2008
in International relations, Russia/East Europe and War
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Transcript of CNN interview with Vladimir Putin.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Update, 2 Sep 2008: video added.

Never a better time to boycott U.S. goods

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Christiaan
on 28 August, 2008
in Economics, International relations, Strategy and United States
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U.S. second-quarter growth came in a little higher than expected today, on the back of exports which grew at a 13.2% annual rate, thanks to a weakened dollar. Result: fears of recession this year quelled.

Seems to me there’s never been a better time to boycott U.S. goods.

Bush regime drops preconditions to talks with Iran

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Christiaan
on 17 July, 2008
in Imperialism, International relations, Iran, Politics, US foreign policy, United States and War
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It appears as if someone sensible finally has Bush’s ear.

Maybe Tom Engelhardt is right.