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Binu Mathew

Washington's Militarized Takeover Of Haiti
By Stephen Lendman

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After its worst catastrophe in nearly 170 years, millions in the country need everything, not Marines – food, water, medical care, shelter, and deep compassion at their greatest time of need. Instead, the country is occupied, militarized, denied aid, and taken over for greater exploitation. General Ken Keen, in charge of forces, says US troops will “be here as long as needed,” signaling an open-ended commitment for years

We Send Doctors, Not Soldiers
By Fidel Castro

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In the midst of the Haitian tragedy, without anybody knowing how and why, thousands of US marines, 82nd Airborne Division troops and other military forces have occupied Haiti. Worse still is the fact that neither the United Nations Organization nor the US government have offered an explanation to the world’s public opinion about this relocation of troops

The Humanitarian Myth
By Richard Seymour

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Richard Seymour, the author of The Liberal Defense of Murder, analyzes the propaganda manufactured to justify U.S. actions in Haiti after the earthquake

Delaying Aid For A Photo-Op
By Jesse Hagopian

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Jesse Hagopian, a teacher from Seattle, was in Haiti with his wife (who works on HIV education in the country) and one-year-old son when the earthquake hit. Here, he looks at the U.S. government's priorities on display in Haiti right now

Great Television/Bad Journalism:
Media Failures In Haiti Coverage
By Robert Jensen

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How many people watching Cooper’s mass-mediated heroism on CNN know that U.S. policy makers have actively undermined Haitian democracy and opposed that country’s most successful grassroots political movement? During the first days of coverage of the earthquake, it’s understandable that news organizations focused on the immediate crisis. But more than a week later, what excuse do journalists have?

Making Haiti: Survival, Sacrament
And The Marketplace
By Farzana Versey

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“I survived by drinking Coca-Cola. I drank Coca-Cola every day, and I ate some little tiny things,” he said. Wismond Exantus’s tale of survival conveys a larger lesson about charity franchising. As someone who worked in the grocery store in Port-au-Prince, where he was found after 11 days, his recollection of Coca Cola as opposed to “little tiny things” indicates that the miracle his brother spoke about could have something to do partly with this beverage and the conglomerate idea it stands for

Israel Creates First ‘Army-Owned’ University
By Jonathan Cook

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Ehud Barak, Israel’s defence minister, approved last week the upgrading to university status of a college in a settlement located deep inside the West Bank, a move certain to further undermine Palestinian confidence in the peace process

The Liebarak
By Uri Avnery

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The decision to upgrade the Ariel College to a University has dealt a severe blow to the peace process

The Drone Surge
By Nick Turse

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When it comes to the drone surge, the years 2011-2013 are just the near horizon. While, like the Army, the Navy is working on its own future drone warfare capacity — in the air as well as on and even under the water — the Air Force is involved in striking levels of futuristic planning for robotic war. It envisions a future previously imagined only in sci-fi movies like the Terminator series

Is Israel Preparing To Attack Lebanon?
By Salim Nazzal

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The headlines of the London based Al Sharq Al awsat last week reported high alertness in the Lebanese resistance towards a possible Israeli attack. The paper added too that Syria has called some of its reserved forces apparently for the same reason

“Why Is Nasrallah Demonized
In The Western Media?”
By Mike Whitney

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An interview with Franklin Lamb

From Jai He To Jai Ho
By Neerja Dasani

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Another Indian Republic day and another nationalistic spectacle of military might. The incongruity of the spectacle is best captured by the strains of the ‘national anthem’; a tribute to the universal spirit that has been trapped in the armoury of a nation-state. As we enter the year of the 150th birth anniversary of its creator, Rabindranath Tagore, the question arises: what would Gurudev have made of all this?

India's Farmers Set To Beat Ploughs Into Swords
By Anuj Chopra

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Indian farmers fighting the industrial conglomerates to save their farms being taken over for industrialisation

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