November 16, 2009
- John Chuckman

During his trip to Asia, President Obama called for the government of Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi, a noted dissident who has spent years under house arrest.

It made headlines, a fact which tells us more about the role of media as an outlet for government press releases than in communicating genuine news.

Obama’s was hardly a brave or innovative act when you consider that it is a universally-condemned military junta keeping Aung San Suu Kyi penned up.

For those not attending the conferences in the Marie Gérin-Lajoie auditorium of the l'Université du Québec à Montréal, you may view them live...

En français : http://webtv.coop/live/webdiffusion.php

In English : http://webtv.coop/live2/webdiffusion.php

En espagnol : http://webtv.coop/live3/webdiffusion.php

Descriptions of the conferences this Sunday :

Ce dimanche 11 octobre, 9 h 30 : Le développement du militarisme et l’agenda sécuritaire

Ce dimanche 11 octobre, 14 h 30: La survie de l'humanité

Awarding Obama/Soetoro - or whatever they call the by them selected next 'front man' in the White House - the Nobel Peace Prize, reminds most people of the unbelievable awarding of this Prize to another infamous global war criminal: Henry Kissinger. Vietnam was still burning in 1973, and Le Duc Tho, who was supposed to share the Peace Prize with Kissinger, said the whole 'Nobel Prize business' was 'dishonorable'. Obama and the 'Norwegian Nobel Committee' again prove whom they work for...

The full story about the dark roots of the Nobel Medal. It's not noble at all. http://tinyurl.com/ygwyzdv

- Henk Ruyssenaars, Foreign Press Foundation

Not only the Western walkout at the UN 2009 Ahmadinejad speech is a part of a repeating show, consciously the Western countries make no distinction between Ahmadinejad's just criticism on Israel and his alleged ''anti-semitic rhetoric''

Since the Western countries are directly and indirectly supporting the Israeli occupation, it is a shame and disgrace, that they walkout at this very speech, which brings into light the Israeli war-crimes and the Western implicite consent.

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When I read "Intervening abroad: Do we have the means to match our will?" in the Globe and Mail by Tom Flanagan, I could only wonder at the basis of tenure in our universities, for, truly, here are bits of weak observation, clichés, and half-truths pasted together and offered as analysis. Worse, there is a thread of partisan propaganda holding the bits together like a string of beads.

“Harper announced that his Conservative government would adhere to the national interest in formulating Canada's foreign policy…”

We are promoting a world campaign to boycott Chiquita which supports the Coup d'Etat in Honduras. It is very important to spread the word in these critical moments and to try to help the Resistence to defeat coup participants.

We have just published a booklet, "From Nationalism to Internationalism. "

REVOLUTION: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About
a film of a talk by Bob Avakian
Online at: http://www.revolutiontalk.net/
In 2003 Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA delivered an historic talk in the United States.

Uranium dust now encirles the earth-
and is right now kiliing everyone on earth- http://www.margotbworldnews.com/archives/2006/March/Mar29/du.html
http://www.uruknet.biz/?colonna=m&p=23019 http://www.rense.com/Datapages/dudata.htm

The people must be prepared for the expansion of the United States of America's global war .

August 22, 2009
John Chuckman

I am disappointed with the view of some knowledgeable commentators over Scotland’s release of the dying man who was convicted of the Lockerbie-airline bombing.

From a purely power-politics point of view, of course, they are right: judging by the ugly noises echoing across the oceans from America, Scotland has done itself no favor.

The following manifestation was made by Rep. Walden Bello of the Party-list Akbayan! on the floor of the House of Representatives of the Philippines on August 13, 2009. It was prepared by Herbert Docena of Focus on the Global South.

Malalai Joya, elected by the people of Farah, and banned from parliament for denouncing criminals of war (though her democratic mandate was to last till the current elections), spoke to an audience of 300 at Conway Hall in central London (July 2009). She has survived five assassination attempts, had her passport taken away by Karzaï, and must constantly take various precautions in Afghanistan. We invite you to hear what a woman fighting for human rights and justice has to say...

Morocco thinks the status quo is in its favor. While Polisario sits and rots in Tindouf, Morocco is busy looking for oil, plundering the fish, and constantly investing in the Territory.