The municipal board ‘In The Hague, self-named ‘capital of international law’ considers the convocation by loudspeakers from the mosk belonging to freedom of religion, but the biological need of undisturbed sleeping is no-where stipulated as a human right. No artist, tv-journalist or nationalist involves in protecting the Europoean citizens teased out from their houses surrounding the mosk. I think I ll refuse to speak my language for a people that betrayes itself doesn’t deserve to … Read entire article »

Syrian Revolt and Pipeline Geopolitics by Leonid SAVIN Ex: http://geopolitica.ru/ No matter what was said about the causes of the conflict in Syria, there is one fundamental thing connected with Petropolitics and interests of global capital. Now let’s go away aside the tactics of guerrilla warfare and analysis formed situation with methods of propaganda through Social Networks and hidden religious motives. The state of affair of the regional powers, which are the most important players in energy politics … Read entire article »

Hindus from Pakistan still waiting for Indian citizenship In terms of granting Indian citizenship Gujarat has the worst record, where Pakistani Hindus who migrated as far back as 1982, are yet to receive their Indian citizenship. Six decades and three generations have passed since Indo-Pak partition, yet the migration of Sindhi Hindus from across the border hardly shows any change. Religious persecution in almost every sphere of Pakistani Hindu lives ensures that this pattern of migration, never … Read entire article »

The Uneasy U.S.-India-Iran Triangle India’s American Friends and Iranian Partners By Brahma Chellaney A column internationally syndicated by Project Syndicate The United States recently took the Iran-sanctions monkey off India’s back: it granted India an exemption from Iran-related financial sanctions in exchange for significant cuts in Indian purchases of Iranian oil. Nevertheless, Iran continues to cast a pall over an otherwise brightening U.S.-India relationship. From India’s perspective, Iran is an important neighbor with which it can ill afford to rupture … Read entire article »

Ukraine shocks European and US leaders (Alexei Kovalev ) Tuesday, 22 January 2013 01:33 Kris Roman Geopolitics In the last week of 2012 and in early 2013, Ukraine has noticeably stepped up talks about its relationship with theCustoms Union (CU), whose current members are Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The discussion of forms of cooperation between Ukraine and the CU struck a chord even in those seemingly not involved. A number of European officials stated that accession of sovereign … Read entire article »

Women, Work, and Freedom by Nicholas Farrell January 20, 2013 Taki’s Magazine Willingly or not, women play a starring role in the death of the West. Women in Europe and America have made one great big fat suicidal error as a result of modern feminism since the movement’s inception: They have confused work with freedom. This confusion has had catastrophic consequences for all of us because it has fatally infected the core activity of any healthy civilization: the … Read entire article »

Mali: Understandiing the Chessboard ◥ by Adam Garfinkle Foreign Policy Research Institute January 2013 (AV Apart from preventing uranium falling into the hands of islamists and a claim on the gold and pretended oil reserves in Mali, read here some American expert remarks about the Obama´s Government´s failure to understand the situation, a.o. due to lack of linguistic skills. Their experts don´t read French!!!) On January 15, I wrote in my blog a short essay on the situation in Mali. Little did … Read entire article »

Below is an excerpt from Nick Turse’s new book, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. It originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. Pham To looked great for 78 years old. (At least, that’s about how old he thought he was.) His hair was thin, gray, and receding at the temples, but his eyes were lively and his physique robust — all the more remarkable given what he had lived through. I listened intently, as … Read entire article »