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Confrontation Builds On Multiple Fronts Webster Tarpley, Tarpley.net, Aug 9 2010 On Jul 21, the present writer offered the evaluation that an attack on Iran by the US and Israel was now emphatically back on the agenda after a two-year hiatus.1 More than two weeks after issuing that warning, it ... [Link] [Cache]

By James Petras | 08.09.2010 Introduction US policy toward Venezuela has taken many tactical turns, but the objective has been the same: to oust President Chavez, reverse the nationalization of big businesses, abolish the mass community and worker based councils and revert the country into a client-state. Washington funded and ... [Link] [Cache]

UPDATED ON: Monday, August 09, 2010 06:43 Mecca time, 03:43 GMT Chavez agrees to meet Santos Hugo Chavez asked Obama to “look for another candidate” as US envoy to Caracas [Reuters] Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has said he will meet with his Colombian counterpart on Tuesday to try to ... [Link] [Cache]

Via South Lebanon A LeftViews article by Art Young | August 6, 2010 | Excerpts Via AlethoNews In the first action of its kind in the United States, on June 20 more than 700 unionists and community activists picketed at several entrances to the Port of Oakland, California, protesting the ... [Link] [Cache]

Why We Boycott Israel: A reply to the US Socialist Workers Party Art Young, Socialist Voice, Aug 6 2010 When Israeli commandos attacked the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters on May 31, murdered nine humanitarian aid workers and seized the cargo of badly needed supplies for Gaza, they touched ... [Link] [Cache]

Chavez blocks US ambassador Al Jazeera, Aug 9 2010 Venezuelan Pres Chavez announced on Sunday that he will not allow the newly-nominated US envoy to take up his post in Caracas. He said Obama should “look for another candidate” to replace Larry Palmer, whose nomination as ambassador to Venezuela is ... [Link] [Cache]

A REPLY TO THE U.S. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY A LeftViews article by Art Young | August 6, 2010 | Excerpts In the first action of its kind in the United States, on June 20 more than 700 unionists and community activists picketed at several entrances to the Port of Oakland, ... [Link] [Cache]

August 6, 2010 A REPLY TO THE U.S. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY A LeftViews article by Art Young When Israeli commandos attacked the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters on May 31, murdered nine humanitarian aid workers and seized the cargo of badly needed supplies for Gaza, they touched off an ... [Link] [Cache]

please circulate widely Call: Day of Action to Confront US Militarism in the Americas October 11, 2010 Our organizations urge you to join us in a National Day of Action to Confront US Militarism in the Americas on Monday, October 11, 2010. October 11 is the day the United States ... [Link] [Cache]

CCR Statement and Open Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Readmission of Honduras into OAS July 27, 2010, New York – On July 30, 2010 the Organization of American States’ High-Level Commission on Honduras is expected to make recommendations to the OAS member states with regards to the ... [Link] [Cache]

The NEW YORK TIMES has a report by Steven Greenhouse, "Pressured, Nike to Help Workers in Honduras", about the successful efforts of US college students to force Nike to do the right thing. Moral suasion was ineffective, but when the students had their colleges buy their sweats elsewhere, the kind ... [Link] [Cache]

Image courtesy www.borev.net Colombia: Uribe’s Farewell Spectacle - español Atilio A. Boron Translation: Machetera and Manuel Talens Álvaro Uribe, the empire’s unconditional pawn, took his leave from the Colombian presidency with a new provocation: the denunciation of FARC camps which he claimed to be established on Venezuelan territory. Being neither ... [Link] [Cache]

So how long until they start going off in America, globe-kickers?"Mexico’s federal police and the army have played the leading roles in a war against drug cartels that has cost more than 22,700 lives since Calderon announced an anti-drug offensive in late 2006.... Why low-ball it?--more--"Didn't help."Mexican city shifts focus ... [Link] [Cache]

Why are Marines Disembarking in Costa Rica? - español Atilio Boron Translation: Machetera With votes secured from the official National Liberation Party PLN , the Libertarian Movement, and Justo Orozco, the evangelical congressman from the Costa Rican Renovation party, on July 1st, the Costa Rican Congress authorized the entry into ... [Link] [Cache]

Venezuelan Right-Wing Opposition Figure Held on Terror Charges Send to friend Printer-friendly version 0 By Juan Reardon – Venezuelanalysis.com San Francisco, July 15th, 2010 Venezuelanalysis.com – Yesterday, Venezuelan Minister for Internal Affairs Tarek El Aissami announced the arrest of opposition figure Alejandro Peña Esclusa after police supposedly found explosive materials in ... [Link] [Cache]

Fear, Suspicion as US Military En Route to Costa Rica Written by Joseph Shansky Thursday, 15 July 2010 10:51 Tensions are high in Costa Rica following the announcement of the impending arrival of US military vessels. In the past year alone, a sudden expansion of United States military presence around ... [Link] [Cache]

Literally, the only country in this year’s World Cup proceedings without any sort of token or actual United States military presence is – surprise surprise – North Korea. And even this might change if Obama gets his way. That would put American troops in every single one of the 32 ... [Link] [Cache]

By Gabriel Elizondo | Al-Jazeera | July 13th, 2010 Hollman Morris is known in Colombia for path-breaking journalism, but US wont let him into the country for a Harvard fellowship. Hollman Morris is a Colombian journalist who has received dozens of international awards for his work uncovering atrocities and human ... [Link] [Cache]

http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Home_Page.html National Conference to Bring the Troops Home Now! July 23–25, 2010 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albany, New York In these troubled times, Washington’s wars and occupations rage, resulting in an ever increasing number of dead and wounded and the destruction of countries posing no threat to the U.S. Trillions are ... [Link] [Cache]

18 families control 60% of the equity value of all companies in Israel The Real News Network | July 12, 2010 Bio Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in Jerusalem and Beit-Sahour. Researching the economic aspect of the Israeli occupation of ... [Link] [Cache]

Coast Guard dispatching ships and personnel to Costa Rica to threaten Nicaragua By Wayne Madsen Online Journal Contributing Writer Jul 8, 2010, 00:20 WMR — After conducting its successful coup d’etat in Honduras against President Manuel Zelaya, the imperialistic Barack Obama administration is now bent on ousting Nicaraguan President Daniel ... [Link] [Cache]

Inside Costa Rica | July 3, 2010 As is customary, the US asks for authorization of Costa Rica’s legislature before entry of any US warship and soldiers in Costa Rican waters. And as customary, the Costa Rica legislature grants its permission, as was the case on Friday. The permission allows ... [Link] [Cache]

This list does not include: mobilizations of the National Guard offshore shows of naval strength reinforcements of embassy personnel the use of non-Defense Department personnel such as the Drug Enforcement Administration military exercises non-combat mobilizations such as replacing postal strikers the permanent stationing of armed forces covert actions where the ... [Link] [Cache]

Honduras delegation update July 1st Related Programs: Alliance for Responsible Trade Honduras Quest for Peace Fri, 07/02/2010 – 12:57pm by toml Witnessing Resistance in Honduras Quixote Centre Honduras Delegation update July 1st, 2010 Caitlin Power Hancey, Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network ARSN The Honduran resistance movement is real—it is also strong, ... [Link] [Cache]

http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Home_Page.html National Conference to Bring the Troops Home Now! July 23–25, 2010 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albany, New York In these troubled times, Washington’s wars and occupations rage, resulting in an ever increasing number of dead and wounded and the destruction of countries posing no threat to the U.S. Trillions are ... [Link] [Cache]

Obama Nominates New Ambassador to Venezuela By James Suggett – Venezuelanalysis.com Mérida, June 30th 2010 Venezuelanalysis.com – On Monday, United States President Barack Obama nominated Dr. Larry Palmer to be the new ambassador to Venezuela. Palmer is the former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, a free trade advocate, and current president ... [Link] [Cache]

One Year After the Coup, Rift Persists Between Washington And Latin America Over Honduras By Mark Weisbrot This article was published by The Guardian Unlimited on June 30, 2010. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. At dawn one year ago, on June 28, ... [Link] [Cache]

I often thought of translating Vicky Peláez’s pieces but somehow never found the time. Here’s one from December of last year. It’s not too hard to imagine why the State Department would have liked to shut her up. The Empire’s Elections in Honduras Vicky Peláez – El Diario NY Tuesday, ... [Link] [Cache]

From day one, the brave and determined people of Honduras fought the coup and have been fighting for the last 365 days. This is a brief video tribute to people of the Honduran resistance and their determination to take their country back from the murderous thugs that kidnapped President Zelaya ... [Link] [Cache]

Washington Elite Still Don’t Get Latin America – Will They Ever? By Mark Weisbrot This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited on June 26, 2010. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. In the film “Guantanamera,” the last by renowned Cuban director Tomás ... [Link] [Cache]