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Showdown in Honduras: The Rise and Uncertain Future of the Coup

On the day of Manuel Zelaya’s return, Ben Dangl tells the history of the Honduran Coup.  Upon his return later today, Zelaya faces arrest by the security forces and the Attorney General, who has publicly stated that Zelaya will be charged with treason and sentanced to over 20 years in prison.  He returns after the U.N. unanimously passed a... [Read more of this review]

Oil and Indians Don’t Mix: Greg Palast on the Indigenous Struggle against Big Oil

Friday 12 June 2009 by: Greg Palast | Visit article original @ GregPalast.com There’s an easy way to find oil. Go to some remote and gorgeous natural sanctuary, say Alaska or the Amazon, find some Indians, then drill down under them. If the indigenous folk complain, well, just shoo them away. Shooing methods include: bulldozers, bullets, crooked... [Read more of this review]

Action Alert: Israel Abducts Human Rights Workers and Cynthia McKinney

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 June 2009 [23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete... [Read more of this review]

End of the Pillage: Britian’s Dirty Demise

George Monbiot talks about the history of Great Britian and the frequent blood and wreckage they have left in their wake. Now the crash has begun, with the bottom a long, long way down. For 300 years Britain has outsourced mayhem. Finally it’s coming home Opium, famine and banks all played their part in this country’s plundering of the... [Read more of this review]

Honduras: A President Kidnapped

Early Sunday morning in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, the Hoduran military, trained and armed by the United States, removed the President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, by gunshots and force to an airbase, where he was flown to neighboring Costa Rica. The situation was a result of Zelaya attempting to hold an opinion poll on a Constitutional... [Read more of this review]

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