David SwansonJuly 13, 2015Let's Try Democracy/Writing by David Swanson If you're like most people in the United States, you have a vague awareness that the U.S. military keeps lots of troops permanently stationed on foreign bases around the world. Have you ever really investigated to find out how many, where exactly, at what cost, to what purpose, and in terms of what … [Read more...] about What Are Foreign Military Bases For? (Portside)
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Japan Focus: Okinawa, Nuclear Weapons
Robert Jacobs The Bravo Test and the Death and Life of the Global Ecosystem in the Early Anthropocene Special FeatureHenoko: The Experts Report and the Future of OkinawaGavan McCormackIntroduction The Okinawa Third Party Committee & Sandi AritzaThird Party Investigation into the Reclamation of Oura Bay Kunitoshi … [Read more...] about Japan Focus: Okinawa, Nuclear Weapons
Palestine and Israel: The OTHER Israel
Occupation Magazine July 21, 2015, and a selection of articles posted on earlier days ActivismStop the Susya destruction! Demo July 24 Reports and commentsEU seeks new format to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talksAP - Israel Hayom - "Leaving the status quo unchanged is not an option", says EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to … [Read more...] about Palestine and Israel: The OTHER Israel
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Varoufakis: Troika Forced Syriza Into Choice Between ‘Suicide or Execution’
Published on Tuesday, July 21, 2015byCommon DreamsFormer finance minister blasts EU, saying: "No one government should ever be treated that way in the context of a club of democratic nations."Varoufakis admitted that during negotiations his government did make some mistakes, but mostly in assuming that they were holding "a rational bargaining session." (Screenshot: CNN)In … [Read more...] about Varoufakis: Troika Forced Syriza Into Choice Between ‘Suicide or Execution’