The Diet on May 13 approved an agreement that requires Japan, supposedly a sovereign nation, to pay the cost of constructing a foreign country's military base outside Japan as part of a plan to "relocate" a part of the U.S. Marine Corps to Guam from Okinawa.Under the agreement, Japan will pay about 2.8 billion dollars for the construction of U.S. base-related facilities in … [Read more...] about Japan to use 610 billion yen for a bogus ‘relocation’ of U.S. Marines to Guam from Okinawa
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
Shell on trial while Nigerians are slaughtered
By Bond, Patrick and Sharife ,Khadijahttps://www.zmag.org/zspace/commentaries/3874"We sometimes feed conflict by the way we award contracts, gain access to land, and deal with community representatives," Shell Nigeria admitted in 2003.It was a modest confession from a corporate giant that has long collaborated with the state to access the Niger Delta's oil and … [Read more...] about Shell on trial while Nigerians are slaughtered
Obama’s Violin: Populist rage and the uncertain containment of change
By Paul Street (ZMAGAZINE)As of this writing in late March, the Barack Obama administration and its allies in the Democratic-run Congress have been attempting to perform system-maintaining acts of co-optation and popular pacification that no Republican presidency or Congress could ever carry out. Lance Selfa reminds us in his recent book The Democrats: A Critical History … [Read more...] about Obama’s Violin: Populist rage and the uncertain containment of change
Dueling Demagogues At Durban 2
By Moshe Yaroni Virtually everything that emerged from the Durban II conference in Geneva was overwhelmed by the vile words of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Though some intrepid folks, like the amazing Cecilie Surasky of Muzzlewatch, tried to get the word out about everything that was going on at the conference, most of the attention remained on the issue of Israel and ignored … [Read more...] about Dueling Demagogues At Durban 2
Are leading Democrats Afraid of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture?
by Jeremy ScahillPublished on Friday, April 24, 2009 by RebelReports There are not exactly throngs of Democratic Congressmembers beating down the doors of the Justice Department demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a special Independent Prosecutor to investigate torture and other crimes. And now it seems that whatever Congress does in the near term won't even be … [Read more...] about Are leading Democrats Afraid of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture?