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| ‘Union Jack Boxes’ |
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This anti-war song is written and performed by the Damn Vandals who have kindly sent it to CAAB. |
| Chomsky says Israel, ‘US military base’ |
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Renowned American sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington’s main weapons storage base in the Middle East. “Israel is essentially a US military base, the US positions weapons there, that’s a very close military and intelligence tie.” From: http://thisiszionism.blogspot.com/2010/06/chomsky-says-israel-us-military-base.html |
| Saudi Arabia gives green light to Israeli raid on Iran |
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Saudi Arabia made preparations to allow the over-flight of the Israeli air force in the case of an eventual bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities. According to media reports, just days after the UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on the Islamic Republic, the oil kingdom of Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow Israel to utilize an essential corridor in its air space and thereby shorten the route for a raid on Iran. In order to allow the Israeli raid, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defense systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defenses will return to full alert. “The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way, according to US Defense Department sources, which averred that Saudi jets will not be scrambled and Israel’s will not be shot down. The US State Department is apparently in agreement. … |
| National Missile Defense Or Offense? The True Role of the US Missile Defense System |
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This video is long – nearly 2 hours and was made in 2002 – however we think it is informative so suggest you watch it. From MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/103 |
| Japan’s PM backtracks on US base |
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Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s prime minister, says it will be impossible to completely move a key US military base out of Okinawa. The decision means Hatoyama is backtracking on a key election promise, the issue continues to divide the people on the island. |
| PAX AMERICANA – THE WEAPONIZATION OF SPACE |
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This new space issues film, now making its way around the world at major film festivals, features several of our key Global Network leaders. Created by French-Canadian filmmaker Denis Delestrac, Pax Americana is now seeking a U.S. distribution deal. Please help spread word about it. space4peace.blogspot.com |
| Medvedev: New START Treaty vs. Missile Defense |
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In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Medvedev said the two countries negotiated specific language, or a “formula,” in the preamble of the new START treaty that states there is an “interconnection between the strategic offensive arms and missile defense.” Medvedev Exclusive: New START Treaty vs. Missile Defense Note: Embedding of this video has now been disabled by request to YouTube – watch it by following the link above. |
| Is Obama the puppeteer or puppet on a string? |
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THIS TRACK is not an attack upon the American people |
| Daniel Ellsberg on US Foreign Policy |
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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg speaks on the under-reported leaked memos of US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, US Policy on Iran, and more.
In 1971, the then-RAND Corporation analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked to the media what became known as the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified history outlining the true extent of US involvement in Vietnam. He’s calling for a new whistleblower to come forward today. |
What happens at Vandenberg Air Force base?
Have a look …
| Wars sending U.S. into ruin (part 1) |
| Wars sending U.S. into ruin (Part 2) |
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Eric Margolis: Obama the peace president is fighting battles his country cannot afford. China and Russia combined spend only a paltry 10% of what the U.S. spends on defence. There are 750 U.S. military bases in 50 nations and 255000 service members stationed abroad, 116000 in Europe, nearly 100000 in Japan and South Korea. … |
| Nuclear debate: Paul Ingram on the NPT Review Conference |
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Speaking from Wilton Park, BASIC’s Executive Director Paul Ingram gives his vision of success for the May 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). |
| The Convention on Modern Liberty: Tony Benn |
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Former MP and Minister Tony Benn on the history of civil liberties and how they are essential to political progress. On the 28th of Feb, The Convention on Modern Liberty takes place in 7 cities across the UK. We are coming together to discuss, debate and identify the current threats to our freedoms and liberties here in the UK; Counter-Terrorism, Financial Breakdown & The Database State, to name a few. |
| Chargos islands in crisis |
| The UK government evicted the Chaogossian islanders from one of the islands (previously known at Diego Garcia) to hand over the land to the US military in 1967. After years of legal actions the High Court ruled that the remaining people could not return. |
| ‘Obama’s War’ |
| Josh Rushing embeds with US troops on the front lines of Obama’s war and examines if an Iraq-style “surge” could work in Afghanistan. |
| ‘America cannot be the hegemon of Western Asia’ |
| Diplomacy must lead a regional solution to Afghan war; there is no military solution. |
| ‘Should Tony Blair be charged with War Crimes?’ |
| This is a long discussion but well worth staying with it. |
SONG OF THE WEEK
Universal Soldier, written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, performed by Donovan.
(Thanks to ‘Stop the War Coalition’)
| ‘We’re acting like a latter day version of the Roman Empire’ |
| As President Obama unveils his plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan, listen to Ohio Congress member Dennis Kucinich. The United States is going deeper and deeper into debt, says Kucinich. We have money for Wall Street and money for war but we don’t have money for work for healthcare. We have to start asking ourselves, “Why is it that war is a priority but the basic needs of people in this country are not?” |
| An Interview with Noam Chomsky |
| Noam Chomsky is one of the world’s most prominent and controversial public intellectuals. He is an internationally renowned professor of linguistics, but he is also a longstanding critic of US foreign policy and the influence of big business over the US government.
When he published his first political critique 40 years ago, he was fired up by the war in Vietnam. Today he is still raging against America’s malign influence and calls the war in Afghanistan ‘immoral’. |
| Colombia turning into giant US military base |
| The US and Colombia have signed an agreement “that is basically converting Colombia into one giant US military base in South America,” attorney and writer Eva Golinger told RT. She said the agreement was signed on October 30 and it “authorizes the US not only to occupy seven military bases in Colombia, but also to occupy any installation throughout the entire country.”
Watch the video in its original context (RT: 11 November, 2009) |
| Ellsberg: From Vietnam to Afghanistan |
| Daniel Ellsberg is a former US military analyst employed by the RAND Corporation who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of US government decision-making about the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. |
| The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex |
| Wilkerson: From US debt to the geopolitics of oil, the US empire will come to an end. Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army soldier and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he teaches courses on US national security. He also instructs a senior seminar in the Honors Department at the George Washington University entitled “National Security Decision Making.” |
| Guam Residents Organize Against US Plans for $15B Military Buildup on Pacific Island | |
| This project would turn the thirty-mile-long island into a major hub for US military operations in the Pacific in what has been described as the largest military buildup in recent history.
With guest Julian Aguon, Chamoru civil rights attorney and author of three books, including The Fire this Time: Stories of Life Under US Occupation and What We Bury at Night: Disposable Humanity. |
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| The Turn of the Peacemakers |
| March for the Future |
The historic World March for Peace and Non-violence
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| Queen Noor – Global Zero Appeal |
| What an exciting week! On September 22, 2009, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons. Her Majesty Queen Noor was at the meeting representing Global Zero and the millions around the world who believe that when it comes to nuclear weapons, one is one too many.
Her excitement is contagious. She said we had to seize this historic moment while we have the momentum and get people around the world to join the movement for global zero. www.globalzero.org |
| CAAB welcomes President Obama’s decision to abandon plans to develop Missile Defense in Poland and the Czech Republic. Congratulations to the many people who opposed this – persistently and creatively – to help bring about this result.
However it is important to bare in mind that Missile Defense is a long way off from being ‘abandoned’. These videos are for the pro-Missile Defense lobby. CAAB takes a very different view knowing that the truth is that Missile Defense is an offensive system for US military and economic domination in space – and the US militarisation of space – space being the ‘high ground’. There are some interesting articles on this website setting out what Missile Defense is actually about and it is developing at an alarming rate. |
