RIA Novosti 11 Dec 2013 MOSCOW – A senior government minister warned Wednesday that Russia could retaliate with a nuclear strike if a new US military strategy threatened its security. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia was “preparing a response” to plans by the United States to develop a new fast-strike weapons platform…
Bill Keller New York Times 7 Dec 2013 IN 2011, the British historian Stephen Ellis published a paper concluding that Nelson Mandela had been a member of the South African Communist Party — indeed, a member of its governing Central Committee. Although Mandela’s African National Congress and the Communist Party were openly allied against apartheid,…
Anne Gibson NZ Herald 2 Dec 2013 Nouriel Roubini, the American economist and financial expert dubbed Dr Doom – who predicted last decade’s global meltdown – has picked New Zealand as having one of the world’s most precarious housing markets. And it is precisely because we didn’t suffer a big slump last decade – like…
Rodney Hide NZ Herald 1 Dec 2013 I have known Jeanette Fitzsimons for more than 30 years. Back then, she was worrying we were running out of oil and gas. She’s now popped up as co-skipper of the protest vessel Vega trying to make it difficult for Anadarko to find more. Her worry used to…
John Pilger.com 5 Nov 2013 The corridors of the Australian parliament are so white you squint. The sound is hushed; the smell is floor polish. The wooden floors shine so virtuously they reflect the cartoon portraits of prime ministers and rows of Aboriginal paintings, suspended on white walls, their blood and tears invisible. The parliament…
RT 5 Nov 2013 Members and supporters of hacktivist collective Anonymous are marking Guy Fawkes Day with a global ‘Million Mask March’ to protest against government corruption, corporate malfeasance and the expanding surveillance state. Read RT’s live updates on the march protests. The global action on November 5 coincides with Guy Fawkes Day, which is…