The German foreign intelligence agency (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND) has drastically revised its assessment of the situation in Syria, reveals Spiegel Online [1] While, on the strength of reports by high-ranking military deserters, they had heretofore predicted the rapid enfeeblement of Bashar al-Assad, today they announced his victory before the end of the […]
Zurich lawyer Matthias Erne responds to the controversy that swirled around the views expressed by a celebrated military journalist, Peter Forster. The latter openly took issue with the Federal Council's questioning of Swiss neutrality. Can a journalist working for the state express a personal opinion against the government that employs him? And on whos […]
« "The promotion of the Mittelstand corresponds to social market economy and is an alternative to socialism and capitalism” », by Professor Dr Eberhard Hamer / « “Proposals for the regeneration of the market economy and of the SMEs (small and medium-sized businesses)” », by Professor Dr Eberhard Hamer/ «“FATCA brings serious disadvantages for Switzerlan […]
While the city of al-Qusayr was liberated by the Syrian Arab Army bolstered by Hezbollah combatants, the president of the National Coalition (opposition), Georges Sabra, called on all units affiliated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to send in their men to "rescue" the city. The Syrian army is currently grappling with pockets of jihadists which sti […]
The Council of the Revolutionary Guards (akin to a Constitutional Council) on Tuesday released a list of eight candidates declared eligible for the presidential election on June 14. The Council had to select among 686 candidates who had put their names forward, including former President Rafsanjani (the richest man in the country), and the former chief of st […]
The Syria Transition Support Act introduced by U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Bob Corker (R-TN) was approved by the Committee, on 21 May 2013, by a vote of 15 to 3. [1] The legislation will be submitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives. It aims to provide arms to opposition factions […]
Joint statement of the participating countries in the Ammam ministerial meeting on Syria The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA and Jordan came together in Amman on May 22nd 2013 to deliberate on the developments in Syria and to reemphasize the […]
The annual Eurovision Song Contest was held in Malmö (Sweden), 18 May 2013. It ended with the victory of Denmark's Emmelie de Forest. The final tally for each country is a 50/50 combination of the telephone votes and the votes of a national jury. However, the 10 points that Azerbaijan gave to Russia disappeared, causing total mayhem in Baku and anger in […]
The Syrian army, backed by members of Hezbollah, liberated the city of al-Qusayr. 80,000 Christians had fled their homes for more than six months, under the threat of mainly foreign jihadists, supported by NATO and the GCC. The liberation of al-Qusayr puts an end to the intense fighting in the district of Homs. The city of Homs itself should be purged of ter […]
« “National security by “management by knocking one's head” ” », by Peter Regli / « “Phoney outrage from Brussels” », A commentary by Wolfgang Koydl / «“Solutions to the euro crisis without turbulences and violence Wilhelm Hankel and Oskar Lafontaine raised their voices” », by Karl Müller / «“We need a European currency system again Under the given cir […]
Monsanto is a company feared and reviled by the public in equal measure. But whatever cases Monsanto has lost in the court of public opinion it has made up for in the courts of justice thanks to its revolving door with the upper reaches of Washington. Now, a new movement is seeking to galvanize grassroots resistance to the corporation, and derail its agenda. […]
The debate on genetically modified foods is making a powerful statement this weekend, with the “March Against Monsanto” being planned on Saturday, May 25, in over 30 countries across the globe. Today more than ever, the world’s food resources are…
Desde 1 de maio que o povo Xinca suporta a militarização do seu território por parte do Governo da Guatemala. Os indígenas centro-americanos opõem-se ao projeto mineiro de uma multinacional canadiana. As organizações de solidariedade internacional realizaram uma vigília para…
Rhetoric coming out of Washington is constantly using and abusing the term “democracy” as a concept to be defended and cheered. But what we see in the US is a far-cry from any real and accountable system of democracy. In…
Delegates from around the world will converge on Port-au-Prince May 31 to take part in a two-day Continental Conference aimed at bringing an end to the United Nations Mission to Stabilize Haiti or MINUSTAH, which marks its ninth anniversary on…
World media outlets give little attention to the events in Bahrain, a small island nation, which is a key ally of Saudi Arabia and the United States in the Persian Gulf. On May 10 thousands of anti-government activists flocked to…
CONFÉRENCE | PUBLIC LECTURE The School of Political Studies of the University of Ottawa, the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canada, and Territorio Libre Conference & Discussion The Legacy of Hugo Chavez Thursday, May 23, 2013, 7:00…
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emilie Rensink Media Facilitator March Against Monsanto emilie@activistsfreepress.org (317) 643-1677 May 25 ‘March Against Monsanto’ planned for over 30 countries SEATTLE, Wash. (May 1, 2013) – March Against Monsanto has announced that on May…
Two members of the FBI’s elite counterterrorism unit died Friday while practicing how to quickly drop from a helicopter to a ship using a rope, the FBI announced Monday in a statement.The statement gave few details regarding the deaths of…
Twenty-seven-year-old Ibragim Todashev was shot and killed early Wednesday morning while being interrogated by police and intelligence officials in an Orlando, Florida, apartment. Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and, like Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen, was…
Armed Forces Day, Graterford State Prison by: John Grant PREFACE Asked by veterans from the Vietnam Veterans of America inmate Chapter 466 in Graterford state prison to be the official speaker for their Armed Forces Day event on May 18th, the following was given as a speech. Members of VVA Chapter 466 were in attendance, along with a host of friends and […]
Official Story has Odd Wrinkles: by: Dave Lindorff (This article was originally written for WhoWhatWhy) The horrific bombing of the Boston Marathon, to hear the FBI and the Boston Police tell it, is solved: One bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is dead, gunned down by police and then run over for good measure by his fleeing brother Dzhokhar, who was captured a […]
Book Review: by: Ron Ridenour Point of No Return, a mixture of novel and autobiography, is an engaging story of an intrepid war correspondent who resembles a saucy crime detective. It is superb story-telling. Andre Vltchek’s just re-released Point of No Return is a revised third edition. First published in 2005, the French edition was widely praised, with […]
FBI Twists History by: Linn Washington Jr. Federal authorities publicly plot encouraging bounty hunters to kidnap a fugitive black radical from a foreign country for return to prison in the U.S. to achieve long-delayed justice. This sounds like the FBI action on May 2, 2013 in placing former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur on […]
What We Know is Bad; What's Behind It is Worse! by: Alfredo Lopez "Paranoia," said Woody Allen, "is knowing all the facts." By that measure, we're becoming more and more "paranoid" every day. This week, we learned that the Obama Justice Department seized two months of records of at least 20 phone lines used by Associa […]
Poem: by: Gary Lindorff I was visiting my mother When I passed this really old guy in the hall Who bore a slight resemblance to my father (Who looked like a street person On a bad day in his last years, Or an old testament prophet With his beard permanently stained At the corners of his mouth) And I almost asked him for his blessing When he looked up at m […]
'Censored' Inadvertently Out of the 'Censored 2013' Book! by: The TCBH! Collective In a late but happy surprise, ThisCantBeHappening! has learned that two of its founding members, Dave Lindorff and Linn Washington, Jr., were winners of a pair of this year's Project Censored awards. Dave Lindorff and Linn Washington: Maybe not […]
Banned by Truthout (sic): by: Dave Lindorff Have you even noticed that you don't see articles from ThisCantBeHappening! running on the Truthout site? There's a reason for this. Truthout, over a year ago, decided to ban this publication from its pages. They took this ridiculous and incredibly lacking-in-alternative-media-solidarity step not becau […]
by: Charles M. Young A 21st century psychotherapist steps into a time machine and comes out in Atlanta in 1855. Having no other marketable skills, he hangs out a shingle and promises new remedies for mental illness. A well-dressed gentleman knocks on the door and inquires if the psychotherapist might come to his plantation to examine the slaves. “Most of […]
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