Category: geopolitics

Tariq Ali on the US Empire in the Middle East, Latin America and Pakistan Jul 2009

This is what Chrissy and I watched this morning in bed. Not your usual breakfast TV. It’s a terrific talk. (via Beyond The Fringe)

The key lesson is… Jul 2009

A great summation by David Swanson on AfterDowningStreet on his post about all of Obama’s broken promises so far: The lesson is not that you voted for the…

Jakarta Bombings and Mining Companies Jul 2009

Most of the media coverage of the recent bombings in Jakarta seem to be skirting around the edges of… something. It seems that the target of the Marriott…

GDay World 386 – Banksters (part 2) Jul 2009

My guests today help me explore some of the alternatives to the “Big Four” banks in Australia. Let’s say that you, like me, want to completely disassociate yourself…

Banks Are Going To Try To Charge You More Fees Jun 2009

According to this story in the Washington Post, the banksters are going to try to create sneakier ways to make you spend too much money and find yourself…

Your Bank Hates You (by Scott Adams) Jun 2009

I’ve been talking about why we hate banks. It might be because they hate us! Some insight into the way banks work from Dilbert creator Scott Adams (who…

More Photos Of Violence Against Protestors in Iran! Jun 2009

It’s horrifying! Death to villany in Iran! Oh no, wait… that’s London in May 2009. Funny – i don’t remember people changing the colour of their Twitter avatars…

Bill Moyers reports on CIA and Iran, 1987 Jun 2009

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ABC News (USA) May 2007 report on CIA’s Plan for Iran Jun 2009
More Bank Anger Jun 2009

Interesting… 2 weeks ago I started a big campaign to get people to vent their anger about banks via Twitter and what story did News.com run today? "Bank…