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The anthrax letter attacks occurred from September through November of 2001, killing five and wounding many. The attacks were widely held to be the work of Muslims and were used to support the invasion of Afghanistan and, later, the invasion of Iraq. They were used explicitly and repeatedly to justify the passing of the Patriot Act. They were also meant to support withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, a withdrawal eagerly sought by...

The trillion dollar cost of US wars for Israel, has alienated the vast majority of US society. This study shows how the domestic foundations of empire building have deteriorated and forced the imperial presidency to modify its approach, seeking diplomatic negotiations over new military interventions, specifically in the cases of Syria and Iran.

In early 2011, Libya came under attack. The anti-Libya coalition included France, the United Kingdom, the feudal Gulf monarchies, the United States and other NATO countries. Although during the previous months, Muammar Qaddafi had visited the nations of Europe where he was welcomed as the head of a friendly State, the United Nations swiftly approved the coalition-sponsored U-turn, undertaken in the guise of humanitarian intervention to protect...

Even as the view of America as a rogue state consolidates internationally, Americans appear largely bystanders at the spectacle of their government running amok. This anthology of columns documents and reminds us of the developments that, in their accumulation, have led to the destruction of accountable and moral government in the US.

Tamara Starblanket examines how genocide was operationalized in Canada, focused primarily on breaking the intergenerational transmission of culture from parents to children. Seeking to absorb the new generations into a different cultural identity, Canada seized children from their parents, and oversaw the stripping of their cultural beliefs.

This book explains why mainstream economic analyses have repeatedly failed and why fiscal and monetary policies have been incapable of producing a sustained recovery. It clarifies how the price system in general, and financial asset prices in particular, transform into fundamentally destabilizing forces under conditions of systemic fragility.

Twenty-two geopolitical analysts provide an alternative vision to the fraudulent Western narrative on events in Ukraine and alert the world to the danger of a much wider war." --P. [4] of cover.

Can we act quickly and wisely enough to prevent climate change better called climate disruption from destroying human civilization? There is no greater issue facing humanity today. This single source provides everything people need to know in order to enter into serious discussions and make good decisions: The latest scientific information about the probable effects of the various types of climate disruption that threaten the very continuation...

These potential scandals are culled from the files of the French-language ADI Journal, "Intelligence, " the bible for conspiracy theorists and avidly read in intelligence agencies because it is so rich in insider gossip.

Former government officials, scholars, advocates and directors of international organizations operating at the highest levels of international humanitarian law address the relevant international law, the threats thereto by U.S. policy, its ramifications for the world system, and possible avenues of legal recourse.

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Addressing the profound shift in Catholic social concerns which the neo-Catholics were able to establish, Clermont traces the history of the alliance between the GOP and the Holy See and weaves their mutual ambitions for power and money into the narrative.

Looting Greece examines how and why the Syriza party, which took power in January 2015 promising to end eliminate debt, end austerity, and return Greece to economic growth, ended up agreeing to a deal much worse than its political predecessors in 2010 and 2012. In the new 2015 debt deal, pensions are reduced even more than before, retirement ages raised, temporary pension restorations of early 2015 for the poorest rolled back, workers' right t...

This novel on the experience of the homeless sheds more light than any Bill Moyers special possibly could.

Spawned by the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's existence was justified as a guarantee against any Soviet threats towards Western Europe. That raison d'être is long gone with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Nevertheless NATO has expanded relentlessly eastward towards its former enemy, even though Communism has disappeared. Yugoslavia marked a turning point for the Atlantic Alliance and its mandat...

Why, despite the existence of raft of potential international investment outlets, is a major share of global wealth and savings impelled toward a United States (US) Wall Street-centered casino ? Why has an increasingly gaping chasm crystallized between ever bloating global financial activities and the real world economy of production and trade? How is it that wealthy governmentsinjecting trillions of dollars into stumbling financial sectors ac...

We live in a world increasingly fearful of terrorism and catalyzed by programmed events and developments whose sources are often unclear. This book provides insight into the paradigmatic approaches evolved by CIA decades ago in Vietnam which remain operational practices today in Afghanistan, El Salvador, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere.

Eric Walberg's third book on geopolitical strategy focuses on the Middle East and the global ramifications of multiple state destruction resulting from [what he view as] Western aggression"--

The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka, second edition, traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict, from last year to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations.

Isolated in their struggle and condemned by world opinion, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) nonetheless proved capable of withstanding all external forces, drawing large numbers of Tamils to support its cause. This book provides an insider's look at the motivations, issues and complexities of this largely secret civil war.