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US Media Use Iran As a Proxy for America's Class War

Thursday, 25 June 2009 8:52 A GMT+01

The array of the class forces lined up behind the candidates is far more important than the electoral details. Mousavi's social base is primarily among the upper and middle class elements, professionals, people with a higher education and students.

Iran: America's Propaganda & Disinformation Campaign

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 9:14 A GMT+01

The Mousavi protests set up Iran either for a US puppet government or for a military strike. The mullahs are in a lose-lose situation. Even if the protests peter out, the legitimacy of the government has been damaged by the west's dirty tricks.

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Iran's 'Revolution' Fizzles Out

Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:46 A GMT+01

The 'green revolution' failure shows that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's capacity to command the seemingly explosive political situation was never really been in doubt, no matter the hype in the Western media that Tehran was on the 'knife's edge".

Iran: America Orchestrates "Green Revolution"

Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:44 A GMT+01

As in the previous “color revolutions” that tirelessly capture the romantic imagination of US journalists, elites, and the propagandized population, the warm embrace of the US empire is firmly guiding the “spontaneous” Iranian uprising.

Iran: Another CIA Concocted "Color Revolution"

Monday, 22 June 2009 9:35 A GMT+01

The claim is made that Ahmadinejad stole the election because the outcome was declared too soon after the polls closed for all the votes to have been counted. However, Mousavi declared his victory several hours before the polls closed.

US State Dept. Manipulates Twitter in Anti-Iran Propaganda War

Thursday, 18 June 2009 8:38 A GMT+01

A senior official has confirmed that the State Department asked Twitter to delay a schedule maintenance shutdown and keep the social networking site running over the past weekend, when it was slated to be offline.

Iran: America's "Black Ops" War Against Ahmadinejad

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 9:23 A GMT+01

There never was a significant ideological difference between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir Hossein Mousavi. Only a tonal one. But the Los Angeles Times was content to blare this headline: "Iranians ready to decide presidency -- and maybe much more."

Why The US Wants to Destabilize Iran

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 9:17 A GMT+01

The U.S. “superpower” has never forgiven the Iranian Islamic ayatollahs for the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s, which overthrew the U.S. puppet government and held hostage U.S. embassy personnel, regarded as “a den of spies.”

The West Foments a Bourgeois Revolution in Iran

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 9:22 A GMT+01

While the media had cast younger Iranians using the Internet as the heart of the anticipated “reform” surge—NBC News called the protests an “Internet uprising”—the poll showed that “only a third of Iranians even have access to the Internet.”

Starting Now: America's Economic & Political Decline

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 9:04 A GMT+01

This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency. It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the American imperium.

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Western Media Jump for Propaganda Joy over Dissent in Iran

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 8:55 A GMT+01

The coverage by the NYT typifies the propaganda techniques used by the US media towards Iran. It abandoned any pretense of objectivity. It called the election a fraud, embracing the allegations by Mousavi wholeheartedly and uncritically.

Iran: Class War [Western Propaganda Pumps It Up]

Monday, 15 June 2009 11:00 A GMT+01

A group of shabbily dressed young working-class Ahmadinejad supporters were heckled by privileged teenagers with gelled hair and green T-shirts, who yelled, "Go back to the zoo!" The retort from their working-class counterparts: "Sissies!"

Emperor Obama: Our Cheerleader-in-Chief

Friday, 12 June 2009 9:05 A GMT+01

Barack Obama is a competent and charismatic George W Bush. His Cairo speech to US puppets and dictators in the Muslim world was full of sophistry and deceit. Stripped of its rhetoric it’s a business as usual speech. Our emperor with a smiley face.

North Korea & The Struggle Against Imperialism

Friday, 12 June 2009 8:58 A GMT+01

"We will win when we fight the US imperialists to the end, and there will be only shame and disgrace if we surrender," the paper said. "The confrontation with the imperialists is a war of willpower." The country faces new international sanctions.

The Taliban Respond to Emperor Obama's Cairo Speech

Thursday, 11 June 2009 9:01 A GMT+01

The contents of the speech, which he delivered under the title “Address to the Muslim World” on Thursday afternoon in Cairo, did not have anything which could play a crucial role in reducing the hatred between America and Muslims.

Does Obama Want War with North Korea?

Thursday, 11 June 2009 8:56 A GMT+01

Speaking in France on Saturday, Obama accused Pyongyang of “constantly destabilising the region.” He ruled out any effort to encourage North Korea to return to talks, saying: “We are not intending to continue a policy of rewarding provocation.”

The Democrats: The Other Imperial, Capitalist Party

Wednesday, 10 June 2009 8:56 A GMT+01

The "peace candidate" turned president intends to increase the United States' massive "defense" (empire) budget (more than $1 trillion annually) this and next year. Obama plans to sustain the illegal occupation of Iraq (against which he campaigned).

Obama: A Bush in Sheep's Clothing

Tuesday, 9 June 2009 8:46 A GMT+01

Analyzing Obama's Cairo Speech Once you strip away the mujamalat--the courtesies exchanged between guest and host--the substance of President Obama's speech in Cairo indicates there is likely to be little real change in U.S. policy.

Democrats for Empire, Inequality & Corporate-Managed Democracy

Tuesday, 2 June 2009 8:47 A GMT+01

When they hold top offices and run the White House, Democrats find it easier to deceptively and co-optively pose as the "party of the people" and a progressive alternative to corporate-imperial rule (and the Republicans) when they are out of power.

"Star Trek" - To Boldy Go [American Imperialism]

Monday, 1 June 2009 8:49 A GMT+01

Metaphors for US imperialism, like "Star Trek", appeal only during a certain kind of rise in the power of American hegemony. I had hoped the film would make empire Obama-style happen. But that's an illusion. Hope turns aggression into 'good wars.'

Obama Promises Perpetual War

Monday, 1 June 2009 8:49 A GMT+01

The US will be waging colonial-style warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan for at least another 10 years. It will also be carrying out new wars elsewhere on the planet. This has failedto arouse any serious coverage in the “mainstream” media.

Obama's Domination Fetish

Wednesday, 27 May 2009 8:39 A GMT+01

Obama told graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy that of all of his roles as president, the one he loved most was that of commander-in-chief. “We will maintain America’s military dominance and keep you the fiercest warriors the world has ever seen.”

Pakistan: America's Imperial Expansion

Wednesday, 27 May 2009 8:34 A GMT+01

The US has created this bizarre new moniker "Af/Pak" to cover up their expansion of the war from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Creating consent has been what all the State Department, Pentagon and media propaganda has been about in the last few weeks.

Militarism Is the Heart of Monopoly Capitalism

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 8:36 A GMT+01

The annual budget of the Department of Defense will go from $487.7 billion to $527.7 billion this year. The cost of the Iraq/Afghanistan invasions and occupations - counted separately - will come to at least another $150 billion for the fiscal year.

The Real Pirates in Africa [Euro-American Colonialism]

Sunday, 24 May 2009 9:11 A GMT+01

With the division of Africa among European capitalist powers in the 19th century following the 1884 Conference of Berlin, Somali-speaking people were divided into five different groups: Italian Somaliland, British Somaliland and French Somaliland.

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