Kofi Annan speaks strongly to U.S. and Israel
Annan: Iraq worse than under Saddam (FCN, 12-10-2006)Annan: Perceived 'double standard' at UN is a problem (FCN, 10-08-2002) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - As United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan was scheduled to leave office on December 31, he decided to use the platform provided to him as the outgoing head of the world body to say some rather strong comments to the...
New Mideast Bush Initiative Met with Scepticism
JIM.LOBE Pro-Israel lobby dictates U.S. policy, study charges (FCN, 04-05-2006) WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - A major policy address Monday by U.S. President George W. Bush promoting a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine has been greeted with considerable skepticism by Middle East specialists here. Most analysts said Bush's speech -- including his pledge to provide some 190 million dollars to...
War on terror is war on Islam, says advocate
Neo-con extremists push internment for American Muslims (FCN, 02-18-2005) The "War on Terror" Exposed (FCN/Minister Farrakhan, 05-03-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The global war on terror has become a thinly veiled excuse to wage a global war on Islam with increased arrests of Muslims, calls for regime change in Muslim countries and racial profiling, according to a leader with a...
What about Obama’s policy for Africa?
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - President Barack Obama March 3 extended for a year Executive Order 13288, which declared a national emergency and blocked access to the property of persons undermining “democratic processes or institutions” in Zimbabwe. In explaining his actions, the president said the extension was necessary “because the actions and policies of these persons continue to pose an...
Which way for Black Brits in 2010?
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Londoners are preparing to cast their votes in the upcoming General Elections, either for ruling Labour Party, the liberal Democrats, the conservative British National Party, or the Green Party and Black political activists say there are key issues that Black and ethnic voters must keep in front of the politicians and voters. But they are not sitting back...
West ‘getting away with murder’ in Libya
- Ten reasons why the U.S. war in Libya is a CIA operation (FCN, 04-28-2011) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The American-led NATO campaign against the government of Libya is lunging more and more towards becoming a quagmire like the U.S. campaign in Vietnam 40 years ago. Observers complain of “mission creep,” the expansion of the original mission authorized by the UN Security Council,...
Caribbean welcomes Minister Farrakhan
Illness brings tour to close, but not before great success CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (Finalcall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was forced to shorten his trip in the Caribbean at the recommendation and insistence of doctors who said he was suffering from exhaustion, dehydration and a urinary tract infection. His family concurred with the advice of the doctor...
NSA spy scandal may scuttle EU-U.S. anti-terrorist agreement’EU commissioner
By RT.com The European Union is threatening to suspend a data-sharing deal with the United States used for tracking terrorist bank funding over suspicions the National Security Agency was stealing financial data from law-abiding Europeans. Cecilia Malmstrom, the EU commissioner responsible for investigating the implications of the NSA and GCHQ spy scandal, said the Terror Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) of 2010,...
Income inequality fueling backlash and elites are worried
GINNEWS (GIN)–The rich are getting richer, businesses are thriving, but it's hard not to notice that discontent is growing among the expanding poor and middle class and could soon pose a threat to the well-to-do. At the exclusive World Economic Forum, an annual event held in Davos, Switzerland, income inequality was the talk among many corporate leaders, and the good jobs...
With Just One Percent of Farms Controlling 70 Percent of Global Farmland, Study Reveals ‘Shocking’ Level of Land Inequality
By Andrea Germanos, CommonDreams.org A new report details the “shocking” state of global land equality, saying the problem is worse than thought, rising, and “cannot be ignored.” Among the key findings is that the largest one percent of the world’s farms operate 70 percent of farmland and “form the core of production for the corporate food system.” What’s more, “given the...