Libya: Lubricating the Oil Magnates With Blood
Benghazi is about to explode with an event which, judging from past experience, is likely to have NATO retaliation at its leading edge. On Thursday January 24, the BBC advised UK residents to leave Libya’s second city.[1] Other European residents of Benghazi have likewise been advised by their governments’ embassies to abandon the city. When […]
Is a New Maoist Revolution Brewing in Nepal?
By Dustin Lewis Around 1,000 leading cadre of the regrouped Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) agreed to pursue a strategy of “people’s revolt” against the coalition government that includes their former allies, during their seventh general convention on January 9-14. The event was the first of its kind since a radical faction of the United […]
Gilbert Mercier on Progressive Radio Network: Mali May Become Africa’s Afghanistan
As the United States prepared to assist France in its war in Mali, News Junkie Post Editor in Chief Gilbert Mercier spoke to Utrice Leid of PRN’s Leid Stories on the geopolitics of this military adventure. Despite the great breadth of the topic, Mercier explained clearly and succintly the history of the region, its unstable […]
Obama: No MLK, But Leading Man of Humanitarian Imperialism
Obama’s first term: What would MLK have said? A few weeks before the presidential election, News Junkie Post tried to secure interviews with different prominent African-American media figures regarded to be on the very left of the United States’ political spectrum. The interview project would have been titled: “Obama’s First Term: What Would MLK Have […]
Is the Flu Shot Worth the Chemical Cocktail?
With the 2013 flu season peaking from now until April, a question at the top of the debate pile is whether or not to receive a flu shot. Some argue that by not getting yourself vaccinated, you are putting another at risk of exposure to the disease. Others argue that if vaccinations work, then why […]
