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Welcome to European Tribune. It's gone a bit quiet around here these days, but it's still going.
by Oui
Fri Sep 11th, 2026 at 05:33:58 PM EST
by Oui
Fri Sep 11th, 2026 at 07:02:35 AM EST
Neocon wars, loss of life and destruction of nations.
These people took control of policy in the United States …
A 1991 meeting I had with Paul Wolfowitz … he was undersecretary for policies, the number three position in the Pentagon … I was a one-star general commanding the National Training Center … I had met him one time and he said when you’re in Washington look me up …
I called whether he was available … I went up and Scooter Libby came to the door, I met Scooter for the first time … I said mr. Secretary you must be very happy with the performance of the troops in Desert Storm … he said, yes well … but not really, the truth is we should have gotten rid of Saddam Hussein, and we didn’t … this was just after the Shia uprising which we had provoked but kept our troops on the sideline (Gen. Swartzkopf)
See article below …
The Afghan campaign was decided in a matter of months by heavy bombardments and boots on the ground from allied forces. The punishment continued for another 20 years until defeat caused the U.S. Forces to flee Bagram and leave the last enclave of Kabul to the Taliban.
by Oui
Thu Sep 10th, 2026 at 10:31:58 AM EST
Israel watchers and academici have warned of Zionist expansion into Eretz Yisrael many decades ago. There is no chance Zionist illegal outposts and settlements will ever be erased from Palestinian Land. From 250,000 Jews beyond the Green Line in 2004, the state of Israel permitted nearly three quarter of a million Jewish immigrants to settle on the West Bank. Never was there a serious push for peace with neighbouring Arab states ... weathering anger by Palestinians and the backlash of acts of violence by youth who were born in captivity and kept in horrible conditions of a concentration camp in Gaza. Genocide as a last act of despair by the occupiers.
ICJ ruling on Israel's occupation of Palestine: strong reactions
The United Nations top court gave its advisory opinion on a question put by the UN General Assembly, after a resolution adopted on 30 December 2022, following a UN Commission of Inquiry.
On Friday 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said it considered Israeli policies and practices in the Palestinian territories illegal, that they amounted to annexation, discrimination and segregation. The advisory opinion, requested by the UN General Assembly, orders Israel to end its occupation, and rules that supporting Israel, particularly in military matters, becomes illegal. Justice Info has gathered some of the strong reactions to the ruling.
More below the fold ...
by Oui
Wed Sep 9th, 2026 at 04:37:15 PM EST
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The greatest story in geopolitics and in American domestic affairs is how the far-right government of a small Middle Eastern country came to hold a controlling interest in United States foreign policy.
An unflinching exposé of Israel's Lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom.
Israel's lobby is now in a position to police the speech of American politicians, college students and journalists, and coerce and persuade the White House to back unpopular, costly, and ultimately national security-threatening policies.
From the Biden administration's unwillingness to bring American leverage to bear on ending genocidal violence that only harmed our national security interests, to the Trump administration's role in lifting parole restrictions on a spy who had sold vital government secrets, American subservience to its putative client state, Israel, is a vivid and vexing example of the tail wagging the dog.
Israel's lobby combines investigative journalism and political science to tie together the stories of American and Israeli oligarchs capturing the policymaking process across successive presidential administrations. Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick explain how shifts in global politics, Israel's lurch to the extreme right, and the evisceration of American campaign finance laws make the influence of Israel's lobby more costly and more dangerous today than ever before -- why the lobby launched an antisemitism witch hunt to suppress opponents rather than defend Israel's policies, and how the Lobby not only distorts American policy but helps make Israel a "crazy" state.
Israel's lobby follows the money and lifts the veil on a seemingly unassailable feature of American politics, detailing how we can unite around traditional American values and substantive debate to resist Israel-first vigilantism.
"Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick have done a great job explaining to Americans what it really means to be America First." -- Rep. (ret.) Ron Paul
"The Lobby they document is bigger than the NRA, more disciplined than almost any domestic interest group, and operating in direct contradiction to what the American public wants." -- Former Speaker of the Knesset, Avraham Burg
by Oui
Tue Sep 8th, 2026 at 10:57:54 AM EST
As a verb, sanction has two contrasting meanings: it can mean to officially approve or allow something, or it can mean to penalize or punish someone for breaking a rule.
Before 10/7 ...
Today as part of genocidal policy by the extremist rightwing cabinet of Likud leader Netanyahu ...
Industrial process of genocide in the Jewish State of Israel ...
More below the fold ...
by Oui
Tue Sep 8th, 2026 at 09:32:59 AM EST
Earlier writing @BooMan ...
They are OUR oligarchs, on Obama's watch and ally Poroshenko ...
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From EuroTrib archive ...
by Oui
Fri Sep 4th, 2026 at 07:24:56 AM EST
"De aap is uit de mouw" ...
The colonial march forward continuous unabated.
Europe's last stance 🔥
by Oui
Tue Sep 1st, 2026 at 12:28:17 PM EST
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Putting it in other words ...
Modern Wars by NATO/Western States and Deep Seated Colonialism, Encouraged through Racism
Confronting ignorance about militarism and settler colonialism in communication pedagogy
Discussions of pedagogy in the twenty-first century have called for place-based approaches to education, described by some as grounding learning in "local phenomena and students' lived experience" and "connecting learners and their teachers through direct experience, reflection and action to the geographically specific cultural and ecological dimensions of community life." While grappling with those early conceptions of place-based pedagogy, some have argued that an overly narrow or static emphasis on the local can produce ignorance of the powerful ways that global histories and broader ideologies shape the local.
In settler nation-states like the United States (US), Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, scholars have interrogated the tendency of place-based education to reproduce notions of and relations to place that are foundational to settler colonialism. Scholars have since proposed alternative and intersecting approaches to place-based education--e.g., land-based education, and critical Indigenous pedagogy--that render settler colonialism visible through explicit analysis of territoriality and colonization. These works engage in vital examination of what is taught within educational settings, and importantly, what is not taught, and the forms of ignorance (re)produced as a result.
by Oui
Mon Aug 31st, 2026 at 11:34:02 AM EST
Trump: "I call the shots ..."
by gmoke
Tue Aug 25th, 2026 at 10:43:25 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
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What is water worth? Moving beyond the price tag
Wednesday, August 26
12pm to 2pm EDT [5:00pm to 7:00pm BST]
The Diamond - Lecture Theatre 2, The University of Sheffield, 32 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RD UK
And online
RSVP at https:/sheffield.ac.uk/grantham-centre/events/what-water-worth-moving-beyond-price-tag
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COPx Webinar: Wildfires at Breaking Point: Protecting Forests & Communities
Wednesday, August 26
1 PM - 2:15 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/copx-webinar-wildfires-at-breaking-point-protecting-forests-communities
-tickets-1997482167935?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Data Centers and AI in En-ROADS: Modeling the Energy Demand of a Growing Industry
Thursday, August 27
12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https:us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pi5rgqh6S-mJjulMN2JEmw#/registration
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No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism
Thursday, August 27
6:30pm - 7:30pm
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
RSVP at https:brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-08-27/wbur-cityspace-jared-huffman
Cost: $10 -$30
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4th MIT Global Humanities Forum on "Recovering Agency through Visual Arts amid Political Uncertainty and Exile" on August 28 (online)
Friday, August 28
10:00am to 11:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at https:mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZGi90f2sSRSMaASrz6txTA#/registration
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A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival
Monday, August 31
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
RSVP at https:www.harvard.com/event/virginia-eubanks
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Diving Deep on the Blue Economy
Tuesday, September 1
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Mintz, One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111
RSVP at https:luma.com/3xh30y0m
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APSA Pre-Conference Event: The Politics of AI
Wednesday, September 2
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Northeastern, 103 Churchill Hall
RSVP at https:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ4i8OGVlbcBM4ASlSEl4Xfi0yWFSLJt-o_Mu1pS94nXmGlQ/viewform
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Monitoring the World's Grasslands and Livestock: A Complete View of Overlooked Landscapes
Wednesday, September 2
9:00-10:00 am ET
Online
RSVP at https:landcarbonlab.org/events/grasslands-a-complete-view-of-overlooked-land#registration-form
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Union of Concerned Scientists Profiles in Courage: Science Rising National Call
Wednesday, September 2
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https:/secure.ucs.org/a/2026-9-2-science-rising-national-call-a
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Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity
Wednesday, September 2
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
RSVP at https:www.harvard.com/event/david-conrad-perez
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The Carbon Wave
Friday, September 4
7:00pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
RSVP at https:/brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-09-04/leah-c-stokes-gina-mccarthy-varshini-prakash-and-dav
id-abel-carbon-wave
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by Oui
Tue Aug 25th, 2026 at 06:53:19 AM EST
Representing a Useless Body Headquartered in New York
More below the fold ...
by Oui
Sun Aug 23rd, 2026 at 12:31:53 AM EST
Letter former British and French diplomats in Le Monde ...
Summarizes years of blogging @BooMan and here @EuroTrib ..
'France and the UK should act together to uphold international law in Palestine': An open letter by former French and British ambassadors
Op-Ed Former French and British ambassadors
In response to Israel's policy of occupation and destruction, around one hundred former representatives of France and the United Kingdom urge their governments to act through a series of sanctions aimed at safeguarding the rule of law.
United Kingdom and France share values and an international outlook. As permanent members of the UN Security Council, with a commitment to uphold international law, our two nations believe that those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity must be held to account. Only then can our governments rebut the accusation of double standards. That is why they must act together to uphold international law in Palestine.
Our countries played a decisive role in the shaping of the Middle East. They should make common cause over the region's fundamental faultline: equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians. Peace stems from equality.
by Oui
Fri Aug 21st, 2026 at 10:00:10 AM EST
A Country Full of Geniuses
Sixty days of progress that rewrote the next decade
More below the fold ...
by Oui
Thu Aug 20th, 2026 at 11:55:21 AM EST
The Terror State creating chaos for the powers to be ... a creation of VP #Joe Biden in 2014 alongside intelligence services of Nine Eyes.
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba suggests that former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is positioning himself politically alongside powerful global tech figures such as Elon Musk, Alex Karp, and potentially Peter Thiel.
He calls them a trio of "evil global geniuses," arguing that while their technological achievements are undeniable, their views on society and the state are highly unorthodox and "inclined toward some new form of technological totalitarianism."
Kuleba clarifies that he does not believe Fedorov himself "seeks to build totalitarianism as a politician."
From EuroTrib/BooMan archive ..
More below the fold ...
by gmoke
Wed Aug 19th, 2026 at 06:00:52 PM EST
Renewables
are cheaper than the alternatives
have provided the majority of annual installed capacity since 2012
been the fastest growing job sector for the last decade
generate over 30% of total worldwide electricity &
employ around 500,000 today
Coal is 38,300
Fossil fuels around 2,600,000
PS: Solar IS Civil Defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mjqjgZ64E
Why enviros and environmentally inclined politicians aren't shouting this every chance they get is beyond me.
by Oui
Sun Aug 16th, 2026 at 06:16:32 AM EST
Haftar, the CIA choice as Libyan leader, living in Langley, Virginia … awaiting the overthrow of dictator colonel Gaddafi. Target: Eastern oil rich province of Sirte basin.
Attacks by Colonel Gaddafi’s forces on oil producing fields and infrastructure in the rebel‐held eastern region in early April has raised the spectre that the country’s oil production will be offline indefinitely while the civil war rages on ….
More below the fold ...
by Oui
Tue Aug 11th, 2026 at 11:50:34 AM EST
Donald Trump 'whisked off plane via catering container before taking secret flight' | Sky News |
The president was moved from Air Force One to a military jet via a catering container at Ankara airport last month, the Washington Post and New York Times reported, citing US officials.
Mr Trump said at the time he would be leaving Ankara airport on 8 July by one of the older versions of Air Force One - as opposed to a luxury 747-8 controversially donated by Qatar that he had arrived in.
Photos from news agencies at the time show the US president boarding Air Force One in view of journalists, who then reported that he had travelled to RAF Mildenhall in the UK before making the switch to the Qatari jet.
Catering trucks parked at Air Force One before Donald Trump left Ankara, Turkey, on 8 July after a NATO summit. (Photo AP)
However, The New York Times and Washington Post reported on Monday that after boarding in Ankara, Mr Trump was taken off Air Force One by a catering container which had been lifted to the opposite side of the plane from where the journalists travelling with him got on board.
by Oui
Mon Aug 10th, 2026 at 09:06:43 PM EST
Believes in complot theories, propaganda written by MI6 and the CIA, disinformation produced by the Pentagon and repeated ad nauseum
by compliant corporate media ... think Operation Mockingbird.
Latest SUPER dumb tweet 🐣 on social media of his ... UNTRUTH.
Trump demands Iran pay the families of soldiers killed in the Iran War
Tightening its grip on a key maritime trade route, Iran issued a list of demands for the United States to meet before shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz can resume. All of the demands appear to be non-starters for the White House.
Iranian leaders said the United States must lift its blockade on Iranian ports, withdraw American forces surrounding Iran, lift sanctions, unfreeze Iranian assets, refrain from using insulting and threatening language toward Iran, and pay Iran for damages caused by the war.
In a social media post Monday, President Donald Trump said the last demand on that list was never brought up during past talks with Iran.
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