Abstract: For most progressive activists, it is a given that the military-industrial complex is a clear and highly visible barrier to progressive social change. So it is particularly interesting to note that a number of groups involved in progressive activist education – which are held in high regard by activists – maintain strong links to military and political elites. One of the best known of these organisations is the US-based Albert Einstein Institution. This paper will provide a systematic analysis of the history of this Institution, and the key people associated with it, and demonstrate how their work is intimately linked to the international democracy-manipulating community – whose work is exemplified by the US-based National Endowment for Democracy, a group which is well-known for its support of the failed 2002 coup in Venezuela. This analysis will expose the crucial role such activist educators play in catalysing revolutions in countries deemed appropriative for regime change by transnational elites. In the light of the dubious nature of these educational activities, this paper will conclude by offering a number of suggestions for how concerned citizens and educators may counter the cynical (ab)use of activist education by political elites as a new and powerful tool of imperialism.

Related Links: 'How To Start A Revolution'
Thierry Meyssan on AEI / Gene Sharp | Sharp attack unwarranted - defence of Gene Sharp in FPIF by Stephen Zunes | Sharp reflection warranted - a robust response by Michael Barker | How to start a wall street backed revolution | How to start a revolution (propaganda film teaser) | Sourcewatch AEI page | NED website | Gene Sharp (wikipedia) | Tony Cartalucci's "landdestroyer" blog

For the past six months and longer once Libya had fallen to the NATO sponsored 'rebels', we have faced a continuous media onslaught about Syria with reports of protests, shootings, killings, attacks, bombing and so forth. The backdrop to the narrative is that this is part of the Arab Spring which started last year and it is a good thing overall. So many people are probably wondering what really has been happening, given that this is the same media that was cheer leading the Iraq war almost 10 years ago even though at least a million+ are now dead as a result. And yet somehow they want to imply that they are doing the right thing now. We should also recall that this is the same media that is promoting austerity and encouraging us to accept the blame for the mad years of the bubble and as a consequence we should pay up the €90 billion bailout and in the process see all the state services stripped to the bone. They are presenting the uncomplicated truth surely

Related Links: The Reality Of Sanctions On Syria. | A mistaken case for Syrian regime change | Arab League suspension of Syria brings military intervention closer | The Myth of “Isolated” Iran | Real Friends of Syria | SyriansWorldWide Youtube Channel

Below we reproduce a handwritten communication we received from one of the members of the Peace Team that sabotaged a US troop transporter at Shannon warport last Tuesday morning, 20th December 2011. We have verified that this person participated in this action.

Shannon Links: Timeline of activity: MASS ANTI-WAR TRESPASS AT SHANNON WARPORT | War Monitoring continues while Dubsky trial starts Mass Demonstration at Shannon Warport | Peace Activist VS US Military Jet | Another 5 go airside in Ploughshares action at Shannon Airport | Good Friday Resistance at Shannon Airport | Mary Kelly Trial
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On this 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks there are many things to reflect on and in this article we are going to focus on the relationship between 9/11 and the political 'Left'. Today 10 years later, the public particularly in the US seems quite dividved as numerous polls show that a majority of US citizens don't accept the official story and a significant portion believe the government was involved in one form or another. The mainstream media though is still very much on page with the official version of events. The details of the topic itself are divisive and two clear camps have arisen with opposing views and very little common ground between. At this stage many people are simply tired of discussing it and wish to move on. This article does not intend to dwell on the mechanics of the event itself but examine the wider political effects.

At this remove, there are several clear groupings around the interpretation of 9/11. We have of course the US government which used 9/11 to usher in the War on Terror, a war in which Cheney and Rumsfeld said may last indefinitely. Behind them are the corporate and state media as well as most governments especially those of Western Europe who whatever doubts they may have had, quickly fell into line when George Bush declared. 'You are either with us or against us'. As you move to places like Russia, parts of Asia and Africa, they are not so forth right, but they all in common eagerly instigated their own Wars on Terror and imposed draconian measures on civil liberties and greatly increased represssion.

Within days of the UN resolution for the Libyan no-fly zone a few months back, it has been known that this was purely a very thin cover for European and US ambitions of regime change to place a better puppet in power and to grab the billions in oil revenues that Libyan had in the bank. These revenues have already been seized.

The claim that NATO were bombing Libyan to save civilians was always a bit like 'fucking for virginity' and was extremely suspect coming from an organisation that was busy killing and maiming people in Afghanistan alongside the US.

In the past few weeks the mainstream pro-repressive pro-murder press has been giving a massive propanganda boost to the so called rebels. These ragbag assertment of cut-throats and extremists and even Al Qaeda jihad forces who had very little support were supported by thousands of continuous bombing raids by NATO and now last night NATO were instrumental in bombing Tripoli and straffing (heavy calibar gunships) civilians from helicopters. Crimes against humanity have been and are being committed by NATO and the terrorists that they have aided and abetted over the past few months as they terrorize the people of Libya, maim and murder them.

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. ....Earlier this month, al-Qaeda issued a call for supporters to back the Libyan rebellion, which it said would lead to the imposition of "the state of Islam" in the country.

Related Links: NATO Bombs Kill 85 Civilians | Leak of a 70 page Criminal NATO Plan to Occupy Libya by Jason Ditz and here too | Libyan Deaths, Media Silence by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) The Old Imperialist Project to Divide Libya in Three has been Executed by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | Time to End Nato's War in Libya by Dennis Kucinich | Who Will Save Libya From Its Western Saviours by Jean Bricmont and Diana Johnstone | Charges mount of NATO war crimes in Libya | NATO’s terror bombing of Libya | The war in Libya and the crisis of the European Union -Part 1 Part 3 | Fierce fighting continues in Tripoli | For dictators, Britain does red carpet or carpet-bombing | Washington tried to snatch $1.5 billion to pay its NTC employees | Journalists who engage in war propaganda must be held accountable | NATO’s Puppet Regime in Libya Falls Apart (Aug 15th) | The CIA’s Fake “Arab Spring” Becoming A Long, Hot Summer Of War | Al Qaeda: Pawns of CIA Insurrection from Libya to Yemen | Gaddafi under siege: Two CIA-backed groups, an al-Qaeda-linked LIFG on top of power stakes

Podcasts/Video Libyan Rebel Supreme Commander Younis, Two Colonels Murdered by al Qaeda Faction / Libyan rebel rivalry weakens NATO -Interview of W. Tarpley in July | 'NATO starving civilians in Libya -Jul 8th | Report on Libya -interview on Guns and Butter show (June 29th) -Tarpley | Inteview of Matthew Rothschild on article: Stop the Bombing of Libya | Inteview of Jason Ditz on his article: Italian Foreign Minister’s call for an end to the Libya War after NATO airstrikes killed many civilians