Category Archives: global news

Syria is an Experiment in Non-intervention (UPDATED)

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Syria is an Experiment in Non-intervention (UPDATED)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAnd the Syrian people are losing. The news this morning is all about Syria exploding. Reports of aircraft being used to coordinate ground fire — including heavy weapons and artillery — … Continue reading →

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IMF, Thy Name Is Hypocrisy

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “IMF, Thy Name Is Hypocrisy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailGuess what? The IMF is telling Britain it’s too soon to cut the welfare state in a recession. Yes, this is the same IMF that regularly produces ruinous disaster capitalism in the developing … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Operation Mushtarak began this weekend. The Obama military is going to war under the banner of a non-English noun. Mushtarak is defined as “common,” “joint,” “combined,” “concurrent,” or “collective;” in the … Continue reading →

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Morning Notice

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Notice”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSarkozy’s right-wing government tried immigrant hysteria as a foundation for local elections. It’s not working on the French: Polls showed that a majority of people initially supported having the discussion about national identity. But those numbers … Continue reading →

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Morning News

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning News”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHaitians welcomed the return of the US military to their country. Across the world, the United States is once again the good guy. Which reminds me: this ad, or a version of it, has been running … Continue reading →

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Global Netroots

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Global Netroots”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail An admission: I’ve got a man-crush on Nico Pitney. If the Pulitzer committee doesn’t give him at least a nod for his intensive blogging on the Green Revolution in Iran, there is no justice in … Continue reading →

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Weekly World News?

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Weekly World News?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is the first edition of a weekly blog in which I’ll round up the events that shape global politics. I’d like to call it Weekly World News, but I don’t want to be confused … Continue reading →