2011 May | American Pendulum

Paying with Life and Limb for the Crimes of Nazi Germany

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Millions of Germans in eastern Europe met the same tragic fate, paying with life and limb for the crimes of Nazi Germany. They were hunted down, humiliated, raped, bludgeoned to death, or carted off as slave laborers. “A tempest of reprisal, revenge and hatred swept through the land,” writes historian Klaus-Dietmar Henke.

Karzai Warns NATO After 14 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Airstrike

Posted by admin World Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued what he calls his “last warning” to U.S. and NATO forces about civilian casualties, after officials said a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed 14 people.

US military contractor attacked by hackers

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world’s largest military contractor, has been attacked by hackers in what officials say is “significant and tenacious” cyber attack.

Chris Hedges: War Gives Meaning

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Chris Hedges gave a lecture on Saturday, April 2, 2011, at First Unitarian Church of Dallas. Drawing from his experiences as a war correspondent, Hedges explained that war imparts participants and spectators alike a false sense of reality.

Egypt Opens Gaza Crossing

Posted by admin Featured Media Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Phyllis Bennis on Egypt’s new foreign policy

Inviting Chaos: The Perils of Toying With the Debt Ceiling by Ellen Brown

Posted by admin Economy Saturday, May 28th, 2011

A game of Russian roulette is being played with the national debt ceiling. Fire the wrong chamber of the gun, and the result could be the second Great Depression. The first Great Depression led to totalitarian dictatorships, war to consolidate power and concentrations of capital in the hands of a financial elite. The trigger was a default on the global reserve currency, in that case the pound sterling. The US dollar is now the global reserve currency. The concern is that default could create the same sort of global panic today

AT&T Wants to Give You an 80s Makeover

Posted by admin Sci-Tech News Saturday, May 28th, 2011

It means that a service that is becoming as critical to Americans as affordable, reliable water and electricity will be under the thumb of two companies that place their narrow profit incentive above the interests of everyone else.

Could Obama “betray” Israel?

Posted by admin World Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Now Washington is trying to push the Syrian president Bashar Assad to the wall. If the US succeeds Assad will have to the last mean of protection and to turn to Palestinian militant groups. These are active well-armed groups capable of making serious military strikes. That is why before attacking Syria it is necessary to buy Palestinians.

One Million to Welcome Zelaya Near Tegucigalpa Airport

Posted by admin World Saturday, May 28th, 2011

The National Front for Popular Resistance (FNRP) continued its preparations for a Saturday ceremony to welcome home former president Manuel Zelaya from 23 months of exile following the 2009 coup. Since Friday night Resistance members are gathered in Plaza Isis Obed Murillo, named after the first martyr of the resistance who was killed with live ammunition by the military from the airport runway during Zelaya’s first attempt to return to Honduras on July 5th, 2009.

Protests Spread in Spain – Democracy Now!

Posted by admin World Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Tens of thousands of Spanish protesters are demonstrating across the country calling for better economic opportunities, a more representative electoral system, and an end to political corruption. The pro-democracy protests started on May 15 in Madrid when people gathered in the central plaza to advocate for change, calling the budding movement “Toma la Plaza,” or “Take the Square.”