Tag: Conflict
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The Origins of Agriculture – a Biological Perspective and a New Hypothesis
by Greg Wadley & Angus Martin Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne Published in Australian Biologist 6: 96 – 105, June 1993 Introduction What might head a list of the defining characteristics of the human species? While our view of ourselves could hardly avoid highlighting our accomplishments in engineering, art, medicine, space travel and the…
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US-Israel Alliance: Obama’s “Green Light” to Israel Attack on Gaza
A short interview broadcast by CNN late last week featuring two participants – a Palestinian in Gaza and an Israeli within range of the rocket attacks – did not follow the usual script. For once, a media outlet dropped its role as gatekeeper, there to mediate and therefore impair our understanding of what is taking…
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MAP: CIA Interventions Since World War II
invasions … bombings … overthrowing governments … occupations … suppressing movements for social change … assassinating political leaders … perverting elections … manipulating labor unions … manufacturing “news” … economic and political sanctions … death squads … torture … biological warfare … depleted uranium … drug trafficking … mercenaries …