Europe

Resisting US Bases in Italy: No a la base si a la pace!

Vicenza, four hours north of Rome between Venice and Milan, is a classically Italian city with two important footnotes.

Posted in Activism, peace movement, US military bases, War/Empire, Europe

Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn

Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge the prohibition on its seed.

The sowing season may be just around the corner, but this year German farmers will not be planting gentically modified crops: German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced Tuesday she was banning the cultivation of GM corn in Germany.

Posted in agriculture, gm food, Europe

The War on Yugoslavia, 10 Years Later

It has been 10 years since the U.S.-led war on Yugoslavia. For many leading Democrats, including some in top positions in the Obama administration, it was a "good" war, in contrast to the Bush administration's "bad" war on Iraq. And though the suffering and instability unleashed by the 1999 NATO military campaign wasn't as horrific as the U.S. invasion of Iraq four years later, the war was nevertheless unnecessary and illegal, and its political consequences are far from settled.

Posted in airstrikes, nato, Europe, Kosovo, Yugoslavia

Russia Threatens To Target US Missile Shield Sites: Reports

MOSCOW - Russia could point missiles at strategic US targets in central Europe, including planned American missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, a senior Russian general said Wednesday.

"I can't exclude that if such decisions are taken by our military-political leadership, the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic and other such objects could be chosen as designated targets for some of our inter-continental ballistic missiles," General Nikolai Solovtsov said, quoted by Interfax.

Posted in War/Empire, Asia, Europe

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Full Spectrum Dominance

Welcome to the New Cold War

WASHINGTON - August 21 - Whatever happened to the fight against Al Qaeda and radical Islam? That's old news. Welcome to the new New Cold War. Exit "evil" Iran and a phantom Al Qaeda enter the remixed Evil Empire, Russia - a superpower complete with nuclear weapons.

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Posted in military industrial complex, War/Empire, Europe