Tuesday, November 25, 2014

No indictment for Wilson an Indictment for the American justice system


Fierce protests erupt in Ferguson over the grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who shot and killed the unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. It has become apparent that it is a serious crime to be a black male in America. Scenes in Ferguson reflect a war zone with buildings set on fire and cars ablaze.And more cities joined in solidarity with the people of Ferguson.

Reporters allege that the prosecutor colluded with the defense

US strategy in Ukraine

No love lost between Obama and Putin
It’s a year since the Maidan protests began in Ukraine, and a civil war has ensued with the East since then. What began as a civilian protest that overthrew the then president Yanukovic, eventually degenerated into a fierce civil war that has claimed more than 5000 civilian lives and continues unabated despite a truce signed in August.
Can there be a war in this world without a US hand? To many the questions is not worth an answer, the US interests are everywhere. The Maidan protests were fueled by the millions of dollars from White House. The question to ask is whether the Americans are there for all the good reasons, benign hegemony as they would like all of us to believe. What is the underlying motive of the US administration in Ukraine. It would be naive to assume that the Obama administration is in Ukraine to advance good governance, democracy or Ukraine’s sovereignty. Ukraine gives the US an important leverage in its geo-politics