Very interesting presentation from Congresswoman McKinney. (BTW, in her
last campaign ADL tried to smear her Father as an anti-semite).
Here is another article from Wayne Madsen,
http://www.progressive.org/wm0900.htm . The book from Edwin Mellen
publishers is pricey, head to a university library! If they let you in, the
Jesuits at Univ. of San Francisco don't anymore, SF State does...
On Resource Wars, here is the newest from Michael Klare.
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/Search/results.asp?fi=&au=Klare&sinc=2
The New Geography of Conflict by Michael T. Klare.
(Foreign Affairs, May/June 2001)
Summary
As last year's global shortage of petroleum and natural gas showed, the
world can no longer keep up with the demands of continued population growth
and economic expansion. Indeed, the competition for natural resources is
intensifying. And with four-fifths of the world's oil reserves lying in
politically unstable areas, with diamond and timber wars already raging in
Central Africa, and with many regions suffering persistent drought, resource
competition could easily turn into open conflict. Governments now see the
acquisition and protection of natural resources as a national security
requirement -- and one they are prepared to fight for.
500-word preview
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/Search/document.asp?i=20010501FAESSAY4767.XML
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/Search/document.asp?i=20010501FABOOK4792.XML
His first book, btw, "War Without End: American Planning for the Next
Vietnams, " from Vintage/Randon House around '73 or so is still worth
reading.
Finally, new book, "When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism,
and the Genocide in Rwanda, " by
Mahmood Mamdani, Princeton Univ. Press, 2001.
http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=48ICA3OAHQ&;
mscssid=CC2LRTRRKEUM8NFTH8X0NFS0NE5RDTCB&isbn=0691058210&displayonly=excerpt
(That might not work! Cookies>user ID, anyway, www.bn.com has a big excerpt
from this new book.)
Michael Pugliese
