My Bookmarx 02/25/2012

• ‘Losing’ the world: American decline in perspective – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

  “American decline is real – but the US remains the world’s dominant power by a large margin.”

  tags: Noam_Chomsky usa decline imperialism latin_america middle-east

• The imperial way: US decline in perspective – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

  “Imperialism is still with us, but power has become more broadly distributed in a diversifying world.”

  tags: Noam_Chomsky usa decline imperialism latin_america middle-east

• The Factory – Revolution Through Arab Eyes – Al Jazeera English

  “The El-Ghazl factory in Mahalla is Egypt’s largest textile company with more than 20,000 workers. It is a microcosm of Egyptian society. “

  tags: egypt workers Mahalla textile industry

• US, Egyptian Junta Seek To Arm Syrian Opposition By Johannes Stern

  “On Monday the Republican US Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham met for talks with generals of the US backed Egyptian military junta and leading members of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. Both Senators are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and call for arming the Syrian opposition and regime change in Damascus.”

  tags: egypt usa syria revolution SCAF military arms

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