October 2008
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Sergei MARKEDONOV: Abkhazia as the Theatre of Georgia’s Terrorist Activities and Sabotage
The renewed attempts to destabilise the situation in Abkhazia against the background of the unquiet life in South Ossetia and Georgia’s territory adjacent to it, need consideration and assessment of these new threats to the security of South Caucasian states recognised by Russia and to Russia itself as a guarantor of their statehood and the… Continue reading
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Igor TOMBERG: Under Sign of Cartels
Now that the credit market has thinned, leaving few chances for speculations, Moscow begins to play a more adequate role in fuel price formation. Having carrying out some calculations, Russian experts concluded that the lack of liquidity would make the law of supply and demand more influential. Continue reading
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Max Kantar: A Case Study Of Power And Media: The Washington Post
31 October, 2008 Last week’s unilateral attack on Syria and the subsequent coverage of the events by the mainstream US media give us an impeccable illustration of the prevailing ideologies that dictate how news is received, composed, and understood by respectable journalists and reporters. In fact, considering all of the variables surrounding the recent US Continue reading
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Kawther Salam – Jewish Terrorist attacks Church of the Holy Sepulcher
In the night of Wednesday, October 29, an extremist orthodox Jew – chosen by God, invaded the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the old city of Jerusalem. The Jewish terrorist tried to harm three monks who were worshiping God in the church. The monks saw the terrorist Jew and escaped from his attack, but Continue reading
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GazaFriends: 31 October, 2008 Palestinian Fishing Boats Attacked by Israeli gunboats
For Immediate Release For More Information, Please Contact: Greta Berlin (Cyprus) +357 99 081 767 / iristulip@gmail.com Osama Qashoo (Cyprus) +44 (0)78 3338 1660 / osamaqashoo@gmail.com Angela Godfrey Goldstein (Jerusalem) +972 (0)54 736 6393 / angela@icahd.org At 10:00 am Cyprus time, three Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the territorial waters of Gaza. Eleven Continue reading
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Desmond Tutu – Q&A: "We Must Rethink the International Economic System"
A very disturbing thing has been the gap between the rich and the poor widening. And I have said that people are going to be resentful and say ‘where is this peace dividend?’ If you go to South Africa one of the first things that strikes you — when you are flying to Cape Town… Continue reading
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Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Colombia’s Political Horizon: The Rise of a New Left
Colombia’s President Uribe: ‘I deplore that Senator Obama’ Current Political Landscape In contemporary discourse regarding Latin America, Colombia is often characterized as a failed state mired by ruinous civil war and reflecting the pervasive influence of powerful drug-running paramilitaries. On the other hand, there are those who see the country as an enviable exemplar of Continue reading
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Oct. 29th, 1948 in history: Massacres in Palestine
Today in history is another black day in the Palestinian history. 1. On October 29, 1948, when Israeli brigades captured the village of Safsaf. The known details of the massacre come to us via several contemporary second-hand Zionist reports and via Arab oral history. Yosef Nachmani, a senior officer in the Haganah (and later the Continue reading
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Crisis Chronicle: U.S. pulls the plug on the world
The U.S. administration has prompted a huge surge in the U.S. dollar, which may help refinance its financial sector. The cost is a currency whirlwind that threatens the collapse not just of banks and companies but entire countries. In the past week the financial crisis, which began in banking and spread to stocks, has careered Continue reading
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Housman’s (London) Events Newsletter for November 2008
CONTENTS: (book launch) Elizabeth Carola – ‘Hot’ – stories from Hackney (book event/talk) John Sinclair – ‘Rock and Revolution with the MC5 and the White Panther Party’ (music) ‘Singing the Struggle: Voices, Women, Peace’ with Frankie Armstrong (book event/talk) ‘Digital Film Making’ with Mike Figgis (book event/music) ‘Forward Groove: the radical history of jazz’ with Continue reading
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Ramzi Kysia: GazaFriends “Nam, Nehnu Nastatyeh!” is Arabic for “Yes, We Can!” 29 October 2008 13:33:27 GMT
This morning I arrived in Gaza aboard the SS Dignity, part of a Free Gaza Movement delegation of twenty seven doctors, lawyers, teachers, and human rights activists from across the world, including Mairead Maguire – the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Continue reading
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Gerald Horne: "Solidarity Forever?"
This is a remarkable and often insightful collection of essays and reflections, many of which have been penned by those who played leading roles in the dramatic story of how a conservative hegemon — the United States — was compelled to retreat somewhat in its support for colonialism and apartheid during the second half of… Continue reading
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Ali Gharib: Syria Raid: The Question is – Why?
The attack is especially curious one. The cross-border raid – the first of its kind involving a helicopter attack and U.S. boots on the ground that far into Syrian territory – left eight dead, according to Syrian press reports. WASHINGTON – A cross-border raid into Syria by U.S. forces in Iraq, and a subsequent stonewalling Continue reading
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Carolyn Baker: Stolen Elections and Media Blackouts
Stolen Elections and Media Blackouts An Interview With Mark Crispin Miller Global Research, October 29, 2008 Carolyn Baker.net – 2008-10-26 (Burlington, Vermont: October 24, 2008) Shortly before a public lecture presented at Champlain College, I sat down with Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Media Studies at New York University, to ask him a number of Continue reading
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GazaFriends Update 29 October, 2008, 06:15:06 GMT: We’ve done it again! SS Dignity arrives in Gaza
[These are the latest releases from SS. Dignity which has now arrived in Gaza apparently without incident. Ed] For Immediate Release October 29, 2008 For More Information, Please Contact: Greta Berlin (Cyprus) +357 99 081 767 / iristulip@gmail.com Osama Qashoo (Cyprus) +44 (0)78 3338 1660 / osamaqashoo@gmail.com Angela Godfrey Goldstein (Jerusalem) +972 (0)54 736 6393 Continue reading
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Kevin Zeese: Messy Elections: Can We Trust The Results?
For a country that considers itself the ‘greatest democracy on Earth,’ the U.S. sure does run messy elections. This year about one-third the public is voting early (something Marylanders will be voting on in a referendum on Election Day), as a result we are seeing election meltdowns in slow motion. Here is a sample of Continue reading
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GazaFriends Update 28 October, 2008: A ship called dignity
Several times over the past week, people had said that Israel was looking for the Free Gaza, asking port authorities where it was and when we were going. So today was another triumph for the human spirit. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 