November 2008
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GazaFriends URGENT: Kidnapped by the Israeli Navy
Fourteen Palestinian fishermen along with three internationals have been kidnapped out of Palestinian waters by the Israeli Navy. They were fishing seven miles off the coast of Deir Al Balla, clearly in Gaza fishing waters. Continue reading
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The price of resisting the occupation in Israel: “leftists aren’t allowed…”
Having all traveled that road many times before with no problem, and watching settlers whiz by us, we asked to see the military order. Before producing it, the soldier said, ‘I am very happy for any Jew to visit the Land of Israel, but leftists aren’t allowed.’ Continue reading
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Free Gaza to Aid Agencies: “Deliver it by Sea!”
18 November, 2008 The Free Gaza Movement today issued this open letter to all organizations delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip Israel’s closure of its land borders with Gaza, and Egypt’s submission to Israeli pressure to close the Rafah border is a humanitarian disaster for 1.5 million Palestinians. The United Nations announced last Thursday Continue reading
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Bush will NEVER be able to set foot outside the U.S.! Jeremy Scahill & Naomi Klein
15 November, 2008 C-SPAN FIRST 3:40 SECONDS CROWD SHOT! SORRY! Live coverage from the 2008 Miami Book Fair International featured book talks by authors, interviews with authors this segment includes Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1773845 more Continue reading
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Encyclopaedia of Race and Racism under Zionist Attack
The Encyclopaedia is the first such work examining the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modern era. Continue reading
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British government to defy critics with secret GM crop trials
Ministers are drawing up plans for genetically-modified crops to be grown in secret and more secure locations to prevent trials being wrecked by saboteurs. Continue reading
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Cost And Scope Of Iraq Contract Operations Escalates
According to a recent government audit, first reported in The New York Times, at least 310 PSCs from around the world have received contracts from U.S. agencies to protect American and Iraqi officials, installations, convoys and other entities in Iraq since 2003, at a cost of about $6 billion. Continue reading
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John Spritzler: A New Path For Israel?
Hours after resigning as prime minister of Israel on September 21, 2008, Ehud Olmert gave an interview to the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth (excerpted in the New York Review of Books), in which he seems to have made a 180 degree turnaround from his former views. Continue reading
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Fighting The War On Terror In London – One Gig At A Time
Since the end of last year the Metropolitan police in London have powers to close down any live music event where they have not been given the personal details including addresses and phone numbers of all performers involved at least two weeks in advance. Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Israel, Palestine and the media
Mordecai Briemberg on battle over satire, media concentration and coverage of Israel PT2/2 http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1770526 more about “The Real News Network – Israel, Pales…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Finding the words to say it By William Bowles
Palestinians have been reduced (Orientalized) to ‘terrorists’, ‘fanatics’ and faceless, nameless ‘victims’. Only the ideology of racism can explain this gigantic hole in our reality. Continue reading
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Freedom of Speech: Where do Muslims Stand?
Where should Muslims stand on free speech? Are they too sensitive to criticism? Or are they simply opposing what they see as the desecration of their revered personalities? How do Muslims explain to essentially secular societies their sense of the sacred? How is it possible to reconcile these two principles – the love for free… Continue reading
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BBC: Israel army studies ‘abuse video’
http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1769886 Below I have reproduced the BBC’s copy: There is no information as to when or where the video was shot The Israeli military is investigating a video in which a Palestinian detainee appears to be humiliated by a group of Israeli soldiers. The video, broadcast by Israeli TV after being posted on YouTube, shows Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Gazans Resist by Surviving
Despite its small size, Gaza in many ways encapsulates the essence of two of the world’s major conflicts: the rise of political Islam and the use by the West of collective punishment and economic coercion as a brutal counterweight. Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Media giant tries to muzzle parody
http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1767746 In early November, Canadian media giant Canwest Mediaworks dropped its lawsuit against Mordecai Briemberg, a lawsuit which alleged that he infringed on Canwest’s trademark rights. The case pertained to the creation of a parody of one of Canwest’s many papers, the Vancouver Sun. The parody satirized what its creators see as Canwest’s biased coverage Continue reading
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Stephen Lendman: Ongoing attacks on Hugo Chavez
Since taking office in February 1999, America’s dominant media have relentlessly attacked Chavez because of the good example he represents and threat it might spread in spite of scant chance it will in today’s climate. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 