December 8, 2008
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Keith Harmon Snow: Merchants of Death: Exposing Corporate Financed Holocaust in Africa Part 2
War in Congo has again been splashed across world headlines and the same old clichés about violence and suffering are repackaged and rebroadcast as ‘news’. Meanwhile, early indications out of America are that President-elect Barack Obama will assemble a foreign policy-team primed for business as usual. Continue reading
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Reham Alhelsi – Despite all odds, Palestinians carry on with living in the Heart of Hebron
The presence of these illegal settlers in the heart of Hebron, mainly in the Casaba, had led to the closure of many commercial shops, and many residents were either forced out of their houses or left due to lack of security and livelihood. Severe restrictions are placed upon the Palestinians, including restrictions on movement in… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Israeli Government says “Free Gaza is a cool idea”
Israel’s siege is directly preventing all the people of Gaza from accessing clean water, electricity, adequate food supplies, and freedom of movement to seek essential medical care, educational development, as well as from being able to freely visit with family and friends. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: ‘Free Gaza’ Ship Leaves Today to Break Through Israeli Blockade for the Fourth Time
The Free Gaza Movement announced today that it would send a delegation from Cyprus to Gaza aboard their blockade-busting ship, the Dignity, at 11pm, Monday, 8 December. Continue reading
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Don Mattera on Jerusalema: SA's Oscar Hope…
In Jerusalema, the Hollywood spectre almost consumes the narrative of South Africa’s urban cities, as they struggle to combat and overcome the insidious local and foreign sub-culture of criminality, corruption and the usurpation of our social edifices before our very eyes. Continue reading
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Ilan Pappe: State of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008
As long as the moral lesson is not learned, the state of Israel will continue to exist as a hostile enclave at the heart of the Arab world. It would remain the last reminder of the colonialist past that complicates not only Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians, but with the Arab world as a whole. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 