March 2009
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Media Lens: Children Of Darkness – Killing ‘Them’ – Part 2
The idea that Israel’s massacre of 1,400 Palestinians was intended to stop rocket attacks is hard to reconcile with the fact that Israel deliberately provoked those attacks when it broke the ceasefire with its November 4, 2008 attack killing six people in Gaza Continue reading
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COHA: Francisco Caamaño Deñó, Presente
In 1963, following years of authoritarian rule under the Trujillo dictatorship, Dr. Juan Bosch was elected in the country’s first free election in nearly 40 years. Unfortunately for Bosch, his left-leaning policies were anathema for Washington, whose Cold War lenses saw even the hint of socialism or anti-U.S. policy, and any other variation of Marxist… Continue reading
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Global Recession: Protectionism and Diversification in the U.S. and South America
As the economic crisis continues to globalize, South American nations are pursuing various trade deals, implementing economic stimulus packages, and imposing new tariffs in response. All of these individual national efforts seek to soften the blow delivered by the downturn, but it is unlikely that they alone will solve the problem. Continue reading
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Israeli settlement building threat in West Bank
Just a day after promising to be a partner for peace with the Palestinians, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister-designate, appears to be preparing to build Israeli settlements on more West Bank land http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2295581 Posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Media Lens: Children Of Darkness – Killing ‘Them’ – Part 1
As we have noted before, journalists are highly evolved intellectual herd animals. They possess sophisticated sense organs capable of detecting minute changes in the propaganda environment. Continue reading
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Shame on us!
Last week, a few innocent kids from the Jenin refugee camp were surreptiously taken to Tel Aviv to “cheer up and take part in peace-promoting activities. Continue reading
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Aftermath (6) “The only BMW shop in Gaza.”
This predominantly fishing community has sustained many Israeli incursions over the years but the scars of the latest one are all pervasive and have made the area almost unrecognisable to its residents. Even the cemetery with its cracked gravestones and deep tank tracks, was not spared. Continue reading
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British MP George Galloway barred from Canada under the Canada Israel “Public Security” Agreement By Michel Chossudovsky
The ”Declaration of Intent” establishes a framework of bilateral cooperation between Canada and Israel in the area of “Public Security”. The agreement has not been the object of debate in the Canadian parliament, nor has it received media coverage. Continue reading
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Video: Action Boycott Israel
“Here, it’s written: imported from Israel.” Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books (London) NEWSLETTER APRIL 2009
Calendar of events for April 2009 at Housmans Radical Books, London Continue reading
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Azmi Bishara: New US Thinking
The new US administration has stated repeatedly that it views the region from a perspective of Israeli security when it comes to Iran and uranium enrichment, as well as to resistance against Israeli occupation. Continue reading
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“There is no respect for the grieving” Barghouthi shocked by the Israeli assault on the press conference with injured American’s parents
The Israeli army demanded that the event will be shut down. As several refused, they assaulted the audience, beating and detaining activists, media crews and officials. Continue reading
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Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s shame By Neve Gordon
Lieberman is an ex-member of Meir Kahane’s party, Kach, which was outlawed due to its blatantly racist platform. Moreover, his views towards Arabs do not appear to have changed over the years. Continue reading
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The Criminalization of Everyday Life By Robert Neuwirth
Welcome to the ugly underside of the zero-tolerance era, where insignificant rule violations get inflated into criminal infractions. Continue reading
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Gazan family cut to pieces: Report
While Tel Aviv claims that its unmanned aerial vehicles are able to clearly distinguish fighters from women and children and other civilians, more than 48 Palestinian civilians were killed in Israeli drone attacks in Gaza, a new report by the Guardian reveals. Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Gaza war crimes: drone plane kills civilians
25 March, 2009 Guardian: Cut to pieces: the family drinking tea in a courtyard Pt1 http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2272235 See also ‘Report: Gazan family cut to pieces’ Posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Who’s the popinjay? By Eric Walberg
Though denying the charge that he financially supports Hamas, Galloway is otherwise treating the matter tongue-in-cheek. In a press release, he pointed out: “In 2006 [Kenney] addressed a rally of the so called People’s Mujahideen of Iran, a Waco-style cult, banned in the European Union as a terrorist organisation… Being banned by such a man… Continue reading
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Pakistan’s Democracy Movement Flexes its Muscles By Tom Burghardt
It is no secret that the United States, first under Bush, and now under Obama, view Pakistan as the ‘central front’ in imperialism’s oxymoronic ‘war on terror.’ For decades, the U.S. has viewed Pakistan as little more than a ‘strategic asset’ to advance America’s geopolitical goals in Central- and South Asia. Continue reading
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United States Pressure Detainees to Hide Torture at Guantanamo
It is known that lawyers from the US government tried to force a British resident imprisoned in the base -which it maintains against the will of the Cuban people and government- to sign a document saying he had never been tortured there. Continue reading
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Middle East Report Online: The Hazy Path Forward in Sudan by Sarah Washburne
Bashir was defiant, denouncing the warrant as ‘neo-colonialism,’ and praising his supporters in Martyrs’ Square as ‘grandsons of the mujahideen,’ a reference to the participants in the Mahdiyya uprising against Anglo-Egyptian rule in 1885. The atmosphere was almost one of jubilation; one might have mistaken the crowds for soccer fans celebrating a win. Continue reading
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