April 15, 2009
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Video: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived the ‘Special Period’
Video: Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call “The Special Period.” Continue reading
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Politically Timed ‘Terror’ Arrests – the Real Bob Quick Scandal By Craig Murray
So why did the government want us to see that Bob Quick was entering No 10? The only possible answer is that, had things gone more smoothly in the arrest of the ‘Terror suspects’, the government would have paraded the footage of Quick entering no 10 as evidence that it was really Glorious Gordon and… Continue reading
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Investigative journalism under threat from new regulations By Charles Arthur
Worries focus on the fact that every government department, local council and even quango can access this telephone and internet data, given a judge’s clearance. What will they use it for? Continue reading
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War, Oil and Gas Pipelines: Turkey is Washington's Geopolitical Pivot By F. William Engdahl
For Washington Turkey today has become a geopolitical “pivot state” which is in the position to tilt the Eurasian power equation towards Washington or significantly away from it depending on how Turkey develops its ties with Moscow and its role regarding key energy pipelines. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 