July 2009
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Washington is Playing a Deeper Game with China By F. William Engdahl
The reasons for Washington’s intervention into Xinjiang affairs seems to have little to do with concerns over alleged human rights abuses by Beijing authorities against Uyghur people. It seems rather to have very much to do with the strategic geopolitical location of Xinjiang on the Eurasian landmass and its strategic importance for China’s future economic… Continue reading
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New NATO: Germany Returns To World Military Stage, Part 1 by Rick Rozoff
Far from issuing in an era of disarmament and a Europe free of military blocs – or even of war – the merging of the two German states and the simultaneous fragmentation of the Eastern Bloc and, a year later, the USSR was instead followed by a Europe almost entirely dominated by a US-controlled global… Continue reading
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Season of Travesties: Freedom and Democracy in mid-2009 By Noam Chomsky
The Hezbollah-based March 8 coalition won handily, by approximately the same figure as Obama vs. McCain in November 2008, about 54% of the popular vote, according Ministry of Interior figures. Hence by the Friedman-Abrams argument, we should be lamenting Ahmadinejad’s defeat of President Obama, and the “moral authority” won by Hezbollah, as “the majority of… Continue reading
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Video Free Gaza Live from the Spirit of Humanity
The following video is the last footage taken onboard the Spirit Of Humanity before its voyage, to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, was prematurely halted by Israeli special forces. It shows the atmosphere inside the cabin as the crew try to negotiate with the Israeli ship via radio. Continue reading
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Palestine: I Resist (Never Before Campaign)
Video: Palestine: I Resist (Never Before Campaign) Continue reading
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New Wave of Disinformation: “Pigs at Risk” of Contracting the H1N1 Swine Flu By Michel Chossudovsky
Pigs are the victims. Humans are the perpetrators. In a twisted logic, the news reports convey the impression that only people can infect pigs with the H1N1 swine flu and that pigs cannot be the original source of the infection. Continue reading
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Video leading to capture of Cynthia McKinney and Spirit of Humanity
Video taken on the boat “Spirit of Humanity” of Israeli Navy approach and threat before capture of Cynthia McKinney and FreeGaza. Continue reading
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The Mass Resistance in Honduras: Its Own Voice By Phil Stuart Cournoyer
The great fear, from the point of view of imperialism and of the oligarchic ruling classes in Latin America is that the Zelaya current will become embedded and tied to the mass movement and its class interests, unleashing a Bolivarian-Morazanian upsurge from which they will never recover. That is the objective and subjective source of… Continue reading
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WIKILEAKS: The News of The World didn’t go far enough
The right to freedom of speech is not short hand for the right to pontificate. We defend speech freedoms for their connection to a deeper underlying concept-the right to know. Without understanding the world around us we can not function. Without an informed public, democracy has no meaning and civilization is adrift. Through understanding the… Continue reading
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Simón Farabundo Ríos, "Anatomy of the Golpe in Honduras: Interview with Manuel Antonio Villa"
On my last day in Tegucigalpa, I conducted an interview with writer/documentarian Manuel Antonio Villa, 37, who for the last seven years has traveled through his country studying the economic circumstances of the peasantry and the workers. For Villa, Honduras has entered a new, revolutionary era, while the golpe against Mel Zelaya has commenced a… Continue reading
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The journey to Gaza begins by Michael Prysner
9 July, 2009 — Dandelion Salad After five days in Cairo, we are ready to set off with vehicles and medical supplies Help the ANSWER Coalition continue its work in the struggle for a free Palestine! We can’t do it without your help! Your financial contribution is urgently needed. You can make a contribution through Continue reading
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Video: Shadow Secrets (2008)
This new film looks at the origins and history of the Afghan Mujahedin & al-Qaeda and their associations with various intelligence agencies including the CIA, FBI, MI6 and those of Saudi Arabia & Pakistan. Compiled, edited and produced by The Dossier Continue reading
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International Journalists Union Expels Israel After Fight Over Politics and Money By Alex Weisler and Nathan Jeffay
The Israeli group –— the National Federation of Israel Journalists — was ousted June 7 in a unanimous vote of the international union’s executive committee. The vote immediately raised the specter of another effort by international unions to boycott Israel for political reasons; recently, a number of academic unions around the world have voted to… Continue reading
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Video: Nano-thermite took down the WTC? By Niels Harrit
Video: Could the most audacious terrorist attack in history be a sophisticated masterpiece of demolition? Continue reading
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Video: Palestine: I Resist (Never Before Campaign)
Video: “The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”- Woodrow Wilson Continue reading
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The Queerness of Michael Jackson: A Function of Society’s Homophobia? By the Rev. Irene Monroe
With an entertainment industry that forced Rock Hudson, a movie idol, in the closet until his death, and with a black community that still has light years to go in accepting its own lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer population, Jackson concealed his desire to grow up by donning an asexual Peter Pan image. Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: “Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran” by F. William Engdahl
The world-renowned Times newspaper of London published a report in its July 5th edition titled, ‘Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran.’ The story, were it true, would imply a dramatic change in Saudi foreign and military policy whose consequences potentially could lead to a World War III. A more serious investigation reveals that… Continue reading
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Cuba Enemies Advised Honduras Coup
A report in Granma newspaper Thursday, taken from Radio Miami station, states that a secret report sent to an embassy from a European country very allied to the US government convincingly reveals in detail those actions. According to this report, Montaner and Reich have been in permanent contact with the coupists, through direct or phone… Continue reading
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How Michael Jackson’s Music Changed The World by Alexander Billet
The last 15 years of Michael Jackson’s life are almost enough to obscure the true greatness of this artist. During that time, we saw the handsome, charming pop star go through myriad plastic surgeries that made him look more like a latter-day Peter Pan. We saw the trappings of unprecedented fame manifested in beyond bizarre… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 