August 2009
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Gilad Atzmon – Organ Donation and Theft in Contemporary Jewish Folklore
The current organ theft scandal proves once again that as far as Israel is concerned, loving yourself as much as you hate your neighbor, is the manifestation of contemporary Jewish philosophy. At the end of the day, it shouldn’t take us by a complete surprise. This is what you would expect from a people who… Continue reading
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Obama Administration Seeks “Emergency Control” of the Internet By Tom Burghardt
As the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773) wends its way through Congress, civil liberties’ advocates are decrying provisions that would hand the President unlimited power to disconnect private-sector computers from the internet. Continue reading
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AFRICOM: Western Self-Serving Interests or African Security? By Paul I. Adujie
America’s establishment of the so-called African Command(AFRICOM), should be seen for what it is: America’s self-interested armada of protection for America, and her allies and not for Africa’s security. Continue reading
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AFRICOM: The Pentagon's First Direct Military Intervention In Africa By Rick Rozoff
Africa’s 53 nations are 28% of the 192 countries in the world. The size and location of the continent along with its human and natural resources – oil, natural gas, gold, diamonds, uranium, cobalt, chromium, platinum, timber, cotton, food products – make it an increasingly important part of a world that is daily becoming more… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS RADICAL BOOKS, LONDON EVENTS NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2009
CONTENTS: NEWS 1. Housmans online bookshop launched! Over 500,000 titles available… 2. Housmans Peace Diary 2010: Special pre-publication offer EVENTS 3. Last Hours present: Spoonboy, Kelly Kemp and PJ & Gaby Friday 4th September – 7pm till 10pm 4. Greenpeace and Climate Camp present: ‘No New Coal – Stopping Kingsnorth’ Wednesday 9th September – 7pm Continue reading
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THE ITALIAN CINEMA AND THE LEFT: On Rediscovering Roberto Rossellini-Filmmaker By Gaither Stewart
The story of Roberto Rossellini is a very Italian story, encompassing Italy in change from the Fascist period and, reaching beyond his lived life, until 2009. Though Europe is not Europe without Italy, Rossellini’s story, in the strictest sense, is a very Italian story; not an European story. For Italy, separated from the rest of… Continue reading
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Book Reviews: Immigration Past, Immigration Present: Confronting the Internal “Other” in Europe By Brian McCook
Immigration is now generally acknowledged as a fact of life across the democratic political spectrum within Europe, and a vast array of policies and programs have been adopted over the past decade to integrate “newcomers” into the mainstream. Nevertheless, immigration remains a highly contentious issue within the public consciousness, especially when stirred by a populist… Continue reading
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Video Free Gaza – WE MADE IT TO GAZA
Video: We will return. We will come back. We will never forget. A year ago, 23rd August 2008, 44 of us saw the coastline of Gaza in the distance, after 30 hours of traveling across the Mediterranean Sea….We will return. We will come back. We will never forget.A year ago, 23rd August 2008, 44 of… Continue reading
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Global Poverty and The Economic Crisis – Selected Articles 22-27 August, 2009
Global Poverty and The Economic Crisis. Selected Articles 22-27 August, 2009 Continue reading
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CIA Involvement: Police chief: Lockerbie evidence was faked
From the Scotsman 28 August, 2009: CIA planted tiny fragment of circuit board crucial in convicting a Libyan for the 1989 mass murder of 270 people Continue reading
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The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency By Michel Chossudovsky
The statements of the WHO are notoriously contradictory. While creating an atmosphere of fear and insecurity, pointing to am impending global public health crisis, the WHO has also acknowledged that the underlying symptoms are moderate and that “most people will recover from swine flu within a week, just as they would from seasonal forms of… Continue reading
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Video: Palestinian Mothers interview with Swedish Journalist Donald Bostrom about threats on his life, and ethics of journalism and democracy – Palestinian Mothers
This video interview, in two parts, made by Morris Herman for the Palestinian Mothers Network asks the Swedish journalist about the article that currently is in the news, reporting on the claims made to the journalist from Palestinians about the belated return of their sons, maimed, killed and their organs exploited by the IDF, and… Continue reading
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“WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?” ASKS FBI CHIEF AS DEBATE OVER RELEASE OF LIBYAN “TERRORIST HEIGHTENS.” THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY By Danny Schechter
That is always a good question, but the way it was posed by Robert S. Mueller 3rd, the Director of the FBI, an agency of a Department of “Justice” strains credulity. Before I get into discussing the responses to his letter to Scottish authorities, a letter that the Herald in Glasgow found “savage,” may I… Continue reading
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South African Cops Attack Unarmed Soldiers Protesting Low Wages
A virtual war broke out in the in the streets of Pretoria, the capital, yesterday with AWOL soldiers storming the Union Building government premises. Continue reading
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Video: Honduran resistance goes it alone
As protests against the coup government in Honduras enter their 60th day, the international community has largely turned their attention away from the streets of Tegucigalpa. This lack of awareness, combined with heightened state repression, has done little to deter the ongoing disobedience campaign inside Honduras. Al Giordano reports from rural Honduras on the determination… Continue reading
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The Responsibility to Protect, the International Criminal Court, and Foreign Policy in Focus: Subverting the UN Charter in the Name of Human Rights By Edward S. Herman & David Peterson
It was just a matter of time before members of the collapsing left enlisted in the imperial attack on the most fundamental principles of the UN Charter, and added their voices to the growing chorus of support for Western power-projection under the Responsibility to Protect doctrine (R2P) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). But this… Continue reading
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Pentagon Plans For Global Military Supremacy: U.S., NATO Could Deploy Mobile Missiles Launchers To Europe By Rick Rozoff
Missile Defense: Ruse And Reality As regards the incontestable fact that U.S. and NATO plans for the deployment of interceptor missiles and complementary radar facilities in Europe are not and could not be designed to protect the United States and Western Europe from imaginary Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles and equally non-existent nuclear warheads, even the… Continue reading
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Video: Israelis restrict Palestinians’ water supply
Video: After World Bank issues report, commissioned by the Palestinian Authority on the condition of water accessibility in the West Bank, Israel claims the reports authors are biased. To understand the conditions on the ground, how they’ve been addressed, and whether the so-called peace process succeeded in addressing them, The Real News speaks to LifeSource… Continue reading
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Showdown with Russia and China: U.S. Advances First Strike Global Missile Shield System By Rick Rozoff
A change in the American White House, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s and the mounting costs in both dollars and lives of the war in Afghanistan have not slowed down the U.S.’s plans for military domination of the planet and in outer space; nor have they lessened the threat… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 