August 2009
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National Security, Media Disinformation and the H1N1 Swine Flu Selected Articles
Global Research, 19-21 August, 2009: National Security, Media Disinformation and the H1N1 Swine Flu Selected Articles Continue reading
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Big Pharma and the Warfare State Selected Articles
Global Research: Big Pharma and the Warfare State Selected Articles 15-18 August, 2009 Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: How much freedom can one man stand?
Freedom comes in many forms in America, and new forms are constantly being created. The latest has been freedom from basic financial security. The weakened economy has given corporatists an excuse to, as they say, ‘let workers go.’ Which sounds as if companies are granting employees some sort of freedom: ‘Go on George, twenty years… Continue reading
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Honduras: The Wolf Report By S. Artesian
Taking the lessons learned at the feet of the US military to heart, the Republic of Honduras’ Cobra squadron woke the president of that country to tell him the bad news: 1) he was no longer president; 2) he never really was president; 3) there really isn’t a republic of Honduras; 4) a plane was… Continue reading
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SNUFFING GRANDMA By Joe Bageant
Every day I get letters asking me to weigh in on the health care fracas. As if a redneck writer armed with a keyboard, a pack of smokes and all the misinformation and vitriol available on the Internet could contribute anything to the crap storm already in progress. Besides that, my unreasoned but noisy take… Continue reading
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Russia and Georgia: Caucasian calculus By Eric Walberg
War clouds refuse to disperse a year after Georgia waged war against Russia. On the anniversary of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s ill-fated invasion of South Ossetia 8 August, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev warned: “Georgia does not stop threatening to restore its ‘territorial integrity’ by force. Armed forces are concentrated at the borders near Abkhazia and… Continue reading
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Top Sweden newspaper says IDF kills Palestinians for their organs
A leading Swedish newspaper reported this week that Israeli soldiers are abducting Palestinians in order to steal their organs, a claim that prompted furious condemnation and accusations of anti-Semitic blood libel from a rival publication. Continue reading
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Democracy, Lebanese-Style By Melani Cammett
In the Western media, many commentators devoured the campaign rhetoric and eagerly portrayed the elections as a de facto referendum on Lebanon’s geopolitical orientation. The election, which pitted the US-backed March 14 alliance against the Iranian-backed March 8 alliance, was widely said to be a contest to determine whether Lebanese foreign policy would veer west… Continue reading
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The ROM Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit By Ali Mustafa
Even before the highly anticipated six-month, $3-million collaboration between the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) showcasing the Dead Sea Scrolls was officially launched in late June, the exhibit was already the subject of growing controversy. “Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World,” as the exhibit is entitled, first attracted… Continue reading
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Italy, Germany and Japan: Former World War II Axis Nations Repudiate Bans against “Preparing for War” By Rick Rozoff
A press report on August 10 revealed that the government of Italy is planning to modify if not dispense with its post-World War II constitutional limitations on conducting offensive military operations; that is, to reverse a 61-year ban on waging war. The news story, reminding readers that “Italy’s post-World War II constitution places stringent limits… Continue reading
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Global Research: Wealth Inequality and the New World Order Selected Articles 11-14 August
14 August, 2009 — Global Research Study: Global warming bill could cost 2.4 million jobs, $1,250 per household – by Mike Sunnucks – 2009-08-14 Troop rise in Afghanistan still option for US: Gates – 2009-08-14 Ex-ISI Chief Says Purpose of New Afghan Intelligence Agency RAMA Is ‘to destabilize Pakistan’ – by Jeremy R. Hammond – Continue reading
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GazaFriends: “Free Mohammed Khatib and the Non-Violent Activists from Bil’in”
At 3AM on Monday, August 3, the Israeli army raided Bil’in and arrested Mohammad Khatib, along with six other Palestinian community activists and one American human rights observer from the village. This move is an attempt by Israeli authorities to silence a popular resistance movement gaining international attention and inspiring other Palestinian communities. This West… Continue reading
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Cuba: Gardening its Way Out of Crisis
Cuba is the only country in the world that has developed an extensive state-supported infrastructure to support urban food production. Functionally, this system was established in response to acute food shortages in the early 1990s, which occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the island was forced to find an alternative manner of… Continue reading
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Honduras: Attack on Peaceful Protestors Escalates By Jenny Atlee, Quixote Center
The repression is escalating. Crackdowns are occurring in San Pedro Sula as well as Tegucigalpa. Our delegation is accounted for and unharmed. They are now accompanying Honduran human rights workers and sending alarming reports. Police and military are rounding up people and taking them to places used for torture in the 1980s. Ambulances full of… Continue reading
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Fact Checking Lanny Davis on Honduras By Greg Grandin
Last Friday, I debated lawyer-turned-lobbyist Lanny Davis, now working for the business backers of the recent Honduran coup, on Democracy Now! It actually wasn’t much of a debate — in the way that word means an exchange of ideas — as Davis was fast out of the box, preemptively trying to taint host Amy Goodman… Continue reading
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Obama and the Honduran Crisis: Friend or Foe of Enlightened Change?
The United States, in line with President Barack Obama’s stated commitment to adopt more of an equal partnership in regional affairs, took a back seat – almost to a fault – putatively encouraging all of Latin America to share responsibility. But the U.S.’ failure to share authentic solidarity with the rest of the Americas, and… Continue reading
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Ad Hoc Memorandum by Honduran Human Rights Activists
As the fourth consecutive International Human Rights delegation present in the country since the coup d’état, we are writing to express our deep concern regarding the grave and rapidly deteriorating situation of human rights in Honduras, beginning with the events which occurred early in the morning of June 28th. In the name of the human… Continue reading
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