September 2009
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The Real News Network – Mr. Zelaya goes to Washington
The resistance to the military coup in Honduras has entered its 71st straight day of direct action in the streets of that country. Meanwhile, the United States Department of State still has yet to officially declare the events a ‘military coup’, an identification that would require, under US law, the cutting of all financial aid… Continue reading
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Confronting Russia? U.S. Marines In The Caucasus By Rick Rozoff
U.S. Marines and Green Berets have become regular fixtures in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Kuwait and the Horn of Africa over the past decade. With the widening of the Afghan war they are soon to take up permanent residence in the capital of Pakistan, in the Caucasus, in the Black Sea region and the… Continue reading
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Forced Vaccinations and Financial Chaos Selected Articles 1-4 September, 2009
Forced Vaccinations and Financial Chaos Selected Articles 1-4 September, 2009 Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Prosecuting Israel for war crimes
Vdeo: Who benefits from Israeli occupation? Recent coverage of the Middle East Lia Tarachansky speaks to Fatou Bensouda, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) about the Palestinian Authority’s appeal to join the group of nations over which the court has jurisdiction. Bensouda says that before the ICC can investigate the perpetration of… Continue reading
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Haitham Sabbah – Obama’s ‘Peace Plan’ Revealed
A draft of the Obama peace plan, which is expected to be released at the UN Assembly meeting in New York, or at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, has surfaced. Continue reading
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Vaccine Campaigns and Global Militarization – Selected Articles 27 August – 1 September, 2009
Vaccine Campaigns and Global Militarization – Selected Articles 27 August – 1 September, 2009 Continue reading
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The Rise of Mercenary Armies: A Threat to Global Security By Sherwood Ross
The growing use of private armies not only subjects target populations to savage warfare but makes it easier for the White House to subvert domestic public opinion and wage wars. Continue reading
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LONGVIEW: Deer Hunting With Jesus
Much has been said about white working-class voters. But those who’ve been doing all the talking are pollsters and political operatives. As part of our Long View series, ANP traveled to rural Virginia to talk to someone who’s lived the life and knows from personal experience what those voters are thinking — author Joe Bageant.… Continue reading
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Class War at the Copenhagen Climate Change Talks
In December the world’s rulers will meet in Copenhagen to discuss what they will do when the notably unsuccessful Kyoto Protocol expires. They won’t be alone. Lobbyists from the aviation, petrochemical and mining industries will be pressurising them in defence of their ‘right’ to alter the planet’s climate by pumping millions of tonnes of greenhouse… Continue reading
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Video: Benjamin Zephaniah, “Money”
Video: Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah, born and raised in Birmingham, England, is a poet. Rejecting the appointment as an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003, Zephaniah wrote: Me? I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought. I get angry when I hear that word “empire”; it reminds me of slavery, it… Continue reading
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William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 73
If there’s anyone out there who is not already thoroughly cynical about those on the board of directors of the planet, the latest chapter in the saga of the bombing of PanAm 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland might just be enough to push them over the edge. Continue reading
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The Other Israel Press Picks – 1 September, 2009
Can hubris end up destroying Israel? Yes, it can. Here follow the September 1, 2009 press picks on Occupation Magazine www.kibush.co.il/index.asp Continue reading
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Israeli organ harvesting? By Alison Weir
With all the heat engendered by the recent Swedish article, “Our sons plundered for their organs,” I feel that there is a need for some clarification and logical discussion. Continue reading
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FAIR Media Advisory: Erasing Katrina
August 29 marked the fourth anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The devastation wrought by both the hurricane itself and the government’s inept response prompted remarkably critical corporate media coverage that promised to fight for Katrina survivors and change the way we talk about poverty and race. But… Continue reading
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Media Lens: “An Existential Threat”: The US, Israel and Iran
The sanctions threat is to ensure that Iran does “not compromise on uranium enrichment by the end of next month.” The Guardian told its readers that not only are sanctions supposed to pre-empt any Israeli military action against Iran, “they are also a bargaining chip offered in part exchange for a substantial freeze on Jewish… Continue reading
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ID Cards – a World View – by Nathan Allonby
Electronic ID cards have made alarming progress towards becoming universal, around the world. Already, over 2.2 billion people, or 33% of the world’s population, have been issued with ‘smart’ ID cards. Of those, over 900 million have biometric facial and fingerprint systems. On present plans, over 85% of the world’s population will have smart ID… Continue reading
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Protecting Coastal Communities: The Dutch Say Yes We Do – In America, We Can, Too
Levees.org has created a video documentary using footage captured by an Amsterdam-based filmmaker while in The Netherlands this past May….HJ Bosworth Jr and Sandy Rosenthal were part of US Senator Mary Landrieu’s Second Congressional Delegation (CoDel) excursion to Holland. Unlike the first CoDel which studied peripheral barriers (floodgates), the goal of the Second CoDel was… Continue reading
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A Call to Climate Action
We stand at a crossroads. The facts are clear. Global climate change, caused by human activities, is happening, threatening the lives and livelihoods of billions of people and the existence of millions of species. Social movements, environmental groups, and scientists from all over the world are calling for urgent and radical action on climate change. Continue reading
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Megrahi: “I’ll reveal true identity of bomber” By Ben Borland
AN AMERICAN citizen is to be named by the Lockerbie bomber as the man who really carried out the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 