April 15, 2010
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Treme: A new video on Katrina
John Goodman – spokesperson for Levees.org – is Creighton Bernette in the new drama by HBO called Treme. Mr. Goodman, whose character is based on the late blogger Ashley Morris, is an angry, excitable fierce New Orleans who is not afraid to say out loud that the federal Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for… Continue reading
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UK: Your address, your fingerprints, your life
I value my freedom and my privacy. Do you? The ID database, or National Identity Register, will track every significant transaction you make for the rest of your life – and you will face stiff financial penalties if you don’t keep the official record on you up to date. The database state treats citizens like criminal… Continue reading
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New on nacla.org 15 April, 2010
North American Congress on Latin America A Short Talk With Fernando Henrique Cardoso by Samantha Eyler Reid Brazil’s former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso visited Cornell University on April 7 to give a lecture, talk to the press, and receive yet another academic award. The onetime Marxist sociologist, now the political leader of the centrist Brazilian Continue reading
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Yousef Munayyer – Ethnic Cleansing by any other name
In October of 2009, amendments were made to military orders governing the legitimate presence of persons in Occupied Palestinian Territory. The changes, effective six months after the signing of the orders, are beginning to take effect. It is important to note that Palestinians are not in control of the Palestinian population registry. Israel maintains strict… Continue reading
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Israel’s Declining Sperm Quality Tied To Depleted Uranium Exposure By Tim King
Israel’s population is facing a dire threat: a drastic depopulation, from the use of weapons that leave behind Depleted Uranium (DU). Depleted Uranium leads to the word Omnicidal, as DU kills everything in the food chain, everywhere the wind blows. Experts say the dramatic drop in Israel’s sperm count could eliminate their ability to reproduce. Continue reading
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Beautiful mind, fucked up planet By William Bowles
Lovelock’s contention is simple, in fact so obvious it hardly needs debating: Life, the oceans, the atmosphere/climate and the land are all part of a single self-regulating system that Lovelock calls Gaia after the ancient Egyptian goddess of life. Life maintains the right balance through regulating the type and proportion of gases in our atmosphere,… Continue reading