April 28, 2010
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: THE ART OF LOOKING PRIME MINISTERIAL – THE 2010 UK GENERAL ELECTION
On April 15, news media broadcast the first of three live, 90-minute “prime ministerial debates” between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, the leaders, respectively, of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. By the end of the second debate on April 22, the word ‘Iraq’ had been mentioned a total of five times… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books London, Newsletter of Events May 2010
NEWS 1. Meeting room available for up to 12 people 2. Political Junkies Election Special EVENTS 3. ‘The high tide of workers’ autonomy – the Workers’ Committee of Magneti Marelli, Milan, 1975-78’ 4. ‘London Zine Symposium’ 5. ‘Pressure Drop’ with Billy Bragg and Mick Gordon 6. ‘The Life and Times of a Revolutionary’ with Bill Continue reading
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For $10 Billion of "Promises" Haiti Surrenders its Sovereignty By Kim Ives
It was fitting that the Mar. 31 ‘International Donors Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti’ was held in the Trusteeship Council at the United Nations headquarters in New York. At the event, Haitian President René Préval in effect turned over the keys to Haiti to a consortium of foreign banks and governments, which will… Continue reading
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Keiser Report No.36: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert wonder why Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud spared the victims of banking fraud; they also look at the scandals behind the Fabulous Fab Tourre’s “monstrosities,” Gordon Brown’s “shock” at Goldman’s “moral bankruptcy,” and at the political markets shocking the currency markets. In the second half of the show, Max talks… Continue reading
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Keiser Report with very special Hollywood guest
Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at a handful of the many Goldman Sachs fraud metaphors; the scandals of what the US bankers, regulators and government knew about Repo 105 before it helped take down Lehman Brothers, and of President Clinton’s big mistake on derivatives. In the second half of the show, Stacy interviews… Continue reading
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The Global Movement Spreads: New Wave of Protests in Hebron By Avital Aboody
On April 24, 2010 at around 15:45 a group of approximately 50 Palestinian, Israeli, and International activists gathered in Hebron next to the checkpoint gate separating Shuhada Street from the Casbah. The protest was organized by a Palestinian group in Hebron called “Youth Against Settlements” and the organizers hope to hold these protests every week… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 