April 2010
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Coup in Kyrgyzstan, Drugs from Afghanistan, and the US By Anatoly ALIFEROV
While the Kyrgyz interim government was searching for the bank accounts of ousted President K. Bakiev, and Belorussian President A. Lukashenko invited him to settle down in Belarus, Moscow bloggers published a sensational finding: they unearthed evidence that the coup in Kyrgyzstan was backed by the US and that the whole intrigue revolves around the… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA Africa News #478 23 April, 2010: LINKS & RESOURCES
CONTENTS: 1. Action alerts, 2. Zimbabwe update, 3. African Union Monitor, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Social movements, 8. Africa labour news, 9. Emerging powers news, 10. Elections & governance, 11. Development, 12. Health & HIV/AIDS, 13. LGBTI, 14. Environment, 15. Land & land rights, 16. Media… Continue reading
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Earth Day in Israel: Apartheid Showing Through the Greenwash By Stephanie Westbrook
On April 22, as part of the global Earth Day celebrations, homes, offices and public buildings in 14 Israeli cities turned out the lights for one hour in an effort to “increase awareness of the vital need to reduce energy consumption.” The irony was not lost on the 1.5 million residents of Gaza who have… Continue reading
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U.S. military suffers major defeat in Korengal Valley, forced to retreat By James Circello
The U.S. military has retreated from a base in the remote Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, after spending over four years trying to hold the ground. The U.S. forces even negotiated the terms of their defeat, paying the resistance fighters and leaving them the base fully intact with buildings, fuel, generators and military equipment, in order to… Continue reading
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Strategic culture foundation online magazine latest publications 18-24 April, 2010
24 April, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation 2010-04-18 Rafe MAIR (Canada) Thoughts on Communism and Capitalism “Although Communism may be dead in fact if not name, the conditions that spawned and nurtured it are very much with us today. Large corporations have replaced the noblemen, the dwindling middle class is no buffer between the haves Continue reading
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Support James from MAP in the London Marathon
In the Gaza Strip there is an ongoing chronic emergency situation and MAP’s work is more focussed on strengthening emergency services. Running the 26.2 miles in the London marathon is a bigger distance than the entire length of Gaza. During the run I’ll know that all my efforts go into helping ensure that MAP can provide… Continue reading
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"World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth: Live from Cochabamba"
20 April, 2010 — MRZine/Monthly Review For more information, visit cmpcc.org http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/ExternalVideo.936530 Continue reading
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Eduardo Galeano, "Message to the Mother Earth Summit: The Rights of Human Beings and the Rights of Nature Are Two Names of the Same Dignity"
From the times of the European Renaissance, nature has been turned into a commodity or an obstacle to human progress. And, to this day, this divorce between us and her has persisted, so much so that there still are people of good will who are moved by poor nature, so abused, so wounded, but are… Continue reading
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New on North American Congress on Latin America 22 April, 2010
Soon after the June coup in Honduras, the de facto government unleashed a vigorous PR campaign against ousted president Manuel Zelaya, accusing him of being involved in drug trafficking. This linking of Zelaya to drugs remained a prominent feature of the coup government’s propaganda during its seven-month reign, and offers an insight into the the… Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 147 – 22nd April 2010: UK almost tops international Google-snoop league
Two weeks from now Parliament will have changed. Whoever forms the next government, over a quarter of MPs will be new to the job. Many may not know how much the database state matters to their constituents, or how deeply it will affect them. They need to be informed and you can help. Starting now. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online – 20 April 2010 (07/10)
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ The European Commission is about to adopt its Action Plan on the Stockholm Progamme: 1. European Commission: Action Plan on the Stockholm Programme: Statewatch Analysis: A bit more freedom and justice and a lot more security by Tony Bunyan: www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-95-stockholm-action-plan.pdf “The ‘harnessing of the digital tsunami’ as advocated by the EU Future Continue reading
The New Dark Age 