May 2010
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Chomsky Denied Entry to Israel
17 May, 2010 — The Only Democracy? Well, it seems the fact that it was Noam Chomsky (who is on JVP’s advisory board) who got denied entry to the West Bank because of his politics, the story has broken through to the mainstream media. Yet again, we have to say: “the only democracy in the… Continue reading
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Dogs for Jews by Gilad Atzmon By Gilad Atzmon
The Israelis indeed internalised the Shoa experience. Very much like notorious Ivan the Terrible from Treblinka who reportedly unleashed his dog against camp inmates, the IDF Border Guard employs dogs against Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli political opposition. Continue reading
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Free Gaza thanks all the well wishes
Video tributes to the Freedom Flotilla from Alice Walker and Noam Chomsky Continue reading
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Israel’s Red Line: Real Democracy By Jonathan Cook
The recent arrest of two respected public figures from Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority in night-time raids on their homes by the Shin Bet secret police — brought to light this week when a gag order was partially lifted — has sent shock waves through the community. The arrests are not the first of their kind.… Continue reading
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Palestinian Teenager Shot, Apparently By Settler
Aysar Yasser a-Zaben, 16 years old, was shot in his back yesterday evening in his family’s lands in Mazra’a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah, apparently by a settler…At some point, a settler stopped his car and exited it, beginning to shoot live ammunition towards them, which caused them to run away back to the village. Escaping… Continue reading
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First Ship Sets Sail for Gaza: Israel’s Intimidation Tactics Won’t Stop Us
14 May 2010 – At 22:45 local time tonight, the MV Rachel Corrie, a 1200-ton cargo ship, part of the eight-vessel Freedom Flotilla, set sail from Ireland on its way to the Mediterranean Sea. There, ships from Turkey and Greece will join her, then sail to Gaza. Continue reading
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World-class speakers to attend the Summer University of Palestine!
On the 25th July the first session of the annual ‘Summer University of Palestine’ is due to begin in Lebanon. This event is organised by the registered Lebanese charity Viva Palestine Arabia and will focus on Palestine. The week long intensive course will cover ‘Past, Present and Future Palestine’ on the history, geography and politics… Continue reading
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Alice in Videoland By William Bowles
In every sense this past election was played out on television, with the print media doing ‘backup’. Whether the ‘debates’ affected the outcome is neither here nor there, as the script had already been written, on television, through the way the ‘news’ presents the issues and critically what issues to push to the ‘consumers’, sorry… Continue reading
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US Senate Begins Oil Spill Cover-Up By Tom Eley
The Senate hearing resembled a falling out among thieves, with multi-millionaire executives—who, until April 20, had collaborated in thwarting basic safety and environmental considerations—each blaming the other for the explosion. Continue reading
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Be nice to America, or we'll bring democracy to your country By William Blum
14 May, 2010 — Killing Hope http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.5651377 more about “Be nice to America, or we’ll bring de…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Anti-Empire Report 12 May 2010: Anti-communist mania by William Blum
If you shake your head and roll your eyes at the nonsense coming out of the Teabagger followers of Sarah ‘Africa is a country’ Palin and other intellectual giants like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh … If you have thoughts of moving abroad after the latest silly lies and fantasies like ‘Obama the Marxist’ and… Continue reading
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The taboo that isn’t: Mother Jones on population
Mother Jones is a once-radical now-liberal magazine that promises ‘smart fearless journalism.’ An example of what that means is the main headline on the cover of the current issue: ‘Who’s to Blame for the Population Crisis?’ Sadly, there’s not much new here … the usual retailing of scary statistics, with a particular focus on the… Continue reading
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Report: Israel training to block Freedom Fleet
srael’s naval forces are allegedly in training to prepare to seize eight boats scheduled to dock in the Gaza Strip on 24 May from Europe, Arabic-language media reported on Wednesday. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 