August 2010
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“No threats can stop Bushehr nuclear plant launch”
‘Russia did not build the station in Bushehr so that somebody could bomb it,’ Rogozin stressed. ‘It is part of civilian infrastructure and has nothing to do with the military. It was built in accordance with all IAEA guidelines, all agreements and international laws. An attack against this civilian facility should be considered exactly as… Continue reading
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Inquiry exposes massive Israeli media manipulation campaign in US
Files declassified in America have revealed the covert public relations and lobbying activities of Israel in the US. The National Archive made the documents public following a Senate investigation. They suggest Israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important. Continue reading
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Together we are one
Thanks to the support of thousands of people across the country and many, many more in Bradford we’ve been able to persuade the West Yorkshire Police to ban the English Defence League’s dangerous and violent march through the town. And I’ve just been told that the Home Secretary is prepared to sign it. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 August, 2010: Ex-soldier in Facebook scandal would ‘gladly kill Arabs’
19 August, 2010 — VTJP News Ma’an News Witnesses: Armed settler threatens farmers 8/19/2010 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — An armed settler accompanied by settlement security guards prevented Palestinian farmers and peace activists from irrigating their land near Nablus on Thursday morning, witnesses said. A resident of the illegal Itamar settlement, carrying a rifle and traveling Continue reading
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The Ecstasy of Empire: How Close Is America’s Demise? Without a revolution, Americans are history By Paul Craig Roberts
The last Bush budget deficit (2008) was in the $400-500 billion range, about the size of the Chinese, Japanese, and OPEC trade surpluses with the US. Traditionally, these trade surpluses have been recycled to the US and finance the federal budget deficit. In 2009 and 2010 the federal deficit jumped to $1,400 billion, a back-to-back… Continue reading
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Massacre, with a smile
A few days ago we learned about Eden Aberjil, an Israeli woman who posted pictures on her Facebook account of her abusing bound Palestinian prisoners at the time of her military service. Continue reading
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Experts demand a full Kelly inquest
Dr Richard Spertzel claimed Dr Kelly was on a ‘hitlist’ in the final years of his life. The former head of the UN Biological Section, who worked closely with Dr Kelly in Iraq in the 1990s, has written to Attorney General Dominic Grieve about the ‘mysterious circumstances’ surrounding the death. Continue reading
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France Must Repay Historic Debt to Haiti!
19 August, 2010 — The B u l l e t Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 403 Below is an English translation of an open letter to the French government published in the August 16 French daily Libération, concerning the $21-billion (current dollar equivalent) extorted by France from Haiti from 1825 to 1944. This was Continue reading
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CORRUPTION COUNTERS CHINA’S PLANNING
So in one of our earlier interviews, we talked about whether or not China was really pulling out of the global recession and how much it had been affected. At the time, you’d suggested that a lot of this was really just state stimulus spending and circulating of more money. To what extent do you… Continue reading
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CORRUPTION COUNTERS CHINA'S PLANNING
So in one of our earlier interviews, we talked about whether or not China was really pulling out of the global recession and how much it had been affected. At the time, you’d suggested that a lot of this was really just state stimulus spending and circulating of more money. To what extent do you… Continue reading
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South African civil servants on strike over pay
One million South African civil servants have begun indefinite strike action, leaving schools without teachers and trials postponed. Continue reading
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“When cuts reach Brits, coalition popularity will drop”– expert
‘We now in this country face the real prospect of a double-dip recession which is a direct consequence of the huge cutbacks that in part Nick Clegg is responsible for, and as I say when these cuts really start to kick in, really start to hurt people, then we are going to have a hugely… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 18 August, 2010: Blacks and Economic Crisis / Israel and Obama / Frances' Debt to Haiti
18 August, 2010 — Black Agenda Report The Current Economic Crisis and the Way Out by Anthony Monteiro Wall Street rule has created a kind of “vampire economy,” a parasite on the “real” economy of work and production. Government acts as servant to the plunderers, deeming them “too big to fail” and bailing them out Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 August, 2010: John Pilger: Why WikiLeaks Must Be Protected
19 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Why WikiLeaks Must Be Protected By John Pilger The WikiLeaks revelations shame the dominant section of journalism devoted merely to taking down what cynical and malign power tells it. This is state stenography, not journalism. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26192.htm The U.S. Spreads the Misery to Yemen By Dan Simpson Another undeclared Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION Newsletter No.1167, 18 August 2010: £4.6 MILLION CAN’T WASH TONY BLAIR’S HANDS CLEAN
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 1) £4.6 MILLION CAN’T WASH TONY BLAIR’S HANDS CLEAN 2) MPs INUNDATED BY AFGHANISTAN E-LOBBY 3) BUILD NATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO GO DEMONSTRATION 4) ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT STOP THE WAR 5) NEW LOCAL STOP THE WAR GROUPS 6) REALITY RADIO LAUNCHED 1) £4.6 MILLION CAN’T WASH TONY BLAIR’S Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 August, 2010: Israel Should Not Keep Its History Behind Lock and Key
18 August, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Three Palestinians seized by Israeli troops in overnight raids in Abu Dis, Hebron IMEMC – 18 Aug 2010 – Wednesday August 18, 2010 – 15:42, In two separate invasions Tuesday night, Israeli forces attacked the east Jerusalem town of Abu Dis, and the southern Continue reading
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A beautiful gift from the BBC by Ken O’Keefe
18 August, 2010 — Uprooted Palestinians Uprooted Palestinians are at the heart of the conflict in the M.E Palestinians uprooted by force of arms. Yet faced immense difficulties have survived, kept alive their history and culture, passed keys of family homes in occupied Palestine from one generation to the next. If you haven’t seen it, Continue reading
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WILL CHINESE WORKERS CHALLENGE GLOBAL CAPITALISM?
Minqi Li: Wave of strikes for higher wages could become a political movement Continue reading
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Ben Werschkul and Tom Zeller, Jr., “The Fight for a Mountaintop”
“Someday coal’s gonna run out. And we’re going to have to have jobs, we’re going to have to have energy, when that happens. So, why not start now?” — Lorelei Scarbro, Coal River Mountain Wind Project Continue reading
The New Dark Age 