October 12, 2010
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Robert Wyatt on the Jazza Festival 2010
12 October, 2010 — Jazza Productions Robert Wyatt talks to Gilad Atzmon on Culture of resistance. Continue reading
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The Top Censored Stories From 2009-2010 by Project Censored
Not only does it cover the most under-reported stories the corporate media ignore, but this year’s Censored Deja Vu, Junk Food News and News Abuse, Signs of Health, and FAIR’s 10th anniversary of Fear and Favor in the News Room. A full Truth Emergency section debuts this year for “Censored 2011? to address State Crimes… Continue reading
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Israel Requires New ‘Oath of Allegiance’
Knesset will vote on new citizenship law requiring a loyalty oath to a “Jewish and democratic state” Continue reading
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Creating a Public Sphere By Dan Hind interviewed by Samuel Grove
At present the content of public opinion largely derives from the products of state-owned and commercial institutions. Our knowledge of the world, and our knowledge of others’ opinions – our knowledge of ourselves, even – all comes from institutions that have been demonstrably unreliable in recent years. And this unreliability stems from their structure; it… Continue reading
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The ‘Big Society’ and the strong state
12 October, 2010 — Lenin’s Tomb What is the ‘Big Society’ for? Is there any evidence that it is a response to popular sentiments, that it actually resonates with any underlying political feeling, for example? The polling would suggest not. Most people have not heard of it, and most don’t know what it means. There Continue reading
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Video: Looting the Holy Land
Since 1967 countless artifacts have been unearthed and removed from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many are displayed in Israeli museums and private collections, while others are sold to tourists. Al Jazeera searches through the evidence, unearthing the facts and exposing a power struggle in which every stone has meaning. Continue reading
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The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning By James Petras
The abortive military-police coup in Ecuador, which took place on September 30, has raised numerous questions about the role of the US and its allies among the traditional oligarchy and the leftist social movements, Indian organizations and their political parties. Continue reading
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Video: The Sound of Science
7 October, 2010 — MRZine “With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel.” Hello, Darwin, my old friend, I’ve come to read from you again You comfort me when I grow weary Of people saying “it’s just a theory” . . . Video by benjjuk. Cf. Gerald Weissmann, “Teach Evolution, Learn Science: We’re Ahead of Turkey, But Continue reading
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Joseph Halevi, "Beijing's Europe"
The widening of the conflict over exchange rates means that major capitalist countries are now trying to ‘solve’ the crisis by grabbing slices of each other’s markets through exports. For the US, though, the official issue is how to reduce the dependence upon the external deficit given that the crisis has highlighted the damage done… Continue reading
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Fareeda by Laal
“When the Taliban attacked the shrines of Rahman Baba, Data Sahib, and Abdullah Ghazi Shah, slaughtering hundreds who had gathered for alms or to pray, Laal felt obligated to not only defend the progressive aspects of sufi thought but to discover them for ourselves. We see sufis as the rebels, the revolutionaries of their period.” Continue reading
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Nuclear whistleblower denied basic freedoms by Israel
The whistleblower who revealed details of Israel’s nuclear programme in the 1980s is at the centre of another court case. Lawyers for Mordechai Vanunu are demanding he be allowed to live outside of Israel. Continue reading
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UK unions and greens demand one million climate jobs
The economic crisis threatens to destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers. Already, in towns and cities across Britain there are too few available jobs for those looking for work…This jobs – in renewable energy, refitting buildings, public transport, industry and education are the key to drastically reducing emissions of Greenhouse gases and… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 October, 2010: US Rescue Team Killed British Aid Worker?
12 October, 2010 — Information Clearing House US Rescue Team Killed British Aid Worker? By The Independent An investigation was launched today into the death of a British aid worker in Afghanistan after it emerged that she may have been killed by a grenade thrown by US special forces trying to rescue her. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26560.htm The Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 October, 2010: Israel’s ethnic cleansing drill a result of nationalists adopting the two-state solution
11 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Asad Slams Israel’s New Citizenship Law IMEMC – 11 Oct 2010 – Tuesday October 12, 2010 – 01:41, Syrian President, Bashar Asad, strongly denounced on Monday the new Israeli citizenship law requiring all non-Jews in the country to pledge allegiance to Israel as a Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Global NATO’s First Ground War In Its Tenth Year by Rick Rozoff
The military alliance that 61 years ago identified its core mission as to “promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area” is now embroiled in the tenth year of a war in Afghanistan launched by its dominant member, the United States. South Asia is as far removed from the North Atlantic Ocean as possible… Continue reading
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“We will not be citizens of a fascist state purporting to be Israel” say hundreds of Israeli academics and public figures.
A protest rally against the government’s “Loyalty Oath Bill” was held outside the Tel Aviv house where Ben-Gurion read the 1948 the Declaration of Independence. There, today, the “Declaration of Independence from Fascism” was signed. Continue reading
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