December 2010
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Evo Morales’ speech at COP-16 by Ricardo Sequeiros Coelho
For me Copenhagen was not a failure. It may have been for the powers of the world, but not for the peoples of the world who became conscious …. Hope for the peoples of the world is cooling the world, lowering the temperature. Continue reading
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Prosecuting Wall Street Fraud: The US Economy is A Giant Ponzi Scheme By Washington’s Blog
Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky and the Wall Street Journal all say that the U.S. economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. Continue reading
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‘Ask Afghans what would help them, don’t ask Karzai’ By John Riddell
Mike Skinner, co-founder of the Afghanistan-Canadian Research Group and a researcher at the York Centre for International and Security Studies in Toronto, believes a simple question is being left out of the debate about Canada’s continued military involvement in Afghanistan: ”Why are we there?” It is a no-brainer to ask this but there are no… Continue reading
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Why Government is More Afraid of Debt than Depression
Michael Hudson: Deficit Hawks Want a One Two Punch Against the Economy Continue reading
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Imaginationland
Imagine it was North Korea, says China. Imagine it was Iran or Zimbabwe or Burma. Among scenes of ‘violence’, with police lashing out at protesters landing one in hospital with a serious brain injury, there is some shocking footage: Continue reading
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Assange freed on bail
A U.K. judge has rejected an appeal and granted bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who will be freed from a British jail. Continue reading
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Free access to two unique resources on civil liberties in Europe
Statewatch is pleased to announce free access to its specialist civil liberties websites Continue reading
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Exclusive: The world’s most wanted house guest
Mr Assange has for several months been staying as a guest of Cpt Smith and other members at the Frontline Club in London, which he founded seven years ago to stand for independence and transparency, and he has also stayed at Cpt Smith’s home in Suffolk. Below is Cpt Smith’s account of the past weeks… Continue reading
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John Pilger’s: ‘The War You Don’t See’ Available to view in it’s entirety on the ITVPlayer
(For those living in the UK or with a UK, IP address) John Pilger investigates the media’s role in war. He traces the history of ’embedded’ and independent reporting from the carnage of WWI to the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 15 December, 2010: Join The “Rebellion” Against U.S. Militarism & Secrecy
15 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House The Inhumane Conditions of Bradley Manning’s Detention By Glenn Greenwald Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months — and for two months before that in a military Continue reading
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John Pilger’s: ‘The War You Don’t See’ Available to view in it’s entirety on the ITVPlayer
(For those living in the UK or with a UK, IP address) John Pilger investigates the media’s role in war. He traces the history of ’embedded’ and independent reporting from the carnage of WWI to the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 December, 2010: ‘Lod home demolitions a crime against humanity’
15 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Mubarak Separately Meets Abbas, Mitchell IMEMC – 15 Dec 2010 – Wednesday December 15, 2010 – 23:10, On Wednesday, Egypt’s President, Hosni Mubarak, held separate talks in Cairo with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, and discussed the means Continue reading
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Order Reigns on the Internet by Vijay Prashad
Scarcely a day after the WikiLeaks disclosures of U.S. State Department cables the U.S. political establishment went ballistic. Some called for the assassination of WikiLeaks’ spokesperson, Julian Assange, whereas others wanted to amend the 1917 Espionage Act to target the website. Targeted “denial of service” attacks shut down the web site, and then the political… Continue reading
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Django Rheinhardt and Stephan Grappelli
16 December, 2010 — Jazz on the Tube There isn’t much video of Django. This was filmed in 1939 just one year before the German invasion and occupation. Django Rheinhardt and Stephan Grappelli Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 15 December, 2010: Latest GA Prison Strike / Evil Twins: Clinton, Obama / FBI Entraps YOU
15 December, 2010 — BAR GA Prison Inmate Strike Enters New Phase, Prisoners Demand Human Rights, Education, Wages For Work Story by Bruce A. Dixon, audio interview by Glen Ford Georgia prisoners who began a courageous, peaceful and nonviolent protest strike for educational opportunities, wages for their work, medical care and human rights have captured Continue reading
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U.S. Tries to Build Case for Conspiracy by WikiLeaks Founder
Federal prosecutors, seeking to build a case against the WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange for his role in a huge dissemination of classified government documents, are looking for evidence of any collusion in his early contacts with an Army intelligence analyst suspected of leaking the information. Continue reading
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“Hate the Gentile!” – Israel’s Racist Rabbis By Jonathan Cook
In October, Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Safed, delivered a ruling, signed by 17 other rabbis in the city, telling Jewish residents not to sell or rent property to members of the country’s Palestinian Arab minority, who make up a fifth of the population. In October, Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Safed, delivered… Continue reading
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Wikileaks News roundup 14-15 December, 2010
15 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 15 December, 2010 19:34 Friedman’s Half-Hearted, Inaccurate Defense of WikiLeaks Medvedev instructs intelligence officers to use WikiLeaks for Russia’s purposes WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange granted bail but still in jail WikiLeaks: Heroic or treasonous? US Air Force blocks access to WikiLeaks material Hacktivism for Cyber Democracy Joel S. Hirschhorn Ghana leader Continue reading
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The media goes to war By John Pilger
Never has so much official energy been expended in ensuring journalists collude with the makers of rapacious wars, which, say the media-friendly generals, are now “perpetual.” In echoing the West’s more verbose warlords, such as the waterboarding former Vice President Dick Cheney, who predicted “50 years of war,” they plan a state of permanent conflict… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 