December 2010
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Wikileaks, Imperialism and the Western Media By Sean Fenley
The mainstream media’s primary vocation, when it comes to the U.S. reach throughout the planet, is to slander, ridicule and report all sorts of dubious information on, those who are resisting the global neoliberal imperial economic order. Continue reading
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Who is Behind Wikileaks? By Michel Chossudovsky
Wikileaks is not a typical alternative media initiative. The New York Times, the Guardian and Der Spiegel are directly involved in the editing and selection of leaked documents. The Economist and Time Magazine have also played an important role. While the project and its editor Julian Assange reveal a commitment and concern for truth in… Continue reading
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A New Bandung? Samir Amin Interviewed by Christophe Champin
Would you say that you’re among the pessimists who regard the five decades of African independence as five lost decades? I’m not a pessimist and I don’t think that these have been five lost decades. I remain extremely critical, extremely severe with respect to African states, governments, and political classes, but I’m even more critical… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks founder to make another try to win bail — RT
On Tuesday, the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court could be the scene of the final extradition hearing for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Originally, when the case came before a prosecutor in Sweden, she threw it out. It was subsequently picked up by another prosecutor, who decided to take the case into court. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House News Letter 13 December, 2010: No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted
13 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted By Chris Hedges Hope and justice live when people, even in tiny numbers, stand up and fight for them. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27055.htm My Life With The Taliban: By Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef An excerpt from the fascinating autobiography of former Taliban government spokesman and Continue reading
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Of Wikileaks, Whistleblowers and Whipping Boys By William Fisher
As pro- and anti-Wikileaks forces draw their battle lines, and Wikileaks’ impresario Julian Assange marks time in storied, overcrowded and very Victorian Wandsworth Prison in southwest London, a group of his supporters are taking a different tack. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 13-14 December, 2010
14 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 14 December, 2010 Assange Last Minute Bail Offer, But Remains in Jail While Money is Raised Breaking news: Assange released on bail…. Operation: LeakSpin — A Message from Anonymous Popular Elsewhere The War to Silence WikiLeaks TRNN Skewer: Rap News 5: WikiLeaks & The War on Journalism (ft. Julian Assange) Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 December, 2010: Knesset Approves New Law Preventing Detainees From Meeting Lawyers For Six Months
13 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu: ‚”Israel Does Not Intend To Compensate Families Of Flotilla Victims” IMEMC – 13 Dec 2010 – Tuesday December 14, 2010 – 00:50, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied reports stating that Israel intends to pay compensation to the families of the nine Turkish Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 December, 2010: Top 10 Wikileaks Palestine Nuggets
12 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Mitchell To Meet Netanyahu Monday IMEMC – 13 Dec 2010 – Monday December 13, 2010 – 05:32, U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, intends to hold a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem on Monday in an attempt to push Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 12-13 December, 2010
13 December, 2010 WikiLeaks reveals how Shell infiltrated Nigeria URUK Net Newsletter 12 December, 2010: WikiLeaks row: why Amazon’s desertion has ominous implications for democracy Julian Assange, Tariq Aziz, a Death Sentence and the United Nations Day of International Human Rights By Felicity Arbuthnot Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 December, 2010: It really is us Continue reading
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New World Order – BLACKWATER – History of Iran – 911 : military industrial complex
13 December, 2010 Useful overview of the evolution of the corporate, security state. 1st collector for New World Order – BLACKWATER – History of Iran … Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Sex, Lies, Iran, Israel and WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks has given the mainstream media yet another opportunity to vilify Iran. A typical headline, from the New York Times was: “Around the world distress over Iran.” And, ironically, it is true, but not in the way the headline writer meant. Around the world there is distress over Iran, distress at the way it is… Continue reading
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Mavi Marmara Witness
Ken O’Keefe and Kevin Neish, both survivors of Israel’s 31 May 2010 attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla vessel Mavi Marmara, offer rare and candid views of the fateful and tragic night, commenting along the way on what it means. Continue reading
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Bolivia threatens court action to halt Cancun deal
‘We will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice in The Hague against the text approved in Cancun,’ Boliva’s UN Ambassador Pablo Solon told the government daily El Cambio. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 13 December 2010: ECCHR: Report: Blacklisted: Targeted sanctions, preemptive security and fundamental rights
Home page: www.statewatch.org/ News Online: www.statewatch.org/news/newsfull.htm e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. UK: Student protests 2. Council of Europe: The role of judges in the enforcement of judicial decisions 3. EU: ECCHR: Report: Blacklisted: Targeted sanctions, preemptive security and fundamental rights 4. EU: ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS REGULATION: European Court of Justice: Case 5. France: Statement by Collectif Liberté Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 December, 2010: It really is us against them
12 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House WikiLeaks cable reveals Italy PM said ‘not even Obama can stop Israeli attack on Iran’ By Haaretz Service Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi expressed concern that Israel might use nuclear weapons in a preemptive strike on Iran. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27049.htm Israel May Have No Military Option Against Iran By Gideon Levy Continue reading
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WikiLeaks reveals how Shell infiltrated Nigeria
The petrol giant Shell has thoroughly infiltrated the Nigerian government, newly leaked WikiLeaks documents show. The multinational corporation inserted its employees into every key government ministry to gain unparalleled influence in policy-making in the oil rich Niger Delta. Al Jazeera’s Jesse Mesner-Hage reports on how the revelation fits into the decades-long troubled relationship between Royal… Continue reading
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America’s human rights rhetoric tarnished by actions — RT
62 years ago, the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, making today, International Human Rights Day. America’s first lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt, helped inspire the 1948 agreement – a global pledge critics say the US is failing to follow. Continue reading
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A symbol of flawed justice — RT
While American prisons overflow with prisoners, radical journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on death row for almost three decades with no end to his legal process in sight as he continues his fight against the US criminal justice system. Continue reading
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