February 2011
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 February, 2011: Egyptians Pay Heavily for Uprising
5 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Bil’in protest in solidarity with Egypt attacked by Israeli troops IMEMC – Saturday February 05, 2011 – 12:18, Several hundred Palestinians, along with international and Israeli supporters, gathered in the village of Bil’in on Friday for their weekly non-violent protest. This week’s protest called Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 February, 2011: UN condemns Israeli destruction of Palestinian water systems
4 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Egyptian protesters return to the streets Friday for ‘Day of Departure’ demonstration IMEMC – Saturday February 05, 2011 – 01:34, At least 100,000 demonstrators held protests in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and other cities in Egypt Friday, calling on the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 5 February, 2011
5 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Why Yemen Won’t Fall New York Times By VICTORIA CLARK ON and off for the past few weeks, thousands of youths draped in pink scarves and ribbons have been out protesting in Yemen’s capital, … www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/opinion/05clark.html?src=twrhp Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 4 February, 2011
4 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Sorry Bradley, you can stay where you are UM Maneater By Taeler De Haes Bradley Manning, the soldier who provided fodder for WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange, is being held in “maximum custody” at the Marine … www.themaneater.com/stories/2011/2/4/sorry-bradley-you-can-stay-where-you-are/ Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 4 February, 2011
4 February, 2011 — creative-i.info WikiLeaks’ Assange May Gain From Swedish `Haste’ in Extradition Bloomberg By Erik Larson – Fri Feb 04 00:00:01 GMT 2011 Julian Assange, founder of the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Photographer: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images … www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/wikileaks-assange-may-gain-from-swedish-haste-in-extradition.html Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 4 February, 2011
4 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Anti-government rallies in Yemen stay calm Washington Post By Sudarsan Raghavan SANAA, YEMEN – They took to the streets on Thursday, tens of thousands of pro- and anti-government demonstrators, driven by the … www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020307160.html Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 4 February, 2011: For Mideast Regimes, U.S. Backing Means Absolute Power
4 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House An Evil Plan Devised Mubarak’s Last Gasps By Esam Al-Amin By the end of the meeting each was given certain tasks to regain the initiative from the street; to end or neutralize the revolution; and to defuse the most serious crisis the regime has ever faced in an Continue reading
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Who is the Real Opposition in Egypt? By Shamus Cooke
The revolution in Egypt erupted like all revolutions do, from the bottom up. It was unemployment and high food prices that propelled working and poor people into action. Now, the media reports that the ‘opposition’ in Egypt is a group of well-to-do folks who have very little in common with the poor of Egypt. Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 5-6 February, 2011
6 February, 2011 — creative-i.info News and analysis from the independent media on events in Egypt Egypt: A sleeping giant awakens Sudan: Anti-gov. protesters defy police US backs Habib’s torturer, but Arab world has changed “The Arab World Is on Fire” by Noam Chomsky Carlos Latuff, “Muslims and Christians, United for Egypt, against Mubarak” (Cartoon) Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 4-5 February, 2011
5 February, 2011 — creative-i.info News and analysis from the independent media on events in Egypt The Egyptian Uprising Is a Direct Response to Ruthless Global Capitalism Effects of Egypt’s turmoil felt in Gaza Strip Mu-Barak Zionist Servant’s What the United States has at stake in Egypt Eyewitness Egypt: Ahmed Shawki on ‘Day of Departure’ Continue reading
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As things fall apart By William Bowles
Are you not amazed by the total synchronicity that exists between the media and the political class? The idea that the US has absolutely no business sticking its nose into other country’s affairs has been airbrushed out of the situation completely. Elsewhere of course the real reason will be articulated, namely ‘US strategic interests’ but… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 4-5 February, 2011
5 February, 2011 — creative-i.info News and analysis from the independent media on events in Egypt The Egyptian Uprising Is a Direct Response to Ruthless Global Capitalism Effects of Egypt’s turmoil felt in Gaza Strip Mu-Barak Zionist Servant’s What the United States has at stake in Egypt Eyewitness Egypt: Ahmed Shawki on ‘Day of Departure’ Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 29 January – 4 February, 2011
5 February, 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation A Thaw in Kashmir or Shimmering Volcano? 04.02.2011 | 08:39 | MAHAPATRA Aurobinda (India) Last year till the end of August, the Kashmir valley witnessed some of worst incidents in a decade with loss of more than hundred lives… The developments this year has further raised the issue Continue reading
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Monty Alexander ‘Satin Doll’ – Montreux ’76
4 February, 2011 — Jazz on the Tube The best! The Monty Alexander Trio, live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1976. Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Are We Heading for an Italian Moment? By Dan Hind
We have here a wide-ranging and exhaustively documented conspiracy that seems to embrace elements from the main political parties and the police as well as large transnational corporations. Police officers have recently taken to spraying CS gas in the faces of UK Uncut protesters. Continue reading
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Rising Food Prices and the Egyptian Tinderbox: How Banks and Investors Are Starving the Third World By Ellen Brown
Underlying the sudden, volatile uprising in Egypt and Tunisia is a growing global crisis sparked by soaring food prices and unemployment. The Associated Press reports that roughly 40 percent of Egyptians struggle along at the World Bank-set poverty level of under $2 per day. Analysts estimate that food price inflation in Egypt is currently at… Continue reading
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Testimonies from Egyptians
Egyptians discuss their expectations on “Day of Departure” Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks for 4 February, 2011
4 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Change in Egypt casts dark shadow over Jordan International left in solidarity with the Arab revolution Egypt: Photo Essay_’Egypt on verge of revolution’ Crunch time coming for America in the Middle East? Egypt: Global Intifada A.Loewenstein Online Newsletter Information Clearing House Newsletter 3 February, 2011: After Tunisia and Egypt, the Continue reading
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Egyptian Uprising Must Address U.S Interference and the Role of Israel in the Region By Ghada Chehade
The images coming from the streets of Egypt bring a glimmer of hope to all in the Middle East as well as to anyone around the world who is serious about justice. Yet as I watch these images (as a Palestinian-Egyptian from the west) there is one thing that is alarmingly and frustratingly absent—cries of… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks for 4 February, 2011
4 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Change in Egypt casts dark shadow over Jordan International left in solidarity with the Arab revolution Egypt: Photo Essay_’Egypt on verge of revolution’ Crunch time coming for America in the Middle East? Egypt: Global Intifada A.Loewenstein Online Newsletter Information Clearing House Newsletter 3 February, 2011: After Tunisia and Egypt, the Continue reading
The New Dark Age 