February 2011
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Egypt Independent Media Newslinks 22-23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info 23 February, 2011 Khadafi On the Outs Fruits of Revolt Won’t be Felt Until Power Out of Army’s Hands By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya The Popular Uprising in Egypt: The Military Machine Remains Intact, The Political Status Quo Prevails By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Egypt: Placebos, Protests & Precious Metal Ousting more Continue reading
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Khadafi On the Outs By Glen Ford
Mouammar Khadafi was once the bane of the West, but in the past decade he has made an “accommodation” with imperialism. Since 9/11, “Khadafi has appeared more concerned with Islamic fundamentalists…than with American and European machinations.” U.S secret services may or may not have acted against Khadafi, but they will surely take advantage of any… Continue reading
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Middle East / North Africa Newslinks 23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011 Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011 Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011 Libya Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 22 February, 2011 Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011 Libya Independent Media Newslinks for 22-23 February, 2011 Continue reading
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Egypt Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Egypt’s cabinet, under attack, meets for first time Reuters By Marwa Awad and Sarah Mikhail CAIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Egypt’s new cabinet met for the first time on Wednesday with security high on its agenda and under attack from the Muslim Brotherhood and others who want it purged of Continue reading
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Yemen Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Two Protesters Killed at Yemen Rally Wall Street Journal By OLIVER HOLMES SAN’A, Yemen—Two protesters were killed late Tuesday night, the first fatalities in a week of peaceful demonstrations outside San’a University in Yemen’s capital, according to paramedics at the protest. Ten other men were wounded when … asia.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775704576161670030715368.html Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Branding WikiLeaks Wall Street Journal WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. WikiLeaks sells T-shirts featuring Julian Assange to raise money. This month, WikiLeaks opened an online shop hawking coffee mugs, bumper stickers and T-shirts emblazoned with Mr. Assange’s image. … online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703803904576152152100529810.html Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Bradley Manning Advocacy Fund Launches Today PR Newswire (press release) 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Bradley Manning Advocacy Fund is launching a campaign today in support of the United States Army private accused of disclosing classified materials. The Bradley Manning Advocacy Fund will connect the media and … www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bradley-manning-advocacy-fund-launches-today-116674449.html Continue reading
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Tunisia Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info 2900 Chinese to be evacuated to Tunisia from turbulent Libya Xinhua More than 30 shuttle buses were bringing the first batch of Chinese, who will be put up in the Tunisian resort of Girba, Chinese Ambassador Huo Zhengde said. The Chinese nationals are mostly staff and their families from Chinese Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 22 February, 2011
22 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Oil prices surge 5% on Libya unrest CNNMoney By Aaron Smith, staff writer February 22, 2011: 12:26 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Oil prices jumped 5% Tuesday, spiking as high as $98 a barrel earlier in the session, as the crisis in Libya sparked concern that the turmoil roiling Continue reading
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Bahrain Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 23 February, 2011
23 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Protests in Bahrain Become Test of Wills New York Times Freed political prisoners were tossed in the air by a jubilant crowd in Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday. The king released the prisoners as a conciliatory gesture. More Photos “ By MICHAEL SLACKMAN and NADIM AUDI MANAMA, Bahrain — More than Continue reading
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Book Review: To the Barricades! Then and Now… By Peter Monaghan
In a new book, The Insurgent Barricade (University of California Press), Mark Traugott relates the history of “the most striking embodiment” of the revolutionary spirit of the times. And it is the dissemination of “barricade consciousness” that most interests the scholar, a professor of history and sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Continue reading
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Turning against Mu’ammar Gaddafi of Libya By Nureddin Sabir
Nureddin Sabir recounts a painful journey of hope, disappointment, betrayal, blood and murder that has seen him turn from loyal supporter to vehement opponent of Colonel Mu’ammar Gaddafi and his regime in Libya. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 22 February, 2011: “CIA Spy” Was Giving Nuclear Material to Al-Qaeda, says Report
22 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House Petraeus: Afghans Burned Their Own Children Petraeus’s comments on coalition attack reportedly offend Karzai government By Joshua Partlow Gen. David H. Petraeus suggested Sunday at the presidential palace that Afghans caught up in a coalition attack in northeastern Afghanistan might have burned their own children to exaggerate claims Continue reading
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Reflections of Fidel: The Plan is to Occupy Libya
Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world. Continue reading
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Fruits of Revolt Won’t be Felt Until Power Out of Army’s Hands By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Shockwaves from upheavals in Tunisia and Egypt have spread all across the greater Middle East, with opposition protests sweeping through other countries in the region. Clashes between rival demonstrators have once again gripped Yemen in what’s now the eighth day of unrest. Continue reading
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Fruits of Revolt Won't be Felt Until Power Out of Army's Hands By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Shockwaves from upheavals in Tunisia and Egypt have spread all across the greater Middle East, with opposition protests sweeping through other countries in the region. Clashes between rival demonstrators have once again gripped Yemen in what’s now the eighth day of unrest. Continue reading
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The Popular Uprising in Egypt: The Military Machine Remains Intact, The Political Status Quo Prevails By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Today, Egypt is of immense importance to America’s imperial ambitions. The Suez Canal is a global artery of maritime trade and of vast strategic importance as a military and energy corridor. The ‘Global Constabulary’ that is Washington’s self-imposed role as global arbiter would be crippled without Egypt firmly in place. Continue reading
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4.5 Million Orphans in Iraq: Protests Over Food and Shelter
Orphans join Iraq protests over food, shelter. Orphans join protests in Iraq to call for a better standard of living. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Continue reading
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Daniel Bell: The Empire Loses a Publicist: The Epitaph of an Ideologue By Prof James Petras
An examination and analysis of Bell’s major writings reveals an ‘uncanny’ tendency to be consistently wrong in his analysis of ideological developments and of the central features of the US economy, its class structure and propensities toward permanent war and deepening economic crisis. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 February, 2011: Israeli bulldozers bury Bedouin village
22 February, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Invade Tallousa Village Near Nablus IMEMC – Wednesday February 23, 2011 – 03:32, Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday afternoon Tallousa village, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus and blocked a number of roads. Continue reading
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