March 28, 2011
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Open Letter From Russian Doctors In Libya To The President Of The Russian Federation
Bombs and rockets struck residential houses and fell near the hospital. The glass of the Cardiac Center building was broken, and in the building of the maternity ward for pregnant women with heart disease a wall collapsed and part of the roof. This resulted in ten miscarriages whereby babies died, the women are in intensive… Continue reading
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March for the Alternative By Dan Hind
The 26th March demonstration in London was billed by its organizers, the TUC, as a ‘march for the alternative’. The march did, as the unions hoped, ‘give a voice’ to those affected by the cuts and it showed that ‘people reject the argument that there is no alternative’. Perhaps 500,000 people showed that, in time-honoured… Continue reading
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Libya: A sheep in wolf’s clothing? By William Bowles
I think those who have led the left in the post-WWII period are just too damn comfortable, small fish in even smaller ponds who have traded in their revolutionary inheritance for a monopoly on thought. Thus it continually fragments as they seek the ‘true path to enlightenment’, with the competing ‘isms’ endlessly fighting it out… Continue reading
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Syria: Who Backs Bashar? (videos)
Bashar al-Assad, unlike other Arab heads of state, appears to have masses of supporters, who took to the streets on 26 March 2011, as shown in the videos below. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 27-28 March 2011
28 March 2011 — creative-i.info 28 March 2011 BBC: Libya raids hit Gaddafi hometown Greenleft: Libya: West’s bombs no solution Venezuela Analysis: Venezuela Says U.S., Allies Repeating Libya Strategy in Syria Greenleft: Mark Steel: Hypocritical West can’t claim to be Libya’s friend RT: NATO takes command in Libya, approves ‘No-fly plus’ Stop Nato: Updates on Continue reading
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Joe Bageant, 1946-2011
27 March 2011 — Joe Bageant After a vibrant life, Joe Bageant died yesterday following a four-month struggle with cancer. He was 64. Joe is survived by his wife, Barbara, his three children, Timothy, Patrick and Elizabeth, and thousands of friends and admirers. He is also survived by his work and ideas. According to Joe’s Continue reading
The New Dark Age 