May 2011
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Libya Newslinks 18-19 May 2011: Call for Attacks on Libyan Infrastructure Provides Glimpse of NATO’s Real Motives
19 May 2011 — williambowles.info 19 May 2011 Mathaba: The illegal war in Libya Dissident Voice: The Truth about “Civilized Transitions” Dissident Voice: Support Killing People or Lose Your Job Morning Star: Pro-Gadaffi rally as reporters freed Stop Nato: Updates on Libyan war: May 19 RT: Libya’s crisis can be settled only if both sides Continue reading
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On an old anniversary, a new sense that change is possible By Jonathan Cook
Waving Palestinian flags, the marchers braved a minefield, then tore down a series of fences, allowing more than 100 to run into Israeli-controlled territory. As they embraced Druze villagers on the other side, voices could be heard saying: ‘This is what liberation looks like.’ Continue reading
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Media Lens: You Cannot Kill An Ideology With A Gun
The media rush to glorify Obama the ‘warrior president’ is symptomatic of a Western society that has come to view war as entirely normal. Continue reading
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Call for Attacks on Libyan Infrastructure Provides Glimpse of NATO’s Real Motives By Conn Hallinan
‘The General suggested that NATO should be freed from restraints that precluded attacking infrastructure targets.’ Let us be clear what ‘infrastructure’ means: ‘The fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants and schools’ (Random House Dictionary, Second Edition). Continue reading
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BDS update: ‘I went because I needed to go’ By Eric Walberg
International boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities got a boost at the founding conference of the Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for BDS in Ramallah on 30 April. It called on trade unions around the world to sever all links with the Israel labour federation Histadrut. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: May 18, 2011: Message To NATO: Russia Unveils Plans For Invincible ICBM
18 May 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 18 Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Russian President: U.S. Missile Plans Can End START Pact Russia To Boost Nuclear Strike Potential If NATO Missile Talks Fail Message To NATO: Russia Unveils Plans For Invincible ICBM Anti-NATO Protest: 11 Afghans Killed, 85 Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 18 May 2011
18 May 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Conducts Over 7,000 Air Missions Libya: Dutch F-16s Carry Out 180 Missions Libya Says It Hit NATO Warship Shelling Misrata Libyan Model: NATO Upgrades Urban Warfare Capabilities Russia Opposes Repeat Of Libyan Model In Syria “Isolate Assad Regime”: U.S., NATO Allies Discuss New Syria Sanctions Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 18 May, 2011: One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street
18 May, 2011 — Information Clearing House Israel and Palestine Here comes your non-violent resistance By The Economist What will it take to make Americans recognise that the real Martin Luther King-style non-violent Palestinian protestors have arrived, and that Israeli soldiers are shooting them with real bullets? www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28120.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 May, 2011: Amnesty International Calls For Investigation Into Nakba Killings
18 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Prison Protest Expands IMEMC – Wednesday May 18, 2011 – 18:33, Protests against conditions in Israeli jails have continued recently, with two additional institutions joining the hunger-strikers’ action. Continue reading
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TO GAZA WITH LOVE – THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
The U.S. Boat to Gaza Campaign is collecting thousands of personal letters to the people of Gaza from people like you in the U.S., in an act of friendship and solidarity. These letters will be carried as our cargo on the U.S. Boat to Gaza when it sets sail in June 2011 in the next… Continue reading
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The "Make Me Do It" Myth, Obama's Offensive, Black Moms Jailed — BA Report for May 18, 2011
18 May 2011 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Harry Belafonte Explodes the Presidential “Make Me Do It” Myth A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Does President Obama really want us to “make him do it,” to organize and agitate and create the conditions that Continue reading
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WikiLeaks cables show that it was all about the oil By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers
In the Wikileaks cables, U.S. diplomats can be found plotting ways to prevent state entities such as Gazprom from taking control of key petroleum facilities, pressing oil companies to adjust their policies to match U.S. foreign policy goals, helping U.S.-based oil companies arrange deals on favorable terms and pressing foreign governments to assist companies that… Continue reading
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Roce – ‘Ma salete d’esperance’
Excellent France-based hip-hop group Continue reading
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NATO’s Secret Ground War in Libya By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
From the outset, the conflict in North Africa was intended to lead into an all out NATO war. The Pentagon and NATO are not only arming the Transitional Council in violation of international law, they also had forces on the ground from the start. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: 17 May, 2011
17 May 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 17, 2011 Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts NATO Helicopter Attack Wounds Two Pakistani Soldiers U.S. Drone Strikes Kill 238 Pakistani Civilians So Far This Year Two NATO Oil Tankers Destroyed In Pakistan Afghanistan: NATO Loses Two More Soldiers Interceptor Missiles In Continue reading
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Israeli Officials and History Affirm the Power of BDS
Are boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) proving effective at isolating Israel as a form of pressure to end its violations of Palestinian rights? We at the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation think so, but you don’t have to take our word for it. Continue reading
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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective By Dr. Helen Caldicott
Japan is by orders of magnitude many times worse than Chernobyl. Never in my life did I think that six nuclear reactors would be at risk. I knew that three GE engineers who helped design these Mark I GE reactors, resigned because they knew they were dangerous. Continue reading
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“Situation at Fukushima out of control” — RT
The situation at the Fukushima plant is currently out of control, says Professor Christopher Busby from the European Committee on Radiation Risks, who gave RT his insight into the recent developments in Japan. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 17-18 May 2011: WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia out of Libyan Oil
18 May 2011 — williambowles.info 18 May 2011 Mathaba: WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia out of Libyan Oil Socialist Worker: Left to die in the Mediterranean Mathaba: Imperialist bombardment, assault on Libya continues Mathaba: Mass media begin to stop the great lie about Libya and Gaddafi Mathaba: The real reasons for NATO’s attacks Continue reading
The New Dark Age 