June 11, 2011
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Empire Games – but who writes the rules? By William Bowles
The Western left’s abdication, nay abandonment of principles that go to the heart of the socialist liberation project has been long in the making, centuries even and made all the more obvious by the left’s take on events in Libya and now Syria. Critiques of the ‘humanitarian, socialist interventionists’ came thick and thin but for… Continue reading
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Anonymous Vs. The Federal Reserve (OpESR June 14th Video Announcement)
In this new video release, “as a first step” Anonymous has called for public protests beginning on June 14th, continuing “until Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke steps down.” To make their case, they have presented a list of recent scandalous Federal Reserve actions. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 11 June 2011
June 2011 — williambowles.info Qaddafi Forces, Libyan Rebels Battle at Key Oil Port Fox News AP AP June 10: A Libyan rebel fighter arrives at a hospital as others receive treatment in Misrata, Libya. MISRATA, Libya — A Libyan rebel spokesman said opposition forces were battling troops loyal to Muammar al-Qaddafi on Saturday in the Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 11 June 2011
11 June 2011 — williambowles.info Robert Gates Lays It on the Line with NATO Technorati Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addressed NATO,and delivered a message that the US is getting tired of towing the line for its allies. Americans have been grousing about this for a long time, and it needed to be said. Continue reading
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Pentagon Laments “Difficulties” in War Against Libya
At first promising a 2-day operation, NATO has been forced to continually extend its daily bombing operations that now includes much of the civilian infrastructure and frequent bombings of the house of the Qaddafi family, which thus far has resulted only in the murder of his youngest son, who has no connection to either business… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 11, 2011: NATO Air Strike Kills Algerian Family In Libya
11 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War In Libya: 10,570 Air Missions, 3,999 Strike Sorties NATO Air Strike Kills Algerian Family In Libya Libya Claims To Have Shot Down Three NATO Helicopters Unrest In Arab World Heightens Turkey’s NATO Role Kyrgyzstan: NATO Central Asian Office Ratified NATO Headquarters: Cooperation With Azerbaijan Discussed Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 11 June 2011
11 June 2011 — williambowles.info Will Wikileaks founder Julian Assange win Nobel Peace Prize 2011? Mirror.co.uk Julian Assange, founder of the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks, is on the long shortlist and gets a 20-1 quote from Victor Chandler to win. This is despite Assange being on a sexual assault charge – presumably for screwing the United Continue reading
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Preview of CNN’s WikiLeaks Special Coming This Sunday: ‘Mission’ Implausible By Greg Mitchell
Like the PBS Frontline producers, the CNN team appears to believe that quoting Assange alone balances a brigade of critics. This, of course, is silly. Many viewers, naturally, take anything the subject of criticism says with huge grains of salt especially when no one else rises to his or her defense (besides figures in masks). Continue reading
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The NHS Debate by Dan Hind
The Week in Westminster this morning ran a feature on the Coalition’s plans for the National Health Service. The presenter Peter Riddell interviewed the Lords Fowler and Warner, Conservative and Labour respectively. These ‘veteran peers’ shared a good deal of ground in their discussion with Peter Riddell. Indeed an incautious listener might have come away… Continue reading
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Vladimir Nesterov – US-Chinese Rivalry Over Africa Gaining Momentum
A China-Africa summit convened in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, 2009, the two highlights of the forum being Beijing’s pledge to extend $10b in loans to African countries in return for commodity deals and the signing of a host of impressive contracts in the sphere of infrastructure construction by Chinese companies. Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 9-11 June 2011
11 June 2011 — williambowles.info 11 June 2011 SCF: U.S. Is Intensifying a Secret Campaign of Yemen Airstrikes SCF: Yemen’s pro-, anti-gov’t protesters stage rallies as clashes continue 10 June 2011 Morning Star: US drones ‘hit anti-Saleh protesters’ in Yemen The Guardian: 2010: Flurry of leaked US embassy cables reveal foreign strategies Mathaba: Imperialism’s Role Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 10 June 2011: Shaky Libya campaign shows NATO’s weaknesses, Gates says
10 June 2011 — williambowles.info 23 killed as fighting again rages in western Libyan city CNN International Misrata, Libya (CNN) — At least 23 people were killed Friday as fighting raged in the western Libyan city of Misrata where forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi attempted to enter from the west and south. Another 78 others Continue reading
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The Lies behind the West's War on Libya By Jean-Paul Pougala
Africans should think about the real reasons why western countries are waging war on Libya, writes Jean-Paul Pougala, in an analysis that traces the country’s role in shaping the African Union and the development of the continent. Continue reading
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The War on Libya is at a Dangerous Crossroads By Boris Volkhonsky
As the war in Libya is intensifying and NATO is still far from achieving its declared aims, the Alliance is looking for new tricks in order to widen the scope of operations and attract new fresh forces. Continue reading
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Elleni Centime Zeleke, “Libya: The Poverty of Analyses”
I am confused by the analyses of the Anglophone left with regard to the social revolts in Libya. The only thing folks seem able to muster is a series of bifurcated abstractions. Thus certain metaphors in the analyses of Libya prevail such as, ‘greed and grievance’, ‘patron and client’, ‘rapacious rule vs innocent population ‘,… Continue reading
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Pilger Film Banned By Lannan Foundation By John Pilger
I am writing to you and a number of other friends mostly in the US to alert you to the extraordinary banning of my film on war and media, ‘The War You Don’t See’, and the abrupt cancellation of a major event at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe in which David Barsamian and I… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 June, 2011: China Ratings House Says US Defaulting: Report
10 June, 2011 — Information Clearing House Pilger Film Banned By Lannan Foundation By John Pilger A rich and powerful individual and organisation, espousing freedom of speech, has moved ruthlessly and unaccountably to crush it. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28296.htm Continue reading
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Stand up for Africa! Stand up for climate justice!
For Africa and its peoples in particular, governments meeting at this year’s United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Durban must end years of unacceptable vacillation, and meet their moral, historical and legal obligations and commitments for action on climate change, in accordance with the requirements of science and the principles of equity. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 June, 2011: Israel closes sole Gaza crossing for goods and aid
10 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Breaks Into Al Aqsa Mosque Yards, Fires Gas Bombs At Worshipers IMEMC – Friday June 10, 2011 – 21:32, The Al Aqsa Foundation for Wadf and Heritage stated Friday that Israeli soldiers broke into the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque, in occupied Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 4-11 June 2011
11 June 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation UN – A Peril for World Health 11.06.2011 | 01:20 | Dmitriy SEDOV The possibility that the UN is used to promote the interests of the drug business cannot be ruled out… The Russian foreign ministry’s calls for an overhaul of the UN acquire a deeper meaning in Continue reading
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