June 22, 2011
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The struggle in the squares By Panos Petrou
Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou and his PASOK party government survived a June 21 confidence vote in parliament, but he will face continued mass protests as he pushes for yet more devastating austerity measures. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 22, 2011
22 June 2011 — Stop NATO 96-Day Libyan War: Over 12,000 NATO Sorties, Over 4,500 Combat Missions NATO Air Strikes Target Towns Near Libyan Capital Spokesperson: U.S. Aid Essential To NATO’s Libyan War Senate Opens Door For U.S. Troops To Fight In Libya Iran Slams NATO’s Killing Innocent Libyans, Destroying Infrastructure Americans’ Support For Speedy Continue reading
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Greek government wins confidence vote — RT
Greek university lecturer Panagiotis Sotiris says, ‘People are being refused their right to judge what policies are going to be implemented upon them. And, of course, the Greek government is an accomplice to this loss of Greek sovereignty.’ Continue reading
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Fukushima is the greatest nuclear and environmental disaster in human history By Steven C. Jones
By way of comparison, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occured in 1986 in the Ukraine, Russia- heretofore the worst nuclear disaster on record- burned for 10 days and cumulatively killed an estimated 1 million people worldwide. The Fukushima, Japan nuclear disaster has 5 nuclear reactors burning, 2 in partial meltdown and 3 in full meltdown-… Continue reading
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Radiation and Nuclear Powers Stations Japan is dangerously contaminated by radioactivity By Washington’s Blog
“With Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, and now with Fukushima, you can pinpoint the exact day and time they started,” he said, “But they never end.” Continue reading
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Fukushima and the Mass Media Meltdown: The Repercussions of a Pro-Nuclear Corporate Press By Keith Harmon Snow
A sociological and technological discussion — in the wake of the out-of-control nuclear apocalypse in Japan — addressing the compromise of public health and security created by the failure of the western corporate mass media to equitably report on, mildly investigate, or even moderately challenge, the nuclear power industry. Continue reading
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SCO vs Bilderberg: Where are the real decisions being made? By Eric Walberg
As the Western elite gathered in picturesque St Moritz to grapple with pressing world crises, the outsiders met in the bleak steppes of Central Asia, writes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 June, 2011: American flotilla passengers set to challenge U.S. support for Gaza blockade
21 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu: “We Need To Disengage From The Palestinians, Need To Keep Jewish Majority” IMEMC – Wednesday June 22, 2011 – 03:26, As the Israeli cabinet was holding its Sunday meeting, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that he supports the notion of a total Continue reading