24 June 2011 — williambowles.info
WikiLeaks Sheds Light on Legal Standstill Over ‘Well Regarded’ Fugitive on …
New York Times
But new insight into the international tug of war over Pluimers can be found in a diplomatic cable released earlier this year by the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks. That cable, written in 2006 by officials at the US embassy in The Hague, indicates that …
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/23/23greenwire-wikileaks-sheds-light-on-legal-standstill-over-75458.html
24 June 2011 — US Boat to Gaza
Athens, June 24, 2011 – U.S. peace activists preparing to set sail on the U.S. Boat to Gaza, The Audacity of Hope, expressed profound disappointment over a statement issued by the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Instead of calling on the Israeli government to let a flotilla of unarmed civilians sail to Gaza, the United States government is pressuring its own citizens to refrain from legal acts. Continue reading
24 June 2011 — Economics and Society – The Bullet Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 520
The economic news of the last few weeks has not been encouraging. In Europe, the various national debt crises remain unresolved, with a continued monopoly of banker-friendly austerity programs, and their predictable consequences of rising unemployment and stagnation. Debtor countries are being forced into the same financial orthodoxies that prolonged the depression of the 1920s and 30s, so we shouldn’t be surprised at the failures they will bring. More recession may also be the future of the countries enforcing these once-discredited policies, as weak demand across the region represses consumer demand, investor confidence, and government spending.
24 June 2011 — Eric Walberg
As the second Freedom Flotilla packs its humanitarian aid and prepares to brave the wrath of the Israeli navy, boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities continue on the homefront, notes Eric Walberg
23 June 2011 — Global Research – Voltaire Network – 2011-06-19
The efforts to overthrow the Syrian government have a lot in common with what has been undertaken in Libya. However, the results are substantially different owing to each country’s social and political background. The project to break up these two States simultaneously was initially brought up by John Bolton on 6 May 2002 when he was serving as Undersecretary of State in the Bush administration. It’s implementation by the Obama administration nine years down the line – in the context of the Arab Awakening – is not without problems.
24 June 2011 — williambowles.info
24 June 2011
More than 1500 refugees flee Syria in one day
The Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — More than 1500 Syrian refugees streamed across the border to safe havens in Turkey in one day as Syria’s 3-month-old pro-democracy movement braced for another day of mass protests Friday. The refugees crossed into Turkey on Thursday as …
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24 June 2011 — Mathaba
Since NATO terror bombings began March 19, an average of nearly nine daily civilian deaths followed, besides unknown hundreds killed by rebel cut-throats in their controlled areas, murdering any suspected pro-Gaddafi supporters – what Western media reports and governments won’t explain.
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23 June, 2011 — The Real News Network
From children’s shows to national war drills, a discussion on militarism in Israeli society and gender equality in the army
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23 June 2011 — FAIR
Media’s selective memory on Obama escalations
Barack Obama’s June 22 announcement of a phased troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was often portrayed as a major step towards ending the war, with many outlets neglecting to accurately explain the pace of escalation that has happened under his watch.
23 June 2011 — Mathaba
Last Friday one million Libyans took to the streets of Tripoli to march in favour of their Brother Leader Muammar al-Qathafi and against the criminal precision-terrorism wrought on Libya’s population by NATO and the terrorist elements they are protecting. Yet where is this story?
24 June, 2011
Israel’s announcement of authorization for construction materials for 1,200 homes and 18 schools in Gaza is the latest achievement by the Freedom Flotilla, scheduled to sail next week.
The New Dark Age 