12 July 2011 — FAIR
Palin Hack Had O’Reilly Calling for Criminal Prosecution
The explosive allegations about widespread illegal voicemail hacking by British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch are getting very little coverage on Murdoch’s Fox News Channel (TVNewser, 7/12/11). But Fox’s top host took a very different view when a Republican politician’s email account was hacked, calling for the prosecution of the website that published the emails.
12 July 2011 — Global Research
The Global Economic Abyss
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Big Banks Waging Warfare Against the People of the World
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12 July 2011 — williambowles.info
Murdoch agrees to face MPs:
The Independent – Media RSS Feed Today at 17:43
Rupert Murdoch, his son James, and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks have agreed to appear before MPs next week to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal, it was revealed tonigh”
12 July 2011 — MRZine
Rami Zurayk (Land and People, 8 July 2011): "Is there anyone who follows politics and champions the Arab and Palestinian causes who does not know Bernard Henri Levy? . . . He was one of the first to enter the shattered remains of Jenin on board a Zionist tank to express his admiration for the Israeli army’s excellent work in ethnic cleansing and genocide. . . .
12 July 2011 — Middle East Research and Information Project
Pakistan’s generals are besieged on all sides. Like never before, they are at odds with their own rank and file. According to the New York Times, the discontent with the top brass is so great as to evoke concerns of a colonels’ coup. The army also is losing support from its domestic political allies and subject to the increasing hostility of the Pakistani public. The generals are even at risk of being dumped by their oldest and most generous supporter, the United States.
12 July 2011 — Avaaz
Yesterday Murdoch pulled a last minute manoeuvre to exclude his company’s outrageous hacking practices from the BSKyB deal review. Let’s call on the government to immediately rule that the Murdochs aren’t fit and proper to own half our commercial media. Tomorrow this will be debated in Parliament. Let’s beat the Murdoch mafia – sign the urgent petition now
12 July 2011
From the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth imperialism was the dominant national ideology, transcending class and party divisions. Britain was saturated in the ethos and attitudes of empire. They infused plays and books and, later, films. They informed school textbooks. They inspired paintings, prints and engravings. They filled newspapers and magazines. They figured in advertisements and packaging. The impact was arguably greater than that of any previous dominant ideology because its pre-eminence coincided with the rise of the mass market and the mass media. — ‘Imperialism and juvenile literature’ edited By Jeffrey Richards. Manchester University Press, 1989
So what’s changed? Not much really. Today of course, the ideology of imperial expansion now masks itself as ‘humanitarian intervention’ or ‘democracy-building’.
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info
The Conscience & Agency of Bradley Manning
Firedoglake
With previously unreleased instant message chat logs, Steve Fishman for New York Magazine published a feature story July 3, 2011, that further examined the accused whistleblower to WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning. It looked at his family life before going …
http://my.firedoglake.com/kgosztola/2011/07/11/the-conscience-agency-of-bradley-manning/
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in court for extradition hearing Telegraph.co.uk
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at the High Court today for an appeal against being extradited to Sweden over sexual assault allegations. Julian Assange is challenging a ruling by District Judge Howard Riddle at Belmarsh Magistrates’ Court in …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8631859/WikiLeaks-founder-Julian-Assange-in-court-for-extradition-hearing.html
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info
Syria beefs up security at embassies after attacks
The Associated Press
Mobs broke windows at both embassies Monday to protest a visit last week by the American and French ambassadors to the opposition stronghold of Hama in central Syria. The French Foreign Ministry said three embassy workers were injured. …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpSA8lVe7oTcliv39QB5-Q8eJ7JA?docId=0ec1ba6fa21d476d9a49ecaa4b8e139b
11 July 2011 — The Guardian – Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
American activist’s father says incomplete footage was given to court hearing into his daughter’s death in Gaza
The family of Rachel Corrie, the US activist killed in Gaza while protesting against house demolitions in 2003, on Monday claimed the Israeli military authorities withheld video evidence during the Corries’ civil lawsuit and misled US officials on crucial details.
11 July 2011 — Guardian Comment
While the west averts its eyes, Bahrain’s people are subjected to brutal suppression
Pity the poor people of Bahrain. They have been shot, beaten, tear-gassed – and patronised. On 7 March, at the height of the pro-democracy protests in the tiny Gulf island kingdom, a crowd gathered outside the US embassy in Manama, the capital, carrying signs that read “Stop supporting dictators” and “Give me liberty or give me death”. A US embassy official emerged from the building with a box of doughnuts for the protesters, prompting a cleric in the crowd to remark: “These sweets are a good gesture, but we hope it is translated into practical actions.”
