August 19, 2011
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What Should the Verizon Strikers Do? By Dave Stratman
Billionaire Warren Buffett said, “There is a class war in this country, and my class is winning.” These 45,000 Verizon employees, members of the CWA and IBEW, are on the front lines of the class war. They are fighting for us all. Continue reading
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Video: Is Capitalism Doomed?
Gerry Epstein comments on Nouriel Roubini’s blog that “Marx was right” Continue reading
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FRANKLIN LAMB: TRIPOLI ON THE CUSP
Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past nearly eight weeks, have not taken very seriously occasional media predictions that Tripoli might soon be invaded by ‘NATO rebels’ and certainly not by NATO country forces putting their boots on the ground. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 August, 2011: Video survey: Racism rampant among Israeli youth
18 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Bombards Rafah Killing Six Palestinians; Child Killed In Gaza City IMEMC – Thursday August 18, 2011 – 20:51, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that six Palestinians, including a senior resistance leader, and a child, were killed Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Libyan Deaths, Media Silence – Were Dozens Killed in Majer NATO Airstrikes?
Allegations of Libyan civilian deaths as a result of NATO bombing have often been covered in the corporate media as an opportunity to scoff at the Gadhafi regime’s unconvincing propaganda (FAIR Blog, 6/9/11). But dramatic new allegations that dozens of civilians were killed in Majer after NATO airstrikes on August 8 have been met with… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 19, 2011
19 August 2011 — Stop NATO FAIR: NATO Air Strikes, Libyan Deaths And Media Silence U.S. NATO Quad Partners Demand Regime Change In Syria Israeli Missile Chief Briefs U.S. Space/Interceptor Missile Conference War Training In Eastern Europe: U.S. National Guard ‘Partners’ With 65 Nations U.S. Army Plans $1 Billion 100 Unmanned Helicopter Fleet Canada Restores Continue reading
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British Jealous of America’s Savage Police By Glen Ford
Given the extreme violence of American life, when compared to other rich nations, why would the Brits consider for even an instant emulating the U.S. criminal justice system? What could American cops teach them? Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 18 August, 2011: Debt Crisis is Just a 'Prelude to War'
18 August, 2011 — Information Clearing House Shadow Warriors: Movin’ On Up By Conn Hallinan The U.S. is embarking on a military sea change that will replace massive deployments, like Iraq and Afghanistan, with stealthy night raids, secret assassinations, and death-dealing drones. Its implications for civilian control of foreign policy promises to be profound. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28877.htm Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 17 August 2011: Save Yourselves, Not Obama / Black Libya City Falls / Prez Bachmann
17 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left It’s Too Late To Save The Obama Administration. Can We Still Save Ourselves? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Two and half years into the Obama presidency, some of us spend more time mooning over pretty pictures of Continue reading
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