August 2011
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Video: The Real Source of the British Riots
So in the UK, only one in five homes is occupied by couples with children. Nine out of ten couples face a tax and benefit penalty worth more than 100 pounds a week if they live together – so in other words, they are 100 pounds a week better off if they live apart! Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, August 15, 2011: TOP SECRET CIA ‘OFFICIAL HISTORY’ OF THE BAY OF PIGS: REVELATIONS
This episode of ‘friendly fire’ is one of many revelations contained in the Top Secret multi-volume, internal CIA report, “The Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation.” Other revelations include new information on the CIA’s collaboration with the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro as part of the invasion plan, Richard Nixon’s role in the… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, August 12, 2011 – THE BERLIN WALL, 50 YEARS AGO
Fifty years ago, when leaders of the former East Germany implemented their dramatic decision to seal off East Berlin from the western part of the city, senior Kennedy administration officials publicly condemned them. Nevertheless, those same officials, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk, secretly saw the Wall as potentially contributing to the stability of East… Continue reading
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Electronic Intifada 15 August 2011: Women in Hebron | Rafah closure frustration | Throwing rocks | And more …
15 August 2011 — Update from the Electronic Intifada RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Continue reading
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Charles Mingus Trio 'Summertime'
This recording of Mingus’s version of the George Gershwin classic “Summertime” was made in New York City on July 9, 1957 with Charles Mingus on bass; Hampton Haws piano; and Danny Richmond on drums. Continue reading
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Bill Evans 'Very Early/Times Remembered / My Bells'
16 August 2011 — Jazz on the Tube Continue reading
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Global Research: “Humanitarian” Wars Without Borders: Selected Articles
“There are at present four distinct war theaters: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya. An attack on Syria would lead to the integration of these separate war theaters, eventually leading towards a broader Middle East-Central Asian war, engulfing an entire region from North Africa and the Mediterranean to Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Continue reading
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As Economy Crumbles, Media Goes into Ritual Politics Mode: What is Michelle Bachmann wearing? By Danny Schechter
And so it came to pass, as predicted, projected, and warned about, that the economy is about to tank again. No less an authority than Nouriel Roubini, once dismissed as “Dr. Doom” for his accurate predictions of the financial crisis in 2007 and 20088, is shaking his head and pointing his finger again. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 16, 2011
16 August 2011 — Stop NATO Mediterranean: U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer Arrives In Malta Report: $3.7 Trillion For U.S. Wars, $12,000 Per Person NATO Troops Arrest Five Afghan Civilians, Torch Two Vehicles NATO Tankers Destroyed Near Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Pakistan: 47 U.S. Drone Strikes This Year, 450 Deaths Kosovo Serbs Protest New Threat To Security 86,000 Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 15, 2011: "I Shot Down Navy Seals' Chinook"
15 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Fact or Propaganda? I’m So Proud. I Shot Down Navy Seals’ Chinook By Miles Amoore A Taliban fighter who helped inflict the allies’ worst loss of life tells The Sunday Times in Kabul how he avenged the death of Bin Laden. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28840.htm Continue reading
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NATO’s Puppet Regime in Libya Falls Apart By Peter Symonds
What emerges is a devastating indictment of the Obama administration and its European allies along with all the pseudo left organisations and liberals such as American professor Juan Cole, who have acted as cheerleaders for the NATO bombing campaign in Libya. A TNC regime imposed on Libya by NATO would be at least as corrupt… Continue reading
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BDS campaigners declare victory as international bidders for Agrexco drop out
It emerged Thursday that Irish company Total Produce was no longer in the running to buy troubled Israeli exporter Agrexco. The Irish fruit company dropped out of the running after pressure from Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners, who had written because of Agrexco’s involvement in illegal West Bank settlements. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 August, 2011: All Israeli kindergarteners are required to sing the national anthem— except for ‘Arab sector’ children
14 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli forces abduct three children in East Jerusalem IMEMC – Sunday August 14, 2011 – 21:10, According to local sources, Israeli forces invaded the neighborhood of Silwan, in east Jerusalem, on Sunday morning and abducted two young children and a teenager, taking them Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 August, 2011: Palestinians in no hurry to join housing protests
13 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 81 US lawmakers in Israel on ‘tour’ sponsored by Zionist lobbying group IMEMC – Saturday August 13, 2011 – 21:55, One-fifth of the US Congress is currently in Israel on a free trip sponsored by the American Israel Educational Foundation, an affiliate of Continue reading
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NATO, ICC Criminalise Stone Throwing, Legitimise Street Shooting By Bernard Anbataayela Mornah
As we are all witnessing the most aggressive form of neo-colonialism in the north of our continent? Overnight, the Brits and the French have become so concerned about Africa as to have to appointed themselves as the overseers of the mixed reactions in the north of our continent. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 15, 2011
15 August 2011 Stop NATO Gaddafi Calls On Libyans To Take Up Arms Against NATO Libyan War: U.S. Global Hawk Drone ‘Reaches Critical Milestone’ Iran Blasts NATO’s Meddling In Region As ‘Big Mistake’ Israel Plants New Mines, Deploys More Troops Along Syrian Border NATO’s Arm, The Neo-Ottomans State Department: U.S. Shifts Geostrategic, Military Focus From Continue reading
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UK: Turkish and Kurdish Labourers and Traders Must Refuse to Be Pitted Against the Black People
Surely the traders have the right to protect their shops. But such events should not be use to pit the Turkish and Kurdish community against the Black community. Such event should not be used to strengthen the prejudices that the oppressed and migrant communities have against each other. Continue reading
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NATO Allows Libyan Refugees to Drown in the Mediterranean By Peter Schwarz
According to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, 1,500 Libyan refugees have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe since the beginning of the war against Libya in March. On August 4, German newspaper ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ reported a death toll of 1,820 since the beginning of the year. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 14, 2011
14 August 2011 — Stop NATO Turkey May Join NATO Action Against Syria Egypt Launches Large-Scale Military Operation In North Sinai New U.S. AFRICOM Services Battalion Joins Marine, Special Warfare Units Pentagon Prepares For Prospective War With China Arctic: Canada Flexes Its Military Muscle, Puts Russia On Alert Fall Of The Last Superpower In A Continue reading
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