September 2011
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 September, 2011: Knesset moves forward on bill granting Israel unchecked, draconian powers
22 September 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Military Storm Villages, Break Into West Bank Homes IMEMC – Thursday September 22, 2011 – 20:10, Israeli military stormed the villages of Burqin and al-‚ÄòArqah near the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday. Military vehicles patrolled the streets of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 September, 2011: What Exactly Do Israeli Leaders Want?
21 September 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Human Rights Worker Kidnapped In Iraq IMEMC – Wednesday September 21, 2011 – 22:32, The Palestinian Human Rights Foundation reported Wednesday that its representative in Iraq was kidnapped by gunmen wearing the attire of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. Continue reading
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Destroying a Country’s Standard of Living: What Libya Had Achieved, What has been Destroyed By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
Whatever one’s views regarding Moamar Gadaffi, the post-colonial Libyan government played a key role in eliminating poverty and developing the country’s health and educational infrastructure. According to Italian Journalist Yvonne de Vito, “Differently from other countries that went through a revolution – Libya is considered to be the Switzerland of the African continent and is… Continue reading
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Libya: Black Africans continue to be killed and persecuted by rebel forces By Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker
‘Reports for many months have stated that Libyan rebels have been killing and persecuting black Africans in Libya once areas came under their control. The number of reports highlighting this continues to grow and many images have been shown which show Africans being mutilated and having their bodies abused and mocked by non-black African Libyans.… Continue reading
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Updates on Libya war/Stop NATO news: September 22, 2011
22 September 2011 — Stop NATO Pentagon, NATO Plot ‘Next Steps’ In Libya Bolivia’s Morales Sees Oil, Greed Behind NATO Mission In Libya Northrop Wins Missile Defense Agency’s Precision Tracking Space System Bid Turkish Opposition: NATO Missile Radar Part Of Shield For Israel Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21 September 2011
21 September 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks: Modi aides found Advani uninspiring; wanted Manmohan as PM Hindustan Times According to the confidential diplomatic cable sent by the US Consulate at Mumbai during the 2009 general elections, now made public by the WikiLeaks, Modi supporters felt that Advani had failed to generate any enthusiasm. “LK Advani, the Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 21, 2011
21 September 2011 — Stop NATO NATO To Remain In Libya, End The Mission When It Chooses 187 Days Of Bombing: 23,350 NATO Sorties, 8,751 Strike Missions Testing Ground: France Used Libya War To Push Warplane Sales To United Arab Emirates And India Against Iran And China Libya: Loyalist Fighters Continue Resistance In Capital China: Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 21 September 2011
21 September 2011 — williambowles.info NATO powers indifferent to Libyan refugees World Socialist Web Site Today at 16:33 The same NATO countries that waged war on Libya in the name of ‘protecting civilians’ have given ‘an abysmal response to the plight’ of refugees from this conflict. Continue reading
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The Wall Street Occupation: A Sleep-In Protest in the Shadow of Power By Manny Jalonschi
Surrounded by the headquarters of some of the world’s most powerful financial players, over two thousand protesters converged on Wall Street this Saturday. By the end of the second day, those occupying Liberty Park, formerly known as Zuccotti Park on Broadway and Liberty St., had settled in, partially helped by pizza, hot chocolate and blankets… Continue reading
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“Lessons on Libya” | Partido Comunista Português
A war which forwards unto a USA’s long term strategy for Africa (where, it searches for a host for AFRICOM, for years) and for the slow but inexorable tectonic of the deep re-dimension and reshaping of the forces in progress, worldwide. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 September, 2011: PA goes to UN without Palestinian consensus behind it
20 September 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Supporting Palestinian-UN Bid, Protest Held In Front of U.S Embassy In Tel Aviv IMEMC – Tuesday September 20, 2011 – 21:27, Dozens of members and supporters of the National Democratic Assembly held on Tuesday evening a protest in front of the American Continue reading
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Europe Against Austerity
‘This conference will be a timely event to both oppose the draconian cuts threatening ordinary people across Europe and to look at progressive alternatives. Continue reading
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The Left Bloc and Resistance Across Europe
A major European Conference Against Austerity is slated for London on 1 October, as part of building and coordinating a set of mobilizations across the fall in Europe. A key zone for the anti-austerity struggle is Portugal. The administration of José Sócrates, of the ‘Third Wayist’ Partido Socialista, was already moving toward sharp public sector… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter September 20, 2011: The Truth about 'Class War' in America
20 September 2011 — Information Clearing House Libya – The Other Side of the Coin By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey If the west can only survive by siphoning off the resources of others, then these nations are leeches and parasites and deserve no respect at all. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29171.htm Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Golden Rule Of State Violence: Terrorism Is What They Do; Counterterrorism Is What We Do
A defining feature of state power is rhetoric about a ‘moral’ or ‘ethical’ role in world affairs. Errors of judgement, blunders and tactical mistakes can, and do, occur. But the motivation underlying state policy is fundamentally benign. Reporters and commentators, trained or selected for professional ‘reliability’, tend to slavishly adopt this prevailing ideology. Continue reading
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The Triumph of Capitalism: Jobless Nations By Prof. John Kozy
The Obama administration is intent on applying supply side principles to get the American economy out of the present recession, but supply side principles are based on the belief that if the government cuts taxes on the wealthy, they will invest their savings in new factories, that newly hired workers will increase employment, and that… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter September 19, 2011: Troy Davis and the American Way
19 September 2011 — Information Clearing House A Formal Funeral for the Two-State Solution By Ali Abunimah At least in theory, the Palestinian Authority’s bid for statehood at the UN is supposed to circumvent the failed peace process. But the ill-conceived gambit actually amplifies the flaws of the very process it seeks to replace. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29159.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter September 17, 2011: Why We Left The United States
17 September 2011 — Information Clearing House NATO And Libyan Rebels Lied About Death Toll ? Libya Counts More Martyrs Than Bodies By Rod Norland Where are all the dead? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29151.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter September 16, 2011: Paul Krugman: Free to Die
16 September 2011 — Information Clearing House US Mendacity Knows No Bounds US Says State Veto In ‘Interests’ of Palestinians BY AFP The United States said Thursday it would block a Palestinian drive for recognition in the United Nations Security Council because it was the only way to help Palestinians frame a genuine state. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29146.htm Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 16 September 2011
16 September 2011 — williambowles.info Syria criticizes Arab League for meeting anti-Assad opposition figures Ha’aretz In official protest letter, Syrian envoy to Arab League says meeting, recent statements show AL chief Nabil al-Arabi backed down on his pledge to allow Syria to resolve conflict internally. By Haaretz Tags: Arab Spring Syria Bashar Assad The Arab Continue reading
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