November 2011
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Russia's High Stakes Energy Geopolitics BY F. William Engdahl
Nord Stream was not cheap. It cost a total of more than $12 billion for the complex 760 mile long undersea pipeline through the Baltic Sea from Vyborg near Russia’s St Petersburg to north eastern Germany. It was laid in remarkable time and with extraordinary environmental precautions to insure protection of sea life, a precondition… Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: November 15, 2011
15 November 2011 — Stop NATO Australia: Obama To Announce Expanded U.S. Military Presence U.S. May Use Force Against Iran Attack On Iran Would Unleash Blood War: Fidel Castro Malta: U.S.-NATO Gateway From Europe To Africa New NATO: U.S. Sixth Fleet Command Flagship Modernized In Croatia U.S. Drone Strike Kills Three In Pakistan Pakistan: Opposition Continue reading
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“Freedom Waves” — Another Challenge to the Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza and the US Congress By Kit Kittredge
As one of two American citizens on the Gaza “Freedom Waves,” I represented hundreds of thousands of Americans who are challenging Israeli and US policies concerning Palestine. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 14-15 November 2011
15 November 2011 — williambowles.info 15 November 2011 Syria uprising falls victim to power plays Asia Times Online Today at 11:00 The Arab League’s machinations on Syria underline how greater powers – after seeing the protests had failed – have hijacked the bloody uprising to further their geopolitical objectives. As the West takes a harder Continue reading
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Syria In Western Strategy For Global Military Supremacy BY Rick Rozoff
Nothing occurs in isolation and surely not in the age of Western powers employing expressions like the world’s sole military superpower and Global NATO and forging ahead with projects for their realization. Syria is no exception. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 November 2011: Beating Babies For Jesus?
14 November 2011 — Information Clearing House Op-Ed Articles Beating Babies For Jesus? The Shady World of Right-Wing ‘Discipline’ Guides By Frank Schaeffer There is a brutal movement in America that legitimizes child abuse in the name of God. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29698.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 November, 2011: Jerusalem: Explosions, arrests and violence as Israel clears way for settlement activity
14 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center French Consul and Family wounded in Israeli Attack on Gaza IMEMC – On Monday, 14 November 2011, the French Consul in the Gaza Strip, Majdi Jameel Yaseen Shaqqoura, 44, his wife and his two children were wounded in an Israeli attack on the Palestinian Continue reading
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PALESTINIAN FREEDOM RIDERS to Board Settler Buses to Jerusalem
Palestinian activists will attempt to peacefully board segregated Israeli public transportation in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem in action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement’s Freedom Rides to the U.S. South Continue reading
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Replay-Video: Austerity and the Destruction of Democracy
Rob Johnson: Austerity policies in Europe threaten a deformation of democracy and the rise of ultra-nationalist forces Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 12-14 November 2011
14 November 2011 — williambowles.info 14 November 2011 Libyan scenario unfolding in Syria Russiatoday.ru Today at 13:02 The ‘illegitimate’ decision to suspend Syria from the Arab League has received wide support from the EU and the US. Russia, however, has strongly opposed the measure, which is starting to look like another step on the… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: November 14, 2011
14 November 2011 — Stop NATO U.S. Speeds Up Militarization Of Iran’s Neighbors U.S. To Provide Advanced Interceptor Missiles To United Arab Emirates Video And Text: Foreign Minister Blasts NATO In Libya, Warning Vis-A-Vis Syria Obama To Meet With All Major Asia-Pacific Military Allies Albania, Georgia: NATO Values Troops More Than Democracy Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 557 14 November 2011: LINKS AND RESOURCES
14 November 2011 — Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa CONTENTS: 1. Podcasts & Video, 2. Zimbabwe update, 3. African Union Monitor, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Africom Watch, 8. Elections & governance, 9. Corruption, Continue reading
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Video: Blue Gold World Water Wars (2008)
This award winning documentary directed by Sam Bozzo is based on the book BLUE GOLD: THE FIGHT TO STOP THE CORPORATE THEFT OF THE WORLD’S WATER by Maude Barlow and Tony Clark. The film examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water. Contains 30 minutes of bonus material, including deleted scenes and… Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: November 12, 2011
12 November 2011 — Stop NATO Russia Condemns IAEA’s Allegations Against Iran, Says War Threats Are Dangerous NATO ‘Optimistic’ On U.S.-European Missile, Military Cooperation Obama Visit: U.S. To Build Up Military In Australia Clinton: 21st Century Will Be U.S.’s Pacific Century Afghan War: NATO’s Death Toll At 515 For 2001 158 Killed: Canada’s Defence Chief Continue reading
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NATO’s Law of the Jungle in Libya BY Peter Dyer
The murder of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi was widely hailed in the West as a just outcome. But it involved powerful nations making up the rules as they went along, the law of the jungle disguised as international justice, observes Peter Dyer. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 12 November 2011
12 November 2011 — williambowles.info Twitter ordered to give WikiLeaks probe info Times of India A US judge has ordered Twitter to disclose information about three account holders to US officials conducting a probe into WikiLeaks. SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge has ordered Twitter to disclose information about three account holders to US officials … Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 10-11 November 2-011
11 November 2011 — williambowles.info Nato offers ‘internal review’ of Libya bombing Morning Star Today at 17:11 Nato chiefs are offering to conduct an ‘internal legal review’ of its bombing campaign in Libya after an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor pledged to ‘impartially and independently’ probe alleged war crimes committed by the military alliance. Continue reading
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NATO in Libya – UN And ICC Risk Becoming Irrelevant to Africans By Yaw Asare Adu-Otu
Repeating the falsehood that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercised its military capability in Libya to protect civilians against attack by the military of Gadahfi regime did not make the assertion truthful when reasonable people around the world examined all the facts. Additionally, repeating NATO’s false premise has not made intervention in Libya and… Continue reading
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