November 2011
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Video: 'Protect IP Act' Breaks the Internet
Right now, the United States Congress is holding hearings on legislation that will have disastrous effects on free speech and the Internet. This video gives a good overview: Continue reading
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Video: ‘Protect IP Act’ Breaks the Internet
Right now, the United States Congress is holding hearings on legislation that will have disastrous effects on free speech and the Internet. This video gives a good overview: Continue reading
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Narratives under siege: Not feeling safe in your own home
Israeli Occupation Forces often use airstrikes to target fighters in the densely populated Gaza Strip. However, on many occasions such attacks also injure and kill civilians who are in the vicinity of the target. Since the beginning of this year 18 civilians have been killed and 16 have been injured in airstrikes that targeted fighters… Continue reading
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Movement Moves On After Police Occupy the OWS Park BY Danny Schecter
Liberty Square/Zuccotti Park had now been power cleaned and was pristine when activists were allowed to reenter without tents or sleeping bags, More than 200 had been arrested in the takeover that included teargas and selective physical violence against resisters. Continue reading
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Ruin & Rebuild: Warfare worth $300bln Libya windfall — RT
Libya has big plans for its post-war future, hoping to be reborn as the next Dubai and having all the necessary sun and beaches, with oil reserves aplenty. British companies are likely to come out on top of those lining up for a piece of the action. Continue reading
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Ruin & Rebuild: Warfare worth $300bln Libya windfall — RT
Libya has big plans for its post-war future, hoping to be reborn as the next Dubai and having all the necessary sun and beaches, with oil reserves aplenty. British companies are likely to come out on top of those lining up for a piece of the action. Continue reading
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Pentagon could bomb enemy hackers — RT
A US Department of Defense report has outlined how the American military plans to respond to foreign hacker attacks. We’re talking all-out retaliation, both in cyberspace, and in real life. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: November 17, 2011
17 November 2011 — Stop NATO Obama Announces Expanded U.S. Military Presence In Australia Australia: Pentagon Builds ‘Security Architecture’ In Asia-Pacific U.S. Military Base In Australia: China On Notice Philippines: Clinton Visits U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer Afghan War: Three NATO Soldiers Killed Pakistan: Opposition Condemns Latest Deadly U.S. Drone Attack Pakistan: High Court Accepts Plea Continue reading
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Portugal: General Strike 24 November 2011
Following the agreement signed with the IMF/EU/ECB Troika, Portugal is confronted with a new and more severe austerity programme, unprecedented since the inauguration of democracy. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks, 16 November 2011: Q: Should Palestinians be able to ride Israeli buses? A: No, it’s a Jewish state
16 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas: “We Seek Peace, We Want A Balanced U.S. Role” IMEMC – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated during a speech on the 7th anniversary of the death of President Yasser Arafat, and the 23rd anniversary of declaring independence, that the Palestinian Authority does not Continue reading
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A whiff of Egyptian freedom for Gaza BY Eric Walberg
Israel got a taste of the new people’s Egypt with the arrest of an Egyptian journalist on the flotilla to Gaza and plans for the biggest aid convoy yet, reports Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Iran, Nukes and the Failure of Skepticism
Much of the corporate media coverage of a new UN report on Iran strongly asserts that Iran is close to building nuclear weapons. But the International Atomic Energy Agency report does not actually arrive at that conclusion, and many critics contend that the speculations that are in the report are misguided. Continue reading
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US wants to Censor the Web
Under the new law, the US could force Internet providers to block any website on suspicion of violating copyright or trademark legislation, or even failing to sufficiently police their users’ activities. And, because so much of the Internet’s hosts and hardware are located in the US, their blacklist would clamp down on the free web… Continue reading
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…and Gaddafi was what? Bad, yes. Now open your Citizenship Readers to page 45….
I suppose because the average Libyan is now doomed to years of social chaos, misery and poverty, western consensus media have redoubled their efforts to remind us just how heinous Gaddafi was. I know it’s near to useless to try to hold them responsible or awaken any vestigial conscience lurking in a journalist’s tiny head,… Continue reading
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Video: Eviction Reinforces OWS Determination
Occupy Wall Street supporters will attempt to shut down Wall Street and New York subways Continue reading
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Video: Occupy Protestors Vow to Return
Concerted attack on occupy movements took place after 18 mayors held a conference to discuss a coordinated strategy Continue reading
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Video: COURTS OVERRULED BY COPS – DHS ABOVE THE LAW….
The ugly hand of the federal government is becoming increasingly suspected behind what appears to be a nationwide attempt to repress and evict the Occupation Movement. Continue reading
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Eurozone Crisis Q&A BY BY Hugo Radice, Ed Lewis
Political economist Hugo Radice is a Life Fellow at the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. In an interview with NLP’s Ed Lewis, he addresses a series of questions on the escalating crisis in the Eurozone. Continue reading