Occupy and the Tasks of Socialists By Pham Binh

14 December, 2011www.planetanarchy.net

Occupy is a once in a lifetime opportunity to re-merge the socialist and working class movements and create a viable broad-based party of radicals, two prospects that have not been on the cards in the United States since the late 1960s and early 1970s. The socialist left has not begun to think through these “big picture” implications of Occupy, nor has it fully adjusted to the new tasks that Occupy’s outbreak has created for socialists. In practice, the socialist left follows Occupy’s lead rather than Occupy follow the socialist left’s lead. As a result, we struggle to keep pace with Occupy’s rapid evolution.

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Video: Amira Hass: Israel & Palestine-Fear of the Future

5 October 2011 — Vimeo

A talk by Israeli journalist, Amira Hass on the 5th of October 2011 in the McLeod Auditorium of the Medical Sciences Building on the campus of the University of Toronto. Hosted by Canadians for Justice & Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), KAIROS, the Health Studies Program at the University of Toronto, the Near Eastern Cultural and Education Foundation (NECEF) and Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights-Ryerson University (SPHR). Continue reading

Wikileaks Newslinks 19 December 2011

19 December 2011 — williambowles.info

Investigator links soldier to documents in WikiLeaks case
Los Angeles Times
ASSOCIATED PRESS — A computer-crimes investigator testified Sunday he found more than 10000 diplomatic cables and other sensitive information on the work computer of the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks. …
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bradley-manning-20111219,0,3065373.story

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Bradley Manning Newslinks 19 December 2011

19 December 2011 — williambowles.info

Cables on Bradley Manning’s computer ‘exactly matched’ WikiLeaks documents
The Guardian
A forensic investigator who examined Bradley Manning’s army computers following his arrest discovered thousands of US embassy cables and Guantánamo detainee reports that matched exactly the documents published by WikiLeaks, the soldier’s pretrial …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/19/cables-bradley-manning-computer-wikileaks?newsfeed=true

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Stop NATO News: December 19, 2011

19 December 2011 — Stop NATO

  • Black Sea: New Flash Point For U.S./NATO Versus Russia Conflicts
  • Romania: U.S. Marines Plan Six-Month Mission In Eastern Europe
  • Romania: Pentagon Military Outpost On The Black Sea
  • Romania Again Offers Troops For Global NATO, EU Missions
  • U.S. Senate Bill Adds Arms For Georgia
  • Afghan Provincial Council Closes To Protest Deadly NATO Raid
  • Vaclav Havel: ‘Bombs Combat Evil’
  • After Libya War, NATO Focuses On Cyberwar
  • Japan To Acquire Joint Strike Fighters Against China
  • Australia Trains Marines For Bigger Global Missions

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Syria Newslinks 18-19 December 2011

19 December 2011 — williambowles.info

19 December 2011
Syria official in Cairo expected to sign Arab deal
The Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — Syria’s deputy foreign minister has arrived in Cairo and is expected to sign an agreement allowing Arab observers into the country. The Arab League has given Syria until Wednesday to sign the deal. If Damascus does not, the League says it …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzCl-iqBIDLAF9ZOPNCgKgieyNOA?docId=4c9b6c00217a4710977c7e3813c1ec67

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Video: One rule for Syria – but a different one for Egypt — RT

19 December 2011 — One rule for Syria – but a different one for Egypt — RT

The violence in Egypt continues, with at least 10 people killed and hundreds more injured in the last three days. However, unlike in Syria there is no talk of sanctions against the Egyptian military.

A shocking video of Egyptian soldiers cruelly beating a female protester came as fresh evidence of military brutality. The soldiers in full riot gear savagely beat a seemingly unconscious woman with sticks, kicking her and stamping on her chest.

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British Media Propaganda Aims at Triggering NATO Military Intervention against Syria By Tony Cartalucci

18 December 2011 — Global Research landdestroyer.blogspot.com

Channel 4 makes Goebbels proud with conveniently timed propaganda piece.

With the UN’s recent “human rights” report falling flat, for lack of evidence and being compiled by Karen Koning AbuZayd, a director of the US Washington-based corporate think-tank, Middle East Policy Council, that includes Exxon men, CIA agents, US military and government representatives, and even the president of the US-Qatar Business Council, the corporate-media has stepped in to give faces and screams to the alleged victims of Wall Street and London’s premeditated implosion of Syrian society.

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