January 2012
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 29 January 2012: America's war on drugs 'biggest mistake since slavery'
29 January 2011 — Information Clearing House New U.N. Draft Resolution Gives Syria 15 Days to Comply By Josh Rogin The draft resolution on Syria calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy and says additional measures would be taken if he doesn’t comply within 15 days. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30378.htm Continue reading
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THE GR WEEKEND REVIEW: INTERNET CENSORSHIP FINANCIAL FRAUD AND “MILITARY JUSTICE” Selected Articles and Videos
29 January 2012 — Global Research THE GLOBAL RESEARCH WEEKEND REVIEW We bring to the attention of our Readers a selection of feature articles, analysis and breaking news Property Rights versus Human Rights: Challenging the Super Wealthy – by Danny Schechter – 2012-01-29 Continue reading
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The Truth Behind the Coming “Regime Change” in Syria By Shamus Cooke
After meeting again to decide Syria’s fate, the Arab League again decided to extend its “monitoring mission” in Syria. However, some Arab League nations under U.S. diplomatic control are clamoring for blood. These countries — virtual sock puppets of U.S. foreign policy — want to declare the Arab League monitoring mission “a failure,” so that… Continue reading
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Stop Murdoch’s BBC robbery
The BBC is being forced to hand over tens of millions of pounds every year to line Rupert Murdoch’s pockets. Murdoch’s cronies in government are determined to save this scheme — but together we can stop this outrage. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 27 January 2012: Michael Parenti: Free-Market Medicine: A Personal Account
27 January 2012 — Information Clearing House Masked Gunmen Rule in Damascus: Video By RT In many parts of the county it is not clear who is actually in control. The situation is certainly very dangerous for civilians. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30365.htm Continue reading
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Moral capitalism? What an insult to our intelligence! By William Bowles
PM Cameron’s call for a “moral capitalism” would be laughable if it weren’t so tragic and hypocritical. After all, hasn’t it been capitalism’s alleged occupation of the ‘moral high ground’ what they now choose to call ‘humanitarian intervention’ that has been used as a justification for mass murder and genocide? But plainly the millions killed… Continue reading
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Global Research: Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War ONLINE READER By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research’s Online Interactive I-Book Reader brings together, in the form of chapters, a collection of Global Research feature articles and videos, including debate and analysis, on a broad theme or subject matter. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 25 January 2012: "Pro-Gaddafi" fighters retake Bani Walid
25 January 2012 — Information Clearing House US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes By Ray McGovern America’s newspaper of record won’t even report accurately what Israel (or the CIA) thinks on this important issue, if that goes against the alarmist conventional wisdom that the neocons favor. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30358.htm Continue reading
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Arab Uprisings Await Their Economic Spring By Yassine Temlali
The working class in the Arab world has accomplished a lot in the course of one year of uprisings. Some of these accomplishments are material, including higher wages and improvements in working conditions. Others are political, such as the right to democratic representation (the rise of Egyptian independent unions and changing the leadership of the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 January 2012: Speaker Of Palestine Parliament Receives Six Months Administrative Detention
25 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Egypt’s People’s Council Head Declines Invitation To Visit Israel IMEMC – Dr. Mohammad Al-Kittani, the elected head of the Egyptian People’s Council, a political leader of the Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt, declined an invitation to visit Israel to deliver a speech in Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: January 25, 2012
25 January 2012 — 012 Fifth Generation Warplanes And U.S. Global ‘Domain Dominance’ Ex-President: Saakashvili May Draw Georgia Into War With Iran U.S.-Japan Military Exercises Underscore New Strategy Guidance Focus Pakistan: Opposition Parties Stage Walk-Out In Senate Over U.S. Drone Strikes U.S., Czech Defense Chiefs Discuss ‘Unequivocal’ NATO Ties Defense Minister Wants Czech Troops In Continue reading
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What is ACTA? – Max Keiser
Although the proposed treaty’s title might suggest that the agreement deals only with counterfeit physical goods (such as medicines) what little information has been made available publicly by negotiating governments about the content of the treaty makes it clear that it will have a far broader scope and in particular will deal with new tools… Continue reading
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Meet ACTA- PIPA and SOPA’s Big Brother
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an international treaty that threatens free speech and your privacy online. Imagine if your ISP could censor their networks, police what you did online, and with greater ease turn your information over to authorities. That’s the danger that ACTA poses, and it’s got to be stopped. Continue reading
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UK: PAVEMENT INJUSTICE – CAMPAIGN AGAINST ON-THE-SPOT FINES
Public spaces have become increasingly policed by unaccountable officials bearing open-ended powers. Criminal offences that would have been tried in court are now often dealt with on the spot. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Silence Of The Lambs
One of the original aims of Media Lens, when we began in 2001, was to engage in honest, open and rational debate with journalists working for major news organisations. It wasn’t about ‘bashing’ them or trying to make them look bad. We wanted to examine media assumptions, challenge journalists’ arguments and find out more about… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Selective Outrage – Iran And Libya
News that a fourth scientist in two years, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, had been assassinated in Iran by an unknown agency generated minimal outrage in the press. Continue reading
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SOPA, PIPA and now ACTA Newslinks 19-24 January 2011
25 January 2012 — williambowles.info 012 As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet Max Keiser and Stacy HerbertYesterday at 17:57 Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 January 2012: Witnesses: In Palestine, to Exist Is to Resist
24 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Residents Detained in Hebron IMEMC – On Tuesday Morning, the Israeli army kidnapped two Hebron residents near Ibrahim Mosque, and moved them to undisclosed location, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an, reported. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 24 January 2012: Stop the Madness
24 January 2012 — Information Clearing House Stop the Madness BY YOUSAF BUTT Despite all the hype, Iran‘s nuclear program has yet to violate international law. It’s time to calm down, think, and above all halt the rush to war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30344.htm Continue reading
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An ACTA of war: secret censor tool to shake up world wide web
As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet. Continue reading
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