January 2012
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Post-War Constitutions: Privatization and Empire-Building By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The following is a 2011 article by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya for the Italian journal Eurasia about the manipulation of national constitutions as a neo-colonial means of modern empire-building. The article presents an important overview of the U.S. empire-building process. Continue reading
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A captive nation By William Bowles
‘Boom and bust’ no matter what the pundits say, is built into the very nature of capitalism. At best ‘tinkering’ with it brings a temporary reprieve from the inevitable and even the ‘tinkering’ is the result of working class intervention into the affairs of capitalism eg, the ‘welfare state’. Ultimately, the outcome every time is… Continue reading
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Blackout – Save the Internet today
The US Congress was poised to pass a law allowing officials to censor access to any website around the world. But after we delivered our 1.25 million strong petition to the White House, it came out against the bill and with public pressure at a boiling point even some bill backers are switching sides. Now,… Continue reading
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Attack Iran? Nuclear Insanity: "We have the Capability to Take the World Down with Us" by Felicity Arbuthnot
Iran: We have been here before. The year before the assault on and near destruction of unarmed neighbouring Iraq, George W. Bush, of course declared the ‘Axis of Evil’, Iraq, Iran and North Korea. Continue reading
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Why is the Internet on strike today?
Today, Mozilla is joining the virtual strike against Internet censorship – along with others like Wikipedia and Google – to raise awareness of US Congress legislation that could fundamentally alter the Internet we know and love. Continue reading
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Wikipedia, Reddit to Shut Down Sites Wednesday to Protest Proposed Stop Online Piracy Act
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world, will join websites like the content aggregator Reddit to “go dark” on Wednesday in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which are currently being debated in Congress. Continue reading
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IRAQ: Tariq Aziz “They Killed our Country. We are all Victims of Britain and America By Felicity Arbuthnot
On 5th December, the first day of the solemn, predominantly Shi’a Muslim marking of Ashura – the martyrdom of Hussein, the Prophet’s Grand son in 680 AD – in a statement few of the main stream media thought worthy of mention, Saad Al Muttalibi, a Minister, ironically, at the Iraqi Ministry of National Dialogue and… Continue reading
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2012: Prospects for Humanity? By Prof. Francis Boyle
Future, what future? I am extremely pessimistic. In my opinion the world is moving ineluctably towards a third world war—a strategic nuclear war. I do not believe that anything can be done to prevent it. The international system is simply too unstable to survive for long. Continue reading
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Regime Change in the Russian Federation? Why Washington Wants ‘Finito’ with Vladimir Putin By F. William Engdahl
Washington clearly wants ‘finito’ with Russia’s Putin as in basta! or as they said in Egypt last spring, Kefaya–enough!. Hillary Clinton and friends have apparently decided Russia’s prospective next president, Vladimir Putin, is a major obstacle to their plans. Few however understand why. Russia today, in tandem with China and to a significant degree Iran,… Continue reading
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PCHR E-Narrative 6 January 2009: Al-Dayah family
On 6 January 2009, at approximately 05:45, an Israeli aircraft bombed the al-Dayah family in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. 22 people, including 12 children and a pregnant woman, were killed. Only one of the family members inside the house at the time of the attack, Amer al-Dayah (31), survived. Amer, two brothers who… Continue reading
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Reinventing the Middle East lexicon By Eric Walberg
The lexicon of Israel and its Western lobbyists constantly needs parsing to know just what is meant. Most glaringly is the term “settlers”, which suggests peaceful pioneers wishing to integrate with the locals. Continue reading
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Francis Boyle: Waging War against Iran is a Criminal Act, in Violation of International Law
Article 2 (3) of the United Nations Charter requires the pacific settlement of the international dispute between the United States and Iran. To the same effect is article 33 and the entirety of Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter that mandate and set up numerous procedures for the pacific settlement of the international dispute… Continue reading
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Video: James Baldwin and Dick Gregory: "Baldwin's Nigger" (1969)
A 1969 conversation with writer James Baldwin and Dick Gregory in London about the black experience in America and how it relates to the Caribbean and Great Britain. Directed by Horace Ové. Continue reading
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EU unable to defend apartheid Israel By Ralph Schoenman
Interview with Ralph Schoenman, political analyst and author of the Hidden History of Zionism, Berkeley. Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: January 6, 2012
6 January 2012 — Stop NATO Five NATO Soldiers Killed In Southern Afghanistan Azeri Role In Afghan War: Trade-Off For NATO Support In Caucasus Canadian Warship In NATO Mission In Mediterranean. Strait Of Hormuz? U.S., Israel To Hold Unprecedented Interceptor Missile Exercise ‘Peacekeeping’ In Thailand: Swedish NATO Officer Dies In Crash Continue reading
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A Poisoned Chalice: Liberation, ANC-Style By John S. Saul
There is good and obvious reason to celebrate the long history of the African National Congress (ANC): the organization’s marked dedication over one hundred years to the cause of the betterment of the lot of the oppressed African people in South Africa. It has also sustained an honourable commitment to a multi-racial, pan-ethnic outcome to… Continue reading
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Media Manipulation and the Drums of War: How Media is used to Whip the Nation into Wartime Frenzy By James Corbett
The centuries-long history of how media has been used to whip the nation into wartime frenzy, dehumanize the supposed enemies, and even to manipulate the public into believing in causes for war that, decades later, were admitted to be completely fictitious. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Newslinks 5-6 January 2012
6 January 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks Supporters Lose Court Bid to Protect Twitter Records Wired News By Kim Zetter Three WikiLeaks supporters have lost their bid to protect their Twitter records from US investigators trying to prosecute the whistleblowing site over its publication of secret and sensitive government documents. … http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/wikileaks-twitter-bid/ Continue reading
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The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence Today: International Law as Anchoring Ground By Professor Francis A. Boyle
Today the world is at a precipice of another world war. The United States government has committed acts of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, and has authorized, armed, equipped, and supplied Israel to commit acts of aggression, crimes against humanity, and outright genocide against Lebanon and Palestine. Today the United States government is… Continue reading
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'US threat to nuke Iran is criminal' Professor Francis A. Boyle
Addressing the 18th conference on “Direct Democracy” in Feldkirch, Austria, on nuclear deterrence, Boyle added that the US government is threatening to attack Iran “under the completely bogus pretext” that it might have a nuclear weapon. Continue reading
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