March 9, 2012
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Now for some good news… for a change
CCR is thrilled to announce that U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in United States of America and Vulcan Society, Inc., v. City of New York. The federal class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black firefighters, and three individual… Continue reading
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"Beautiful Souls": Eyal Press on the Whistleblowers Who Risk All to "Heed the Voice of Conscience"
From corporate whistleblowers to Army refuseniks, a new book, “Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times,” explores what compels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention for the greater good. Continue reading
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Pentagon prepares war plans for Syria By Bill Van Auken
In testimony before a Senate committee Wednesday, the Pentagon’s civilian and uniformed chiefs confirmed that they are drawing up war plans against Syria at the request of the Obama White House. Continue reading
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Economic Warfare & Strangling Sanctions: Punishing Iran for its “Defiance” of the United States
The West seeks ‘regime change,’ and we hear a never-ending proliferation of proclamations from Western leaders about respecting democratic rights and freedom for Iranians, in lambasting the Iranian government for its human rights record, portraying it as a state sponsor of terrorism, and, of course, that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons with a… Continue reading
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Eisenhower Doctrine: 55 Years After
On March 9, 1957, the U.S. Congress passed a foreign policy bill aimed at bolstering America’s positions in the Middle East. The authors of the bill, which came to be known as the Eisenhower doctrine, were President Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The doctrine envisaged U.S. economic and military aid to… Continue reading
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Dance of the Infidels By William Bowles
What gives that pompous ass Cameron the right to call for the resignation of a sovereign nation’s head of state? This is the same Cameron who authorized bombing Libya back into the Stone Age. Well of course it’s the insidious ‘Responsibility to Protect’, probably the most successful confidence trick in history and performed in full… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 9, 2012: NATO Announces Largest-Ever Cyber Warfare Spending
9 March 2012 — Stop NATO Russia To Block Any UN Syrian Action Implying Use Of Force Syrian, Iranian Neighbor: U.S. In Joint Air Exercise In Turkey NATO Signs New Cooperation Agreement With Georgia Bloc’s Caucasus Envoy: Georgia Getting Closer To NATO Saakashvili: Future Of Georgia, Azerbaijan Is In NATO And EU U.S., Philippines To Hold Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 March 2012: Can Russia Save the Day?
8 March 2012 — Information Clearing House US ‘Offered Israel New Arms To Delay Iran Attack’ By AFP The US administration offered to supply Israel with advanced bunker-busting bombs and long-range refuelling planes. In return, Israel would agree to put off a possible attack on Iran till 2013, after the US elections in November. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30759.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 March 2012: Despite Her Deteriorating Condition, Ash-Shalabi Continues Her Hunger-strike
8 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Cameraman Sentenced To 18 Months, 5000 NIS FiveIMEMC – The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced on Thursday Palestinian cameraman, from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to eighteen months imprisonment and 5000 New Israeli Shekels fine. … Continue reading
The New Dark Age 