9 July 2012 — Information Clearing House
Manufactured Realities
The Truth About The Arab Spring, Occupy Movement And Anonymous
By Bill Noxid
Once set in motion this elaborate plan to gain the support of people worldwide was intended to grow organically through appealing to and manipulating the genuine and humanitarian desires and instincts of the people, while using them as cover for their true intentions.
9 July 2012 — Pambazuka
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9 July, 2012 — The Real News Network
The structural reform now being discussed in Europe would mean an even more neoliberal agenda (includes transcript) Continue reading
8 July, 2012 — Global Research
9 July 2012
Got this from Stop the War today. Apparently, War Criminal Blair is making a comeback and using the borough I live in, Lambeth, to do it in, today 9 July. However, there’s a catch: the Labour Party won’t tell anyone where the meeting is to take place. I wonder why? Continue reading
9 July 2012
A new group of war resisters, deserters, and peace activists from the USA, Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan offers a variety of answers to these conundrum questions. In opposing militarism we’ve moved beyond demonstrations and petitions into direct action, flouting the government’s laws and impeding its ability to kill our fellow human beings. As criminals for peace, we’re defying the Patriot Act and working underground in secret cells to undermine the US military empire.
There have been numerous big banking scandals recently. But the Libor scandal is the biggest financial scam in world history. See this and this. The former CEO of Barclays said today that banks across the world were fixing interest rates in the run-up to the financial crisis . Continue reading
There have been numerous big banking scandals recently. But the Libor scandal is the biggest financial scam in world history. See this and this. The former CEO of Barclays said today that banks across the world were fixing interest rates in the run-up to the financial crisis . Continue reading
6 July 2012 — Information Clearing House
U.S. Helicopter Blasts Afghan Man to Pieces…
As The Pilot Sings ‘Bye, Bye Miss American Pie’
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It is the horrific moment an Afghan man is blown apart by a US missile. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31780.htm
7 July 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation
07.07.2012 | 00:00 | Andrei VOLODIN
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Pakistan. Reportedly the event is to take place in September this year. «Lull» is a natural thing for summer time that gives an opportunity to reflect on the reasons defining Russia’s policy in the southern part of Central Eurasia… Formally the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has two major strategic allies – The China People’s Republic and the USA. But in light of the 2011 events the Pakistan’s ruling circles lost trust in the USA placing greater value on China that is routinely called an «all weather friend»…
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5 July 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
General Assembly of US Presbyterian Church Narrowly Votes Against Divestment
IMEMC – The General Assembly of the US Presbyterian Church narrowly voted against divestment in three companies doing business with the Israeli military. The extremely close vote on Thursday, 333-331 against the resolution, came after the church’s Middle East Committee had recommended divestment on Tuesday. …
3 July, 2012 — Global Research – Stop NATO – 2012-07-02
Last month was a busy one for U.S.-NATO military exercises in the Baltic Sea. Three major multinational training exercises, including naval maneuvers, amphibious landings and preparation for deployment to Afghanistan, occurred in the region in June, in one case overlapping.
5 July 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Maher Abu Rmeileh First Palestinian to Qualify for Olympics in Judo
IMEMC – Judoka Maher Abu Rmeileh becomes the first Palestinian to qualify for the Olympic games based on his performance in a recent qualifying match in Japan. …
5 July 2012 — Information Clearing House
Straight Talking: The Syrian Cauldron
By Jeremy Salt
The government in Damascus has been deliberately locked into a cycle of violence fed from the outside by the self-styled ‘Friends of Syria‘.
4 July 2012 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left
Obama Bound for Mount Rushmore?
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
President Obama‘s healthcare plan, now vetted by the U.S. Supreme Court, is the spawn of Republican reactionaries, “based on the principle that people should pay for their own bodily maintenance.” It bears no resemblance to world-class healthcare systems, “expanding the healthcare compact only for those who are destitute, while turning everyone else into profit-centers for corporations.” Obama has locked in the past, and put up a roadblock to the future – just as the right-wingers that invented the “individual mandate” intended.
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2 July 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Settlers Uproot 41 Olive Trees Near Nablus
IMEMC – A group of extremist Israeli settlers uprooted, on Wednesday morning, 41 Olive trees that belong to a resident of Tal village, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. …
5 July, 2012 — Media Lens
2 July 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Committee of US Presbyterian Church votes to divest from Israel
IMEMC – At its annual assembly in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the Middle East Committee of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from three companies involved in business with the Israeli military, citing human rights abuses carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people. The measure will now go to the full Assembly for a vote on Thursday. …
3 July 2012 — Global Research – landdestroyer.blogspot.com
012 – The Western press leapt into action, promoting and sensationalizing a recent report on alleged “torture” taking place in Syria. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, is based solely on 200 alleged victims of the abuse including opposition members and alleged defectors interviewed either by phone or Skype, or in terrorist havens inside NATO-member Turkey along the Turkish-Syrian border. Continue reading
3 July 2012 — williambowles.info
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Assad ready to resign if crisis ended
Voice of Russia, News Today at 11:02 Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says that he would be prepared to resign without delay if his resignation guaranteed the end of the crisis in Syria, the Turkish Cumhuriyet reports.
The New Dark Age 