August 2012
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ICH 21 August 2012: Criticism of “Free Syrian Army” tactics is building
21 August 2012 — Information Clearing House Netanyahu ‘Determined to Attack Iran’ Before US Elections By Times of Israel The report added that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak believe Obama would have no choice but to give backing for an Israeli attack before the US presidential elections in November. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32244.htm Continue reading
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My Visit to a London Embassy Under Threat By Jeff Cohen
On Friday, I visited Ecuador’s embassy here in the capital of the former British empire and saw a building surrounded by a phalanx of cops, with several of them at the front door. The embassy is in an upscale neighborhood near Harrods department store. The intimidating police presence was ordered by a Conservative government that… Continue reading
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Netanyahu's Secret War Plan: Leaked Document Outlines Israel's "Shock and Awe" Plan to Attack Iran By Richard Silverstein
In the past few days, I received an Israeli briefing document outlining Israel’s war plans against Iran. The document was passed to me by a high-level Israeli source who received it from an IDF officer. Continue reading
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Echoes of the Past: Marikana, Cheap Labour and the 1946 Miners Strike Chris Webb
On August 4, 1946 over one thousand miners assembled in Market Square in Johannesburg, South Africa. No hall in the town was big enough to hold them, and no one would have rented one to them anyway. The miners were members of the African Mine Worker’s Union (AMWU), a non-European union which was formed five… Continue reading
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Video: Police Attack Protestors at Assange Ecuadorian Embassy
Pro-active journalism in action. A US journalist engages, kindof, with the forces of ‘law and order’ outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in Knightsbridge, London. Continue reading
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‘Do some research!’ Christine Assange steamrolls Western journalism
Julian Assange’s mother slammed Western media’s lack of research and grasp of basic facts in an interview with Australian television, as the host tried to get her to “address the allegations” of free speech suppression in Ecuador. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 8/20/2012: From ‘Crippling Sanctions’ to Total War
20 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers destroy Palestinian Car in HebronIMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers smashed, Sunday, the windshield of a Palestinian car that was parked in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and used a metal barrier to smash its Continue reading
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ICH 20 August 2012: Chris Hedges: War in the Shadows
20 August 2012 — Information Clearing House The War in the Shadows By Chris Hedges There are hundreds of millions of people who have a tragic intimacy with the twisted and brutal soul of American imperialism. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32231.htm Continue reading
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‘Operation Free Assange’: Anonymous take down UK’s Justice Ministry’s website
The website for the UK Ministry of Justice is under attack after hacktivists engaged a mission to try and take down justice.gov.uk in retaliation for Britain’s handling of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Continue reading
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Lonmin, the 'unacceptable face of capitalism' By Sipho Hlongwane
The company that preceded Lonmin was once dubbed ‘the unacceptable face of capitalism’ by a British prime minister. Tiny Rowland, man who turned the company into an international colossus, wore the slur happily. In the aftermath of the Marikana shootings, it seems like not much has changed since his day. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 20 August 2012 (15/12)
012 — http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. European Court of Human Rights to examine complaint against ban on anonymous prepaid mobile phone cards2. GREECE: Racist Violence Recording Network: Fatal attack on Iraqi in Athens Continue reading
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Video: The London Olympics’ Toxic Legacy?
The Games were meant to help revitalize London’s east end. Have they instead been used as a land grab by big business? Continue reading
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Video: The London Olympics’ Toxic Legacy?
The Games were meant to help revitalize London’s east end. Have they instead been used as a land grab by big business? Continue reading
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Assange/Wikileaks Newslinks 20 August 2012
20 August 2012 — williambowles.info Julian Assange demands end to US witch-huntWorld Socialist Web Site Today at 16:54 About 200 police lined the streets around the Ecuadorean embassy in London as the WikiLeaks editor addressed hundreds of supporters and media representatives. Continue reading
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Video: Assange Sex Charges Detail
A first class documentary from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which exposes the risibility of the sexual allegations about Assange. The truth the UK media will not tell. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 8/19/2012: Report: US labels settler violence as terrorism for first time
19 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center U.S: “Settler Violence Is Terrorism”IMEMC – In its 2011 Country report, an annual report about global terrorist activities, the United States described the escalating attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the Palestinians as “terrorist attacks”. This is the first time the United States describes Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘The Man Who Knew Everyone’ – Gore Vidal Through The Eyes Of The One Per Cent Press By David Edwards
Gore Vidal took great delight in demolishing the fragile confections of ‘mainstream’ politics. While corporate journalists typically portray US Presidents as benign demigods, Vidal described George W. Bush as ‘the stupidest man in the United States’. Continue reading
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Extortion Against Standard Chartered Bank Shows Bias Against Iran By Danny Schechter
On the surface, it looked like a simple game of “Gotcha,” when New York Bank regulators blew the whistle on London’s Standard Chartered Bank for laundering money. The fact that the money was allegedly tied to Iran cast a major shadow on the allegations, given the Islamic Republic’s “bad guy” image in American policy circles. Continue reading
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Wikileaks/Julian Assange Newslinks 18-19 August 2012
19 August 2012 — williambowles.info End the war on WikiLeaks, demands Julian Assange in embassy speechMorning Star Today at 18:06 The West must end its war on whistleblowers, Julian Assange demanded today as the diplomatic crisis over his extradition continued. Continue reading
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