Day: October 6, 2012

New at SCF – 30 September – 6 October 2012: Drug Wars / Syria/Turkey / Jordan / US / UN / Iran-N. Korea

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6 October 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Global Drug Mafia and the Banks. An Introduction to the Subject

06.10.2012 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV

The truth to be kept in mind is that as of today the merger between the financial sector grands and the drug mafia in its classic forms – the cartels and syndicates – is an accomplished fact. No border exists any longer between global-scale banks and drug cartels and, consequently, between laundered and legally clean money – a lot of the funds believed to belong to the latter category actually fall within the former. The present alliance between banks and drug cartels is best described as the drug-banking mafia or the drug-banking business…The socioeconomic model currently materializing in the majority of the world’s countries can be interpreted as a hitherto unstudied brand of capitalism, namely, the drug-banking capitalism…

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10 key facts about Venezuela’s Presidential Election this Sunday

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6 October 2012 — Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

On Sunday Venezuela will vote in their Presidential election. In total there are seven candidates but the main choice is between the Hugo Chavez, backed by a coalition of parties of the left and Henrique Capriles Radonski, a state governor backed by a number of right-wing parties in a coalition known as the M.U.D.

Below are 10 key facts for all interested in Venezuela’s presidential vote.

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Joining Forces for Another Europe By Tommaso Fattori

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6 October 2012 — The Bullet • Socialist E-Project e-bulletin No. 707

In Europe we are living in particularly dramatic times. Democracy is in death-agony and we are witnessing post-democratic processes taking over at the national and supranational level. EU leaders have further concentrated decision-making power on public and fiscal policies in the hands of an oligarchy of governments, technocrats and the European Central Bank (ECB), which are subject to the dictates of the financial markets. Neoliberalism, the real cause of the crisis, not only is not dead, but it appears to be in perfect health: it uses the crisis to destroy social rights and workers’ rights and to privatize commons, public goods and public services. Continue reading →

Breaking! Leaked Video of the FSA Terrorists Behind False Flag Attack on Turkey

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4 October 2012 — 

This is a leaked video of those “Free Syrian Army” (FSA) terrorists responsible for the NATO false flag attack against the Turkish town of Akçakale in southern Turkey. Those terrorists are based in Tell Abyad in al-Raqqa province near Aleppo. The FSA terrorists are known to be equipped with mortar shells as shown in this video as well. The mortar shells are Russian-made, as the FSA terrorists state in the video, since they are stolen ammunition from the Syrian Army‘s arms depots. Continue reading →

VTJP News & Articles 5 October 2012: Why Israel’s “refugee day” is a smokescreen to deny Palestinian rights

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5 October 2012 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

Solidarity Ship Sailing to Gaza
IMEMC – The Helsingin Sanomat Swedish paper reported that Estelle, a Swedish-owned ship sailing under a Finnish flag, is on en route to the besieged Gaza Strip carrying tons of aid supplies to the besieged coastal region. …

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