24 December 2012 — Information Clearing House
The Rape of Syria
By Pepe Escobar
That is disaster capitalism in action, phase I; the terrain is already prepared for a profitable “reconstruction” of Syria once a pliable, pro-Western turbo-capitalism government is installed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33425.htm
012 — Boiling Frogs
Heading America for Full-Blown Tyranny
Since taking office, Obama authorized numerous police state measures. They follow earlier ones under George Bush. They’re heading America for full-blown tyranny. It’s already a hair’s breadth away. It could arrive any time full force. It’s been wrapped in the American flag all along. Continue reading
I want to wish all my readers a peaceful and progressive New Year.
¡A luta continua!
William Bowles
21 December, 2012 — Global Research
Carl Bernstein, of All the President’s Men fame, has a revealing commentary in the Guardian today, though revealing not entirely in a way he appears to understand. Bernstein highlights a story first disclosed earlier this month in the Washington Post by his former journalistic partner Bob Woodward that media mogul Rupert Murdoch tried to “buy the US presidency”.
24 December 2012 — Readings From the Left
If you’ve not found RFL before this, here are a few of the latest, free offerings on the site.
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This important feminist critique of populationist theory and practice, long been out of print, is now available on Reading from the Left with the author’s assistance and permission.
24 December 2012 — Jazz on the Tube
Often referred to as the “last innovator” in the jazz trumpet lineage, Shaw is credited with revolutionizing the technical and harmonic vocabulary of the instrument and is considered one of the great jazz composers and band leaders of the twentieth century. Born with a photographic memory and perfect pitch, Woody Shaw is looked upon as one of the major conceptualists and important musical geniuses in the history of jazz.
The Woody Shaw Quintet perform on July 24 1979 with Woody Shaw (tp), Carter Jefferson (ss), Onaje Allan Gumbs (p), Stafford James (b) and Victor Lewis (dr). Continue reading
23 December 2012 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
Palestinian Cab Driver Shot In Jerusalem
IMEMC – Israeli sources reported, Sunday morning, that a Palestinian Taxi driver was shot by Israeli soldiers near a military base in Jabal Al-Mokabbir area in occupied East Jerusalem. …
23 December 2012 — Information Clearing House
Resisting Genocide: Syria, North Korea, and Cuba
By Gearóid Ó Colmáin
As NATO and Gulf Co-operation Council terrorists persist in their attempt to destroy the Syrian Arab Republic with car bombs, torture, beheadings and mayhem, the Syrian state has still shown no evidence of imminent collapse.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33424.htm
24 December 2012 — The Bullet • Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 749
The New Dark Age 