December 26, 2012
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South Africa: Politics, profits and policing after the Marikana Massacre By Patrick Bond
Lover of fast cars, vintage wine, trout fishing and game farming and the second richest black businessperson in South Africa (global financial publication Forbes puts his wealth at $675 million or £416 million), Cyril Ramaphosa (left) celebrates his election as deputy president of the ANC with South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Ramaphosa demanded that police… Continue reading
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FBI Considers the “Occupy Movement” a “Terrorist Threat”
FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) pursuant to the PCJF’s Freedom of Information Act demands reveal that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a potential criminal and terrorist threat even though the agency acknowledges in documents that organizers explicitly called for peaceful protest and did… Continue reading
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FBI Considers the “Occupy Movement” a “Terrorist Threat”
FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) pursuant to the PCJF’s Freedom of Information Act demands reveal that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a potential criminal and terrorist threat even though the agency acknowledges in documents that organizers explicitly called for peaceful protest and did… Continue reading
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ICH 26 December 2012: Napoleon and Hitler in Charge of US Foreign Policy
26 December 2012 — Information Clearing House Napoleon and Hitler in Charge of US Foreign Policy. Twin Swords Of Damocles Over The Heads Of All Humanity By Francis A. Boyle It is the Unlimited Imperialists along the lines of Alexander, Rome, Napoleon and Hitler who are now in charge of conducting American foreign policy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33444.htm Continue reading
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FAIR TV: Second Amendment, Fracking, Syria's Mobile Weapons Labs By Peter Hart
In the wake of the Newtown massacre, media are talking about the Second Amendment. But are they getting it right? Also: The New York Times magazine covers fracking– but mostly the upside–and David Ignatius thinks Syria as mobile weapons labs. Continue reading
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The Sandy Hook School Massacre: Unanswered Questions and Missing Information By Prof. James F. Tracy
Inconsistencies and anomalies abound when one turns an analytical eye to news of the Newtown school massacre. The public’s general acceptance of the event’s validity and faith in its resolution suggests a deepened credulousness borne from a world where almost all news and information is electronically mediated and controlled. Continue reading
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Unlimited Imperialism and the Threat of World War III. U.S. Militarism at the Start of the 21st Century By Francis Boyle
The Origins of the First and Second World Wars currently hover like Twin Swords of Damocles over the heads of all humanity. It is the Unlimited Imperialists along the lines of Alexander, Rome, Napoleon and Hitler who are now in charge of conducting American foreign policy. Continue reading
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John Coltrane: 'Greensleeves'
From the album “Live! at the Village Vanguard” (1961) featuring John Coltrane(tenor and soprano sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Reggie Workman (double bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 25 December 2012: Live ammunition and child arrests: Israel’s military response to protests
25 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Claims Arresting A Cell That Planned To Abduct A SoldierIMEMC – A gag order was lifted Tuesday on the arrest of what Israel claims to be a Palestinian cell that planned the abduction of an Israeli soldier to negotiate his release in exchange for the Continue reading