December 2012
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Video: Assange’s Christmas Address: Outlines Wikileaks battle plan for 2013
Not much is known about the subject of Assange’s address, but he recently confirmed intentions to run as a candidate for the Australian Senate in 2013. Speculation is also rife that he will use the occasion to officially launch a WikiLeaks political party. Continue reading
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Video: 'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' – NSA whistleblower
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this information against anyone. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: ‘Everyone in US under virtual surveillance’ – NSA whistleblower
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this information against anyone. (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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War or prosperity? UK’s price tag for Afghan war rises to $30 billion while cutting vital social services at home
“The UK has revealed that the cost of its involvement in the war in Afghanistan has reached $27.6 billion, and may end up being as much as $32.5 billion. Meanwhile, the UK continues to slash domestic social services to reduce its budget deficit. Continue reading
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Google starts watching what you do off the Internet too
The most powerful company on the Internet just got a whole lot creepier: a new service from Google merges offline consumer info with online intelligence, allowing advertisers to target users based on what they do at the keyboard and at the mall. Continue reading
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Video: Israeli Army Killing Palestinian Protestors with Impunity say Activists
Last week, in one of the first actions of its kind, activists released the names of Israeli soldiers involved in the killing of a Palestinian protester. Mustafa Tamimi, a 28 year-old demonstrator from the village of Nabi Saleh, was killed when a soldier shot a tear gas canister at his face in December last year. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 19 December 2012: Election committee bans Palestinian MK Zoabi from participating in elections
19 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Several Palestinians Injured In Jenin, Two Children KidnappedIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, reported Wednesday that several residents have been treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation after the army fired gas bombs at them near Continue reading
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Audio: The unstable politicians in the US are dangerous – WikiLeaks spokesperson
In an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, WikiLeaks official spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson speaks about the Freedom of the Press Foundation and their new initiative to provide help and assistance to members of the press who are being persecuted for seeking to tell the truth. In particular the FPF offers a way to circumvent… Continue reading
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ICH 19 December 2012: Unbelievable – Outrageous! – Do you agree?
19 December 2012 — Information Clearing House Egypt’s New Pharaoh By Chris Hedges Morsi and the Brotherhood have been exposed as the heirs of the old dictatorship in new garb. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33380.htm Continue reading
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Video: More Lessons From the Fukushima Daiichi Accident by grtv
In this Monday’s video, Fairewinds investigates a recently released report from Tokyo Electric. Arnie Gundersen discusses TEPCO’s latest analysis that, almost two years after the accident, fully substantiates Fairewinds long held position that the explosion at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 was the result of a detonation shock wave. Continue reading
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Does Hugo Chavez Keep Fooling Venezuelans? By Peter Hart
The New York Times updates readers today (12/13/12) on the health status of left-wing Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, and the political implications for his country. But the paper starts out by suggesting that the people who keep electing him must have some kind of problem. Continue reading
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Fracking: Too Much of a Good Thing, Says Planet Money Guy By Peter Hart
While many environmentalists work to stop fracking, Davidson has a different idea–he writes that the “best thing that any U.S. environmentalist can do is to start thinking like an economist.” Continue reading
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US seeks ‘world supremacy’ through advanced weapons – Russian Security Chief
Nikolay Patrushev, commenting on how atomic weapons play more of a political role than a military one, said the consequences of even a “limited nuclear intervention” are so catastrophic that it makes the usage of such weapons absolutely impossible. Continue reading
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New free press foundation helps WikiLeaks to subvert banking blockade
A new foundation dedicated to promoting media transparency and fighting censorship is to support WikiLeaks in its efforts to subvert a two-year block on payments by Visa and MasterCard. Continue reading
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Haiti's New Dictatorship By Justin Podur
What constitutes a dictatorship? Haiti had an election in 2006, which the popular candidate won. It had an election in 2011, which had one of the lowest turnouts in recent history and which was subject to all kinds of external manipulation. Given these elections, is it unfair to call Haiti, a country that suffered 30… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 17 December 2012: Gaza fisherman jailed for serving Hamas coffee
18 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Attack Funeral Of Palestinian Child In HebronIMEMC – Israeli soldiers attacked, Tuesday, hundreds of Palestinians participating in a funeral of a child in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron; at least three residents have been injured. … Continue reading
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ICH 18 December 2012: What If Children Mattered No Matter Where They Lived –
18 December 2012 — Information Clearing House Obama’s War on Syria and Its Implications By Shamus Cooke The Obama administration has already declared war on Syria, even if it isn’t “official” yet. Consider the facts, all of them acts of war: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33365.htm Continue reading
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America Invades Africa: The Resource War and the Conquest of Mali By Timothy Alexander Guzman
The US and its Western Allies use military force, whether by an invasion or by creating a coup d’état within the country of interest. AFRICOM’s goal is to eliminate China and other countries influence in the region. Africa’s natural resources is another important element to consider because it includes oil, diamonds, copper, gold, iron, cobalt,… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 17 December 2012: Israel approves 1,500 more settler homes in East Jerusalem
17 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Kidnap Five Palestinians In NablusIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, different parts of the of the northern West Bank district of Nablus, broke into and searched several homes, and kidnapped five Palestinians including a school headmaster, and a Palestinian security officer. … Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Illusion Of Democracy By David Cromwell
In an era of permanent war, economic meltdown and climate ‘weirding’, we need all the champions of truth and justice that we can find. But where are they? What happened to trade unions, the green movement, human rights groups, campaigning newspapers, peace activists, strong-minded academics, progressive voices? We are awash in state and corporate propaganda,… Continue reading
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