4 January 2013 — Voltaire Network
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha advocated granting Albanian citizenship to all Albanians, wherever they reside. This statement was made during a visit of the city of Vlora where the independence of the Albanian state was declared, only 100 years ago. At the time Albania had just liberated itself from Ottoman rule. Continue reading
8 January 2013 — Gilad Atzmon
Lebanon is incredible – an intoxicating blend of natural beauty, rebellious spirit, pious clarity, tolerance, wild night life and unbelievable hummus. I landed in Beirut four days ago. The purpose of my visit wasn’t all that clear. I knew that a talk and a musical performance were scheduled by Almayadeen TV, but I never expected such a spiritually transforming experience.
5 January 2013 — MRZine
[An interesting argument and not without substance, though I think the author ignores the role of nationalism and I’m not sure what ‘weak communism’ is. Maybe readers can offer up some ideas? WB]
8 January 2013 — World Socialist Website
The leaders of three Labour Party-controlled city councils wrote a letter to the Observer, published December 29, warning that the scale of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat austerity agenda could lead to “the break-up of civil society”.
8 January 2013 — Washington’s Blog
<span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: 400;”>November <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>2012 — Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
In Lower Manhattan, in a small plaza called <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Zuccotti Park, Occupy <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Wall Street was born in September of 2011. While the first Occupiers had originally come to protest <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Wall Street, once the actual <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>occupation began their game plan was not entirely clear. What were their goals and how would they pursue them?
7 January 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Farawna: “Palestinian Christians, Partners In Struggle, Pain And Captivity”
IMEMC – Former political prisoner, a Palestinian researcher specialized in detainee’s affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, wished all Palestinian Christians a Merry Christmas and a happy new year, and stated that Palestinian Christians are partners in the struggle against the occupation, working with their Muslim brothers and sisters for the liberation of their land and people. …
8 January 2013 — www.killinghope.org
“France no longer recognizes its children,” lamented Guillaume Roquette in an editorial in the Figaro weekly magazine in Paris. “How can the country of Victor Hugo, secularism and family reunions produce jihadists capable of attacking a kosher grocery store?” 1
8 January 2012 — The Bullet • Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 754
On the last day of the 10th federal convention of the Spain‘s United Left (Izquierda Unida, <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU), Juan Peña, young <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU organization secretary for the Castilian town of Valladolid, summed up his view of the impact of the <span class=”foreign-lang” style=”font-style: italic;”>indignado(15M) movement on the <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU, one of the oldest broad <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>left formations in Europe: “15M brought <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU good news and bad news. The good news was that our programmatic proposals hit the mark, shared by the people who poured into the streets. The bad news was that the people thought that these proposals were new, their own.”
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8 January 2012 — The Bullet • Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 754
On the last day of the 10th federal convention of the Spain‘s United Left (Izquierda Unida, <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU), Juan Peña, young <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU organization secretary for the Castilian town of Valladolid, summed up his view of the impact of the <span class=”foreign-lang” style=”font-style: italic;”>indignado(15M) movement on the <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU, one of the oldest broad <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>left formations in Europe: “15M brought <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>IU good news and bad news. The good news was that our programmatic proposals hit the mark, shared by the people who poured into the streets. The bad news was that the people thought that these proposals were new, their own.”
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7 Jan 2013 — InterPress
HAVANA, Jan 5 2013 (IPS) – The Cuban government’s economic reforms must consider the myriad opportunities offered by the Internet, a key platform of the dominant economic model on the planet, according to interviews with both experts and average people.
The New Dark Age 
