18 January, 2013 — National Security Archive
LAWSUIT FILED BY FAMILY YIELDS DOCUMENTATION ON “OPERATIONAL” NATURE OF USAID EFFORT
CONTRACTOR INTRODUCES CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS IN COURT ARGUMENTS
Day: January 18, 2013
ICH 18 January 2013: Burn, Burn – Africa’s Afghanistan
18 January 2013 — Information Clearing House
Iraq: A Twenty Two Year Genocide
By Felicity Arbuthnot
Incredibly it is twenty two years to the day since the telephone rang in the early hours and a friend said: “They are bombing Baghdad.”
Mali Conflict Could Refuel Algeria’s Civil War By Abayomi Azikiwe
18 January 2013 — Press TV
Interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire
The Lies Of Democracy and the Language Of Deceit By Colin Todhunter
18 January, 2013 — Global Research
In an increasingly media-driven age, language is everything and is often used by officialdom to tyrannise meaning. With the deaths of millions on its hands since 1945, the US has become the world’s number one terror state. By the 1980s, former CIA man John Stockwell had put the figure at six million. As a recent article has indicated, from mass bombing in Southeast Asia to employing death squads in South America, the US military and the CIA have been directly and indirectly responsible for an updated figure of an estimated ten million deaths (1). But it’s not called mass murder these days. Ironically, the US has hijacked the word ‘terror’ to justify its brand of tyranny through a war on terror.
Video: Theo Parrish remixes Jill Scott
18 January 2013 — Youtube
From the Parrish album ‘Ugly Edits’, Jill Scott’s ‘Slowly Surely’ aprés Theo Parrish mashing it up. Miles Davis really started something!
Fracking Industry Goes After Promised Land Film by Meher Ahmad
18 January, 2013 — PRWatch
[Don’t how many readers are aware of PRWatch yet another excellent resource, US-based of course. Here’s a taster. WB]
Before Gus Van Sant’s latest film Promised Land even premiered, the energy industry was up in arms, gearing up to counter the film’s apparent anti-fracking stance with a barrage of “community” responses (read: thinly veiled corporate PR). James Schamus, chief executive of Focus Features the distributor of the film, expressed shock about the attacks on Promised Land: “We’ve been surprised at the emergence of what looks like a concerted campaign targeting the film even before anyone’s seen it.” Continue reading
Interview: U.S. Approach To Russia More Abrasive, Dismissive Than During Cold War
16 January 2013 — Voice of Russia
Recorded in late December 2012
Clinton’s language has no place in international diplomacy – John Robles interviews Rick Rozoff
PAMBAZUKA NEWS 613: LUMUMBA, M.L.KING JR, WOES AT WORLD BANK CONTINUE
18 January 2013 — Pambazuka News
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The Left in Europe: From Social Democracy to the Crisis in the Euro Zone. An Interview with Leo Panitch
18 January 2013 — The Bullet • Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 761
<strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Leo Panitch is the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto. He is co-editor of the Socialist Register. His most recent book, co-authored with Sam Gindin, is Global Capitalism and American Empire (Verso 2012).
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 17 January 2013: How the media let Israel get away with murder
17 January 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Resident’s Body Found Under Collapsed Tunnel
IMEMC – Thursday January 17; Palestinian rescue teams located the body of a resident who went missing last week when a siege busting tunnel on the border with Egypt collapsed on him due to heavy rain. …
The Guardian vs. the Conventional Wisdom on Venezuela By Alex Main
17 January 2013 — CEPR
Earlier this month my colleague Dan Beeton noted that the major media, after incorrectly predicting a close race in Venezuela’s presidential elections, had quickly reverted to the familiar “gloom and doom” predictions for Venezuela’s economic future. Additionally, many recent opinion and news pieces have echoed the Venezuelan opposition’s view that the decision to postpone Chávez’s inauguration was legally questionable. On January 8th, a Chicago Tribune editorialneatly summarized the prevailing wisdom: “Venezuela after Chavez will likely be plagued by political turmoil and economic struggle.”
Director Kathryn Bigelow defends her indefensible Zero Dark Thirty By David Walsh
18 January 2013 — WSWS
Director Kathryn Bigelow took to the pages of the Los Angeles Times Tuesday to defend her pro-CIA film Zero Dark Thirty which has provoked opposition inside and outside the film industry. Bigelow’s column, which reveals her as a slavish admirer of the US intelligence and military apparatus, only sinks her—deservedly—deeper in the mire.
Iraq: A Twenty Two Year Genocide By Felicity Arbuthnot
17 January, 2013 — williambowles.info
‘It is the first genocide of the 21st century. Poor Iraq and Iraqis. The silence of the world pushes me to lose faith in humanity.” (Anonymous,)
Copyright for People, Not for Publishers By Jim Naureckas
17 January 2013 — FAIR Blog
In a release today from the Institute for Public Accuracy (1/17/13) on the legacy of Aaron Swartz, I came across a link to a great essay by Richard Stallman that appears to have been written about a decade ago. Called “Misinterpreting Copyright: A Series of Errors,” it’s one of the best explanations I’ve seen for what’s wrong with the way we think about copyright.
How did this become the image of people who want to make copies? (Photo: practicalowl)
Syria: Proxy War By U.S. And Gulf Monarchies By By Zhao Jinglun
17 January 2013 — China.org.cn
A dozen Russian warships from the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets are converging on the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden, as part of a large-scale strategic exercise. Russian intentions are obvious, even though it declares this has nothing to do with the situation in Syria. Continue reading
Mali War Retaliation: World Police Protecting Corporate Interests in Africa By grtv
17 January 2013 — GRtv
35 foreign hostages held captive at a gas field in Algeria have reportedly been killed in the operation to free them. 15 of the captors are also thought to have died, some people are apparently still being held. The local media suggests Algerian forces attacked a convoy of kidnappers and captives from the air. Continue reading
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