January 2013
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Review of "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956" By Eric Walberg
The period following WWII in eastern Europe is considered to be a black one, best forgotten. All the pre-war governments had been quasi-fascist dictatorships which either succumbed to the Nazi onslaught (Poland) or actively cooperated with the Germans (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria). The Soviet liberation was greeted with trepidation by many – with good reason for… Continue reading
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HLLN 13 January 2013: Your story Haiti, For You: Light and Libation, A Bouquet of Tears | Seismic Shifts – Haiti freestyling to murder Tarzan, Jane & their Uncle Toms
13 January 2013 — HLLN Recommended HLLN Link: Foreign violence against Haiti is the norm. Haiti struggles on, paying an untenable price, lighting a path for love and justice http://bit.ly/13eKwK3 Felipe Luciano/WBAI interviews Ezili Dantò of HLLN on Haiti, three years after the earthquake. Broadcast on Jan 11, 2012 http://bit.ly/13eKwK3 Continue reading
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Military Intervention in Mali: Special Operation to Recolonize Africa By Alexander MEZYAEV
The military operation in Mali launched on January 11 is another vivid example of special activities aimed at recolonization of the African continent. It’s an orderly and consistent capture of new African territories by Western powers. Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 13 January 2013: France's failed commando raid
13 January 2013 — williambowles.info France fails to free intelligence agent held in Somalia; Paris sends more … Washington Post PARIS — As France reinforced its intervention forces in Mali with additional aircraft and soldiers, French commandos launched a failed raid on the other side of Africa in a vain attempt to rescue an intelligence officer held Continue reading
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Videos: Canada mines Haiti via 'aid' / Canada Suspends 'aid' to Haiti / Haitians Demand Living Wage
13 January 2013 — The Real News Network The Real News Network have got a bunch of videos dealing with Haiti that’s worth checking out: Continue reading
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U.S. Building “Global First Strike Capacity” Against Russia and China By Hu Yumin
The US aims to combine PGS [Prompt Global Strike] with its space and anti-missile technologies to form an integrated defense system, which could render other countries’ strategic weapons, including nuclear arms, almost useless. This could put other countries in a dilemma: they either lose the capability to launch a strategic nuclear counterattack or use nuclear… Continue reading
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Video: US-led NATO and its Puppets Ignite Factional Violence in Syria
Analyst Michel Chossudovsky believes that the objective of the United States and its NATO partners is “to create factional violence, ethnic cleansing, promote divisions within Syria between Alawite Shi’ites and Christian communities.” Continue reading
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The Age of the Siege: Sanctions Are An Act Of War by Felicity Arbuthnot
The siege of Leningrad is still considered the most lethal siege in world history, a shocking “racially motivated starvation policy”, described as: “an integral part of Nazi policy in the Soviet Union during World War 11.” Sieges now extend to entire countries, they have become the torture before the destruction. And they are not counted… Continue reading
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Video: 2013 – the stage is set: Michael Hudson
Hudson on the Thom Hartmann Program talking about the economy in the year ahead. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 12 January 2013: The hardest thing: Palestinian parents speak of their children killed by Israeli bombings
12 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Killed By Israeli Fire In HebronIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. … Continue reading
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The Cancer Cash Cycle: The Causes of Cancer and Ill Health By Colin Todhunter
Cancer is big business. Despite massive public screening campaigns and talk of cures, cancer rates continue to soar, and certain companies not only profit from making the chemicals that cause cancer but also from selling the drugs that treat it. Continue reading
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Video: The assassination of Hugo Chavez By Greg Palast
This is a must-see video if you want a hands-on guide to ‘democracy’-imposition, US-style. Palast is up close and personal. Click on the image and it’ll take you to the free download page which will be active for just a few more days. Continue reading
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ICH 12 January 2013: Propaganda and Tyranny in the Middle East
12 January 2013 — Information Clearing House AFRICOM’s Imperialist Quest By Burkely Hermann Since 2003, the modern American ‘scramble for Africa,’ has begun, as “…in quiet and largely unnoticed ways, the Pentagon and the CIA have been spreading their forces across the continent. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33597.htm Continue reading
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The “War On Terror” Spreads to Africa: U.S. Sending Troops to 35 African Nations
The U.S. Sets Its Sights On Controlling African Resources and Reducing Chinese Influence Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Zero Dark Thirty”: Torturing the Facts By Marjorie Cohn
Zero Dark Thirty is disturbing for two reasons. First and foremost, it leaves the viewer with the erroneous impression that torture helped the CIA find bin Laden’s hiding place in Pakistan. Secondarily, it ignores both the illegality and immorality of using torture as an interrogation tool. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 11 January 2013: Israelis Must Rise Up To Avert National Disaster
11 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Peres: “We Should Not Have Assassinated Arafat, Abbas Is A Partner In Peace”IMEMC – In an interview that was conducted by the New York Times five months ago, and was only published Wednesday, and was republished by the Israeli Radio, Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated Continue reading
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Russian Documentary: The Human Cost of the Syrian Crisis
A documentary about the human cost of the Syrian conflict and the scale of the devastation. No politics — only people telling their story. Caution: previously unseen facts of brutality (16+). Continue reading
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The U.S. Military Swarms Over Africa By Glen Ford
2013 is the year the U.S. kicks off its wholesale military occupation of Africa. The escalation should come as no surprise, since the Army Times newspaper [8] reported, back in June, that a U.S. brigade of at least 3,000 troops would become a permanent presence on the continent in the new year. Continue reading
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The Geopolitical Reordering of Africa: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Northern Mali, France “Comes to the Rescue” By Tony Cartalucci
A deluge of articles have been quickly put into circulation defending France’s military intervention in the African nation of Mali. TIME’s article, “The Crisis in Mali: Will French Intervention Stop the Islamist Advance?” decides that old tricks are the best tricks, and elects the tiresome “War on Terror” narrative. Continue reading
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