4 February 2013 — RT
French troops have been called to protect one of Niger‘s biggest uranium mines as security fears spike. Analyst John Laughland tells RT, that France taking the military lead in Mali and coming to Niger might be a sign of a continent-size interest. Continue reading
4 February 2013 — New Left Project
The Why Poverty project is a recent collaboration between the Open University and the BBC that attempts to highlight the causes of global poverty and explain the different contexts in which it is experienced. The project was extensive, including a detailed website, radio programmes, and a BBC4 television series which will undoubtedly have had an impact on how poverty is understood by a wide audience. In my view, however, parts of the BBC 4 series, as well as the overall narrative of the project were not conducive to the project achieving its aims.
4 February 2013 — New Left Project
The Why Poverty project is a recent collaboration between the Open University and the BBC that attempts to highlight the causes of global poverty and explain the different contexts in which it is experienced. The project was extensive, including a detailed website, radio programmes, and a BBC4 television series which will undoubtedly have had an impact on how poverty is understood by a wide audience. In my view, however, parts of the BBC 4 series, as well as the overall narrative of the project were not conducive to the project achieving its aims.
4 February 2013 — grtv
Natural News have teamed up with Infomatic Films to produce “GMO a Go-Go!”, an animated film all about genetically modified organisms and how good they are – well, for Big Pesticide anyway. “GMOS, changing the human genome one meal at a time!”
3 February 2013 — Cherwell.org
The whistleblowing organisation alleges that the Oxford Union doctored video of Julian Assange’s talk over fear of reprisal
3 February 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Gaza; Two Fighters Injured In Clashes Between Fighters And Security Forces
IMEMC – Two Palestinian fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, have been injured during clashes that took place, Saturday, with members of the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, and members of the Hamas-run security forces of the Interior Ministry in Gaza. …
4 February 2013 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org
1. EU: Council of the European Union: Visa lists and Intra-Corporate Transferees
2. USA: BODY SCANNERS: Rapiscan Backscatter Contract Terminated – Units to be Removed
3. EU: Solidarity or militarisation? Proposed ‘solidarity clause’ legislation criticised for lack of clarity and “encouraging armament”
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4 February 2013 — The Bullet • Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 769
In Europe we are at a new stage of class confrontation. Despite the systemic crisis not only of finance but of the whole of the mode of accumulation and reproduction of ‘financial market capitalism,’ this system has been able to maintain itself. Its transnational power – largely sustained by the nature of European integration and policies – has not been seriously cracked, despite the massive destruction of public and private goods, which is constantly becoming more extreme, deepening the great crisis. Continue reading
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The New Dark Age 