22 February 2013 — Vice
You know why black folk in the south don’t vote? According to the New York Times and the experts at the Pew Charitable Trust, they’re just too damn fat!
Day: February 22, 2013
Iraq and the Betrayal of a People – Impunity Forever? By Hans Christof Von Sponeck
20 February, 2013 — BRussells Tribunal
Ethnic tension and sectarianism have become a major element in Iraqi politics since the US/UK invasion of 2003, a polarization of inter-group relations Iraqis had not known before. This explains much of the existing hideous crime including murder, kidnapping, property destruction and, most noteworthy, the deteriorating relationships between Baghdad and the three northern Kurdish governorates.
Palestinians Disqualify U.S. as Peace Broker By Nicola Nasser
22 February, 2013 — Global Research
The “unbreakable alliance,” which will be confirmed by the upcoming visit of President Barak Obama to Israel , will disqualify the United States as an honest broker of peace in the Arab – Israeli conflict in Palestine , a Palestinian veteran peace negotiator says.
Video: Du Bois, Garvey and Pan Africanism
22 February, 2013 — The Real News Network
Part 3: On the 145th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois‘s birth, Anthony Monteiro discusses the opposing views on Pan Africanism of Du Bois and Marcus Garvey
The “Alternative Media” Challenges Officialdom’s Views By Colin Todhunter
22 February, 2013 — Global Research
The mainstream media is under threat. And the threat is in the form of what is known as the ‘alternative media’. Decades ago, the ‘underground’ media took the form of pamphlets and booklets.
These days, it’s no longer ‘underground’ and you don’t need money to cover print and distribution costs. It’s very much alive and kicking above ground and is there for all to access on the net.
The “Alternative Media” Challenges Officialdom’s Views By Colin Todhunter
22 February, 2013 — Global Research
The mainstream media is under threat. And the threat is in the form of what is known as the ‘alternative media’. Decades ago, the ‘underground’ media took the form of pamphlets and booklets.
These days, it’s no longer ‘underground’ and you don’t need money to cover print and distribution costs. It’s very much alive and kicking above ground and is there for all to access on the net.
ICH 21 February 2013: The Moral Decoding of 9-11 – Prof. J. McMurtry
21 February 2013 — Information Clearing House
Carnage
53 Killed In Syria Courtesy of US Allies
By Daniel McAdams
No doubt this bombing against a government building will be blamed on the Syrian government in the Western media, adding to the phony UN body count.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34051.htm
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 February 2013: Collaboration between IDF, settlers reaching point of no return
21 February 2013 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
El-Eesawy Sentenced To Eight Months, His Hunger Strike Continues
IMEMC – Hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, was sentenced Thursday by the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem to eight months imprisonment starting from the date of his arrest on July 7, 2012. …
PAMBAZUKA NEWS 617: THE SCOURGE OF VIOLENCE: KENYA, MALI, SOUTH AFRICA AND HAITI
22 February 2013 — Pambazuka News
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Historic Court Hearings: The BBC in the Dock for Manipulating Evidence and Biased Coverage of the September 11, 2001 Attacks By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
22 February, 2013 — Global Research
Deafening silence of the mainstream media. A historic law suit is in the making.
The BBC will be in the Dock in a British court accused of manipulating the news.
What is at stake is the BBC’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks. Continue reading
EDF SUING CLIMATE ACTIVISTS FOR £5 MILLION – PROTESTERS FACE LOSING HOMES
20 February 2013 — This is a press release from No Dash for Gas
- Evidence of police/corporate collusion as police serve legal papers on activists on behalf of EDF, and hand over personal data
- Key CCTV footage at police station may have been deleted
- Counter-Terrorism Command visited activist at home
- Home Secretary Theresa May questioned in Parliament
