February 2013
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GR Week in Review: Africom’s Agenda, BBC’s 9/11 Cover Up and American Dictatorship
16 February 2013 — Global Research Sandy Hook Tragedy: Corporate Media’s “Lone Gunman” Storyline Losing Ground 013 Continue reading
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Libya: The Second Anniversary of a Bloody Coup By Maximilian Forte
This weekend, marking the second anniversary of the start of protests that would usher in a bloody and prolonged NATO-led coup to overthrow the Libyan Jamahiriya and Muammar Gaddafi, offers many reasons to celebrate for those whose intention was the demolition of Libyan self-determination, African integration, and a domestic system of extensive social welfare and… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 16 February 2013: Soldiers Kidnap 26 Palestinians, Mainly Children, In West Bank, 2 In Gaza
16 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli settlers pump sewage into ancient Palestinian villageIMEMC – The Israeli settlement of Shafi Shamron, in the northern part of the West Bank, has routed its sewage pipes to dump directly into the historic village of Sabastiya, home to several thousand Palestinian families. … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Robbery of Books and Ownership of Narrative By Susan Abulhawa
I finally watched The Great Book Robbery at the University of Pennsylvania this weekend with some friends. It’s a film documenting Israel’s systematic looting of over 70,000 books from Palestinian public and private libraries after Jewish gangs in Palestine proclaimed the state of Israel and ethnically cleansed the native population. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 15 February 2013: Robbery of Books and Ownership of Narrative
15 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eight Injured After Army Invades Al-EesawiyyaIMEMC – Friday Evening, February 15; Palestinian medical sources reported that eight Palestinians have been injured after Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Eesawiyya area in occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked dozens of nonviolent protesters. … Continue reading
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ICH 15 February 2013: Kissinger: If You Can’t Hear the Drums of War Your Deaf
15 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Obama, The US And The Muslim World: The Animosity Deepens By Glenn Greenwald Although it seemed impossible to achieve, Obama has presided over an America that, in many respects, is now even more unpopular in the Muslim world than it was under George Bush and Dick Cheney. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33951.htm… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 10-16 February 2013: Money / France-Africa / China / Russia-Pakistan / CIA / Obama / Iran / Scotland
16 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Parallel World of Finances (II) 16.02.2013 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV …The US Federal Reserve System bankers are dry behind the ears in plundering other nations. The method is the same – exchanging real resources, goods, assets for pieces of paper, call it Federal Reserve bonds, US Treasury loan… Continue reading
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Are Iranian Magnets the New Aluminum Tubes? By Peter Hart
In the run up to the Iraq War, the New York Times (9/8/02) famously reported on an Iraqi scheme to procure special aluminum tubes that could only have one purpose: Iraq’s secret nuclear weapons program. Saddam Hussein was attempting to “buy thousands of specially designed aluminum tubes,” and the “diameter, thickness and other technical specifications… Continue reading
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Harvest of Hypocrisy: Farmers Being Blamed for GMO Crop Failures By Glenn Davis Stone
Of all the GMO controversies around the world, the saga of Bt cotton in India continues to be one of the most interesting and important. In the latest chapter, reported by the Business Standard, cotton yields have dropped to a 5-year low, setting off a fascinating round of finger pointing. Continue reading
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Historic Court Case Against the BBC’s Cover Up of 9/11 Evidence
The BBC is being challenged strongly for its refusal to present to the British public the available scientific evidence which contradicts the official version of events of 9/11. Thank you very much to all those who have sent letters to their MPs asking that the BBC be held to account for withholding this evidence that… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks is a rare truth-teller. Smearing Julian Assange is shameful By John Pilger
Last December, I stood with supporters of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange in the bitter cold outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Candles were lit; the faces were young and old and from all over the world. They were there to demonstrate their human solidarity with someone whose guts they admired. Continue reading
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Video: South Africa and the Resource Curse
Patrick Bond: Mining interests are a powerful force shaping African politics (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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15 February 2003: Reconsidering the March that Failed By Ian Sinclair, Alex Doherty
Ten years on from the largest public demonstration in British history NLP’s Alex Doherty spoke to Ian Sinclair, author of the new book The march that shook Blair: An oral history of 15 February 2003. Continue reading
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Videos worth watching
15 February 2013 — The Real News Network Worker Owned Businesses Point to New Forms of OwnershipCan co-ops come out of the margins of the economy and be part of a larger political project to transform how things are owned?Go to story | Go to homepage Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 February 2013: Israeli government gives convicted murderer 1.3 million for illegal takeover of Palestinian land
14 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center HRW: “Israel Violated International Law During Gaza War”IMEMC – Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Israel’s airstrikes against the Gaza Strip in the most recent war on Gaza in November of last year violated International laws of war, as the Israeli army bombarded areas that had… Continue reading
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ICH 14 February 2013: US To Award Medals For Killing Civilians
14 February 2013 — Information Clearing House US strike kills 10 civilians as Obama touts end of Afghan occupation By Bill Van Auken Obama reiterated that Washington intends to maintain a military force in Afghanistan well past the formal date for the US-NATO withdrawal at the end of 2014 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33936.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 13 February 2013
13 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 360 Detainees To Hold Solidarity Hunger StrikeIMEMC – The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Wednesday that 360 Palestinian detainees will be holding a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the hunger striking detainees. … Continue reading
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ICH 12 February 2013: Khamenei Plays Hardball With Obama
12 February 2013 — Information Clearing House China Will Not Help To “Punish” North Korea By Moon Of Alabama China needs North Korea as a buffer against U.S. troops at its borders. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33933.htm Continue reading
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ICH 11 February 2013: Nationalism Is Our Religion. Its God is the flag. Its prayer is the pledge of allegiance
11 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Global Assassination Program US to Expand Murder Program to North Africa By Joseph Kishore The preparations to extend the military and CIA “kill lists” takes place amidst proposals to more securely institutionalize the global program of assassination. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33910.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 12 February 2013
12 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abu Rodeina: “Settlements Are Main Obstacle To Peace”IMEMC – Palestinian Presidency Spokesperson, Nablil Abu Rodeina, stated Monday that the Israeli government must change Israel’s policies regarding the peace process. … Continue reading
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