February 2013
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People’s Assembly Against Austerity 22 June 2013
Launched with a letter in today’s Guardian, 55 trade union general secretaries, MPs, campaigners, and cultural figures have put out a call for a People’s Assembly Against Austerity. Continue reading
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“The War is Worth Waging”: Afghanistan’s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
This article, first published in June 2010, points to the “real economic reasons” why US-NATO forces invaded Afghanistan eleven years ago. Continue reading
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When 'Confirmed' Means 'An Official Told Me So' By Peter Hart
On January 30, reports emerged that Israel had carried out an airstrike on Syrian targets near Damascus. Much of the initial reporting took Israel’s claims at face value, though it appeared impossible to confirm that the story was true. A reader might conclude, based on some of the more credulous accounts of this strike, that… Continue reading
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54 countries helped CIA to kidnap, detain and torture – report
The report, titled Globalizing Torture, provides a detailed account of other countries covertly helping the US to run secret prisons, also known as ‘black sites’ on their territory and allowing the CIA to use national airports for refueling while transporting prisoners. Continue reading
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U.S. Escalate Imperialist War in Mali and Niger By Abayomi Azikiwe
In the immediate aftermath of the Hollande visit, dozens of French war planes escalated their attacks on several areas in the north. Under the guise of disabling supply routes for the designated “terrorists” groups, the mountainous north-east region around Kidal and Tessalit was pounded. Continue reading
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Her Majesty’s “Post Imperial” Government in Crisis: Prime Minister Cameron in Blunderland By Felicity Arbuthnot
Public anger and resentment is palpably mounting against pretty well all policies in a government seen as completely blind to the reality in Britain’s villages, towns and cities. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 4 February 2013
4 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center “Arabic Not Allowed Here” Says Haifa University EmployeeIMEMC – An Arab student studying at the Haifa University was prevented from speaking his mother tongue while at the Academic Counseling Center, and was explicitly told that “Arabic is not allowed in here”. … Continue reading
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ICH 4-5 February 2013: Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, Paul Craig Roberts, Glenn Greenwald and Many More
5 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Israel Plans Attack To Create And Occupy 10 Mile “Buffer Zone” Inside Syria Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv The plan envisages two Israeli infantry brigades and a tank battalion being based at outposts in Syrian territory. The current border, which is not internationally recognised, was redrawn after the 1973… Continue reading
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“Extermination of The Truth”: In America Law No Longer Exists By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The US “justice system” has been transformed by the Bush/Obama regime into the ”justice system” of Gestapo Germany and Stalinist Russia. There is no difference. Continue reading
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“Extermination of The Truth”: In America Law No Longer Exists By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The US “justice system” has been transformed by the Bush/Obama regime into the ”justice system” of Gestapo Germany and Stalinist Russia. There is no difference. Continue reading
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Video: French troops protecting Niger mine: Fight for security in Africa or..?
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
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PBS Ombud, Nova Disagree on Drone Disclosure
PBS ombud Michael Getler (1/31/13) responded to FAIR activists who wrote to him about the recent Nova special on drones (1/23/13) that was underwritten by Lockheed Martin, a major military contractor and drone manufacturer. Continue reading
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The BBC’s ‘Why Poverty?’ Series: A Missed Opportunity
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… In my view, however, parts of the BBC 4 series, as well as the overall narrative of the project were not… Continue reading
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The BBC’s ‘Why Poverty?’ Series: A Missed Opportunity
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… In my view, however, parts of the BBC 4 series, as well as the overall narrative of the project were not… Continue reading
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Video: GMOs: Changing the Human Genome One Meal at a Time By 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!” Continue reading
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WikiLeaks accuses Oxford Union of “censorship” By Xin Fan
WikiLeaks has accused the Oxford Union of “censor[ing]” footage of Julian Assange’s address to the debating society in January. It alleged on Twitter that the Union had replaced the backdrop of the video, which was personally selected by Assange, with a plain still of the Oxford Union logo Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 3 February 2013
3 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gaza; Two Fighters Injured In Clashes Between Fighters And Security ForcesIMEMC – 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… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 4 February 2013: EU: Solidarity or militarisation?
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 Transferees2. USA: BODY SCANNERS: Rapiscan Backscatter Contract Terminated – Units to be Removed3. EU: Solidarity or militarisation? Proposed ‘solidarity clause’ legislation criticised for lack of clarity and “encouraging armament” Continue reading
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Europe: Existential Danger: New Political Challenges By Elisabeth Gauthier
In Europe, an ‘oligarchy’ has increasingly gotten hold of various powers; it is becoming radicalized and sees the moment as having come in which brutally to accelerate the dismantling of social and democratic gains, notably by profiting from the ‘crisis of public debt,’ generalizing austerity policies which, in turn feed the crisis. Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 4 February 2013: Cyber-Warriors, the 9/11 Plan and Neo-Nazism
4 February 2013 — Global Research The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery? 013 Continue reading
The New Dark Age 