April 9, 2013
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Video: Under Thatcher, the Poor Became Poorer
John Weeks: Thatcher and Reagan set out to crush the union movement and assert the power of capital Continue reading
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Video: Michael Hudson – Thatcher Gave More Power to Finance
Michael Hudson: Thatcher deregulated banking and made London the center of speculation and financialization – April 9, 2013 Continue reading
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Mrs. Thatcher’s Mean Legacy By Michael Hudson and Jeffrey Sommers
We typically honor the convention to refrain from to speak ill of the recently departed. But Margaret Thatcher probably would not object to an epitaph focusing on how her political legacy was to achieve her professed aim of “irreversibly” dismantling Britain’s public sector. Continue reading
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Obama’s dangerous “counter-provocation” plan against North Korea By Peter Symonds
The aggressive character of the Obama administration’s actions on the Korean Peninsula was further underlined by leaked details in the New York Times on Sunday of a “counter-provocation” plan against North Korea, drawn up by the US and South Korean militaries. Amid sharply rising tensions, Washington is not simply responding to North Korean threats, but… Continue reading
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Video: “Aleppo, the Castle”: Documentary on Atrocities Committed by US-NATO Sponsored Terrorists in Syria
This is a documentary of 7 parts, broadcasted by Syria TV, with subtitles in English, about the war launched by the Islamist fighters in Aleppo. Continue reading
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The Role of MI6 in the Assassination of Patrice Lumumba By Abayomi Azikiwe
David Lea, a member of the House of Lords, wrote the letter in response to a review of a book on the history of MI6 entitled “Empire and Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire” by Calder Walton. Lea’s letter referenced the passage in the book by Walton that said “The… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 8 April 2013: Youth move back to Palestinian village stolen from their families
8 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Cameraman Shot In The Face In BethlehemIMEMC – Bethlehem, Monday April 8, 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian cameraman was shot in the face, on Monday evening, by a rubber-coated metal bullet, in the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. … Continue reading
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ICH 8 April 2013: The Five Stages Of Collapse
8 April 2013 — Information Clearing House US Threatens War With North Korea, Demands China Cut Off Support By Alex Lantier Sections of the US press and foreign policy establishment are now mooting the possibility that Washington will go to war and kill the North Korean leadership. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34546.htm Continue reading
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Smearing those Who Speak the Truth: The Media Myth of “Regime Apologists” By Devon DB
Given the current conflict in Syria, there are many in the alternative media whose main focus when reporting on the fighting is the actions of the rebels. This has earned such media outlets and writers the taunts and attacks of others who label them “regime apologists.” Continue reading
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