12 April 2013 — The Real News Network
Miguel Tinker Salas: The Presidential elections in Venezuela will decide if the socialist transformation will continue or a pro-US elite will return to power Continue reading
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Video: Venezuelan Democracy: A Tension Between Centralized Power and Local Democracy
12 April 2013 — The Real News Network
Manuel Larrabure: The Bolivarian Revolution succeeded in developing models of community power and reduced inequality but so far has failed to diversify the economy or extend workers democracy in the oil and mining sector
Herbie Hancock – ‘Cantaloupe Island’
12 April 2013
Herbie Hancock, born 12 April 1940 plays a much-updated version of his early, Blue Note composition, ‘Cantaloupe Island’. A great live performance.
Herbie Hancock – 'Cantaloupe Island'
12 April 2013
Herbie Hancock, born 12 April 1940 plays a much-updated version of his early, Blue Note composition, ‘Cantaloupe Island’. A great live performance.
NSA: The Thatcher-Gorbachev Conversations
12 April 2013 — National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 422
Agreement against German Unification • Encouragement on Economic Reform • Argument over Nuclear Abolition
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Video: Alexa O’Brien Discusses the Bradley Manning Trial – MediaChannel.org
12 April 2013 — Media Channel
Investigative journalist Alexa O’Brien sits down with MediaChannel.org to discuss her work covering the Bradley Manning trial.
We are very pleased to bring you the latest Mediachannel.org interview with the awesome Alexa O’Brien, one of only a handful of journalists covering the trial of Bradley Manning. It is no exaggeration to say that Alexa is responsible for the lion’s share of information we have about what may very well be the most important trial in a generation. Her work is simultaneously a stellar example of great journalism and a glaring indictment of our “established” media institutions.
Video: Alexa O'Brien Discusses the Bradley Manning Trial – MediaChannel.org
12 April 2013 — Media Channel
Investigative journalist Alexa O’Brien sits down with MediaChannel.org to discuss her work covering the Bradley Manning trial.
We are very pleased to bring you the latest Mediachannel.org interview with the awesome Alexa O’Brien, one of only a handful of journalists covering the trial of Bradley Manning. It is no exaggeration to say that Alexa is responsible for the lion’s share of information we have about what may very well be the most important trial in a generation. Her work is simultaneously a stellar example of great journalism and a glaring indictment of our “established” media institutions.
Video: Wikileaks Releases Kissinger Cables and Two Decisions in Manning Trial
12 April 2013 — The Real News Network
Michael Ratner: Kissinger files show important role Wikileaks continues to play revealing real history of US foreign policy; Judge makes one decision favorable to Manning, one not Continue reading
Video: The Message of MLK, Bradley Manning and the Collateral Murder Video
10 April 2013 — The Real News Network
Michael Ratner: Anniversary of King’s “Beyond Vietnam Speech” and release of Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” video – April 10, 13 Continue reading
“Covert Justice” for Bradley Manning: Prosecution Witnesses to Testify Anonymously By Naomi Spencer
12 April 2013 — World Socialist Web Site
During a pre-trial hearing for Army private Bradley Manning Wednesday, a military judge ruled that government prosecutors can call witnesses to testify anonymously and in secret against the accused whistleblower. The ruling exposes the case for the frame-up that it is.
The Ironic Lady: Margaret Thatcher, Supposed Champion of Freedom and Democracy, and Her Dictator Friends By Nima Shirazi
8 April 2013 — Wide Asleep in America
Margaret Thatcher in a British tank during a visit to British forces in Fallingbostel, Germany, September 17, 1986
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Postcard from the End of America: Cheyenne By Linh Dinh
11 April 2013 — Dissident Voice
Of all the words uttered by a person, only a few remain unforgettable to any listener, for these can charm, haunt, humiliate, annoy or terrify even decades later. My friend Lan, for example, is reduced in my mind to a single joking sentence, “This time I’ll probably have to sell my body,” and I’ll never forgive X for sneering, “I ain’t got none!” With a public figure, the lingering words can even be misquoted, or conjured up out of malice or adoration, as likely the case with the incipiently subterranean Margaret Thatcher (the Milk Snatcher). Though there’s no record of it, she’s repeatedly cited as having intoned, “A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.” The public likes this faux quotation because it neatly sums up Thatcher’s disdain for the bottom half, for “losers,” so to speak, and also because it sounds pretty funny.
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 11 April 2013: PHOTOS: Israeli troops shoot Palestinian photographer in the face
11 April 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Prominent youth activist abducted by Israeli troops in Hebron
IMEMC – The coordinator of the non-violent group called ‘Youth Against Settlements’ was abducted Wednesday by Israeli troops when he responded to a summons to appear at the police station at the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba. …
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ICH 11 April 2013: Obama Budget Slashes Social Security
11 April 2013 — Information Clearing House
US Has A Paranoid Policy Towards North Korea
By William Boardman
The U.S. appears to have a comfortable lead in maintaining delusions of being threatened.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34572.htm
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