April 2013
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Africa: Imperialism’s High Mark of Conquest in the 21st Century By Glen Ford
The US-NATO military curtain has fallen the length and breadth of Africa. “Zimbabwe and tiny Eritrea are among the few nations on the African continent that have not yet been absorbed into the AFRICOM matrix.” Continue reading
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Proponents of ‘first strike’ nuclear war against Iran rob billions from their own citizens By Michel Chossudovsky
The Pentagon and NATO’s multibillion-dollar war budgets are financed by massive economic austerity measures, impoverishing people in the US and NATO member-states in order to build advanced nuclear weaponry justified by the ‘Iran threat.’ Continue reading
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The interview given by the President Bashar al-Assad To the turkish Ulusal TV station and Aydinlik newspaper by Bashar al-Assad
5 April 2013 — Voltaire Network Question: Mr President, you are welcome on Ulusal TV station. My first question might be a bit strange, but I need to ask it, because in the Turkish and world media there has been a lot of information published to the effect that you were killed or that you have Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 9 April 2013
9 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinians mark 65th anniversary of Deir Yassin massacreIMEMC – In Palestine and around the world on Tuesday, Palestinians and their supporters held vigils and events to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the massacre of over one hundred Palestinian civilians in Deir Yassin village, in what is now Israel. Continue reading
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ICH 9 April 2013: Thatcher’s Criminal Legacy
9 April 2013 — Information Clearing House What North Koreans Think By Stansfield Smith There is a double standard by the UN. – Other countries are like US puppets to go along with this. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34550.htm Continue reading
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“Let us glory in our inequality.” By Michael Hudson
As in Chile, privatization in Britain was a victory for Chicago monetarism. This time it was implemented democratically. In fact, voters endorsed Margaret Thatcher’s selloff of public industries so strongly that by 1991, when she was replaced as prime minister by her own party’s John Major, only 35 percent of Britain’s voters supported the Labour… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #115 By William Blum: Wikileaks US Govt Plans to Overthrow Chavez
8 April, 2013 — Anti-Empire Report Would you believe that the United States tried to do something that was not nice against Hugo Chávez? Wikileaks has done it again. I guess the US will really have to get tough now with Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. Continue reading
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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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A TV Network Prematurely Reports Nelson Mandela Died–Do Some Want Him Gone? By Danny Schechter
New York, New York: A South African media outlet, no doubt eager to be first, aired a TV obituary of Nelson Mandela. It was very positive and respectful, except for the fact he hadn’t died. Continue reading
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Russian War Games send a Strong Message against NATO Intervention in Syria? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Is there a connection between events in Syria (maybe even US tension with North Korea) and Russia’s impromptu Black Sea war games that started on March 28, 2013? Continue reading
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