27 May, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
“There is a great divide between what freedom means to the capitalists and workers. For capitalists it means freedom to exploit, how and whenever they please…For workers it can mean nothing less then liberation from the chains of poverty and oppression.”
25 May 2013 — Prensa Latina
Damascus, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Arab Army continued its advance today the offensive in Qsseir, central province of Homs, after mercenaries group members surrendered to the authorities in the northern and central districts of the city.
The military evacuated irregular and broke down several shelters west of Homs-Balabak road, which runs through the center of the strategic town near the border with Lebanon and point between Damascus and the coastal zone.
28 May 2013 — Youtube
One of my favourite artists, this track is from the ‘Stay Human’ album recorded in 1991. Conscious music.
27 May 2013 — Voltaire Network
To realize their fantasies of world domination, the neocons resorted to a triple discourse, as Laurent Guyénot shows in this study, i.e. a cynical political philosophy developed by their mentor Leo Strauss for domestic consumption; a cold analysis of Israeli strategic interests for the benefit of leaders in Tel Aviv, and a fear-mongering warning against imaginary dangers besetting U.S. public opinion. Continue reading
28 May 2013 — The Bullet • Socialist Project E-Bulletin No. 829
(1) Beyond ‘Realism’:
28 May 2013 — What’s Left
The idea that the uprising against the Syrian government is inspired by a grassroots movement thirsting for a pluralist, democratic state is a fiction.
27 May 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Israeli Settlements Occupy 538.303 Dunams In West Bank
IMEMC – Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported that, in 2012, Israel confiscated 8000 Dunams of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank for the benefit of its settlements in areas referred to by Tel Aviv as “State Lands”. …
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26 May 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Israeli troops decimate Bedouin village in Negev, leaving 24 children homeless
IMEMC – The village of Atir-Umm al-Hieran is considered an ‘unrecognized’ village by the Israeli government, and has experienced home demolitions in the past, in 2007. But this week, residents say, 600 Israeli officers came and “destroyed everything”. …
23 May 2013 — Information Clearing House
US Makes Syria an ‘Offer it Can’t Refuse’ – again
By Finian Cunningham
This is the scenario that Washington and its NATO allies are contriving for the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad…
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35093.htm
28 May 2013 — Jazz on the Tube
Miles Davis-trumpet, Kenny Garrett-saxophone, Foley-guitar, Ricky Wellman-drums, Richard Patterson-bass. Recorded in 1991
27 May 2013 — Pan-African News Wire
The New Dark Age 