Freedom Rider: Chickens Roost in Woolwich By Margaret Kimberley

29 May 2013 — Black Agenda Report

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley

Two British-Nigerians frightened the great former colonial empire to death by nearly beheading a soldier, in London. Yet British and other western politicians have far more blood on their hands than the young Africans. “This killing was no more awful than those committed by the military from the U.S. or other NATO nations.” Continue reading

BA Report 29 May 2013: Obama's Perpetual Con, Chickens Home To Roost

29 May 2013 — Black Agenda Report

This week in Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford

President Obama’s perpetual scam machine is in high gear – which signals another expansion of war and war-powers accumulation. The president played the reluctant warrior who doesn’t really want the limitless powers he has arrogated to himself. But, what he’s seeking is formal authorization to escalate the U.S. offensive against world order and civil liberties. Continue reading

VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 28 May 2013: ACT! Stop mass eviction of Bedouins in Israel

28 May 2013 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

Child Forced Under House Arrest In Jerusalem
IMEMC – Tuesday May 28 2013, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that the Israeli Police released an 11-year-old child, identified as Saif Roweidi, after kidnapping and interrogating him for several hours. …

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Armed Rebels Massacre Entire Population of Christian Village in Syria

29 May 2013 — Ahlulbayt News Agency

Armed rebels attacked a village in Syria’s Western province of Homs and slaughtered all its Christian residents on Monday.

Armed Rebels Massacre Entire Population of Christian Village in Syria

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The armed rebels affiliated to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) raided the Christian-populated al-Duvair village in Reef (outskirts of) Homs near the border with Lebanon today and massacred all its civilian residents, including women and children.

The Syrian army, however, intervened and killed tens of terrorists during heavy clashes which are still going on in al-Duvair village.

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Media Lens: ‘The Planet Can’t Keep Doing Us A Favour’ By David Cromwell

29 May 2013 — Media Lens

Sometimes we get so sick of the phrase ‘history in the making’ that the brain tends to switch off. What is it this time?, we sigh. A new high-tech piece of military technology that will boost US killing power? A big jump in a newspaper’s online advertising revenue? The world’s best footballer, Lionel Messi, joining ‘an exclusive list of adidas athletes to have their own signature product’? Sometimes the ‘history’ in question only stretches back a few years, maybe a century or two. Only very occasionally, if the claim is truly deserved, does it stretch back to the earliest era of written records.

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