June 2013
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 7 June 2013
7 June 2013 — williambowles.info As Bradley Manning Trial Begins, Press Predictably Misses the Point RollingStone.com Well, the Bradley Manning trial has begun, and for the most part, the government couldn’t have scripted the headlines any better. In the now-defunct Starz series Boss, there’s a reporter character named “Sam Miller” played by actor Troy… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 6 June 2013: The Wandering Europeans and ‘The Vanishing Two-State Solution’
6 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Minister Released After Two Years In CaptivityIMEMC – Israeli released, on Thursday evening, former Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Wasfy Qabha, 50, after holding him under Administrative Detention for two years without charges or trial. … Continue reading
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Syria: UN report reveals opposition crimes as imperialist powers push for intervention By Johannes Stern
The contents of the report are a devastating indictment of the imperialist powers in the United States and Europe and their regional allies, who have fueled a sectarian-based civil war in Syria for more than two years to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Continue reading
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ICH 6 June 2013: Meet the ‘Friends of Jihad’
6 June 2013 — Information Clearing House Meet the ‘Friends of Jihad’ By Pepe Escobar Western politicos love to shed swamps of crocodile tears about “the Syrian people” and congratulate themselves within the “Friends of Syria” framework for defending them from “tyranny”. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35189.htm Continue reading
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Kerry and Blair’s $4 Billion Mystery Plan for Palestine: Crony capitalism under the guise of peace? By Max Blumenthal
In a speech brimming with optimism, Kerry introduced an ambitious initiative that promised to turn the whole situation around. Calling it, “Breaking The Impasse,” Kerry claimed the plan would triple tourism to the occupied Palestinian territories, double or triple Palestinian agriculture production, increase the Palestinian GDP by 50 percent, and foster the construction of a… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 6 June 2013
6 June 2013 —williambowles.info WikiLeaks trial comes into focus New Zealand Herald Three days into Private Bradley Manning’s court-martial for giving thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, prosecutors have shown the soldier was trained to guard classified information and knew it could easily fall into enemy hands, yet defied … http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10888732 Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 6 June 2013
6 June 2013 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning remembered as a computer whiz Los Angeles Times MEADE, Md. — Bradley Manning’s former Army supervisor described him Wednesday as a highly competent computer whiz who could easily get around secret passwords to retrieve information about enemy terrorist cells. “He indicated to me he was very … http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-manning-trial-20130606,0,3183792.story Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 5 June 2013: After 46 years of occupation, land confiscation renders Israeli law obsolete
5 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterShabak Head: “Abbas Does Not Believe Peace In Possible”IMEMC – Speaking to the Israeli Knesset Foreign and Security Committee on Tuesday, head of the Israeli Security Agency (Shabak), Yuram Cohen, stated that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, does not really believe that reaching a peace agreement with… Continue reading
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Darcy James Argue's Secret Society – 'Brooklyn Babylon — Chapter Five'
Weaving together progressive jazz, early-American popular styles, Balkan folk musics, and the sounds of Brooklyn’s diverse contemporary music scene — from the dance-punk of LCD Soundsystem and experimental indie rock of Dirty Projectors to Missy Mazzoli’s blend of post-rock and quirky minimalism — Argue creates a vividly evocative musical narrative that is at once timeless… Continue reading
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Syrian army sets sights beyond Qusair
The Syrian army will confront rebels across the country after making a decisive victory in the key town of Qusair early Wednesday, further tipping the military balance in the regime’s favor in the country’s civil war, it said in a statement Wednesday. Continue reading
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Authoritarian Neoliberalism Hits a Wall in Turkey By Özlem Onaran
The obvious injustice and police brutality in Gezi Park was the last drop in a long process of accumulation of discontent against an authoritarian government, their social policies pushing for a conservative Islamic life style threatening in particular women and youth, criminalization and imprisoning of oppositional groups ranging from seculars to Kurds, socialists, and trade… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 5 June 2013: Andy Young Still a Shameless Son, Et Tu Bill Thompson, Ben Jealous's Indecent Proposal
5 June 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Shameless Son Andy Young’s “Foreign Aid” Scam Evaporates Amid Charges of Malfeasance, Insider Dealing by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Former civil rights figure and ex-Atlanta mayor Andrew Young took part in a perfectly legal “foreign aid” scheme that might have… Continue reading
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Assad’s army retakes control of strategic Lebanon-bordering Qusayr
Syrian regime forces seize control of the strategically important town of Qusayr on the Lebanon border after a long battle with rebel fighters. Victory is being hailed as a turning point in the civil war, rebels blame defeat on the exiled Council. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 5 June 2013
5 JUne 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks Court Martial Underway Voice of America FORT MEADE, MARYLAND — The court martial of U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, who gave hundreds of thousands of secret government files to the WikiLeaks website, began this week in a courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland. Some analysts say … http://www.voanews.com/content/wikileaks-court-martial-underway/1675346.html Continue reading
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Syria has the right to peace and to self-defense, despite western claims By John Robles
There can be little doubt that the lifting of the arms embargo to the armed insurgents and terrorist groups operating in Syria is one of the most egregiously callous, self-serving, reckless and irresponsible moves made by the international community since the beginning of the internal conflict in the country. Continue reading
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The Choice for the Working Class Will Certainly Be Created By the Communist Party of Turkey
For days now Turkey has been witnessing a genuine popular movement. The actions and protests, which have started in Istanbul and spread all over Turkey, have a massive, legitimate, and historic character. The most important of all is the striking change in the mood of people. The fear and apathy has been overcome and people… Continue reading
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Hizbullah: Qusayr’s Achievement a Severe Blow to American-Israeli-Takfiri Scheme
Hizbullah stated on Wednesday that the party’s “achievement” in the Syrian border town of al-Qusayr dealt a “severe blow to the American-Israeli-Takfiri scheme.” Continue reading
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