July 15, 2013
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 14 July 2013
14 July 23 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterNabi Saleh weekly protest on friday: Israeli soldiers fire tear gas and skunk waterIMEMC – During friday’s weekly protest in the village of An Nabi Saleh the villagers once more stipulated their discontent over their difficult situation under the occupation. The peaceful protest was met with tear Continue reading
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ICH 15 July 2013: Rev. Jeremiah Wright: “God Damn America for Her Crimes Against Humanity”
15 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Israel Used Turkish Military Base In Attack On Syrian By Richard Silverstein There will be an accounting for this act of aggression by Israel. The only question is where and when and under what circumstances. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35544.htm Continue reading
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ICH 14 July 2013: White Supremacy Acquits George Zimmerman
14 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Good Coups, Bad Coups By Joost Lagendijk Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait promised no less than $12 billion support to the new regime in Cairo. – “It’s pretty clear what the counter-revolutionary Gulf monarchs expect for their generosity, and it’s not democracy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35536.htm Continue reading
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Nelson Mandela’s Final Battle: Dying With Dignity By Danny Schechter
As thousands of South Africans hold prayer sessions outside “his” Pretoria hospital, and with the world media still on an escalating ‘death watch,’ inside, there’s been a clash among and between family members, government officials trying to control and spin health information, and, even, doctors who have been cited, wrongly, in court battles about his… Continue reading
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Egypt Under Empire, Part 1: Working Class Resistance and European Imperial Ambitions By Andrew Gavin Marshall
For any and every empire that has sought to exert control over the Middle East, Asia or Africa, control over Egypt has been a pre-requisite. Its strategic location has only become more important with each subsequent empire. Continue reading
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Corruption, Accountability and Media Power By Justin Schlosberg, Tom Mills
Justin Schlosberg is lecturer in journalism and media at Birkbeck, University of London and the author of Power Beyond Scrutiny, a book examining how the British media cover cases of institutional corruption. In an interview with NLP’s Tom Mills he discussed media power and democratic accountability in the UK Continue reading
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Britain to use secret evidence in court By Jordan Shilton
The Justice and Security Act 2013 (JSA) came into force this month. The key provision contained within the legislation creates a new judicial procedure which will permit the use of secret evidence in any civil trial in the UK. Continue reading
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