July 20, 2013
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UK government set on deeper cuts to welfare By Julie Hyland
Earlier this week, Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said unemployed parents should only receive benefit for their first two children, meaning entitlement to child benefit and/or income support and other financial aid could potentially be removed for any children above that number. Continue reading
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Seeds of Destruction: The Diabolical World of Genetic Manipulation By F. William Engdahl
“Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation” by F. William Engdahl is a skillfully researched book that focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish control over the very basis of human survival: the provision of our daily bread. Continue reading
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Saudis’ Unprecedented Break with Washington over Egypt By F. William Engdahl
One of the least commented aspects of ousting Egypt’s Morsi is the defiant act of the Saudi Royal House in backing the ouster of the Brotherhood and supporting the military restoration. The Saudi move is unprecedented in its open defiance of White House declared backing for the Muslim Brotherhood. The implications of the split are… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 14-20 July 2013: Egypt / Snowden / US Government …
20 July 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation US, EU Pose as Honest Brokers While Backing Egypt’s Military Assault on Democracy 20.07.2013 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM Egypt’s political turmoil took on surreal dimensions this week with the swearing in of the military-backed interim civilian government. The procedure was shown «live» on national television, as if to Continue reading
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Key Mistakes Sway Jury in Zimmerman Trial: Jury Prevented from Considering Race and “First Aggressor” By Marjorie Cohn
A Southern jury of six women – none of them black – found 28-year-old George Zimmerman’s shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to be justifiable homicide because he acted in self-defense. The jurors were prohibited from considering race. They were instructed only on the parts of self-defense law that helped Zimmerman, and the chief police… Continue reading