July 2013
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Video: Ford: Zimmerman's Acquittal Exposes the American Psyches' Racist Reasoning
Glen Ford: Prosecution was unable to prove Zimmerman’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because it’s thought to be “reasonable” to profile young black men as criminals (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Ford: Zimmerman’s Acquittal Exposes the American Psyches’ Racist Reasoning
Glen Ford: Prosecution was unable to prove Zimmerman’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because it’s thought to be “reasonable” to profile young black men as criminals (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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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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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 13 July 2013
13 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSyria: “Lathiqiyya Port Explosion, Not Israeli Air Strike”IMEMC – The Al-Alam Iranian news agency have reported that Syria denied that the explosions in Lathiqiyya (Latakia)Port were a result of an Israeli Air Strike, and that the explosions most likely took place during clashes between the Syrian Army Continue reading
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GR Week in Review1 July 2013: Criminalizing Free Speech and Spying to Crush Dissent
14 July 2013 — Global Research Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens Global Research News, May 24 , 2013 Continue reading
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The rules of secret justice in Britain By Angela Patrick
To impliment the deployment of ‘Secret Justice’ in the UK the government has to table the rules that will deliver the legisation. It has done so in a sneaky fashion and has announced they will be debated and decided in the House of Commons tomorrow! Continue reading
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Family Sues G4S For Killing Angolan Deportee By Pratap ChatterjeeFamily Sues G4S For Killing Angolan Deportee By Pratap Chatterjee
The family of Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan refugee in the UK, has brought a civil lawsuit against G4S, the world’s largest private security company. Mubenga died on October 12, 2010 while being restrained by G4S guards who were hired to help deport him from the country. Continue reading
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VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 12 July 2013: ‘Palestinian Settler’: Israel’s Indigenous Invaders
12 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Supreme Court Postpones Amona EvictionIMEMC – Date Moved from July 15 to July 24 The Israeli Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the eviction of the Israeli settlement of Amona would be moved from its July 15 date. The eviction of the Central West Bank hilltop Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 7-13 July 2013: Snowden / Syria / Turkey-Israel / Egypt US-EU /Asia
13 July 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Pursuit of Edward Snowden 13.07.2013 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN Latin America responded to the Morales plane incident by rallying to Snowden’s side. Offers of asylum came from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia and Brazilian legislators called for Brazil to reverse its original denial of asylum and grant it Continue reading
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ICH 12 July 2013: Edward Snowden: ‘I Have No Regrets’
12 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Noam Chomsky: The Arab World And The Supernatural Power of the United States Mohammed Attar Interviews Noam Chomsky America and Israel remain unwilling to bring down Assad regime. They may not like the regime, but it is nevertheless a regime that is well practised in accommodating their demands and any Continue reading
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How to Send a Good FOIA Request to the Department of State By Laura S. Kauer
The Department of State’s launch of its new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) online request platform and terrific, comprehensive, 80,000-document online FOIA reading room, makes it a fitting time to review how to craft a good FOIA request to the Department of State (or any agency, actually). Continue reading
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Questions surrounding 2011 triple murder point to government cover-up in Boston Marathon bombing By Thomas Gaist and Barry Grey
The New York Times published a front-page article Thursday (“In 2011 Murder Inquiry, Hints of Missed Chance to Avert Boston Bombing”) that raises new questions about the alleged perpetrators of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing and adds to the evidence of a government cover-up in the explosions that killed three people and wounded more… Continue reading
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