November 2013
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Thousands across Palestine protest against efforts to uproot Bedouin By Alex Kane
Protests erupted across the Palestinian territories today as a show of force against the Prawer Plan, the Israeli government’s initiative to uproot tens of thousands of Bedouin Arabs, demolish their villages and build new Jewish towns on top of their ruins. Continue reading
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Not just the Prawer Plan: Villages across the West Bank face ‘unrelenting assault’ from Israeli military
Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Restriction of movement. A long list of crimes being committed by the state of Israel… Continue reading
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Video: Susan George on "How to win the class war – The Lugano Report II" Part 1
If you have ever wondered what it’s like to be in the shoes – and the minds – of the guardians of the capitalist system, Susan George can give you the key. “How to win the Class War” is a ‘Factual Fiction’: the facts are based on solid research, but the fictional setting and the… Continue reading
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What archives? UK ordered destruction of ‘embarrassing’ colonial papers
Britain systematically destroyed documents in colonies that were about to gain independence, declassified Foreign Office files reveal. ‘Operation Legacy’ saw sensitive documents secretly burnt or dumped to cover up traces of British activities. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 29 November 2013: Save the children from Israel’s deadly drones
29 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli troops shoot and injure two Palestinian protesters near JerusalemIMEMC – As Palestinian protesters took to the streets Friday to bring attention to the death of a Palestinian child at an Israeli military checkpoint Thursday, and two protesters were shot with live ammunition in two Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 29 November 2013: Obama Regime Kills More Children In Afghanistan
29 November 2013 — Information Clearing House Another Proud Day For The USA Obama Regime Kills More Children In Afghanistan Video Furious Afghan president says US drones have struck a home in Helmand, killing a small child and wounding two women. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37009.htm Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 24-30 November 2013: EU / Iran / China / Russia-Ukraine-EU / France-Africa / CIA-Russia / Arctic / Libya
30 November 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Europe to Boost its Defence Potential 30.11.2013 | 00:00 | Andrei AKULOV Seven EU countries have formed what France calls a «club» to produce military drones from 2020 onward. The accord was reached in Brussels on November 19 at a meeting of the European Defence Agency (EDA), the EU’s defence think Continue reading
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Palestine: International ‘Day of Rage’ against the Prawer Plan planned for 30 November By Adam Horowitz
Tomorrow (30 Nov), activists in Israel/Palestine, and around the world, will carry out a “day of rage” to protest the Prawer Plan, an Israeli government plan to destroy 35 Arab villages in the Negev desert that will lead to the forced displacement of up to 70,000 Bedouin citizens of the state of Israel in order… Continue reading
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Join Susan George Discussing the Class War
Susan has a world wide reputation as a searing critic of capitalist globalisation and as an activist for international social justice. Her latest book, titled How to Win the Class War, is the sequel to her popular Lugano Report. Continue reading
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Book Review: How the corporate elite win the class war By John Palmer
Susan George returns to the conceit of the global conspiracy as the framework for her latest book. This approach allows her, tongue in cheek, to track just how far the financial, economic, ecological and social crisis has intensified over the past 16 years and has neutered so much of the democratic life of out societies. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 28 November 2013: Zionism’s Last Card and Hope for Palestine
28 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPNGO and Human Rights Organizations Call for Immediate End to Civilian Suffering Due to ElectricityIMEMC – This is a Press Released issued by The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) regarding the impacts of Israel’s illegal siege on the impoverished population in the Gaza Strip. … Continue reading
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Syria's chemical weapons: is the UN exceeding its mandate? By Bob Rigg
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons should be a technical agency of the UN. But it has arguably become a piece in a geo-political chess game dominated by the US, invited into Syria to act in contravention of its remit. Continue reading
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What lies behind Hunt’s message of the ‘bad, cruel’ NHS? By James Lazou
Hunt’s message is not about spreading hope or building a culture change in the NHS. These comments come from a minister who is only too willing to run down the NHS and its staff, ‘liberated’ as he now is of any legal duty tosecure a comprehensive health service. Hunt’s message on cruelty is yet another… Continue reading
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What does the NHS’s new IT plan really want to extract from us? By Jane Fae Ozimek
The theory behind care.data is straightforward enough. Data from all (non-dissenting) UK patients is to be lodged in a central database, from where it may be used for admin purposes, for statistical analysis by the NHS or sold on to select research companies. Continue reading
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UK Prime Minister Cameron plays the anti-immigrant card By Robert Stevens
Prime Minister David Cameron announced a raft of anti-immigrant measures this week in advance of new European Union rules coming into effect that will end restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians entering the UK. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 28 November 2013: The End of American Thanksgivings: A Cause for Universal Rejoicing
28 November 2013 — Information Clearing House Tony Blair Asked Me To ‘Help Invade Zimbabwe’, Says Thabo Mbeki By David Blair South Africa’s former president claims that his country was asked to help Britain topple Robert Mugabe. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36995.htm Continue reading
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Genetically Modified Politicians: Their Battle to Persuade the Public to Accept GM Food By Lesley Docksey
The official UK government policy on genetically modified (GM) crops is “precautionary, evidence-based and sensitive to public concerns”. Who are they kidding? Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 27 November 2013: The implications of Israeli exaggeration of resistance in Gaza
27 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterUN Declares 2014 Year Of Solidarity With The PalestiniansIMEMC – The United Nations has declared the year 2014 as a Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People , after the resolution passed by 110 votes, with seven countries opposing and 54 abstaining. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 27 November 2013: Iran: It’s Not about Nuclear Weapons
27 November 2013 — Information Clearing House France Makes Virtue out of Vice to Exploit Central Africa Chaos By Finian Cunningham The strategic value of uranium cannot be overstated as a vital national interest for France. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36991.htm Continue reading
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Discovering the power of people’s history – and why it is feared today By John Pilger
England is two countries. One is dominated by London, the other remains in its shadow. When I first arrived from Australia, it seemed no one went north of Watford and those who had emigrated from the north worked hard to change their accents and obscure their origins and learn the mannerisms and codes of the… Continue reading
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