November 15, 2013
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Calle 13’s René "Residente" Pérez on Revolutionary Music, WikiLeaks & Puerto Rican Independence
Calle 13, one of Latin America’s most popular bands, released a new song this week featuring an unlikely collaborator — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The song, “Multi_Viral,” also features Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and the Palestinian singer Kamilya Jubran. To create the lyrics, Calle 13 lead singer and songwriter René Pérez asked… Continue reading
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Germany Says No to Weaponized Drones By David Swanson
Germany had planned to buy a fleet of “Euro Hawk” killer drones — perhaps in an effort to bring the European Union up to speed with certain other Nobel Peace laureates. But something happened on the way to the celestial colosseum. Continue reading
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Video: Wikileaks Exposes the TPP as a Capitulation to Corporate Interests
Kevin Zeese: Obama administration’s Fast Track authority plan derailed by bipartisan outrage (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Hip Hop, White Supremacy & Capitalism (Exclusive FILM)
If you are upset at the way corporations have co-opted Hip Hop and re-sold it in the most racist, hyper-violent, and misogynistic ways possible, then this is a film you must watch. “Hip Hop, White Supremacy & Capitalism: Why Corporations Infiltrated RAP Music” is an incredibly powerful and in-depth film focusing on the nefarious role… Continue reading
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The insidious role of the BBC in the Syrian conflict By Rinaldo Francesca
It did not take long before several international commentators and observers pointed out the many implausibilities in the video and the story in general. Among them, Italian author Francesco Santoianni, showed how incongruent the whole story was, sparking the suspicion that the entire video might have been a fabrication. What follows is his analysis. Continue reading
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A new John Pilger film, Utopia, is now showing in UK cinemas
Utopia is a vast region in northern Australia and home to the oldest human presence on earth. “This film is a journey into that secret country,” says Pilger in Utopia. “It will describe not only the uniqueness of the first Australians, but their trail of tears and betrayal and resistance – from one utopia to… Continue reading
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Police State UK: Police recruit activist to spy on Cambridge students, secret video reveals
UK security forces wanted to launch a covert operation to spy on political activists among Cambridge University students, footage obtained by the Guardian reveals. Police contacted a young activist and promised him money for spying. Continue reading
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Libya almost Imploding, Status Quo Unsustainable: Oil Industry Target of Violent Attacks By Nicola Nasser
More than two years on since the “revolution” of Feb. 2011, the security crisis is exacerbating by the day threatening Libya with an implosion charged with potential realistic risks to the geopolitical unity of the Arab north African country, turning this crisis into a national existential one. Obviously the status quo is unsustainable. Continue reading
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From Jazz ’34: More Remembrances of Kansas City Swing
Robert Altman gathered top contemporary musicians (see list below) and set them in 1934 Kansas City. Kansas City was one of the top drivers of the music during this period. A quirky prosperity based on graft, vice and slaughterhouses gave the city immunity to the worst of the ravages of the Great Depression and music… Continue reading
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Juan Formell: Talking about salsa By Rafael Lam
JUAN Formell has a new award this year, the Grammy Special Prize for Excellence. With his group Los Van Van, he has already received the Artist of the World Prize at the WOMEX Expo (October 23-27, 2013 in Cardiff, Wales). This is the first time that a Cuban has received this prize. Continue reading
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Media: Iran's Suspicious Smile By Peter Hart
There are suspicions, mostly coming from some US and Israeli officials, that the country’s enrichment activities are intended to produce a nuclear weapon. But international inspectors have never found evidence of this, and official US intelligence estimates are that Iran is not currently working on a weapons program. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 November 2013: Israel’s culture of walls
14 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSoldiers Cut 100 Olive Trees In YabodIMEMC – [Thursday November 14, 2013] Israeli soldiers invaded Yabod village, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and cut more than 100 olive trees that belong to the residents despite a pending petition filed by the owners with Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 14 November 2013: Quitting Over Syria
14 November 2013 — Information Clearing House Preventing War with Iran Is Top Priority By Sheldon Richman The best way to keep Iran from building a nuclear bomb is for the Obama administration and its nuclear client Israel to stop threatening the Islamic Republic. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36860.htm Continue reading
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Video: The Epochal Crisis, Unequal Ecological Exchange, and Exit Strategies by John Bellamy Foster
John Bellamy Foster: My talk is called “The Epochal Crisis.” The term “epochal crisis” was introduced by Jason Moore to deal with periods in which economic and ecological crises intersect or merge. We are certainly in the greatest epochal crisis in the history of the world. . . . Now, we can also talk about… Continue reading
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US has ‘no veto’ over disclosure of Blair-Bush communications – UK
Reports that the US will veto the disclosure of conversations between former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former US President George W. Bush have been denied by the UK Cabinet Office, which stated that the US does not have a veto. The communications between the leaders are seen as key pieces of evidence in… Continue reading
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War Criminals Hide Evidence: US Blocks Publication of Chilcot’s Report on How Britain Went to War With Iraq By James Cusick
Department of State’s objection to release of key evidence may prevent inquiry’s conclusions from ever being published, except in heavily redacted form. Washington is playing the lead role in delaying the publication of the long-awaited report into how Britain went to war with Iraq, The Independent has learnt. Continue reading
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Removal of Fukushima Fuel Rods Hits a Bump … BEFORE It Even Starts
Tepco’s efforts to remove the radioactive fuel rods – already extremely dangerous and difficult – have hit a bump before they’ve even started. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 