November 19, 2013
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Video: Leaked Memo Reveals U.S. Plan to Oppose Helping Poor Nations Adapt to Climate Change
Newly leaked documents have revealed how U.S. negotiators at the U.N. climate summit in Warsaw are opposing efforts to help developing countries adapt to climate change. According to an internal U.S. briefing memo seen by Democracy Now!, the U.S. delegation is worried the talks in Warsaw will “focus increasingly on blame and liability” and that… Continue reading
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What a sorry state of affairs By William Bowles
So Stop the War have organised (yet another) conference and Mother Agnes got invited (and as it turns out, the only person speaking who had actually experienced Syria first-hand!) and a couple of rogues, Jeremy Scahill activist journalist and Owen Jones of the Independent newspaper, refused to attend if Mother Agnes was on the platform,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 November 2013: Film review: Arab citizen of Israel, member of the enemy
17 November 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Israeli forces raid Abu Dis and attack al-Quds University, injuring 4011/17/2013 – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot 40 Palestinians including a large number of university students with rubber-coated steel bullets during a raid on a Palestinian village east of Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon. Clashes broke out Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 17 November 2013: The Logic Behind Mass Spying: Empire and Cyber Imperialism
17 November 2013 — Information Clearing House Israel, Saudi Arabia Unite For Attack On Iran By RT Saudis are willing to assist an Israeli attack by cooperating with the use of drones, rescue helicopters, and tanker planes. “Once the Geneva agreement is signed, the military option will be back on the table.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36884.htm Continue reading
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Criminalising nurses doesn’t make sense By Julius Marstrand
Proposals to crimalise NHS staff for ‘wilful neglect’ will be ineffective at best, and may actually make our health service less safe. Continue reading
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Britain accused of collusion in torture in Somalia By Robert Stevens
Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, a 27-year-old British citizen of Somali descent, was allegedly tortured in Somalia with the complicity of UK authorities. He was then flown to Britain, where his democratic rights were further abused. Continue reading
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Interview: Political Language with Andrew Gavin Marshall
The following is a podcast interview for The Hampton Institute’s podcast program – ‘A Different Lens’ – conducted by Devon Douglas-Bowers with Geopolitics Chair Andrew Gavin Marshall, to discuss his latest series for the Hampton Institute: Empire Under Obama. Continue reading
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Owen Jones & Mother Agnes. A lesson on conciliatory “leftists” By Phil Greaves
Following the news that Mother Agnes Miriam, a nun who heads the Musalaha (reconciliation) initiative in Syria, was due to speak at the Stop The War conference in London, two journalists also due to speak at the event, Jeremy Scahill and Owen Jones, decided to withdraw participation unless Mother Agnes was removed from the speaking… Continue reading
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The “Progressive Left Anti-War” Movement: Bowing before the Inquisitors on Syria By Jonathan Cook
One of the problems for the left is the desperate need of too many of its best and brightest to maintain legitimacy “in the mainstream”. In practice, those who could be advancing radical new agendas or ways of thinking to deal with the catastrophic problems we face end up spending too much time watching their… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 