December 7, 2013
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NYT Takes Mandela's Death as a Chance to Mock His Fight to Free His Country By Jim Naureckas
Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller wrote his paper’s obituary for Nelson Mandela (12/6/13). As you might have guessed, it glosses over the CIA’s role in helping the apartheid government catch Mandela (Extra!, 3-4/90): “Upon his capture he was charged with inciting a strike and leaving the country without a passport” is all… Continue reading
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Shimon Peres on Mandela and Apartheid: Now & Then By Adam Horowitz
Now: The world lost a great leader who changed the course of history. On behalf of the citizens of Israel we mourn alongside the nations of the world and the people of South Africa, who lost an exceptional leader. Then: In November 1974, Shimon Peres came to Pretoria to meet secretly with South African leaders.… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 7 December 2013: John Pilger: Apartheid Did Not Die
7 December 2013 — Information Clearing House Defeated By The Taliban, Washington Decides To Take On Russia And China By Paul Craig Roberts What are the Ukrainian protests about? On the surface, the protests don’t make sense. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37032.htm Continue reading
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John Coltrane: Evolution: 1960, 1961 and 1965
7 December 2013 — Jazz on the Tube Here’s the run down of this hour and a half of music… Set One: March 28, 1960 in Dusseldorf, Germany Continue reading
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Revelations on Rafik Hariri’s Assassination By Thierry Meyssan
All the conflicts rocking the Middle East today crystallize around the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Peace hinges on it, and so does war. For some, the STL should bring about the dissolution of the Hezbollah, quell the Resistance and establish a Pax Americana. Others consider that the STL is flouting the law and subverting… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 12/6/2013 Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles
6 December 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Price Tag Graffiti Found Near NablusIMEMC – [Friday, December 6, 2013] Local sources in Jaloud village, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus, have reported that Israeli settlers threw rocks at a Palestinian car in the village, and wrote racist graffiti on Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 1-7 December 2013: Ukraine / Afghanistan / Israel-Iran / CIA-Lithuania / Armenia / Hungary / Monroe Doctrine / China
7 December 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Euromaidan in Kiev or Poland against Poland War 07.12.2013 | 12:09 | Vladislav GULEVICH The December 1, 2013 session of Poland’s National Security Council was called by President Bronislaw Komorowski to discuss the situation in Ukraine. Warsaw said it would work out a new strategy defining its policy towards this country Continue reading
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