December 2013
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Fluoride: Killing Us Softly By Dr. Gary Null
For decades, we have been told a lie, a lie that has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans and the weakening of the immune systems of tens of millions more. This lie is called fluoridation. A process we were led to believe was a safe and effective method of protecting teeth… Continue reading
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Nelson Mandela’s years in power: Was he pushed or did he jump? By Patrick Bond
The death of Nelson Mandela, at age 95 on December 5, 2013, brings genuine sadness. As his health deteriorated over the past six months, many asked the more durable question: how did he change South Africa? Given how unsatisfactory life is for so many in society, the follow-up question is, how much room was there… Continue reading
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The Legacy of Nelson Mandela: A Dissenting Opinion By Jonathan Cook
Let me start by recognising Mandela’s huge achievement in helping to bring down South African apartheid, and make clear my enormous respect for the great personal sacrifices he made, including spending so many years caged up for his part in the struggle to liberate his people. These are things impossible to forget or ignore when… Continue reading
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The struggle for Ukraine made in Europe By Peter Schwarz
The current wave of protests in Ukraine bears the label “Made in Germany,” “Made in the EU” and “Made in America.” The Western media has gone to great lengths to portray the demonstrations in Kiev as a struggle for democracy and the rule of law. In fact, they are part of a conflict over geostrategic… Continue reading
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Nelson Mandela dies
6 December 2013 South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has confirmed the death of Nelson Mandela. In a special press conference, he said the 95-year-old had “passed away peacefully”. Hamba Kahle Madiba Continue reading
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Canada Busted Covering Up Spikes In Fukushima Radiation
The governments of Japan, America and Canada have covered up the severity of the Fukushima crisisever since it started in March 2011. They’ve cut way back on radiation monitoring after the Fukushima meltdown, underplayed the amount of radiation pumped out by Fukushima, and raised acceptable radiation levels … rather than fixing anything. Continue reading
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Infographic-Shrinking Palestine: 20 Years of talks Keep Palestinians occupied — with settlers and checkpoints
Twenty years ago, the PLO Central Council approved the Oslo Accord with the Israeli government. Israeli-Palestinian talks were slated to conclude within 5 years, yet two decades on Israel’s occupation continues, and the situation on the ground has only moved backwards for Palestinians. The infographic “20 Years of Talks,” produced in collaboration with AIDA (the… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for Dec 4, 2013: Obama, Holder Extend Crack Sentences, Detroit on the Auction Block, Blaming Blacks
5 December 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Obama & Holder Win Court Case, Keep Thouands in Prison Under Unfair 80s Crack Sentencing Laws A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Who’s opposed to mass incarceration and the prison state, and who is faking the funk? Continue reading
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‘Whole Person Care – Labour’s big NHS idea or yet more chaos? By Shirley Rahman
Labour’s ‘big idea’ on health is to merge it with social care and maybe even benefits. It calls it ‘whole person care’. But has it thought through the implications? Continue reading
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“NATO is worse than an atavism, it is a threat to 21st century security”– Rick Rozoff
The West and the United States through its military wing NATO, which has expanded into a global military force, continues to attempt to expand its influence into the former Soviet Space. Although NATO, which is struggling to stay relevant, should have been disbanded at the same time that the Soviet Union collapsed and the Warsaw… Continue reading
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NSA gathering 5 billion records a day on cellphone locations around the world
The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with US intelligence officials, enabling the agency to track the movements of individuals — and map their relationships — in ways that would have been previously unimaginable. Continue reading
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UK food poverty a ‘public health emergency’, say leading experts
“This has all the signs of a public health emergency that could go unrecognised until it is too late to take preventive action,” said the letter, co-signed by six leading public health experts, and addressed to the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ). A group of high-profile academics has written an open letter warning that food… Continue reading
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Dominican-Haitian Tensions: Wag the Dog or Prelude to Genocide? By Dady Chery
A decision that strips citizenship from over 200,000 Black Dominicans was passed by the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court on September 23, 2013. This highly flawed ruling designates at least four generations of DR-born individuals who descended from migrant Haitian laborers between 1929 and 2007, as being the offsprings of transients and therefore unqualified for citizenship. Continue reading
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With our history – casual racism is not an option By Alastair Sloan
Racism in Britain is deep and structural. And too often, we don’t see it. With our history, we should know better – and we should notice how we are treating Roma people. Continue reading
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French whore gives Zionism a blow job By Alan Hart
Hollande and NetanyahuI don’t wish to offend readers other than perhaps those of the parties of my headline, but I have to say that it, the headline, was the first thought that came into my mind when I learned from the BBC that, according to leaks to the French media, a team of French scientists… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 4 December 2013: Beaten, arrested, threatened: A personal account from the anti-Prawer protest
4 December 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSummary Report on the Human Rights Violations In 2013IMEMC – It has been another busy year in PCHR and the attached report will tell you why. – Link to full PCHR report on Human Rights situation in 2013 attached. … Continue reading
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GMO, Additives, Contaminants and Pesticides. European “Food Safety” on Behalf of the Food and Drink Conglomerates By Colin Todhunter
The report ‘Unhappy Meal. The European Food Safety Authority’s independence problem’ identifies major loopholes in EFSA’s independence policy and finds that EFSA’s new rules for assessing its experts, implemented in 2012 after several conflicts of interest scandals, have failed to improve the situation (1). Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #123 By William Blum: The Orwellian Police State
3 December 2013 — The Anti-Empire Report “If nature were a bank, they would have already rescued it.” – Eduardo Galeano What do you think of this as an argument to use when speaking to those who don’t accept the idea that extreme weather phenomena are man-made? Continue reading
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Insurgency Responsible for Civilian Plight of Syrians By Nicola Nasser
Creating a humanitarian crisis in Syria, whether real or fabricated, and holding the Syrian government responsible for it as a casus belli for foreign military intervention under the UN 2005 so-called “responsibility to protect” initiative was from the very eruption of the Syrian conflict the goal of the US-led “Friends of Syria’ coalition. Continue reading
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Rusbridger’s inquisition: Another scene of the ‘theatrical’ spying saga by UK officials
The hauling up of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger before a panel of MPs like a “naughty school boy” is an attempt by the UK government to deflect the issues raised by Snowden’s leaks and shirk proper debate Glyn Moody, journalist and writer, told RT. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 