January 8, 2014
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Bombings, Invasion, Misery: Fallujah, Symbol of Iraq’s Unending Tragedy By Felicity Arbuthnot
Fallujah has become a symbol of Iraq’s suffering since the onslaught on the country in 1991, numerous, uncounted interim US-UK bombings, then the 2003 invasion, occupation – and misery unending. Continue reading
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Video: Remembering Jim Hall
8 January 2014 — Jazz on the Tube Jim Hall died 10 December 2013. Hall performs with the “Art farmer Quartet” on TV during the 1960s. Personnel: Art Farmer, flugelhorn, Jim Hall, guitar, Steve Swallow, bass, Walter Perkins, drums Continue reading
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“Economic Terrorism”: The Ongoing Neoliberal Assault on Ordinary Working Class People in Britain By Colin Todhunter
Britain’s problems are not the result of spending on public services. In 1945, the debt was bigger than today, but Britain created the welfare state. In the 1960s, during an era of full employment, the debt was also bigger than now. In 2006, before the crisis, Britain spent more on public services than now, but… Continue reading
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Should you have to ‘earn’ your right to use the NHS? By Alex Langford
On top of having to pay £200 on entering the UK to maintain the decadent luxury of their own health, a new government report highlights how even after making that payment, non-EU migrants will be liable for a raft of extra charges. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 7 January 2014: Take Israel to the International Criminal Court
7 January 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFifteen Palestinians Injured Near HebronIMEMC – [Tuesday Evening, January 7, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least fifteen young Palestinian men have been injured after Israeli soldiers invaded Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
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Surveys of British youth find growing anger and despair By Julie Hyland
One in 10 young people in Britain feel they have “nothing to live for.” Based on interviews with 2,161 16 to 25-year-olds in October and November last year, the Trust pointed out that this statistic, if applied to the entire youth population, would equate to 750,000 people aged between 16 and 25. Continue reading
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German police declare parts of Hamburg “no-go zone” By Christoph Dreier
Early Saturday morning, police in the northern German city of Hamburg declared the entire district of St. Pauli and large parts of Altona, Eimsbuettel and Sternschanze to be a “no-go zone.” The announcement of such a broad “no-go area” is unprecedented in German post-war history. In such areas police officers are entitled to arbitrarily check… Continue reading
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