16 January 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation
«If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public». – E. Snowden
One of the most important world events of 2013 was Edward Snowden’s revelation that the United States is attempting to keep all of humanity under surveillance using cutting-edge electronic devices.
16 January 2014 — Global Research
1. The integration of Greece into the EU is the real cause of its catastrophic crisis
The almost complete destruction of the lower classes in Greece is not due to the causes usually attributed to it by the “Left”.[1] In fact, contrary to the misleading “explanations” provided by this Left and the Right alike, the actual cause is the full integration of the Greek economy into neoliberal globalization, through its accession into the EU. This has meant the complete transformation of Greece into an economic and political protectorate of the Transnational Elite.[2]
16 January 2014 — Pambazuka News
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16 January 2014 — The Guardian
Tory claims that 1914 was a fight for freedom are absurd – but then history wars are about the future as much as the past Continue reading
16 January 2014 — RT
Telecoms will be able to pick winners and losers, decide what content will be on now that the network neutrality rule has been reversed by the court, Dan Gillmor, head of the Knight center for digital media entrepreneurship, told RT.
16 January 2014 — Moon of Alabama
We called the chemical weapon attack near Damascus on August 21st a false flag operations and unlikely to have been committed by the Syrian government. Disregarding the large motive the insurgents had for such an attack as well as other facts the Obama administration accused the Syrian government and prepared to go to war over the issue.
16 January 2014 — RT
Reparations should come from Halliburton, General Electric and all the military contractors that have made so much money out of the destruction of Afghanistan and other countries, foreign policy analyst Caleb Maupin told RT.
10 January 2014 — Corpwatch
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Two climate activists who staged a protest at the headquarters of Devon Energy, a Fortune 500 company based in Oklahoma city, have been charged with a “terrorism hoax” after black powder drifted down from a banner that they unfurled.
15 January 2014 — VTJP
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Soldiers Invde Towns Near Nablus, Clashes Reported
IMEMC – [Wednesday Evening, January 15, 2014] Dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded Beita town, and Bir Qoza area, in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and clashed with Palestinian youths who hurled stones and empty bottles at the invading forces. …
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16 January 2014 — RT
The UK is being accused of attempts to block EU reform to prevent food speculation. It took EU negotiators three years to agree on a regulation against speculation by banks and hedge funds which drives up food prices, aggravating the global hunger crisis.
15 January 2014 — Wikileaks Press
Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass 40 per cent of global GDP and one-third of world trade. The Environment Chapter has long been sought by journalists and environmental groups. The released text dates from the Chief Negotiators’ summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013.
16 January 2014 — OurKingdom
A shocking report on Harmondsworth, the British immigration lock-up run by GEO, America’s second biggest prisons contractor. Who are the GEO Group and what do they stand for? Continue reading
16 January 2014 — RT
A new MIT report is challenging the US claim that Assad forces used chemical weapons in an attack last August, highlighting that the range of the improvised rocket was way too short to have been launched from govt controlled areas.
16 January 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Russia enhances nuclear potential
On January 3 Defense Ministry spokesman said the Russian military plans to test around 70 types of rocket and missile weaponry at a major testing site this year. According to Colonel Igor Yegorov, the Ministry’s spokesman, the testing program at the Kapustin Yar range in southern Russia will include about 300 launches of rockets, missiles, and aerial drones as part of more than 180 R&D projects.
16 January 2014 — — Strategic Culture Foundation
US President Obama has stated his goal of nuclear-free world. The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review said the United States was prepared to reduce its nuclear arsenal to 1,000 warheads or fewer. In the summer of 2013 he offered to launch talks on further strategic arms cuts that Russia refused. Obama’s guidance directed the Pentagon to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in the overall U.S. security strategy and narrow the focus of nuclear strategy to deterrence, the White House 2013 fact sheet states. Continue reading
16 January 2014 — Wikileaks Press
Public Interest Lawyers takes action at the ICC:
An article by the Independent explains that Public Interest Lawyers and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights have presented a complaint before the International Criminal Court. This action takes place after a 3 years investigation during which a huge number of testimonies have been collected.
16 January 2014 — WSWS
This month has seen the closure of 10 fire stations across London, with the loss of 552 firefighters and 14 fire engines.
The New Dark Age 