19 January 2014 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
PCHR condemns Israeli assassination attempt in Gaza
IMEMC – The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, PCHR, issued a statement Sunday condemning an extra-judicial execution attempt, on Sunday morning, 19 January 2014. …
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20 January 2014 — Architectural Review
A bill currently passing through the UK parliament will mean the death-knell of the principle of a public space. When the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill becomes law in a few weeks, we can say that there is no longer such a thing as public space proper in Britain. Continue reading
20 January 2014 — Counterpunch
Alfonso Cano, wiped out by the forces of US imperialism and its military puppets
Caracas – A recent article in the Washington Post reveals – I believe with a considerable degree of accuracy – some important and terrifying facts about the counter-insurgency tactics employed by the Colombian government as well as the role of the United States as an advisor that actually directs and controls anti-guerrilla operations. Another virtue of the article is that, though uncritical and triumphalist, it nevertheless shows how the political relation between the two countries may, without fear of exaggeration, be dubbed neocolonial.
20 January 2014 — Reprieve
The Court of Appeal in London has today ruled that the case brought against the UK Government by a Pakistani victim of a drone strike cannot proceed as it might result in the “condemnation of the US by a court of this country.”
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20 January 2014 — WSWS
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital (RBH) NHS Trust, delivering care to a population of more than half a million people, is the latest Trust to be criticised for delivering inadequate care.
20 January 2014 — Unlock Democracy
The clock is running. Tomorrow, the Lobbying Bill reaches its final stages in the House of Lords, and on Wednesday it will return to the House of Commons for a final decision. Thanks to the support of hundreds of organisations and thousands of people like you, the Lords have made essential changes to the bill to mitigate some of the worst consequences.
20 January 2014 — Green Left Weekly
Harry Patch, the last man alive to fight for Britain in the First World War, said: “Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder.”
Now the centenary of 1914 has got going, we should do as British education secretary Michael Gove suggests and celebrate the First World War, instead of taking notice of “left-wing academics”, who complain it was a regrettable waste of life.
But the other day, on the radio, they played an interview with Harry Patch, the last man alive who fought for the British in the war. Harry said: “Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder.”
The New Dark Age 