January 22, 2014
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Black Agenda Report for January 22, 2014: Black Madness! Richard Sherman! Toxic Democrats!
22 January 2014 — Black Agenda Report Black Madness Under Obama: African Americans More Pro-NSA, Anti-Snowden Than Whites and Hispanics by BAR executive editor Glen Ford A new poll shows “Blacks remain more NSA spy-friendly than whites and Hispanics.” Earlier surveys showed Blacks were the ethnic group most willing to go along with Obama’s threatened Continue reading
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Sodastream boycott: Scarlett Johansson raises an eyebrow
SodaStream is suddenly facing widespread criticism in the media for making its seltzer devices in the occupied West Bank. The day after we published Rachele Richards jaw-dropping graphic of Scarlett Johansson drenched in red with sparkling bubbles in the background New York Magazine published Kat Stoeffel’s brand-slaying piece, “SodaStream: Guilt-Free Seltzer or Blood Bubbles?” Continue reading
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Greece in a Time of Madness and a Time of Badness By Sofiane Ait Chalalet and Chris Jones
Madness and badness are never far away in the world today. Greece provides many examples. The behaviour of the government forces many of us to wonder what drugs ministers are taking as they tell us that the future is looking brighter; that 2014 starts the beginning of the end to austerity; that the sacrifices of… Continue reading
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Email your leader, tell him to protest the cruel removal of Palestinians from their lands in Hebron Hills By David Shulman
Perhaps one or two of you will do something with this little quixotic story. Perhaps you’ll tell a friend, or call your congressman, or write an op-ed, or email the President or the Prime Minister of whatever country you live in, or go on the radio with a simple message: Stop the crimes of Israel… Continue reading
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Cracks in the alliance: Is there finally daylight between Israel and the US? By Jonathan Cook
Things have come to a strange state of affairs when Washington regards Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s far-right foreign minister, as the voice of moderation in the Israeli cabinet. Continue reading
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Geneva II – Syrian Foreign Minister: “The West Publicly Claims to Be Fighting Terrorism, Whilst It Is Covertly Nourishing It.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic, SYRIAN – steeped in history for seven thousand years. ARAB – proud of its steadfast pan-Arab heritage despite the deliberate acts of aggression of supposed brotherly Arabs. – Deputy Premier, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Moallem. Continue reading
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Video: Alive Inside: How the Magic of Music Proves Therapeutic for Patients With Alzheimer’s and Dementia
The clip begins with video of Dryer looking largely unresponsive to the outside world. Then he was given a pair of headphones to listen to Cab Calloway, his favorite artist. The music energizes him, awakens him and helps bring back old memories. We play clips from the film and speak with Cohen about his project,… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 21 January 2014: Settler violence: It comes with the territory
21 January 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael Begins Transfer Of Palestinian RemainsIMEMC – On Sunday night, Israel began transferring the remains of 36 Palestinian militants who were previously buried in numbered Israeli military graves for enemy casualties. … Continue reading
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US Feigns “Horror” Over Cooked-Up Report on Syrian War They Engineered
As with every Western-backed conference assembled regarding Syria, dramatic fabrications revealed just ahead of proceedings are intended to give them and their predetermined outcomes both gravity and “urgency.” Upcoming “peace talks” to be held in Switzerland are no exception. A report cooked up by the unelected dictatorship in Qatar is based on an anonymous source,… Continue reading
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Mental health – a Cinderella service no more? By Alex Langford
Acknowledging the need to improve mental health services by any politician is a positive step. For such a policy to attract the Deputy Prime Minister himself is even better. So why has the reaction from mental health professionals been at best cautiously muted, and at worst dismissive? Continue reading
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Preparing Geneva-2 By Thierry Meyssan
Damascus – The last days of a war are always the deadliest. Routed armies avenge their defeat by committing futile atrocities, as we have seen in Adra where the tortures inflicted on loyalist workers have nothing to envy those committed during the fall of the Third Reich. But the situation is exacerbated by the collapse… Continue reading
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Syria: European Union attempts to sabotage Geneva-2
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who had invited Iran Monday night withdrew his invitation Tuesday morning. Indeed, the delegation of the Syrian opposition had responded by canceling its attendance. To justify his retraction, Ban hypocritically evoked Iran’s refusal to endorse the Geneva I communique, which Iran can not do because it wasn’t there. Continue reading
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UK housing benefit changes threaten mass evictions By Eileen Rose
Open season has been declared on housing benefit recipients who live in private rented accommodation. Continue reading
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As Geneva talks open, US advances trumped-up torture charges against Syria By Alex Lantier
With Geneva II international talks on the Syrian war set to open today in Switzerland, US media yesterday trumpeted unsubstantiated charges of torture and murder against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by international human rights prosecutors. Continue reading
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