January 2014
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 8 January 2014: Israel’s West Bank torture regime
8 January 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterMiles Of Smiles 24 Arrives In GazaIMEMC – [Wednesday January 8, 2014] The “Miles Of Smiles 24” humanitarian convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Terminal, between the besieged Gaza Strip and Egypt. … Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 9 January 2014: Obama the Dis-Equalizer / End of Pot Wars? / Prosecutorial Racism
9 January 2014 — Black Agenda Report Obama, the Great Dis-Equalizer by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama has used up his people-friendly rhetoric over the past five years, and is now repeating promises he’s already made and broken: to raise the minimum wage, strengthen worker rights, establish truly universal health care, and fight Continue reading
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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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ColdType Issue 81: Writers on Mandela and more…
7 January 2014 — Coldtype The January issue of ColdType is now on line at http://coldtype.net CONTENTS – 72 pages Continue reading
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UK ISPs need to be sued over censorship
Internet Service Providers in the United Kingdom have started censoring the Internet wholesale by default. This is a horrible transgression against the free exchange of ideas, cheered on by authoritarian politicians. However, there is an important weapon built into the legal framework against this kind of censorship, and it’s high time to use it in… Continue reading
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BBC Caught Fabricating Videos to Push Libya and Syria War Agendas By Martin Iqbal
Many find it difficult to believe the sheer boldness of the lies peddled by the British Broadcasting Corporation – the world’s largest and most respected broadcasting organisation. Nevertheless, the BBC’s nefarious agenda has come to the fore during the wars on Libya and Syria, where it has taken every opportunity to justify foreign military intervention… Continue reading
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Caste as a colonial creation By Amit Singh
The discussion around UK legislation on caste discrimination is too quick to forget how much it was Britain which invented the system in the first place. Continue reading
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Hospitals closures and democracy – don’t treat us like turkeys By Roger Steer
The People’s Inquiry into London health services held a series of meetings over the autumn, culminating in a lively meeting in Lewisham hospital on 6 December. The Chair of the Inquiry, Roy Lilley, posed the question at the end: why is it so difficult to engage with local people over questions of reconfiguring health services? Continue reading
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As War Lingers in Mali, Western Powers Target its Natural Resources By Timothy Alexander Guzman
France’s military incursion with Western support was described as a “humanitarian intervention” which resulted in a race for Mali’s natural resources. That was the plan after all. New drilling contracts have just been established after Mali’s civil war was contained by the French military with the backing of the United Kingdom and the United States… Continue reading
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Anti-immigrant campaign intensifies in Britain By Jordan Shilton
Seizing on the lifting of temporary controls on the movement of Romanians and Bulgarians seeking work across Europe on January 1, the British media and political establishment have stepped up their denunciation of migrants. Continue reading
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John Pilger: ‘We Have Been Misled’
When I travelled in Iraq in the 1990s, the two principal Moslem groups, the Shia and Sunni, had their differences but they lived side by side, even intermarried and regarded themselves with pride as Iraqis. There was no Al Qaida, there were no jihadists. We blew all that to bits in 2003 with ‘shock and… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 6 January 2014
6 January 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFreed Detainee Moved to Jordan Hospital In A Serious ConditionIMEMC – Freed detainee, Naim Shawamra, was moved to a hospital in Jordan after the Israeli authorities finally granted the approval following extended delays, Palestinian officials in the occupied West Bank said. … Continue reading
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