February 4, 2014
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85 billionaires rule the world: rich elite robs the poor By Rob Sewell
In Britain, a handful of super-rich plutocrats control our lives. On a world scale, according to Oxfam, a mere 85 top billionaires, who could all comfortably fit into a double-decker bus, own more wealth than half of the world’s population put together. Continue reading
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Capitalist Facts and Stats
The richest 400 individuals own as much as two-thirds of America and acquired $300 billion, equivalent to almost the entire welfare budget (SNAP, WIC, Child Nutrition $107 billion; EITC $56 billion; SSI $60 billion; TANF $17 billion; Housing $46 billion) Continue reading
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‘Maybe we haven’t been clear enough about med records opt-out’, admits NHS data boss By Kelly Fiveash
NHS data chief Tim Kelsey admitted today that the health service had failed to adequately inform patients about how they can opt out of having their GP medical records shared throughout England. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 3 February 2014: Scarlett Johansson: Israeli Apartheid is Profitable
3 February 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPETL Launching Ceremony Held in RamallahIMEMC – The launching ceremony of the Palestinian Electricity Transmission Company (PETL) was held on Monday, in Ramallah, and was attended by high-ranking Palestinian officials and an EU representative. … Continue reading
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Police State UK: Making UK citizens non-persons By Alice Ross and Patrick Galey
Last week at Westminster, the home secretary introduced a late amendment to an immigration-control bill which would allow her to make UK citizens stateless—without first requiring recourse to the courts. MPs voted last week at Westminster overwhelmingly in favour of giving the home secretary, Theresa May, powers to make people stateless if she felt they… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Not Even Close To Reality’ – Filtering Sources On The Syrian War By David Edwards
If corporate media performance on Iraq was shocking, the response to Syria is made worse precisely because the lessons from Iraq could hardly be more obvious. Continue reading
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EU and Washington step up pressure on Ukraine By Peter Schwarz
The European Union and the US used last weekend’s Munich Security Conference to massively step up pressure on Ukraine. They are seeking to install a technocratic government pledged to implement harsh economic reforms drafted by the International Monetary Fund, change the constitution, curtail the power of the president and bring the opposition into power. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 