February 24, 2014
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There are No Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. And the Obama Administration does not support Fascists By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Svoboda is a Neo-Nazi Party, Ukraine’s fourth biggest party holding 36 seats out of 450 in parliament. They’re also part of the Alliance of European National Movements along with the BNP and Jobbik. Svoboda is supported directly by Washington. Continue reading
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NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and vested interests
This list represents the dire state of our democracy. The financial and vested interests of our MPs and Lords in private healthcare. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Fateful Collision – Floods, Catastrophe And Climate Denial By David Edwards
An epic struggle is currently taking place that will determine the fate, and perhaps the survival, of our species. It is a collision between natural limits and rational awareness of the need to respect those limits, on the one hand, and the forces of blind greed, on the other. Continue reading
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Lords of the Niger Delta: The Shell legacy of profit before people By Jay Naidoo
In minutes I suffocate in the fumes of the gas flare rising from below the line of trees. It’s a huge ball of fire spewing its toxic elements into atmosphere. The noise and the heat are unbearable. I feel my chest tightening. I struggle to breathe. I feel dizzy and intoxicated. I am in the… Continue reading
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UK: Refugee women in the UK: fighting back from behind bars By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi
The experience of female asylum seekers is distinct to their gender, particularly when survivors of rape and torture, perpetrated by male state officials, are imprisoned and guarded by men here in the UK. Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi reports on the campaign to set them free. Continue reading
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Video: Indebted citizenship – an interview with David Harvey in Teatro Valle
Austerity doesn’t make sense economically: but it does make sense as a politics of autocracy and the securitized state. Europe should learn from China and Latin America, interviewed by Andrea Mura. (Video, 17 minutes). Continue reading
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Will NATO annex Ukraine? By Pepe Escobar
Anyone who believes Washington is deeply enamored of ‘democracy’ in Ukraine must hit eBay, where Saddam Hussein’s WMDs have been found, and are on sale to the highest bidder. Continue reading
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Video: The Nazi Coup in Ukraine By Eric Draitser
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to provide his analysis of the latest developments in Ukraine. Draitser explains that the nominal leaders of the opposition have no real power as they do not control the violent fascist groups on the ground. He outlines how the situation has deteriorated, the importance of the timing of… Continue reading
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Sleepwalking Again By Paul Craig Roberts
On the 100th Anniversary of World War 1, the Western powers are again sleepwalking into destructive conflict. Hegemonic ambition has Washington interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine, but developments seem to be moving beyond Washington’s control. Continue reading
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U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela: Seeing The Larger Picture By Steve Ellner
The analysis of U.S. policy toward the Ukraine and Syria is even more applicable in the case of Venezuela, argues academic and author Steve Ellner. Continue reading
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Venezuela: the current counter-revolutionary offensive and how to deal with it By Jorge Martin
For the last two weeks there has been a violent campaign of rioting on the part of a small number of opposition supporters in Venezuela. They have blockaded streets and avenues (mainly in the middle and upper class areas of urban centres) in an attempt to force the removal of president Maduro. What is the… Continue reading
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Western-backed Ukrainian opposition seizes power in fascist-led putsch By Chris Marsden
The intervention of the United States, Germany, France and other European powers in Ukraine led to a putsch by far-right forces on Saturday. The negotiated settlement that Foreign Ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Laurent Fabius of France, and Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland imposed in Kiev, aiming to provide a semi-legal façade for the opposition’s power… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 