26 February 2014 — OurNHS
As more revelations emerge about the sale of our hospital data to the insurance industry, misleading claims that a massive expansion in data collection is totally safe, are failing to convince.
Day: February 26, 2014
Hospital closure clause – day of action 27th February
26 February 2014 — OurNHS
Fight to protect your local hospital from fast-track closure! A day of action in London on Thursday 27th February.
Please join us in Westminster tomorrow (Thursday 27th February) for a day of protest against the Hospital Closure Clause (Clause 119).
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Venezuela By Kim Scipes
Russian General: “We Are At War” By General Leonid Ivashov
26 February 2014 — Before It’s News
In an interview published Feb. 5 by km.ru, Gen. Leonid Ivashov, the former foreign relations head of the Russian Ministry of Defense and current president of the Academy of Geopolitical Studies, issued a sharp warning about the nature of the strategic crisis unfolding in Ukraine:
Obama’s TPP Negotiators Received Huge Bonuses from Big Banks
18 February 2014 — RT
Stefan Selig
A controversial trade deal being touted by the White House is expected to give American corporations broad new authority if approved. Now according to newly released documents, big banks gave millions to the execs that are now orchestrating the agreement.
Investigative journalist Lee Fang wrote for Republic Report on Tuesday this week that two former well-placed individuals within the ranks of Bank of America and CitiGroup were awarded millions of dollars in bonuses before jumping ship to work on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on behalf of the White House.
Drone Wars: UK Becomes New Pakistan? Live Drone Training Flights Target Local Residents
22 February 2014 — Drone Wars UK
Drone Wars UK understands that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will announce on Monday (24 Feb) that live training flights of the Watchkeeper drone will begin over Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
The Question of US ‘Democracy Promotion’ in the Newspaper of Record By Peter Hart
26 February 2014 — FAIR Blog
You might ask Chilean President Salvador Allende what he thinks about US democracy promotion–if he hadn’t been killed in a CIA-backed coup in 1973. (cc photo: Sebastian Baryli )
Sometimes the thing we call “media bias” isn’t about what a given piece of journalism explicitly says about the world; it’s more about the assumptions that must be taken for granted. Question those assumptions and the whole thing starts to fall apart.
Video: Silencing the Scientist: Tyrone Hayes on Being Targeted by Herbicide Firm Syngenta
21 February 2014 — Democracy Now!
We speak with scientist Tyrone Hayes of the University of California, Berkeley, who discovered a widely used herbicide may have harmful effects on the endocrine system. But when he tried to publish the results, the chemical’s manufacturer launched a campaign to discredit his work. Continue reading
Moazzam Begg a Political Prisoner Again By Craig Murray
26 February 2014 — Craig Murray
I first met Moazzam Begg in 2005 when he came to support my campaign in Blackburn against Jack Straw. I was immediately struck by how gentle he is. For somebody who has been through Guantanamo Bay and suffered torture and injustice, he is free of bitterness and rancour to a degree I find quite astonishing. It is an extraordinary spiritual quality, comparable to that of Nelson Mandela. He does not hate. That impression has only been reinforced every time I see him, and comes over well in his book.
Was the Ukraine Coup America’s Main Event at the Sochi Olympics?
26 February 2014 — China Matters
In my previous post, I speculated that the US and EU orchestrated the climax of the Ukraine crisis to occur while Vlad was preoccupied with presiding over his beloved Olympics, and unwilling or unable to destroy the soft power vibe by intervening forcefully in the Ukraine, or even giving the matter his more complete attention. Clever, clever America, if this was the case.
Looks Like US Played Hardball in the Ukraine…and Against the EU
24 February 2014 — China Matters
When the EU mediated a deal between the opposition and the government, I thought Yanukovich had dodged the bullet.
Not quite.
Interview: Coup in Ukraine
24 February 2014 — Stop NATO – Taylor Report
“Weimar Triangle” emerges
Featured Guest: RICK ROZOFF
Description: Rick Rozoff returns to the program to follow-up on his previous interview about the possibility of a coup in Ukraine. Rozoff’s most dire predictions have come to fruition. The events in Ukraine “have been long in the making” and “methodically planned out.” The only thing that isn’t materializing is EU aid to Ukraine. “If you’ve pledged yourself unconditionally, why would they buy you?” Continue reading
Video: Popular Uprising, Foreign Manipulation and Rising Fascism in Ukraine
26 February 2014 — The Real News Network
Political economist Aleksandr Buzgalin and international law professor John Quigley discuss the internal rivalries for power taking place within Ukraine, and the history of its relations with Russia (inc. transcript). Continue reading
Reddit Censors Big Story About Government Manipulation and Disruption of the Internet
25 February 2014 —
Reddit Moderators Go to Extreme Lengths to Censor the Most Important Story of the Year
The moderators at the giant r/news reddit (with over 2 million subscribed readers) repeatedly killed the Greenwald/Snowden story on government manipulation and disruption of the Internet … widely acknowledged to be one of the most important stories ever leaked by Snowden.
Attempts of EU, far-right opposition to set up Ukraine government collapse By Alex Lantier
26 February 2014 — WSWS
Attempts to set up a government by the Western-backed Ukrainian opposition forces that seized power in Saturday’s fascist putsch have collapsed amid rising demands for social attacks on the working class from Washington and the European Union (EU), and military tensions with Russia.
The David Miranda ruling and the attack on press freedom By Julie Hyland
26 February 2014 — WSWS
To appreciate in full the deeply reactionary import of the ruling that David Miranda was detained lawfully at Heathrow airport last August, one need only cite some of the arguments marshalled by the High Court in London.
Ukraine’s Sickness and Europe’s Cure: Neo-Liberalism and Neo-Fascism Join Hands By Eric Draitser
25 February 2014 — Global Research
The situation in Ukraine is evolving by the hour. Right wing ultranationalists and their “liberal” collaborators have taken control of the Rada (Ukrainian parliament) and deposed the democratically elected, though utterly corrupt and incompetent, President Yanukovich.
Former Prime Minister, and convicted criminal, Yulia Tymoshenko has been freed, and is now making common cause with Noe-Nazi Right Sector, Svoboda, and other fascist elements, while the opposition’s nominal leaders such as Arseny Yatsenyuk and Vitali Klitschko begin to fade into the background.
The New Dark Age 