February 2014
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 2 February 2014: Kerry's billions: US economic plans for occupied Palestine
2 February 2014 — VTJP Peace, Love and Occupation? Tell Ben & Jerry’s to Stop its Complicity with the Israeli Occupation! News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael Renews Administrative Detention of Hamas MPIMEMC – Israeli occupation forces renewed, on Sunday, the administrative detention of Hamas MP from Hebron, Hatim Qafisha,54. … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A confused and contradictory film on how foreigners “help” Palestine By Sarah Irving
Ruthven’s naivete is a major aspect of her narrative device, but as she is the film’s main voice, it also means that the conclusions are frustratingly simplistic. “I’d had no idea how dependent the Palestinian economy was on aid,” she states. The obvious question is why, when making a documentary on aid in Palestine, she… Continue reading
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Ukraine on the Verge of Civil War: Blood on the Maidan By Mark Hackard
Ukraine is teetering on the verge of civil war, and as usual Western media haven’t been particularly helpful in shedding light on the unravelling situation. Aside from evocative photos of clashes between legion-like formations of Berkut riot police and their rough nationalist opponents on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), about all we can expect from… Continue reading
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Ukraine Crisis: “Trashy Play That Has Been Written Outside Ukraine
News reports on events in the Ukraine focusing on foreign involvement in events in Kiev and elsewhere. Continue reading
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Ukraine is a Neo-Con Testing Ground for Russia By Wayne Madsen
Make no mistake about it, Ukraine’s troubles, engineered from outside of the country by the usual troika of the European Union «securocrats» who are beholden to the interests of the United States and NATO, George Soros-funded and U.S. non-governmental organization-trained street and social media provocateurs, and the Central Intelligence Agency and its diplomat-spies, is a… Continue reading
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Ukraine and the Rebirth of Fascism in Europe By Eric Draitser
The violence on the streets of Ukraine is far more than an expression of popular anger against a government. Instead, it is merely the latest example of the rise of the most insidious form of fascism that Europe has seen since the fall of the Third Reich. Continue reading
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UK police marksman will not be charged for killing Anthony Grainger By Trevor Johnson
Within days of a London jury’s decision January 8 that the police killers of unarmed father of four Mark Duggan were acting within the law, the UK government’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) pushed through a similar decision in regard to the killing of Anthony Grainger. Continue reading
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Audio: A Capital Case: Sherlock Holmes Meets Karl Marx
20 October 2013 — Youtube Sherlock Holmes has had many strange requests, but none are so strange as the request from a certain Mr Karl Marx to help him find his stolen revolutionary tract `Das Kapital’. A radio play by David Zane Mairowitz. Continue reading
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Pesticide evaluations dishonest and misleading, new study shows
Does the fact that a pesticide is approved by regulators mean it is safe? A new study suggests not – and casts into question the assumptions on which all regulatory authorizations of pesticides are based. Continue reading
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1,400 Sue General Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi for Fukushima Disaster
We’ve previously noted that General Electric should be held partially responsible for the Fukushima reactor because General Electric knew that its reactors were unsafe: Continue reading
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Video: An interview with Edward Snowden
The interview took place in Moscow on 26 January 2014 by a German TV crew. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 26 January – 1 February 2014: Ukraine / Syria / Obama-NSA / Drug Trade / Snowden / Afghanistan more…
1 February 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation Europeans about Ukraine: Wide Range of Opinions 01.02.2014 | 11:46 | Natalia MEDEN The dramatic events in Ukraine cause sorrow and pain. The concessions on the part of the government have not become a turning point to move the situation away from crisis. Could the spiral of violence unleashed by… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 31 January 2014: Five years on: Gaza’s children remain targets
31 January 2014 — VTJP Peace, Love and Occupation? Tell Ben & Jerry’s to Stop its Complicity with the Israeli Occupation! News International Middle East Media CenterNorway Fund Blacklists Israeli Firms With Settlement TiesIMEMC – AFP via PNN — Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, blacklisted two Israeli companies involved in construction of settlements… Continue reading
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