6 March 2014 — Voltaire Network
RT television network released a wiretapping of Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, in which he is heard saying that the mysterious Maidan square snipers were linked to the pro-European opposition.
Day: March 6, 2014
Jimmy Smith: ‘A Night in Tunisia’
6 March 2014 — Jazz on the Tube
Written by Frank Paparelli and Dizzy Gillespie in 1942, “A Night in Tunisia’ has since become a jazz standard. Charlie Parker, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins and Victor Wooten have all performed covers.
This performance of the song from The Jimmy Smith Quintet is from 1986. Personnel: Jon Faddis, trumpet; James Moody, alto sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Jimmy Smith, organ; Grady Tate, drums. Continue reading
Black Agenda Report for March 6, 2014: At Russia's Gate, "Journalists" Follow Obama, Chokwe Lumumba & Jackson Rising
6 March 2014 — Black Agenda Report
This week in Black Agenda Report
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The United States is more than just an ally to fascists in Ukraine and everywhere else; the American South provided an historical model for fascism. “The fascist order of the pre-Sixties Solid South was simply a domestic expression of U.S. Manifest Destiny – the national religion.” The fascists – both local and imperial – have laid siege to Russia. Continue reading
Ukraine: Georgian Background to the Western “Invasion” Hysteria
6 March 2014 — Land Destroyer — New Eastern Outlook
Recalling similar fabrications regarding Georgia’s aggression versus Russia and examining existing Russo-Ukrainian strategic relations before Western-backed mobs overthrew the government in Kiev, we can see there is no “invasion” at all.
Putin’s ‘Delusions’ and Double Standards By Peter Hart
6 March 2014 — FAIR Blog
An effective propaganda system will either mostly disappear inconvenient facts, or allow this information to surface if it comes out of the mouth of an enemy leader who is said to be out of touch with reality.
Russian President Vladimir Putin deliriously suggested that some US military actions may have been illegal.Israel’s War on Facebook By Richard Silverstein
6 March 2014 — Dissident Voice
I mean the title of this article in two ways: first, the Shabak is at war with Palestinians using social media in order to express their nationalist political views. Second, the Israeli far-right is using Facebook as a potent means to advance its own genocidal views against Palestinians. If that sounds like a double standard…well, welcome to Israel, the land of hypocrisy and double standards.
“Democratization” and Anti-Semitism in Ukraine: Neo-Nazi Symbols become “The New Normal” By Julie Lévesque
6 March 2014 — Global Research
Dmitry Yarosh, leader of far-right movement Right Sector, now on an international wanted list and charged with inciting terrorism.
In the following video filmed in the Ukrainian Parliament and posted in late December 2013, we can clearly see on the pillars two flags which are listed in the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) “Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos”: the White power flag and the Confederate flag. Continue reading
The fascist danger in Ukraine By Julie Hyland
6 March 2014 — WSWS
A politically sinister propaganda offensive is underway in the media to either deny the involvement of fascists in the US-backed coup in Ukraine or present their role as a marginal and insignificant detail.
About Abby Martin, Liz Wahl and media wars
6 March 2014 — RT
Today RT America anchor Liz Wahl resigned on air, claiming she disagrees with the channel’s editorial stance. And here’s what I have to say about it. Continue reading
Video: Ukraine Divided
5 March 2014 — Stop Imperialism
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on CrossTalk to debate the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Draitser provides his analysis of recent developments on the ground and what they mean for the conflict moving forward. He explains some of the key geopolitical and economic issues at stake, noting the integral role of the US-EU-NATO powers in fomenting and exacerbating the situation. Draitser also examines the hypocrisy of US media and foreign policy on Ukraine and Russia’s actions. These issues and much much more… Continue reading
Patrons of Ukraine’s Nazi Putschists Spook Russia with Sanctions: Diplomatic Bluff By Andrey Areshev
6 March 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation
As the events in and around Ukraine unfold, the reaction of some Western circles becomes close to hysteria. The resistance to the fascist putsch staged in Crimea and Novorussia (New Russia) has evoked unparalleled anxiety in the ranks of European, and, especially, US diplomats. There is a plethora of retaliatory measures Russia is threatened with including awe-evoking suspension of preparations for the breath shooting session called «G8 summit» and freezing Russian officials and natural persons’ bank accounts.
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 5 March 2014: Netanyahu Demands Palestinians Recognize Israel as 'Jewish State'
5 March 2014 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
Three, Including Minor, Kidnapped from West Bank and Jerusalem
IMEMC – The Israeli army, on Wednesday, abducted two people from the West Bank city of Hebron, including a minor, in addition to a youth from the Jerusalem area, according to local sources. …
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Has Russia Invaded Ukraine? By Paul Craig Roberts
5 March 2014 — Information Clearing House
Propaganda Rules The News
Gerald Celente calls the Western media “presstitutes,” an ingenuous term that I often use. Presstitutes sell themselves to Washington for access and government sources and to keep their jobs. Ever since the corrupt Clinton regime permitted the concentration of the US media, there has been no journalistic independence in the United States except for some Internet sites.
The New Dark Age 