March 14, 2014
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FAIR: No More Media Silence on TPP
The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal has drawn heavy criticism. Over 500 labor, environmental and farm groups oppose granting the White House “fast track” authority to speed the pact through Congress. The deal, still being negotiated in secret, has spawned protests around the world. Even some Democrats are pushing back against the White House.… Continue reading
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Key NHS recommendation to “put patients first” rejected by government advisors By Caroline Molloy
Government advisors today rejected the main recommendation of the QC who investigated failings of care at NHS hospitals – to re-write the NHS Constitution to make clear “patients come first”. The central recommendation of the Francis report was today rejected by a secretive panel of government advisors chaired by health minister Norman Lamb. Continue reading
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The third big NHS deception By Guy Collis
The public will not fall for the government’s deception over the hospital closure clause – even if MPs have. First, and most important, is 20 March 2012 when the Health and Social Care Act – which abolished the Secretary of State’s duty to secure a comprehensive health service – stumbled out of the House of… Continue reading
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Audio: Ukraine, Western Media, and Liberal Imperialism By Eric Draitser
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on Bullet Points with Navid Nasr to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. They examine the recent history leading up to the current conflict including the “Orange Revolution” of 2004 and the key individuals from that movement impacting the situaiton today. Eric and Navid also touch upon a range of… Continue reading
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Right Sector (neo-Nazi) Leaflet for Eastern Ukraine
Right Sector: 3. Locals who permanently reside on streets named after “criminal Communist regime” must submit their IDs to custom office departments. 4. You must vacate all buildings located nearby military facilities and administrative buildings. 5. You must provide People’s Self-Defense units with your living space. Continue reading
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UK GMO Science Update Slammed as ‘Unadulterated Propaganda’
At a “news briefing” yesterday, the authors of the Report presented their findings at the invitation of the Council for Science and Technology (CST) (1). According to the news briefing, the Council ”… last year… asked a group of independent scientists to look into the developments in the science of GM crops since the Royal… Continue reading
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World Has No Idea How U.S. Decides on Wars By David Swanson
People from Yemen and Pakistan and elsewhere have told me, and have testified in the U.S. Congress, that they have a hard time convincing their neighbors that everyone in the United States doesn’t hate them. There are buzzing killer robots flying over their houses night and day and every now and then blowing a bunch… Continue reading
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Alex Callinicos: An imperialist apologist writes on Ukraine By Chris Marsden
Alex Callinicos is the theoretical leader of the Socialist Workers Party in Britain and a senior lecturer at Kings College London. His most recent writings on Ukraine mark him out definitively as a pliant tool of imperialist intrigue, ready to employ any lie, no matter how brazen, in order to facilitate the predatory activities of… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 13 March 2014
13 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterHealth Condition of Hunger Striking Prisoners DeterioratingIMEMC – Lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said, after visiting a number of Israeli prisons, that the health condition of four Palestinian hunger striking prisoners has dramatically deteriorated due to both Israeli medical negligence and the fact Continue reading
The New Dark Age 