March 17, 2014
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Ukraine: U.S. Pulls Back, Agrees To Russian Demands
There was another phone call today between Secretary of State Kerry and the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. The call came after a strategy meeting on Ukraine in the White House. During the call Kerry agreed to Russian demands for a federalization of the Ukraine in which the federal states will have a strong autonomy against… Continue reading
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Don't Pray for Venezuela: The Struggle Against Contemporary Fascism By Chris Gilbert
The fascists who operate today in Venezuela — to say nothing of those active in the Ukraine, Greece, or Colombia — are by no means a historical aberration. Only if we take one of capitalism’s key myths at face value must we imagine that our current society is the wondrous culmination of a teleological evolutionary… Continue reading
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3 immigration facts you need to share
We asked you why your friends or neighbours are tempted to vote UKIP, and one answer led by a mile: They’re being persuaded by UKIP’s strong anti-immigration stance. Continue reading
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Imperialist hypocrisy on Crimea By Joseph Kishore
Sunday’s referendum in Crimea has been accompanied by a torrent of denunciations from the Obama administration and the American media. It is being seized upon to escalate the imperialist offensive in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, whose ultimate aim is regime change or war against Russia. Continue reading
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Germany threatened “massive damage” to Russia ahead of Crimea referendum By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier
Ahead of Sunday’s referendum on the independence of Crimea, Berlin and Washington are escalating a campaign of threats and sanctions against Russia, risking civil war in Ukraine and war with Russia itself. Continue reading
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Will Twisted History of Georgian War Facilitate a Repetition? By Steve Rendall
When the US press takes sides, the necessary lionizing of allies and demonizing of opponents begins in earnest. And so the fascists and antisemites in Ukraine’s current “pro-West” government are downplayed or ignored, as is the US hypocrisy that denounces Russia’s military adventures while supporting the violent ouster of a democratic, if odious, Ukrainian government. Continue reading
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Obama Declares Self-Determination to Be a Threat to US National Security By Paul Craig Roberts
In his March 6 Executive Order, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine,” Obama declares that support for Crimean self-determination constitutes “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.” Continue reading
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95.7% of Crimeans Give the Finger to the White House Tyrant By Paul Craig Roberts
In an unprecedented turnout unmatched by any Western election, Crimeans voted 95.7% to join Russia. As I pointed out earlier today, under the twisted logic of Washington Crimea has never been a part of Ukraine as Russians were not allowed to vote when the Soviet dictator Khrushchev stuck the Russian province of Crimea into Ukraine… Continue reading
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America’s Oligarch Strategy
At US behest, Austria arrested a Ukrainian oligarch named Dmytro Firtash in Vienna on some corruption and bribery charge that appears to be involved tangentially with the United States…Firtash’s problem is that the US identified him with the Yanukovych camp and close to Russia because of his gas dealings. It also looks like Firtash moved… Continue reading
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The future of care.data hangs in the balance By Jane Fae
The future of care.data hangs in the balance. In the last week, rival proposals from government and by critics, have offered parliament radically different diagnoses – and cures – for the malaise now afflicting the scheme. In the end, though, the question remains: is this all too little, too late? Can care.data recover from here? Continue reading
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With 100% ballots counted, 96.77% of Crimeans vote to re-unite with Russia – Crimean election chief
The latest updates from Crimea’s election authority show that 96.77% of the voters who cast their ballots in Sunday’s referendum supported Crimea’s reunification with Russia. “The number of the votes cast in the Crimea-wide referendum in favor of reunification with Russia as an entity of the Russian Federation is 1.233,002 million, or 96.77 percent,” Crimea’s… Continue reading
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The New York Times deploys C.J. Chivers to Ukraine By Patrick Martin
A particularly foul and provocative article in the New York Times this weekend portrays the Russian military forces and pro-Russian militiamen in Crimea as a rampaging horde, using guns and whips to suppress popular opposition to a possible annexation of the Crimean region by Russia. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 16 March 2014: Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and injure dozens of Palestinians
16 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center$170m Loss for Israeli Water Firm as BDS Spreads SouthwardIMEMC – In the latest success for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, authorities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have suspended a proposed $170m water treatment plant deal with Israeli state water firm,… Continue reading
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