March 2014
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Fauxccupy: The Selling and Buying of the Venezuelan Opposition By Roberto Lovato
Reports and imagery coming out of Venezuela in the past weeks would lead the casual observer to conclude that the country’s youthful opposition are “peaceful protesters” following a long line of global youth activism seen during the Arab Spring, the Occupy movement or in other parts of Latin America. Such a conclusion would be false,… Continue reading
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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
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The new Great (Threat) Game in Eurasia By Pepe Escobar
In Ukraine, the West supported an unconstitutional putsch against an elected government perpetrated, among others, by fascist/neo-nazi storm troopers (Svoboda, Right Sector) instrumentalized by US intelligence. After a Russian counterpunch, US President Barack Obama proclaimed that any referendum in Crimea would “violate the Ukrainian constitution and violate international law.” Continue reading
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Ukraine: ‘Pravy Sektor’ and ‘White Al-Qaeda’ – two sides of the same coin By Anna Filimonova
12 March 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation The situation in Ukraine is not changing by the day, but by the hour. The junta that has come to power as a result of the coup d’état organised from the outside is made up of fragmented, loosely-connected parts. Tymoshenko and Turchynov are fading into the background, not to… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 12 March 2014
12 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFive Teenagers Injured during Clashes near HebronIMEMC – Palestinian sources reported that five Palestinian teenagers were injured on Wednesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading the southern West Bank town of Beit Omer near Hebron city. … Continue reading
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Kiev snipers shooting from bldg controlled by Maidan forces –Ex-Ukraine security chief
Former chief of Ukraine’s Security Service has confirmed allegations that snipers who killed dozens of people during the violent unrest in Kiev operated from a building controlled by the opposition on Maidan square. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for March 12, 2014: Reinstate Dr. Anthony Monteiro – Propaganda – Promises – Obama Does Something Right
12 March 2014 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Reinistate Dr. Anthony Monteiro, and Reinvent U.S. Higher Education by BAR executive editor Glen Ford It’s not so easy to fire a professor of African American Studies who has forged strong ties with the surround Black community. Philadelphia’s Temple University is finding… Continue reading
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Ukraine Between Popular Uprising for Democracy and Fascist Putsch By David Mandel
Let’s begin with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s version. One can think what one likes about deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, but his election in 2012 was recognized as legitimate by international observers and, after a certain hesitation, by the defeated candidate, Yulia Timoshenko. In fact, relatively honest elections were just about the only positive… Continue reading
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Civil War Looms in Ukraine? Regime Calls for Military Mobilization, IMF Austerity Measures By Alex Lantier
The Kiev regime’s unelected president, Oleksandr Turchynov, called for military mobilization and the formation of a new National Guard. He said, “It’s necessary to create the National Guard on the basis of Ukrainian troops, whose purpose will be to protect the country and citizens against all criminals, external and internal aggression. It’s necessary to announce… Continue reading
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Bad science, health risks, and the EU/US trade treaty By Molly Scott-Cato
Whether on GM foods, pesticides, or pharmaceuticals, the EU/US trade treaty aims to strip away higher European regulations that protect public health but hinder corporate profits. Continue reading
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