March 2014
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Solar energy now same price as conventional power in Germany, Italy, Spain – report
Solar energy now costs the same as conventionally generated electricity in Germany, Italy and Spain, a report has revealed. The research has warned, however, that high installation costs are impeding other countries from achieving grid parity. Continue reading
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UK parliament approves assault on National Health Service By Robert Stevens
In a move heralding a major assault on the National Health Service (NHS), parliament voted through legislation on March 11 allowing the health secretary to close hospitals and cut services, with virtually no challenges allowed. The vote on Clause 119 of the Care Bill was passed by 297 MPs with 239 against. Continue reading
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Leading US-backed Ukrainian politician calls for annihilation of Russia By Mike Head
Yulia Tymoshenko, a former Ukrainian prime minister and leading backer of the new regime installed by last month’s coup, has called for Ukrainians to take up arms against Russians and for the Western powers to reduce Russia to ashes. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 24 March 2014: Israel’s war between wars backfires
24 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael to Evacuate 18 Families in Northern Jordan ValleyIMEMC – Israeli forces, on Monday, served 18 families from Wadi Buzeq, in the northern Jordan Valley, with orders to evacuate their homes tomorrow (Tuesday, March 25, 2014), under the pretext of carrying out military training. … Continue reading
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Regime Change in Ukraine and the IMF’s Bitter “Economic Medicine” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
In the days following the Ukraine coup d’Etat of February 23, leading to the ousting of a duly elected president, Wall Street and the IMF–in liaison with the US Treasury and the European Commission in Brussels– had already set the stage for the outright takeover of Ukraine’s monetary system. The EuroMaidan protests leading up to… Continue reading
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Scientist Slams Biotech Industry over Deadly Kidney Disease Epidemic – Exclusive Interview
This is a disease of poor farmers: a disease of rural villagers in Asian, African and Latin American countries. This is not a disease of the Western World. Hence, a low visibility in print and electronic media. Also there is emerging evidence that the disease is linked to agrochemicals produced by multinationals. They want to… Continue reading
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Video: Has Anglo-America Capitalism Run Out of Strategies?
On the 30th anniversary of the UK miners’ strike, George Irvin discusses the rise of inequality in Britain and the US since the 1970s Continue reading
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BP, not Exxon, caused the Exxon Valdez disaster By Greg Palast
Two decades ago I was the investigator for the legal team that sold you the bullshit that a drunken captain was the principal cause of the Exxon Valdez disaster, the oil tanker crackup that poisoned over a thousand miles of Alaska’s coastline 25 years ago today, on March 24, 1989. Continue reading
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Turkish PM Erdogan Playing with Fire By Sungur Savran
Three events that occurred in the space of three days create sufficient ground for suspecting that [Turkish Prime Minister] Recep Tayyip Erdogan is playing with the Syrian fire in order to extricate himself out of the situation he faces. First, a commando of three foreign fundamentalist militants engage in a shootout with the gendarmes and… Continue reading
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National Security Archive: Spy Chief James Clapper Wins Rosemary Award
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has won the infamous Rosemary Award for worst open government performance in 2013, according to the citation published today by the National Security Archive at www.nsarchive.org. Despite heavy competition, Clapper’s “No, sir” lie to Senator Ron Wyden’s question: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on… Continue reading
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More Guardian ‘brainwashing’ on Putin By Jonathon Cook
I highlight this long and prominent article in the Guardian on Putin’s handling of Crimea and Ukraine because it is a master-class in brainwashing under freedom. The paper’s Moscow correspondent, Shaun Walker, is presumably well-acquainted with Russian society. He has full access to Russian media propaganda, so he knows full well Russia’s side of the… Continue reading
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Challenging the Western Narrative on Events in the Ukraine By Lionel Reynolds
The mainstream western media has presented a united front in its coverage of events in the Ukraine since the Maidan protests began in late November 2013. The same narrative has informed the comments and actions of the so-called ‘international community’ – typically an anglo-american-zionist affair consisting of Washington, London, Jerusalem and NATO, but on this… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 24 March 2014 (05/14): Borders, deaths and resistance
24 March 2014 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1. STATEWATCH: New issue of Journal: Borders, deaths and resistance2. EU: European Parliament: Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence3. FINLAND: SMART BORDERS4. UK: Jimmy Mubenga: G4S guards face plane death charges Continue reading
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Is Crimea’s Shift the First of a Long Series? By Thierry Meyssan
Beyond the emphatic cries of the West against the accession of the Crimea to the Russian Federation, the real issue is whether this is an orphan event or whether it foreshadows a turning of Eastern Europe toward Moscow. With only enslavement to the Brussels bureaucracy to offer, Brussels fears that existing clienta may be attracted… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles
23 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterAs Israeli Attack on Aida Camp Continues, 8 Palestinians and 2 Israeli Soldiers InjuredIMEMC – As the Israeli military continues its invasion of the Aida refugee camp, near Bethlehem, local sources have reported that 8 Palestinians and 2 Israeli soldiers have been injured. … Continue reading
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Media Lens: Scotlandshire: BBC Scotland Coverage Of The Independence Referendum By David Cromwell
Coverage of the Scottish independence referendum, due to be held on September 18 this year, is a compelling example of the deep establishment bias of the corporate media. Some critics have characterised the BBC’s coverage, in particular, as though Scotland is merely a region or a county of the United Kingdom called ‘Scotlandshire’. Continue reading
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Video: Netanyahu Attacks Boycott As Campaign Enters New Phase
Warschawski: Benjamin Netanyahu’s gov’t attacks on Boycott Israel campaign help strengthen it as it grows from activists to big business. Continue reading
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The Ukraine Crisis and Vladimir Putin: A New Financial System Free from Wall Street and the City of London? By Umberto Pascali
It is Putin, the first leader who resisted and defeated the strategy of world domination, who is enjoying the enthusiastic support of his people and the growing admiration of the world. The well financed media and politicians do not want to hear this, but this is the reality. Without exaggeration, one can compare this resistance… Continue reading
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