March 2014
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Global Research: The Globalization of Poverty: Inside the New World Order
Michel Chossudovsky takes the reader through an examination of how the World Bank and IMF have been the greatest purveyors of poverty around the world, despite their rhetorical claims to the opposite. These institutions, representing the powerful Western nations and the financial interests that dominate them, spread social apartheid around the world, exploiting both the… Continue reading
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London’s NHS at the crossroads By John Lister
A duty of candour for NHS managers and ending cash-driven closures – those are amongst the recommendations of the People’s Inquiry into London’s NHS which raises serious concerns of creaking services in the capital. Continue reading
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Video: McCain, Ukraine, and the Political Game
Draitser explains that McCain speaks for the neocon establishment and their Cold War mentality, and that his role is to inflame US opinion as much as possible. Draitser notes that much of this is in relation to domestic US politics and the fact that the US has, not for the first time, been out-maneuvered by… Continue reading
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Solving the crisis in Ukraine By Eric Draitser
The deep political divisions within Ukraine, exacerbated in recent months with the ouster of the Yanukovich government, will require careful diplomacy and mediation in order to be resolved. Continue reading
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Ukraine as Stalking Horse: The Rise of Fascism in the West By Norman Pollack
Fascism dribbles off the tongue too easily, yet it is possible to wrap one’s arms around the concept and practice with, allowing for historical variations, some degree of precision. Hitler’s Germany may be the gold standard by which to measure all else, but even there correction can be made for both underlying structural features and… Continue reading
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FRINFORMSUM 3/20/2014: the NSA’s MYSTIC Program Powerful Enough to Swallow a “nation’s telephone program whole,” Judge Calls a DOJ Search Practice “repugnant to the Fourth Amendment,” and Much More By Lauren Harper
The National Security Agency (NSA) has built a surveillance program so powerful that it can swallow a “nation’s telephone program whole.” According to documents obtained by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reported on by the Washington Post, this program –codenamed MYSTIC– is capable of capturing “100%” of a foreign country’s voice calls. MYSTIC’s retrieval… Continue reading
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Who is in charge of Ukraine today?
The dominant condescending and appeasing tone towards the new Ukrainian authorities in the West clearly contradicts to its democratic and humanitarian values, it persistently promotes in the world. Any attentive unbiased observer of the situation in this post-Soviet state and the Western policies in the region cannot help but feel a sense of déjà vu… Continue reading
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US the biggest threat to world peace in 2013 – poll
The US has been voted as the most significant threat to world peace in a survey across 68 different countries. Anti-American sentiment was not only recorded in antagonistic countries, but also in many allied NATO partners like Turkey and Greece. Continue reading
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An Attack on Iran is Still on the Pentagon’s Drawing Board. Israel Prepares to Launch “The First Strike” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Under the title “Netanyahu orders IDF to prepare for possible strike on Iran during 2014?, Haaretz confirms that a war on Iran is still contemplated and that Israel is actively preparing to launch a first strike, despite talks between the West and Iran concerning Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 20 March 2014: British architects call for world boycott of Israeli counterparts
20 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen South of HebronIMEMC – Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the Hebron district, on Wednesday, according to security and medical sources. … Continue reading
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Did the U.S. Deploy Snipers Against Peaceful Occupy Protesters?
Was the Government Prepared to Deploy Snipers If the Occupy Protests Gained Momentum? Snipers are commonly used as “false flag” terrorists to disrupt peaceful protests. The FBI treated the peaceful protesters at the Occupy protests as terrorists. Continue reading
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Anti-Russia propaganda and the fabrication of a new pro-war consensus By Alex Lantier
Since Crimea voted last Sunday to secede from Ukraine and rejoin Russia, US officials and the American media have mounted a deafening propaganda campaign, posturing as defenders of world peace, the rights of small nations and international law in opposition to Russia. In this campaign, no lie told to justify support for the Ukrainian regime… Continue reading
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How Crimea plays in Beijing By Pepe Escobar
Ukraine has become the final battlefield in the “cold war”, and it is becoming a possibility that the crisis will trigger a second “cold war”. The Crimean parliament’s declaration of independence from Ukraine ahead of the March 16 referendum indicates that Crimea may go ahead and join Russia. The tug of war between Russia and… Continue reading
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The forgotten coup – and how the godfather rules from Canberra to Kiev By john Pilger
Washington’s role in the fascist putsch against an elected government in Ukraine will surprise only those who watch the news and ignore the historical record. Since 1945, dozens of governments, many of them democracies, have met a similar fate, usually with bloodshed. Continue reading
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Coming Home to Roost: American Militarism, War Culture, and Police Brutality By Colin Jenkins
An extensive 2006 report by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concluded that, in the United States, the “War on Terror” has “created a generalized climate of impunity for law enforcement officers, and contributed to the erosion of what few accountability mechanisms exist for civilian control over law enforcement agencies. As a result, police brutality… Continue reading
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U.S. Prepares to Gas Russia Into Submission By Glen Ford
The U.S., now number one in oil and gas, is preparing to destroy Russia’s economy. “Washington will move to crush, or at least seriously disrupt, Russia under its ‘sanctions as war by other means’ machine, by targeting its energy exports, while simultaneously boosting the foreign markets for U.S. natural gas.” Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report March 20, 2014: GA Prisoners Allege Abuse, US Gases Russia, Kwadir Felton and Cory Booker
20 March 2014 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Striking GA Prisoners Name Names, Allege Sexual Abuse, Ongoing Threats, Maltreatment by Staff by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonNot quite a month ago, I wrote that we at Black Agenda Report had received word of a new self-organized hunger strike among… Continue reading
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Ukraine: Washington sanctioning Democracy and hailing Nazism
Earlier this month US President Barack Obama signed an executive order declaring “a national emergency” in view of the “actions and policies of persons — including persons who have asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine – that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its… Continue reading
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Welcome to Barbarous Britain: Treat your own dementia, Essex patients told By Shibley Rahman
As Essex council closes the only daycare centre for dementia patients in the South of the county, its councillors cause a storm by suggesting a one-day ‘dementia cube’ workshop is a suitable alternative. Continue reading
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US Proxy Terror War on Venezuela By Prof. James Petras
Protest, dissent and terrorist wars are obviously very distinct forms of expressing opposition and bringing about change. The Obama-Kerry regime claim that the opposition in Venezuela is a “protest movement” a “peaceful democratic opposition” expressing discontent with economic conditions and that the democratically elected Maduro Administration is an ‘authoritarian regime’ violently repressing dissent. Washington claims… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 