March 2014
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 19 March 2014
19 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael to Ease Restrictions on Weapons ExportsIMEMC – The Israeli Defense Ministry is increasing the number of countries for which arms exporters will not be required to receive a special license for marketing non-classified weaponry and defense equipment. … Continue reading
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UK continues mass experiment in human despair By John Wight
Food banks don’t lie. Their proliferation over the term of the current government confirmation that Britain in 2014 is a nation in which poverty, destitution, and the inevitable despair which follows on from those maladies is worse than at any time since the Second World War. Continue reading
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Ukraine: Why did Europe choose the chaff over the wheat? By Patrick L Young
Engagement in Ukraine by the European Parliament has been clearly apparent in recent years. Alas the transcripts provide an unfortunate reminder that the size of the EU apparatus has ultimately fed an incompetent blob as opposed to producing rational decisions. An obsession with expansion at all costs of the EU sphere of influence has dominated… Continue reading
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Venezuela Deals Blow to Bankster Fascists By Dean Henderson
Maduro On March 15th Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressed his military. Mindful of the recent CIA/bankster putsch in Ukraine, he warned the right-wing fascist thugs who have incited violence in the country over the past two months, “Prepare yourself. We are coming for you.” He then played John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 18 March 2014: Why won’t the army stop the theft of Palestinian trees?
18 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterWarships Fire at Fishermen near Gaza CoastIMEMC – Israeli warships, late Monday, fired on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip, fishermen said. … Continue reading
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Video: Debating Ukraine on “Breaking the Set”
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on “Breaking the Set” to debate recent developments in Ukraine and Crimea. He debunks the attempts by some to whitewash the nature of the coup in Kiev and the illegal government. Draitser explains some of the geopolitical motivations behind the crisis, pointing out the recent history that has lead to… Continue reading
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Economy as a weapon By Manlio Dinucci
The heavy debt of Ukraine is a catastrophe for the European Union, which will have to take it on at least partially, but it is a boon to Washington: Kiev will be forced to comply with all the IMF demands and to privatize what can still be privatized, for the greater good of corporations. Continue reading
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Unknown Snipers Once Again Stir Up Violence … This Time In Crimea
After a Ukranian soldier at a base in Crimea was killed, Ukraine announced that the murder was a “war crime”, and that Ukranians could use live fire to protect themselves. But no one know who actually pulled the trigger. Continue reading
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War threats against Russia and the social crisis in the United States By Joseph Kishore
Once again, the American people are faced with a full-scale propaganda drive for war. The crisis in Ukraine, set off by a US- and European-backed putsch one month ago, has been followed by a campaign against Russia over the referendum in Crimea that includes economic sanctions and a threatened military response by NATO. Continue reading
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Crisis in Ukraine: Russia Extends its Control over the Black Sea and Strategic Waterways By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The union of Crimea with Russia redefines both the geography as well as the geopolitical chessboard in the Black Sea basin. Continue reading
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Moscow weighs the fate of historic Shukhov radio tower By Tim Rivers
Rising from a modest circular trench footing, it seemingly springs into the air to rise 150 meters. The tower was designed to be more than twice its current height and would have surpassed the Eiffel Tower as the tallest structure in the world, had it not been for the acute scarcity of metal in the… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Killing Trend – The Cruise Missile Liberals By David Edwards
News that 2015 might turn out to be the first year since 1914 when British troops will not be fighting a war somewhere in the world appeared to come as a shock to many. But in fact, the British record of Permanent War stretches back much further. Seumas Milne commented in the Guardian that empire… Continue reading
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Video: Ukrainian Euromaidan militant Olexander Muzychko speaking out on Nazi agenda of the Right Sector
A straight-forward speech by the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist Olexander Muzychko (aka criminal leader Sasha Bilyi), who was one of the most cruel commanders on the “Euromaidan”, calls to get Ukraine back to its “historic boundaries” and to establish a totalitarian state: – The Don River, Kuban’, Terek and Caucasus will be our lands! – One national… Continue reading
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Crimean ‘Check’ on Western Machinations in Ukraine By Finian Cunningham
American geo-strategic planners are fond of the chess game analogy, as articulated foremost by former National Security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. In the wake of the resounding vote for Crimean unification with Russia at the weekend, it may be said that this move by the Crimean electorate declares a «check» on Washington’s machinations in the Ukraine… Continue reading
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South Africa’s ASA Stops Monsanto ‘Benefits of GM Crops’ Advert
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa has today ordered Monsanto to withdraw its advertisement on Radio 702 with immediate effect, wherein Monsanto claims the benefits of GM crops. According to ASA, Monsanto’s claims were found to be unsubstantiated and misleading. Continue reading
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Media’s Reporting on Ukraine as Terrible as It Was on Iraq
After Giving Mea Culpas for Horrible Iraq Coverage, Media Does the Exact Same Thing On Ukraine Continue reading
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Israel backs far-right coup in Ukraine By Jean Shaoul
18 March 2014 — WSWS The government of Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu is backing the fascist-led putsch that ousted Ukraine’s elected pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych. Far from opposing anti-Semitism and defending Ukrainian Jews from the neo-Nazi parties that have joined the new coalition government, Israel is doing its best to deny that any such… Continue reading
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Obama Backs Down on Crimea By Mike Whitney
The Obama administration suffered its worst foreign policy defeat in 5 years on Sunday when the people of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to reject Washington’s Nazi-backed junta government in Kiev and join the Russian Federation. The balloting, in which more than 93 percent of voters “approved splitting off and joining Russia” reflects the strong ethnic, cultural… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 17 March 2014:
17 March 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael: “Hezbollah Fighters Crossed Border, Planted Explosives”IMEMC – [Monday, March 17, 2014] According to investigations by the Israeli Military, fighters of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party crossed the border, a week ago, and planted explosive charges that were detonated near military vehicles. … Continue reading
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