April 21, 2014
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Raytheon’s Payday in Syria By Brad Hoff
Raytheon, the manufacturer of the BGM-71 TOW (Hughes was bought out by Raytheon in 1997), has been heavily invested in the potential course of the Syrian conflict from the beginning. In late August, early September of last year, as the United States was preparing for a possible missile strike on Syria, it was the Raytheon-made… Continue reading
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State Dept-funded program installs alternative networks abroad
Since last June, revelations about the US National Security Agency and how it goes about getting intelligence from foreign suspects have continued to surface, in turn rekindling all too routinely allegations about how the internet has been practically obliterated by the NSA. Continue reading
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Foreign Minister: Russia Won’t Allow Civil War In Ukraine
21 April 2014 — Stop NATO Interfax April 21, 2014 Lavrov: Russia to stop attempts to unleash civil war in Ukraine MOSCOW:Russia will not allow a bloody conflict in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Continue reading
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Video: Obama channeling Cheney? By Michael Hudson
The big news is all about the Ukraine. And it’s about the events that happened in the shootings on February 20. Late last week, the German television program ARD Monitor, which is sort of their version of 60 Minutes here, had an investigative report of the shootings in Maidan, and what they found out is… Continue reading
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Daniel Patrick Welch: ‘Kiev wants to spark war between NATO and Russia’
Russia has called Kiev’s action irresponsible and warned that it could trigger a full-blown civil war. How far do you see the situation going? Daniel Patrick Welch: I think it depends completely upon whether Turchinov wants to push this to the end. The dangerous thing is that the point of it is that he wants… Continue reading
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The right-wing nationalism of the United Kingdom Independence Party By Jordan Shilton
Over the last months there has been a concerted media campaign to promote the anti-immigrant and nationalist policies of UKIP as the expression of popular sentiment. Despite the party not having a single representative in parliament, UKIP leader Nigel Farage was given two prime television spots to supposedly debate the pros and cons of the… Continue reading
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China and the Crisis of Crisis Theory By Heiko Khoo
The recent BBC documentary called “How China Fooled the World” presented by Robert Preston claims that China’s economy is about to collapse. The program starts well: correctly showing that China’s state-owned enterprises dominate the economy and shape its development. However, it fails to adequately consider the advantages of this system of public ownership. Continue reading
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Towards the End of U.S. Propaganda By Thierry Meyssan
The Anglo-Saxon Empire is based on a century of propaganda. It managed to convince us that the United States is “the land of the free” and that it engaged in wars to defend its ideals. But the current crisis over Ukraine has changed the rules of the game. Now Washington and its allies are not… Continue reading
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America’s hungry 21st Century By Andre Damon
Feeding America, the US national network of food banks, released its annual report on local food insecurity Thursday, showing that one in six Americans, including one in five children, did not have enough to eat at some point in 2012. Continue reading
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