April 28, 2014
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War, Economic Catastrophe and Environmental Degradation. Under the Guise of Progress and Development By Colin Todhunter
The type of urbanisation being pursued in India is not ‘natural’, however, nor does it represent ‘progress’. It has thus far been largely based on unconstitutional land takeovers, the trampling of democratic rights, increasing and unsustainable resource usage and air and water pollution. But for Chidambaram and other supporters of cronyism, cartels and the manipulation… Continue reading
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ColdType, May 2014, Issue 85 Now on line
28 April 2014 — Coldtype Inside This 84-page issue COLDTYPE is packed with more great journalism this month with articles by Andrew S. Fischer on the Death of the Middle Class; while Neal Clark tells us why he’s so confused; Conn Hanninen on the forthcoming break-up of Europe; Forbes Howie looks at the Mating Rituals of Giant Pandas; Michael I. Niman predicts a new Cold Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Hard Clay’ – Remaking Afghanistan In ‘Our’ Image By David Edwards
Last month, we reviewed the mind-boggling contrast between corporate media coverage of the January 2005 election in Iraq and the March 2014 referendum in Crimea. Whereas all media accepted the basic legitimacy of an Iraq election conducted under extremely violent US-UK military occupation, they all rejected the legitimacy of a Crimea referendum conducted ‘at [Russian]… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 27 April 2014
27 April 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center19 WB Consruction Projects Halted by Israeli SanctionsIMEMC – The Israeli government made clear, Sunday, its decision to freeze construction on 19 Palestinian projects in the West Bank, according to Israeli and Palestinian news sources. … Continue reading
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Reflections on Ukraine and Regime Change By Michael Parenti
The current tug of war between Washington and Moscow has made us lose sight of the circumstances surrounding the regime change in Kiev and the consequences thereof. Beyond the invectives slung from each side of the US/Russian divide, the fact remains that the new Ukrainian government came into power as the result of a coup… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 