April 2014
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WHO RULES AMERICA? The Class-Domination Theory of Power By G. William Domhoff
Who has predominant power in the United States? The short answer, from 1776 to the present, is: Those who have the money — or more specifically, who own income-producing land and businesses — have the power. George Washington was one of the biggest landowners of his day; presidents in the late 19th century were close… Continue reading
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Anti-govt protesters seize Ukrainian APCs, army units 'switch sides' (VIDEO)
Kiev’s military faced off with protesters in east Ukraine on Wednesday to sort out their differences…and found none. Soldiers appeared reluctant to go into battle against anti-government activists. Continue reading
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Washington DRIVES The World To WAR CIA INTERVENTION in Eastern Ukraine By Paul Craig Roberts
The CIA director was sent to Kiev to launch a military suppression of the Russian separatists in the eastern and southern portions of Ukraine, former Russian territories for the most part that were foolishly attached to the Ukraine in the early years of Soviet rule. Continue reading
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Kiev Declares War on South-East Ukraine By Boris Novoseltsev
The coup brought to power extreme right Ukrainian nationalists. They started to threaten the population of the south-eastern part of the country which tried to preserve its national Russian authenticity. The people were actually pushed to take resolute actions to defend themselves. Now they are not as quite as they used to be before –… Continue reading
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The Strangelove effect – or how we are hoodwinked into accepting a new world war By John Pilger
The genius of Stanley Kubrick’s film is that it accurately represents the cold war’s lunacy and dangers. Most of the characters are based on real people and real maniacs. There is no equivalent to Strangelove today, because popular culture is directed almost entirely at our interior lives, as if identity is the moral zeitgeist and… Continue reading
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Polish Foreign Minister claims US troops to be deployed in Poland – USA to ‘Re-Pivot’ to Europe
In an extraordinary indication of the grand geopolitical game that the USA/EU/NATO bloc is playing in Eastern Europe, the Washington Post has revealed that next week the US government will announce the deployment of US ground forces to Poland as part of an expansion of NATO military capabilities in Eastern Europe. The Post claims that… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 13-19 April 2014: IMF / Russia-Crimea / Ukraine / USA / Ukraine- Zionists-Fascists
19 April 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation The International Monetary Fund Might Not Live to See Its Anniversary 19.04.2014 | 10:53 | Valentin KATASONOV The latest meeting of the ministers of finance and central bank governors of the G20 countries took place April 10-11, 2014 in Washington. A key issue was the reform of the International Monetary Continue reading
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Video: Saudi Arabia provided hundreds of anti-tank missiles to mercenaries in Syria
An array of anti-tank missiles were fired against the Syrian Arab army over the past two weeks by Harakat Hazm, an Islamist group created by NATO in January 2014. Apparently, hundreds of BGM-71 TOW have been delivered via Turkey to these mercenaries, as part of the secret war orchestrated by Washington. Continue reading
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Ukraine Crisis: The Geneva Agreement changes nothing
On Wednesday night the crisis in the Ukraine became deadly, with 3 anti-coup rebels killed by National Guards in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol. The next day, in Geneva, the USA, Russia, EU and Ukraine reached an ‘agreement’ after just a few hours of negotiations. Continue reading
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The Guardian’s Zoe Williams tries to rehabilitate Tony Blair By Julie Hyland
“Stop calling Tony Blair a war criminal. The left should be proud of his record”, implored journalist Zoe Williams in the Guardian last week. The occasion for Williams’ plea was an article by the former Labour prime minister for the Guardian on the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, along with comments Blair made on… Continue reading
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The New York Times’ propaganda campaign against Russia over Ukraine By Alex Lantier
The denunciations of Russia published in yesterday’s New York Times, as the armed forces of the US and European-backed Kiev regime assaulted protesters in eastern Ukraine, are vile propaganda. The newspaper whitewashes the social and political character of the new Ukrainian government, installed in a fascist-led putsch in February, and blames on Moscow the violence… Continue reading
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Libyan kangaroo court trials begin against Gaddafi’s sons By Jean Shaoul
The Libyan state this week began a mass trial, the focus of which are two of deposed leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, his heir apparent Saif al-Islam, and Saadi, who was recently extradited from Niger where he had sought refuge from the US-led war in 2011. Continue reading
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Syria like it really is
As with the Blitz, these attacks [by the ‘rebels’] appear completely random. Many of the shells land harmlessly, or do not explode. Others cause mayhem. On Tuesday, one struck a school in Bab Touma (St Thomas’s Gate), killing one child and wounding roughly 40. And over the past few days the volume of the bombardment… Continue reading
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Russia and the Ukraine crisis By Samir Amin
Russia’s policy to resist the project of colonisation of Ukraine by western powers should be supported. The target of constructing a Euro-Asian community, independent of the Triad and its European subordinate partners, is a positive initiative Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 674 17 April 2014: AFRICAN CASH COWS: FROM THE SLAVE TRADE TO WAR ON TERRORISM
17 April 2014 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for April 16, 2014: Black Success Stories Holding Us Back, Black Parents, NYPD Victims, Civil Rights Orgs Conceal Donors
16 April 2014 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Are Black “Success Stories” Really Holding Us Back? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Is it time to critically interrogate the black “success stories” of pro atheletes and near-billionaires? Should we be identifying with the Junior Bridgemans and Magic Johnsons or Continue reading
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As the tanks roll in, the USA/EU/NATO imperialist axis that has almost destroyed the Ukraine plans ever closer co-operation
On Sunday John Brennan, the CIA Director, paid a secret visit to the Ukraine. Within 48 hours, Ukrainian armed services launched a controlled assault against rebel positions in the Eastern Ukraine. Repeated claims by the Ukrainian regime and its sponsors in Brussels and Washington that this is an anti-terrorist operation are distortions of reality. The… Continue reading
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China and the multipolar world By Roman Pogorelov
There is every reason to believe that the growing confrontation between the West and Russia, which resulted in a conflict around Ukraine and Crimea, is an important milestone, marking a new stage in the struggle for the future world order. Moreover, the way the future will look, largely depends on China’s position in the international… Continue reading
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Press Kit on Human Rights in Ukraine By Oriental Review
The flywheel of political repressions in Ukraine is gaining momentum these days. In sharp contrast with the liberal approach by president Yanukovych to the “Euromaidan” rout, the interim Kievan administration did not hesitate much about cracking down the public uprising against the “neo-Nazi regime” on the rise in the East and South of Ukraine. Continue reading
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Solo Monk: ‘Don’t Blame Me’
Some more Monk, only this time it’s five and half minutes of Monk’s creative genius on display. Recorded 17 April 1966 in Denmark Continue reading
The New Dark Age 