May 28, 2014
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Biotech Companies Set to Be Given Legal Right in Decisions to Ban GM Crops in EU
A new GM law being discussed in Brussels this week could grant biotech companies, like Monsanto and Syngenta, unprecedented power over decisions on whether to ban genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 27-28 May 2014
28 May 2014 20:00:15 — williambowles.info Ukrainian aviation administration bans flights to Donetsk (ITAR-TASS) EU offers Kiev to repay half of April-May debt amid price wrangle (ITAR-TASS) Abducted Polish priest freed in Ukraine’s Donetsk (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for May 28, 2014: 1 Year After Closing 50 Chicago Schools, Boko Haram a Blessing, Targeting Black Children
28 May 2014 — Black Agenda Report One Year After Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union Assesses the Lies and Lasting Damage A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A couple years ago, we at Black Agenda Report wondered why the closings of 40 public schools over three Continue reading
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Weather Report: ‘Black Market/Scarlet Woman’
One of these songs is the title track off of Weather Report’s “Black Market.” That album was the the first of the band’s to feature new bass player Jaco Pastorius. Many critics characterize Weather Report as one of the earliest innovators in jazz fusion. Dozens of musicians’ participation in the group over a decade and… Continue reading
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US: Retail Death Rattle Grows Louder
The absolute collapse in retail visitor counts is the warning siren that this country is about to collide with the reality Americans have run out of time, money, jobs, and illusions. The exponential growth model, built upon a never ending flow of consumer credit and an endless supply of cheap fuel, has reached its limit… Continue reading
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The bloodbath in Donetsk BY Thomas Gaist and Barry Grey
This week’s mass killings in Donetsk have further exploded efforts to portray February’s Western-orchestrated putsch in Ukraine as a “democratic revolution” and exposed the brutal and reactionary character of Washington’s puppet regime in Kiev. Continue reading
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Libya plunging towards civil war By Jean Shaoul
Three years after the NATO-led campaign backed armed Islamist militias to overthrow the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. Continue reading
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The Financial Times’ attack on Thomas Piketty
In a series of articles over the past several days, and in a major editorial published on Monday, the Financial Times has launched a scurrilous attack on Thomas Piketty and his book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 