May 2014
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Ukraine News Links 10-11 May 2014
11 May 2014 — williambowles.info Ukraine Crisis What You re Not Being Told (VIDEO) (SCF) NATO Steps Up Hostilities over Ukraine (II) (SCF) Mobile communication restored at referendum with east Ukraine’s Krasny Liman (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Burning Ukraine’s Protesters Alive By Robert Parry
Exclusive: For the second time in a week, Ukrainian anti-regime protesters holed up in a building were killed by fires set by pro-regime attackers with ties to newly formed neo-Nazi security forces, reports Robert Parry. Continue reading
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Video: 9 facts that prove the U S is behind Ukraine crisis
10 May 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation 9 facts that prove the US is behind Ukraine crisis Continue reading
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Videos: BBC propaganda and the shooting of civilians in Mariupol
So-called “anti-terror operations” in Mariupol today have seen a number of deaths as Ukrainian military and “National Guard” (an outfit including many virtually untrained neo-fascists) face off against crowds of unarmed protestors. The BBC covered this situation and, whilst admitting the Ukrainian army is killing unarmed civilians, have edited a video to cut out the… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 9-10 May 2014
10 May 2014 4:38:01 PM — williambowles.info NATO’s American Second-In-Command Threatens Transdniester (Stop NATO) Merkel, Hollande urge Kiev to begin national dialogue with regions (Voice of Russia) Ukrainian crisis: The way toward a solution (RT) Continue reading
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Western Imperialism and Ukrainian Nationalism are Balkanising the Ukraine By Lionel Reynolds
Yesterday, the Fascistic Ukrainian regime showed its high regard for the social, cultural and political traditions of the Donbas by unleashing armoured APC’s on the streets of Mariupol as thousands celebrated Victory Day – a day that commemorates the defeat of the vile Nazi racist war-machine, together with its opportunistic nationalist and fascist collaborators, by… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 9 May 2014:How the Israeli gov't rewards land thieves
9 May 2014 News International Middle East Media CenterPoverty Rate Among Arabs in Israel Highest in 35 YearsIMEMC – According to an Israeli think tank, more than 50% of the Arab population inside Israel is living below the poverty line. … Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 4-10 May 2014: Russia / Odessa / US-Asia / Ukraine-Media / South Stream / South Africa / USA / BRICS
10 May 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation Western Reset of Fascist Aggression Towards Russia 10.05.2014 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM People in the West may perhaps find this year’s commemorations marking the end of World War II a little disorientating, especially in light of the current Ukraine crisis. A Western-backed fascist regime in Kiev is unleashing deadly Continue reading
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‘Neither criminals, nor animals!’ Britain’s immigration detainees speak out By Jasmine Sallis
The UK immigration authorities and their commercial partners are trying to suppress a wave of protests sweeping British detention centres. In the past week hundreds of asylum-seekers detained at four high-security facilities have started hunger-strikes against draconian Home Office policies. Continue reading
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Former Israeli Nuke Chief: Iran Is 10 Years Away from Having the Bomb
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confirmed in a Senate hearing – following the release of the classified National Intelligence Estimate in 2011 – that he has a “high level of confidence” that Iran “has not made a decision as of this point to restart its nuclear weapons program.” Mohamed ElBaradei – who spent more… Continue reading
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Britain: Anti-terror legislation used to pursue whistleblower By Ben Trent
Anti-terror legislation has been used to pursue a whistleblower, who revealed details of the relationship between Britain’s tax authorities, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HRMC), and top companies accused of tax avoidance. In March, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by Labour MP Margaret Hodge, revealed further details in the case of… Continue reading
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How the revival of German militarism was prepared By Johannes Stern
The German government’s aggressive action in Ukraine and the massive propaganda campaign accompanying it have surprised many. German politicians and opinion makers have almost unanimously backed the fascist-led coup in Ukraine. They seek to outdo each other with demands for tougher measures against Moscow and denounce the German people, the majority of whom are clearly… Continue reading
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Mariupol killings: US backs Ukrainian regime’s reign of terror By Mike Head
With the open support of Washington and its European allies, the regime installed by Washington and Berlin in last February’s fascist-led putsch is now extending its reign of terror against all popular resistance in Ukraine. That is the significance of the events in the major eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol yesterday. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #128 By William Blum: “The Russians are coming … again … and they’re still ten feet tall!”
How did this latest example of American foreign-policy exceptionalism come to be? One starting point that can be considered is what former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Robert Gates says in his recently published memoir: “When the Soviet Union was collapsing in late 1991, [Defense Secretary Dick Cheney] wanted to see the dismemberment not… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 8-9 May 2014
9 May 2014 4:38:39 PM — williambowles.info Brzezinski endorses arming Ukrainian junta, to no avail (Voice of Russia) Red banner of victory in World War II hoisted over Odessa Trade Union House (ITAR-TASS) Around 20 self defense members killed, four captured in Mariupol -Ukraine’s interior minister (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: Activists are on the ground in DC camping out for net neutrality!
It’s happening. A group of dedicated net neutrality activists are gathering right now outside the FCC’s headquarters in Washington DC. They brought, banners, signs and… sleeping bags. Continue reading
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A Farage Farrago: Contradictions at the Heart of the UK Independence Party By Tony Mckenna
In Westminster, the drip-drip of financial corruption — expense account abuse, the flipping of houses — is supplemented by a spectacle of “on-message” politicians whose speeches are slick with the shiny artificiality of well-oiled PR productions. A never-ending parade of besuited, perfectly manicured politicians, staring out at the camera, eyes glazed with faux sincerity, features… Continue reading
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The fraud of the official campaign against the United Kingdom Independence Party By Jordan Shilton
The latest poll results indicate that the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) could challenge for first place in European elections due later this month. Supposedly to counter this danger, a cross-party campaign has been launched involving the three major parties, Labour and the governing Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Continue reading
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To Understand or Not to Understand Putin By Diana Johnstone
In Germany these days, very many citizens object to the endless Russia-bashing of the NATO-oriented mainstream media. They may point out that the U.S.-backed regime change in Kiev, putting in power an ultra-right transitional government eager to join NATO, posed an urgent threat to preservation of Russia’s only warm water naval base in Crimea. Under… Continue reading