May 2014
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 8 May 2014
8 May 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterCatholic Church Demands Israel Stop Hate AttacksIMEMC – The Roman Catholic church has demanded Israeli action, after suspected Jewish vandals daubed hate graffiti on Vatican-owned offices in annexed East Jerusalem, just two weeks before a formal papal visit. … Continue reading
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Videos and Photos of the Odessa Massacre, and Why It Was Done
For the first time in history, an organized massacre of civilians has been filmed by many people from many different angles and perspectives while it was happening, and is documented in extraordinary detail in “real time,” the perpetrators having no fear of any negative consequences from their endeavor, and even cheering and celebrating the tortures… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 7-8 May 2014
8 May 2014 4:57:47 PM — williambowles.info US Media Follows White House Lead on Ukraine (SCF) Hope Emerging For Ukraine (SCF) NATO’s Ukraine: fascists, blood, terror, fire, water and free gas (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 677: TWENTY YEARS OF ANC, LAND, DAMS AND ABDUCTIONS
8 May 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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“War is Good for Business”: Big Oil, Wall Street and the Pentagon’s “New Cold War” Against Russia By Bill Dores
The Soviet Union no longer exists. The Russian Federation is not a socialist state. But the U.S. military and political establishment still seek to destroy Russia. That’s the object of the crisis the Pentagon, State Department and CIA are orchestrating in Ukraine. Continue reading
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NHS Care.data safeguards jettisoned by govt. By Kelly Fiveash
Vital safeguards for protecting patients’ privacy when NHS England records are shared with companies were scrapped by peers on Wednesday night. A proposed tweak to the Care Bill, tabled by Lord Owen, would have brought in independent, statutory oversight to better protect the handling of patient information across the health service, following the care.data debacle. Continue reading
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UK: The Police, Squat Evictions and Housing Precarity By Izzy Köksal
A recent tweet by Lambeth MPS brags about the eviction of a squatted doctors surgery in Brixton on a rainy January morning: ‘another crime generator closed down!’ they exclaimed. Happily, the twitter account was met with a barrage of abuse, but this tweet shows how the police are often found intervening in what is a… Continue reading
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The CIA Aided Polio’s Comeback–but Media Have Forgotten the Story By Julie Hollar
Polio had been battled to near-extinction after decades of effort, but this year the WHO confirmed 68 new cases and declared it an international public health emergency. Nearly 80 percent of those cases are in Pakistan. Continue reading
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Ukraine crisis: A turning point in world history By Chris Marsden
We are publishing here the text of the speech given by Chris Marsden, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the International Online May Day Rally hosted by the International Committee of the Fourth International and the World Socialist Web Site on Sunday, May 4. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 7 May 2014: Palestinian dead end highlights the right of return
7 May 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli Land Authority Issues Eviction Notices in NegevIMEMC – Eviction notices for buildings in Wadi al-Niam were issued, on Wednesday, by representatives of the Israeli Land Authority, according to local and official reports. … Continue reading
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Boris Kagarlitsky: The ashes of Odessa
It is obvious to everyone that the catastrophe in Odessa has become a turning point in the history of the civil war that began when Ukraine government forces attacked Slavyansk and other cities that had raised the flag of the Donetsk republic. Continue reading
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‘Radioactive’ Putin Is ‘Stalin’s Spawn’ By Peter Hart
Putin, by Jem SullivanIf there were a guide for corporate media treatment of Official Enemies, the first rule might be that you can hardly ever go too far. So Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the Crimean region of Ukraine meant that he was either “taking a page out of the Hitler playbook,” as Fox… Continue reading
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The Kiev Putsch: Rebel Workers Take Power in the East By James Petras
Not since the US and EU took over Eastern Europe, including the Baltic countries, East Germany, Poland and the Balkans and converted them into military outposts of NATO and economic vassals, have the Western powers moved so aggressively to seize a strategic country, such as the Ukraine, posing an existential threat to Russia. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 6-7 May 2014
7 May 2014 4:13:01 PM — williambowles.info Updated as and when necessary Kiev says activists in eastern Ukraine to be ‘liquidated or captured‘ (Voice of Russia) White House encourages CEOS to skip Russia business forum (RT) NATO War Games In Baltic Encourage Ukraine Military Assault (Stop NATO) Putin ‘backs’ Ukraine election (BBC) Continue reading
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The White House Plays Dirty By Vladimir Odintsov
The latest actions undertaken by White House representatives and the Washington administration clearly highlight how the chief dogmas of current American politics require open confrontations and secret operations in various regions of the world to decrease the influence exerted by Moscow and to create a united front of Russian enemies. Continue reading
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The IMF goes to war in Ukraine By Pepe Escobar
The IMF has approved a $17 billion loan to Ukraine. The first $3,2 billion tranche has been received today. It’s essential to identify the conditions attached to this Mafia-style “loan.” Nothing remotely similar to reviving the Ukrainian economy is in play. The scheme is inextricably linked to the IMF’s notorious, one-size-fits-all “structural adjustment” policy, known… Continue reading
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Syrian Conflict: The Battle for Homs By Tony Cartalucci
Syrian forces have edged closer to restoring order across the pivotal Syrian city of Homs in recent weeks, in tandem with other major gains being made across the rest of Syria. Encircled and depleted terrorist forces appear demoralized and have even begun turning on one another as attempts by their foreign sponsors to regain the… Continue reading
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This week in Black Agenda Report 7 May 2014: Obama Won't Jail Bankers, Jackson 'Rising' Lesson, Nigeria's Kidnapped Girls
7 May 2014 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Jail the Bankers? Obama Has Been Their Staunchest Defender by BAR executive editor Glen Ford In the second half of his second term, Obama and his crew seek to rewrite the history of his administration. Attorney General Eric Holder now declares that Continue reading
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Odessa tragedy survivor: ‘Many people strangled after escaping the fire’
Radicals set the building with innocent people inside on fire in Odessa, then strangled the survivors and finished them with bats, while police did nothing to prevent the bloodshed. That’s the scary picture a survivor of the massacre told RT. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 6 May 2014: Silence aids Israeli aggression
6 May 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFerwana: Toxic Waste Could Be Leading Cause Of Cancer Among The Detainees IMEMC – [Tuesday, May 6, 2014] Head of the Census Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Abdul-Nasser Ferwana, stated that high rates of cancer among Palestinian political prisons, held by Israel, could Continue reading
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