May 2014
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 29 May 2014
29 May 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterCommunities Demand An End to Ethnic Cleansing in Jordan ValleyIMEMC – Palestinians protested Wednesday in front of the United Nations office in Ramallah against the latest wave of home demolitions and displacement of the Palestinian Bedouin community in the village of Abu al Jaj. The Continue reading
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51st Anniversary: The African Union and the Illusive Promise of Unity By Abayomi Azikiwe
May 25, 2014 marked the 51st anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU), which was initiated through the Sirte Declaration of 1999 and formally established in 2002. Last year was the focus of the Jubilee Celebrations for the AU where there was much reflection… Continue reading
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Kiev Launches Genocide Campaign against Donbass By Olga Shedrova
On May 26 the Kiev junta abruptly intensified the combat actions as the punitive operation against Donbass proceeded. It was the first time when front-line aviation and artillery delivered strikes to destroy houses in the populated areas of the Donetsk region. The fighting was raging during the whole day near the city’s airport. Continue reading
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Germany: Leading journalists attempt to censor TV program By Peter Schwarz
Since February, Germany’s second public television channel, the ZDF, has been broadcasting the political satire show “Die Anstalt” (the German word is used for a TV station as well as for a mental asylum) at regular intervals. Featuring 46-year-old Max Uthoff and 36-year-old Claus von Wagner, a younger generation of comedians has taken over from… Continue reading
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Obama’s West Point speech: A prescription for unending war By Bill Van Auken
The US media has broadly cast the speech delivered by President Barack Obama at West Point on Wednesday as a farewell to the decade-long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and an embrace of a more multilateral and less militaristic American foreign policy. Continue reading
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Obama’s West Point speech: A prescription for unending war By Bill Van Auken
The US media has broadly cast the speech delivered by President Barack Obama at West Point on Wednesday as a farewell to the decade-long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and an embrace of a more multilateral and less militaristic American foreign policy. Continue reading
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US Biolabs: A New Smallpox-like disease breaks out in Georgia By Henry Kamens
Jeffrey Silverman, an investigative journalist in the Republic of Georgia and US Army veteran, was once stationed at a chemical weapons storage site in the United States, the Bluegrass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky, during his service. He has long alleged that a US biological research facility near Tbilisi International Airport not only is involved… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 680: SPECIAL ISSUE: AFRICA IN 50 YEARS’ TIME
29 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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Ukraine News Links 28-29 May 2014
29 May 2014 20:35:41 — williambowles.info 14 military killed in chopper downed in E. Ukraine – acting president (SCF) Ukrainian authorities cannot be trusted – expert (Voice of Russia) Arms depot destroyed in attack on Ukraine National Guard base – statement (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Don’t ask for your privacy. Take it back
A few weeks ago we organized a game-changing encampment at the FCC that helped put REAL net neutrality back on the table, even as corporate lobbyists are pulling out all the stops to kill it. You need to see it for yourself. Click here to get the full story on how we took on the… Continue reading
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Momentous Russia-Syria agreement
A large Russian delegation arrived in Damascus last week. It was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and comprised Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak and Alexander Fomin, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. Continue reading
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Video: The Geopolitics of the Russia-China Energy Deal By Eric Draitser
Draitser explains that the global shift to a multi-polar world is happening more rapidly than anyone imagined, precisely due to the arrogance and hubris of Washington and the West. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 28 May 2014
28 May 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli Forces Violently Disperse Protest in JerusalemIMEMC – Inequality on the rise for Jerusalem’s Palestinians since 1967 Nine Palestinians were abducted and three injured by Israeli forces after they violently dispersed a public protest, by Palestinians, in Jerusalem’s Old City. … Continue reading
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Obama defends global US interventionism in West Point speech By Bill Van Auken
In a commencement speech to newly minted Army officers at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, President Barack Obama outlined a rationale for continued US interventionism and aggression in every corner of the planet. The US president’s address was riddled with lies and evasions. It reflected the crisis gripping the American ruling… Continue reading
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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
The New Dark Age 