May 2014
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What took place in Odessa on May 2? By Stefan Steinberg
The day began when opponents of the Kiev regime assembled in tents in the centre of Odessa to collect signatures in favor of a referendum for a federal system in Ukraine. This peaceful gathering was then attacked by groups of fascist thugs who had been bussed into the city from Kiev and Kharkov. The storming… Continue reading
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Blackwater mercenaries direct Kiev regime’s crackdown in Ukraine By Alex Lantier
Hundreds of US mercenaries are directing the repression of pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine by the fascist forces of the NATO puppet regime in Kiev, according to German media reports. Continue reading
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Ukraine: The waiting game By Pepe Escobar
The referendums may have been a last-minute affair; organized in a rush; in the middle of a de facto civil war; and on top of it at gunpoint – supplied by the Kiev NATO neo-liberal neo-fascist junta, which even managed to kill some voters in Mariupol. An imperfect process? Yes. But absolutely perfect in terms… Continue reading
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Donetsk People’s Republic asks Moscow to consider its accession into Russia
Donetsk People’s Republic has proclaimed itself a sovereign state and has asked Moscow to consider its accession into Russia, the Republic’s council said. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 11-12 May 2014
12 May 2014 9:27:17 PM — williambowles.info Mariupol: Bloody Tragedy Making Hopes for Peace Fade Away (SCF) Ukraine, Transdniester: NATO Tightens Grip On Moldova (Stop NATO) Ukraine govt’s armed operation in east to go on – minister (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Iran 1953: The Strange Odyssey of Kermit Roosevelt's "Countercoup"
As the Iranian revolution crested in 1978-1979, the CIA approved a memoir by Kermit Roosevelt, one of the architects of the 1953 coup against Iran’s nationalist prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddeq. After first balking at the potential exposure of numerous “secrets,” the CIA relented when Roosevelt agreed to delete all mention of MI6 and made over… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Eeny, Meeny Madness – Beyond Racism By David Edwards
The additional absurdity of the filtered, ‘mainstream’ response to racism and sexism, is that these forms of prejudice are treated as exotic and incurable diseases from which most decent folk are free. Evidence is sought of any slip, any tiny evidence of infection. If discovered, an individual’s reputation is deemed to have been destroyed; their… Continue reading
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What does mass surveillance do to Human Rights? By Elspeth Guild 12 May 2014
Where such mass, weakly targeted surveillance techniques have been used in Europe, the Human Rights Court has found them inconsistent with the right to respect for privacy. Mass surveillance is by definition arbitrary. Continue reading
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We Must Face the Harm Caused by Imported GM Soybeans to 1.3 Billion Chinese People
The situation is shocking. China’s national health has deteriorated sharply in recent years. Although weather, water pollution and other factors also exist, the harm from GM soybeans can not be eliminated. Assuring absolute safety of the food supply is a firm policy of the state. On the massive issue of human health and life, we… Continue reading
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The Liberation of Homs, Beginning of the End of the Aggression Against Syria By Thierry Meyssan
The liberation of Homs, the third largest city of the Syrian Arab Republic, is not just an event among others in the war waged by NATO and the GCC on Syria. For Thierry Meyssan, the agreement reached between the Republic and its attackers suggests a quick exit from the war. It will probably be accompanied… Continue reading
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Attorneys for accused Boston bomber move to suppress statements taken by FBI By Ed Hightower
Defense attorneys representing accused Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a series of motions last Wednesday, including a 21-page document urging the exclusion of statements taken by an FBI special interrogations team while the suspect was hospitalized and in custody. Continue reading
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The criminalisation of political opposition in America By Patrick Martin
“While the current rash of anti-democratic measures largely targets non-citizens, mainly of Middle-Eastern descent, they constitute a fundamental attack on the basic rights of the entire population. These attacks will be extended to American citizens, especially those who oppose the government’s policies, sooner rather than later.” Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles
11 May 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Priest Fired for Supporting Israeli ArmyIMEMC – The Greek Orthodox church has officially dismissed a Palestinian priest who publicly promoted service in the Israeli army, by Christians, according to a church spokesman. … Continue reading
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Washington‘s Shale Boom Going Bust By William Engdahl
To read the headlines, it seems that the USA has emerged out of the blue to the point of becoming the world’s oil and gas production giant. All thanks to the Shale Revolution. Recently President Obama made various noises that the US could solve the Ukraine gas dependency on Russian gas because of the spectacular… Continue reading
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Kiev lets loose Men in Black
The Ukrainian junta is arming, training and deploying a paramilitary force with the specific goal of using it to crush opposition to the regime. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 10 May 2014
10 May 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterUN Official: Boycott Settlement Products WorldwideIMEMC – Richard Falk called, on Friday, for worldwide solidarity with the Palestinian struggle through boycott and divestment from companies profitng from illegal Israeli settlement construction. … Continue reading
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Monsanto, Syngenta and Bayer CropScience: The GMO Biotech Sector can’t win the Scientific Debate. Co-optation, Deception and Collusion By Colin Todhunter
British Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Owen Paterson is a staunch supporter of the GM sector (1). Despite criticisms of him being an industry puppet (2) and content to ignore the devastating, deleterious health, environmental, social and agricultural impacts of GMOs (3), both he and other officials like the EU’s chief science advisor Anne… Continue reading
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Lugansk and Donetsk regions vote for self-determination
The referendum is in full swing in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk regions, seeking independence from the central government. Local self-defense forces boosted security, fearing that Kiev could stage provocations to disrupt the self-determination vote. Continue reading
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Iraq and the US model for conquered territories By Nadezhda Kevorkova
The US model for conquered territories – check points, numerous military and special service units, concrete blocks disfiguring the city, endless searches and examinations, unemployment, poverty, war between each and everyone. People conceal from each other where they live and work. Organizations and media outlets, unable to build walls around themselves, conceal their locations. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 