June 7, 2014
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Tightening the U.S. Grip on Western Europe by Diana Johnstone
NATO leaders are currently acting out a deliberate charade in Europe, designed to reconstruct an Iron Curtain between Russia and the West. With astonishing unanimity, NATO leaders feign surprise at events they planned months in advance. Events that they deliberately triggered are being misrepresented as sudden, astonishing, unjustified “Russian aggression”. The United States and the… Continue reading
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US-NATO “Water War” against Syria: Turkey Suspends Pumping Euphrates’ Water By Suhaib Anjarini
The Turkish government recently cut off the flow of the Euphrates River, threatening primarily Syria but also Iraq with a major water crisis. Al-Akhbar found out that the water level in Lake Assad has dropped by about six meters, leaving millions of Syrians without drinking water. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 6-7 June 2014
7 June 2014 19:33:49 — williambowles.info Russia seeks to start dialogue with Ukraine – Russian ambassador (ITAR-TASS) Russia will send note to Ukrainian Foreign Ministry over Zvezda TV Channel journalists (ITAR-TASS) Poroshenko unable to overcome crisis in Ukraine without Russia – Matviyenko (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Our political system is stagnant – let in the air By Giselle Green
Current rules give smaller parties like the Greens and National Health Action Party little chance to break through – could a few small changes breathe fresh air into Britain’s failing political system? Continue reading
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Here’s how we Reset the Net
Yesterday was unbelievable. Together, we as everyday Internet users harnessed the power of the largest websites on earth and launched the biggest effort in human history to shut down mass surveillance on the web. Continue reading
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British care home scandal deepens By Mark Blackwood and Ajanta Silva
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph on May 30, the families of those abused in Winterbourne View said, “Today we have seen the appalling failure of the Government, the NHS [National Health Service] and Local Authorities to meet their own deadline for moving people with a learning disability out of places like Winterbourne View. Continue reading
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D-Day anniversary: Commemorating the Second World War and preparing the Third By Bill Van Auken
The presence of this dwindling band of survivors of World War II—the greatest exercise in mass killing in the history of the planet—only underscored the boundless hypocrisy of the official ceremonies in which President Barack Obama played the leading role. Continue reading
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Labour embraces UK Independence Party’s right-wing nationalism By Jordan Shilton
The victory by the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in the May European elections in Britain and its strong gains in local elections have prompted the Labour Party to move even further to the right and adopt many of UKIP’s core positions. Continue reading
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Monty Alexander Live at Montreux ’94
Monty with a line-up to die for! Personnel: Monty Alexander, keyboards; Jean-luc Ponty, violin; Al Di Meola, guitar; Stanley Clarke, bass Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 6 June 2014: Israeli film festival in London part of efforts to rebrand apartheid
6 June 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center “Our Battle Is Not With Guns, Our Strike Continues”IMEMC – Hunger Striking Detainees Affirm Steadfastness [Friday, June 6, 2014] In a letter sent by hunger striking Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, the detainees stated their strike, and their ongoing legitimate battle, is ongoing despite aggression, Continue reading
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Vodafone Reveals Existence of Secret Wires That Allow State Surveillance By Juliette Garside
Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile phone groups, has revealed the existence of secret wires that allow government agencies to listen to all conversations on its networks, saying they are widely used in some of the 29 countries in which it operates in Europe and beyond. Continue reading
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The Lies Grow More Audacious By Paul Craig Roberts
If there were any doubts that Western “leaders” live in a fantasy make-believe world constructed out of their own lies, the G-7 meeting and 70th anniversary celebration of the Normandy landing dispelled the doubts. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 1-7 June 2014: Ukraine / Obama / Gas / US-Poland / Bilderberg / China-India
7 June 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation Obama in Europe on ‘Russian Bogeyman’ Tour 07.06.2014 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM With typical American hubris, US President Barack Obama came to Europe this week – yet again – with the rhetoric and demeanour of a knight in shining armour. The self-proclaimed «indispensable nation» was again indulging its own Continue reading
The New Dark Age 