June 11, 2014
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A Matter of Principle: The True Aims of the Terror War By Chris Floyd
The moral insanity of the Terror War continues to spawn more violence, more extremism, more repression, more injustice, and the total subversion of the “Western values,” all of which it is ostensibly designed to defend. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for June 11, 2014: White Right Impunity, $25 Million Koch HBCU "Gift", Working Families Party Betrayal
11 June 2014 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report The White Right’s Impunity by BAR executive editor Glen Ford If a thousand armed Blacks had gathered in one place, pointing rifles at federal officers, and two of them later cold-bloodedly assassinated policemen, the federal response would touch every Black neighborhood in Continue reading
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Poroshenko: Off To a Bad Start – Dire Fallout Looming Out to Tower around Ukraine By Natalia Meden
To cease fire this week. Nobody could make out what it means in practice (is it pulling troops out or turning Donbass into scorched earth?). “We have to stop fire this week. For me, every day of people dying, every day of Ukraine paying such a high price is an unacceptable one,” President Poroshenko said… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 11 June 2014
11 June 2014 19:30:25 — williambowles.info Iraq: The Civil War Restarted (Moon of Alabama) Iraqi insurgents ‘seize new city’ (BBC) Iran offers Iraq support against terrorism (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 10-11 June 2014
12 June 2014 16:51:19 — williambowles.info Ukraine could up reverse gas flows if shipments from Russia stop (Voice of Russia) Stable gas supplies to Europe depend on Russia- Ukrainian minister (ITAR-TASS) Russian French diplomats discuss Ukraine conflict resolution Foreign Ministry (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Video: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): FIFA and the World Cup
John Oliver’s excitement for the World Cup is tempered by knowing information about FIFA, the organization that produces it. John details the problems with the upcoming tournament and the staggering allegations of corruption against FIFA. Continue reading
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Disabled Protesters Heading Back To DWP As Fight To Save Independent Living Heats Up
The fight to save the Independent Living Fund (ILF) is heating up with a fresh court challenge to this needless cut which could lead to some disabled people being institutionalised to save money. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Great White ‘Nope’ – Genevieve Jacobs, Paul Mason and Alain De Botton By David Edwards
When corporations own the news and advertisers ‘sponsor’ the shows, journalists know they are above all answerable to the company managers and allied interests who pay their salaries. The mere public, especially voices of dissent, can be treated with indifference, even contempt. Journalists have power without responsibility, and they know it. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 11 June 2014
11 June 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterHalf of Gaza Beaches Unfit for SwimmingIMEMC – One half of all beaches along the Gaza Strip have been polluted to the point of being rendered unfit for swimming, according to the Palestinian environmental authority. … Continue reading
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