June 21, 2014
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Video: The Economic Crisis & Crisis Theory II
This panel explored causes of the Great Recession and the continuing economic sluggishness since the recession’s ended, as well as how the left can respond to this situation. In keeping with the conference theme, panelists addressed what different analyses and theories imply about the kind of socioeconomic change that is called for. Continue reading
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20 people died from poisoning with unknown gas in Odessa massacre – forensic expert
Twenty people died on May 2 in Odessa from poisoning with gas, smoke and fumes, head of the Odessa regional bureau of forensic medical examination, Grigory Krivda informed RIA Novosti. Continue reading
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Washington escalates intervention in region-wide Middle East war By Bill Van Auken
With nearly 600 Green Beret “advisors” and other US troops in or set to be sent to Iraq over the coming days, the Pentagon announced Friday that it is negotiating rules of engagement that the regime in Baghdad rejected two-and-a-half years ago, before the final pullout of the American military. Continue reading
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Video: Syria’s Press Conference the United Nations Doesn’t Want You To See
Five minutes into the opening comments of Syrian Ambassador Bashar Al-Jaafari, the UN webcast cut off. The thousands of journalists, political analysts, and others who view UN webcasts each day from all over the world were denied the ability to watch the press conference, and hear what was said. This is not the first time… Continue reading
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Vermont and the People are “Fighting Monsanto” for their Lives and For Now “They are Winning” By Joachim Hagopian
The world’s most powerful chemical manufacturer, Monsanto, and the powerful food and agri-industries have had their way in America for many decades. Through the power of lobbyists pouring money into the hands of corrupt lawmakers, US presidents, and federal agencies like the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), until just… Continue reading
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Big Agri’s GMO “Super Bananas for Brown People” By Tony Cartalucci
Much of the starvation and malnutrition across the so-called “developing” or “third” world, is due to the unmitigated, global campaign of human exploitation driven by globalization. The Walmarts and Tescos of the world line their shelves with goods cultivated, manufactured, and otherwise sourced from millions of people living under unhealthy, inhumane conditions up to and… Continue reading
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The Redrawing of the Map of the Middle East Begins with the Destruction of Iraq By Larry Chin
The mainstream corporate media portrays it as a “terrorist insurgency”of Sunni “extremists” that has, seemingly overnight, overtaken the country. The Obama administration is depicted as having been “caught off guard”. If Iraq is lost, according to these narratives, then all of America’s “gains” will be “squandered”. Continue reading
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How NATO organized invasion of Iraq
In the Iraqi culture, it is not unlikely that a Ba’athist leader (i.e. secular) should decide to avenge himself by objectively supporting a sectarian religious group. The problem is that al-Duri was reported to have died of leukemia in 2005, and no photograph of him has surfaced ever since. He would now be 72 years… Continue reading
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Low-income UK residents pay higher tax rates than the wealthy By Robert Stevens
Low-income UK residents pay a higher tax rate than the wealthy, according to a report published Monday by the Equality Trust think tank. Explaining the reality of a tax system massively skewed in favour of the richest 10 percent in society, the report details, “A household in the lowest 10% income group pays 43% of… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 20-21 June 2014
21 June 2014 11:26:12 — williambowles.info US steps up sanctions over Ukraine (BBC) Ukraine may lose $100 bln in next three years if it stops cooperation with Russia, Customs Union (Voice of Russia) About 80 Ukrainian border guards crossed to Russia (Voice of Russia) Poroshenko’s crisis settlement plan in east Ukraine valid till June 27 (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 20-21 June 2014
21 June 2014 10:56:15 — williambowles.info The Redrawing of the Map of the Middle East Begins with the Destruction of Iraq (SCF) 17 killed in Sunni militant clashes in Iraq’s Kirkul (SCF) Show of force raises Iraq tensions (BBC) Continue reading
The New Dark Age 