June 28, 2014
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Invading Iraq 2.0: ISIS Propaganda, Proxy Wars and US-NATO’s ‘Blitzkrieg’ By Shawn Helton
The Western-backed Al-Qaeda offshoot ISIS, has made its way to Iraq through Turkey and over the northeastern border of Syria. This new terror campaign appears to have been rolled out with a decades old objective, which is wrought with violence, propaganda and destabilization funding from the usual sponsors… Continue reading
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America’s “Nonconventional War” against Syria: Western Media Narrative Enters into Comedy Act By Sam Muhho
“If all the world is a stage,” as William Shakespeare once said, then the current mainstream media narrative on Syria must be the comedy act; this time, however, it isn’t very funny. Having spent the last three years failing to exert their desire for regime change in Syria, the western imperialist, globalist powers and the… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 27-28 June 2014
28 June 2014 16:31:50 — williambowles.info Ukraine shells hit Russian border checkpoint, villages (RT) Three Ukrainian rounds of ammunition land on Russian territory (ITAR-TASS) Poroshenko’s claims Russian people hate Ukraine are ignorant – State Duma speaker (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 22-28 June 2014
28 June 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation US Military in Europe: from Forces Rotation to Permanent Presence 28.06.2014 | 00:00 | Andrei AKULOV Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas urged NATO on June 20 to establish a permanent presence in his country responding to Russia’s Ukraine policy that his government sees as a threat. He said the allies Continue reading
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London: A talk on the politics of cancer in an age of austerity
On 2 July Wendy Savage and Hilary Wainwright join Mike Marqusee to launch his new book on the politics of cancer and NHS privatisation at Housmans bookshop in London. Continue reading
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Held hostage by Big Pharma By Mike Marqusee
In an exclusive extract from his forthcoming new book Mike Marqusee slams the drug companies exploiting his cancer to gouge the public purse. Continue reading
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Scots NHS satisfaction soars as England’s falls By Dave Watson
Since devolution, the NHS in Scotland has taken a very different path to that of NHS England. It has embraced co-operation rather than competition. And new figures show that Scots reckon that it delivers for them. Continue reading
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Nurses fight back against trade treaty that threatens NHS By Martin O’Beirne
The fight against an international trade treaty wrecking our NHS receives a boost from the nurses and activists, though most party leaderships are strangely quiet. Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 27-28 June 2014
28 June 2014 11:39:20 — williambowles.info Iraq and Syria: The struggle against the ‘multi-sided’ counterrevolution (Links) Pentagon confirms use of drones carrying bombs and missiles over Iraq (Voice of Russia) Blackwater mercenaries on trial in US court for 2007 Iraq massacre (WSWS) Continue reading
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Sweden’s Politically Motivated Persecution of Wikileaks’ Assange By John Goss
For more than two years, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been a de facto political prisoner, confined to the grounds of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Back in August 2010, a Swedish press exclusive with the emotionally charged word “rape,” in connection with Julian Assange’s name, spread rapidly across the world like a viral infection.… Continue reading
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