June 2014
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The US media and the release of POW Bowe Bergdahl By Patrick Martin
The American media is once again exhibiting its boundless capacity for dispensing propaganda and promoting the most backward and reactionary conceptions. Such is the campaign of vilification directed against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, released May 31 in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange with the Taliban. Continue reading
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The US is attempting to organize a redistribution of the European energy market By Petr Lvov
Once the current and illegitimate authorities in Kiev, in their most insolent manner, ceased hiding the fact that they were being backed by the United States, they immediately began reneging on their payment obligations for Russian gas supplies. It became obvious that the motivation behind Washington’s provocation in the Ukrainian crisis, along with their EU… Continue reading
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Spanish state: ‘We must continue to widen the cracks that have begun to open up’ By Josep Maria Antentas
Overall, the crisis of the two-party system is, for now, tilting towards the left. This is worth noting given that across Europe, reactionary forces advanced everywhere. The vote for the left to the left of social democracy in the Spanish state is possibly, together with the vote for Syriza in Greece, the only two bits… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 4-5 June 2014
5 June 2014 19:05:21 — williambowles.info Russia ready to assist dialogue between Kiev and East – Churkin (Voice of Russia) Lavrov and Kerry’s talks kick off in Paris after two-month pause (Voice of Russia) Russia must engage with Kiev, says G7 (BBC) Continue reading
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Re-shaping the Taliban Leadership? Sustaining ‘America’s War on Terrorism’ By Umberto Pascali
Is this a way to send back to Afghanistan five top Taliban leaders who have been “re-conditioned” and “turned” in Guantanamo and are now working for the US? Is this a move against the “unloyal” President Karzai & his successors? The Taliban leadership has been, reportedly, decimated by the drones assassinations. It is not difficult… Continue reading
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Obama backs state terror against eastern Ukraine By Bill Van Auken
Meeting with Ukraine’s billionaire President-Elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw Wednesday, President Barack Obama declared his full backing for the regime’s so-called “anti-terrorism operation” in eastern Ukraine and promised new military supplies and training to carry out what is rapidly developing into a bloodbath. Continue reading
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Reset the Net! Update 5 June 2014
Just today, we received a very special message from Edward Snowden himself. All of us at Fight for the Future are humbled, knowing that our huge victories this year mobilizing against government surveillance would not have been possible without him risking everything to expose the abuses of the worlds’ most powerful governments. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 4 June 2014
4 June 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterEU Rep Welcomes Palestinian Unity GovernmentIMEMC – High Representative of the European Union Catherine Ashton has officially welcomed the formation of a Palestinian unity government. Meanwhile, Israeli officials have announced a boycott against the new government. … Continue reading
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Reset the Net!
In just two days, we will Reset the Net and take the first steps toward blocking illegitimate government surveillance from the web. Momentum is growing — just today Google, Mozilla, CloudFlare, and dozens of other major sites announced they’ll be joining our effort to secure the web. Continue reading
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A Massacre, Remembered
This video is very, very hard to watch. But I think it should be watched, and remembered. It’s the immediate aftermath of the June 2 attack on the regional administrative building in Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, which was serving as the HQ for the anti-Kyiv apparatus in the town. Continue reading
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The airstrike of doom: Kiev turns Donbass into Yugoslavia
Ivan Kozhedub, the famous ace from WWII, three times the Hero of the Soviet Union, was born in Ukraine. The military pilot who stroke terror into Goering’s pilots would unlikely be willing to call those who yesterday killed people in Lugansk compatriots or colleagues. It is very doubtful that Ukrainians piloted those planes. Not only… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 3-4 June 2014
4 June 2014 18:22:39 — williambowles.info Obama, Ukraine president-elect discuss US help to train Kiev’s military (SCF) Ukraine starts mass production of armored personnel carriers for National Guard (SCF) Mainstream Western media silent on gross violations of human rights in Ukraine – political analyst (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for June 4, 2014: Leveraging the Freedom Movement, Molefi Asante, SA 'Miners Host Down'
4 June 2014 — Black Agenda Report Black Lobbyists, Black Legislators Leverage Their “Brands” For Banksters, Military Contractors, Corporate Interests by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When black politics emanated from the streets, not the suites, it was a force against imperial war, for full employment, better housing and public education. But now, black Continue reading
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Is Washington Planning a Terrorist Operation against Syria in the Wake of the Elections? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Washington has already announced that it will not recognize the results of the June 3, elections. According to the New York Times, the elections are taking place “Amid Fear and Pressure” and are therefore categorized as “illegitimate”. In a twisted logic the elections are portrayed by the Western media as an obstacle to achieving real… Continue reading
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Bulgaria Stands Up to EU over Full Ban on GM Crops
After lengthy debates in the European institutions regarding the cultivation of genetically modified maize (GM Maize) in EU Member States, the case was sent to the EU Court of Justice, which ruled that the prohibition on the use and marketing of genetically modified organisms, such as MON 810 GM Maize, was not supported by EU… Continue reading
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Obama escalates NATO confrontation with Russia By Bill Van Auken
President Barack Obama unveiled in Poland Tuesday a new $1 billion initiative aimed at ratcheting up NATO’s military encirclement of Russia and preparing for a direct armed conflict between the two nuclear-armed powers. Continue reading
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Fascist propaganda on the front page of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung By Peter Schwarz
Since Berlin and Washington helped a right-wing regime come to power in Ukraine, and thereby provoked a dangerous conflict with Russia, leading German media outlets have not shrunk from any lie in order to justify this policy. They play down the significance of the fascists of Svoboda and the Right Sector, depict the resistance in… Continue reading
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UK Chilcot Inquiry: cover-up continues over war against Iraq By Robert Stevens
The most critical documents regarding the preparation and instigation of the illegal war against Iraq will never be seen by the Chilcot Inquiry. The Inquiry was authorised by the previous Labour government, fully five years ago. It is now 11 years since the invasion of Iraq. Continue reading
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