June 2014
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UK SEP National Secretary interviewed on BBC Daily Politics
On Monday Chris Marsden, the National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in the UK, was interviewed on the BBC 2’s Daily Politics show. The interview, with journalist Jo Coburn, was in response to the SEP’s official complaint that a previous May 21 interview with Marsden on the show ended with interviewer Giles Dilnot,… Continue reading
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‘Muddying a Murky Picture’: NYT’s Ukraine Kremlinology By Peter Hart
There is a tendency to believe that Russian president Vladimir Putin is orchestrating the unrest in eastern Ukraine, sending in irregular Russian forces to stir up pro-Russian separatist sentiment. As guesses go, this might not be a bad one–but journalism is supposed to be about presenting evidence to confirm such speculation. The New York Times… Continue reading
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Meet the Press’s Snowden Debate: Traitor or Criminal? By Peter Hart
On June 1, NBC’s Meet the Press unveiled new polling numbers about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. They weren’t very revealing. What was more instructive was how the show presented its debate over Snowden’s actions. Continue reading
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Confirmed: Ukrainian air force fired over 150 missiles at Lugansk, bombed admin HQ
Kiev has admitted showering the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk with dozens of missiles from the air, saying that its Air Force helicopters and jets “fired more than 150 missiles” in Monday’s military action. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) also confirmed on Tuesday that the deadly explosion at the city’s administrative… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 2-3 June 2014
3 June 2014 18:18:10 — williambowles.info Lugansk on Fire: Ukrainian City Becomes Target for Aviation Strikes (SCF) Coup d’État in Disguise: Washington’s New World Order “Democratization” Template (Global Research) Ukraine receives only non-lethal weapons from NATO countries — defense minister (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Lugansk on Fire: Ukrainian City Becomes Target for Aviation Strikes By Adam Nishimenko
Lugansk is the capital of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. As the civil war was raging in the Ukraine’s east, the city had never seen real combat until recently. The relative calm became a thing of the past on June 2 as the self-defense formations of Lugansk People’s Republic tried to hold negotiations with border guards… Continue reading
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Why there is no Russian military intervention in the Ukraine
It is with an immense and heartfelt THANK YOU! to “BM” for his translation that I have the real privilege to share with you this translation into English of the excellent article of worldcrisis.ru I mentioned in my previous post. This is, in my opinion, the most complete and well-written analysis of the apparent Russian… Continue reading
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The Sino-Russian Gas Deal: Psychological Warfare in Financial Markets By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
A natural gas deal between Russia and China was in the works for a long time, so why all the fuss over its unveiling? One has to look beyond the headlines when considering world events. The ballyhoo that is made of many of these events is either newspeak or grossly disjointed by narrow-sighted interpretations. The… Continue reading
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“Appalling” service by private firm leaves NHS patients without drugs By Melanie Newman
Healthcare watchdogs and patient groups slam private equity owned ‘Healthcare at Home’ whose failures are leaving frightened patients waiting for desperately needed drugs. Thousands of NHS patients, some seriously ill, have not received vital medicines on time because of problems at the company contracted to deliver the drugs to these patients in their own homes. Continue reading
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Monsanto Slammed for ‘Fraudulent’ EU Patent on Non-GMO Tomatoes
Representatives of the international coalition No Patents on Seeds! from France, Germany and Spain have filed an opposition against a European patent held by Monsanto on conventionally bred tomatoes (EP1812575). The patent claims tomatoes with a natural resistance to a fungal disease called botrytis. The original tomatoes used for this patent came from the international… Continue reading
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Video: Arctic Death Spiral and the Methane Time Bomb
Perhaps the most under-reported important story of our time Continue reading
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Venezuela Exposes Plot to Assassinate President Maduro
Venezuelan authorities have publicized correspondences between opposition leaders & U.S. diplomats which, they say, constitute a plan to assassinate president Nicolas Maduro & overthrow his administration. Continue reading
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Washington boasts of military buildup against China By Bill Van Auken
If anyone was fooled by the media analyses portraying President Barack Obama’s speech at West Point last week as a turn toward “moderation” and “restraint,” or tempted to think that the World Socialist Web Site was exaggerating in describing the address as a blueprint for “permanent and global war in pursuit of the interests of… Continue reading
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UK referred to International Criminal Court for war crimes in Iraq By Jean Shaoul
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has accepted the complaint lodged in January alleging that UK military personnel committed war crimes against Iraqis in their custody between 2003 and 2008. She has ordered a preliminary investigation. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 1-2 June 2014
2 June 2014 21:01:25 — williambowles.info Kiev’s air raid on Lugansk grossly violates Geneva deals, OSCE roadmap – Russia (ITAR-TASS) Water supply to Crimea through North Crimean Canal nearly fully blocked – OSCE (ITAR-TASS) Military operation in Ukraine’s east ‘deepens rift between parties’ — Russian envoy (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Bilderberg News Links 2 June 2014
2 June 2014 — williambowles.info Bilderberg 2014: George Osborne and the man at the centre of everything The Guardian At Bilderberg, Sir John always seems to be at the centre of things: when Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands emerges onto the patio, it’s Sir John who … Continue reading
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Sun Ra’s Solar Archestra Live in London!
This year marks the centenary of Sun Ra’s birth and these four nights promise to be a very special celebration of one of the greats. Operating under the direction of saxophonist Marshall Allen – who himself is celebrating his 90th year, the Arkestra have made Cafe OTO their home in London and this will be… Continue reading
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British Government Coverup and Whitewash of Iraq War Crimes: The Chilcot Inquiry By Felicity Arbuthnot
Amidst howls of “whitewash” from media commentators and interested observers of all political hues, it seems the findings of the Chilcot Inquiry in to the Iraq war are finally to be published by the end of this year. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 