June 2014
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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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Iraq News Links 26-27 June 2014
27 June 2014 20:47:12 — williambowles.info Moscow hopes military cooperation with Iraq will strengthen its defense capacity (SCF) Iraq battles for Tikrit while US drones fly over Baghdad (Voice of Russia) Armed US drones flying over Iraq (BBC) Continue reading
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Pirate Radio Station for $55 Could Help Decentralize Big-Telecom By Tony Cartalucci
Make Magazine recently featured a tutorial on constructing a FM pirate radio transmitter using a Raspberry Pi board. Raspberry Pis are single board computers that go for about $55 and are regularly used as the centerpiece for a wide variety of projects ranging from art installations to automation and everything in between. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 26-27 June 2014
27 June 2014 19:13:23 — williambowles.info Anti-Kiev forces in E. Ukraine pledge ceasefire till Monday (SCF) Kiev authorities and southeast regions start second round of consultations (SCF) Kiev Failed to Discuss Constitutional Reform with East Regions – Lavrov (SCF) Continue reading
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If Militarism Continues, Humankind is Doomed By Jan Oberg
Both NATO and the EU has just announced that their members will now invest more in the military. It’s indicative of the lack of creativity in both organisations. It is self-defeating and counter-productive. Continue reading
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Terror In Iraq: Roots And Motivation By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Terrorism*, directly or sponsored, has long been America’s weapon of mass destruction – its weapon of choice. As a strategy, it outdates ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy promotion’ and has proven itself to be far more effective by creating mayhem and fear, removing resistance to intervention. The events of 9/11 justified this age-old tactic. Although the… Continue reading
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The Truth of Libya (Finally) Goes Mainstream By Eric Draitser
More than three years after the US and its NATO allies unleashed an “intervention” and regime change in Libya, the US establishment admits they maybe have “got it wrong.” Naturally, there were many of us who were demonized endlessly for speaking out against that war, and against all those politicians, analysts, and “activists” on the… Continue reading
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Independent National Communard Council Created in Venezuela By Ewan Robertson
Activists from across Venezuela met last weekend to form the National Communard Council, which aims to coordinate the country’s commune movement and present its demands to the national government. Continue reading
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US military hacks the independent press
US army that operates from a secret base in Arizona, to start a war on independent media through hacking and blocking communications. Computer security teams cooperating with Veterans Today traced a pattern of attacks to Fort Huachuca, headquarters of the US Army Intelligence School, Press TV reports. Continue reading
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GMO: Republication of the Séralini study: Science speaks for itself
GMOSeralini.org welcomes the news of the republication of the chronic toxicity study on the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup and a commercialized genetically modified (GM) maize, Monsanto’s NK603, led by Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini. The republication restores the study to the peer-reviewed literature so that it can be consulted and built upon by other scientists. Continue reading
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The Chaos In Iraq Is By DESIGN
Neoconservatives like Paul Wolfowitz planned regime change in Iraq more than 20 years ago … in 1991. But the goal wasn’t just regime change (or oil). The goal was to break up the country, and to do away with the sovereignty of Iraq as a separate nation. Continue reading
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News of the World hacking trial ends: Scandal still poses threat to Britain’s ruling elite By Robert Stevens
The trial of former News of the World (NotW) editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson and others connected with phone hacking has ended with Coulson, former head of communications of Prime Minister David Cameron, found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages. Brooks, the former head of billionaire oligarch Rupert Murdoch’s media-empire in Britain, was… Continue reading
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Recent report confirms: US depleted uranium weapons targeted civilian areas in Iraq war By Barry Mason
“Laid to Waste”, a report by the Dutch Catholic NGO Pax Christi International, confirms that US forces in Iraq used depleted uranium (DU) weapons in civilian areas during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. More than a decade later, DU is still harming people’s health. The impact of the use of DU in 2003 added to… Continue reading
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The fiasco of Kerry’s Middle East tour By Bill Van Auken
It was clear well before Kerry reached Europe for a NATO foreign ministers meeting that his trip accomplished nothing outside of underscoring the hypocritical and criminal policies that have led to the current debacle, and placing on public display the contradictions that Washington has piled one atop the other in pursuing its predatory aims in… Continue reading
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Israel stoking conflict in Iraq, Iran, Syria and the Occupied Territories By Chris Marsden
It is clear that Israel wanted some justification for stepping up aggression against Syria. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sunday, Netanyahu gave a frank insight into the politically criminal thinking of the Israeli ruling elite when he urged the United States to pit Sunni insurgents in Syria and Iraq against Iran, rather… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 24-26 June 2014
26 June 2014 19:36:45 — williambowles.info Iraq Shiite Leaders Hold Talks on Premier, as Support for Maliki Slips New York Times Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki dismissed the idea of a national salvation government and asked Iraq’s political blocs to close ranks in the wake of … Continue reading
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