June 2014
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Obama’s Ugliest Crime Exposed in a 4-Minute Video By Eric Zuesse
It’s a video showing the inside of Odessa Trades Unions Building while hundreds of people who opposed Obama’s coup that had overthrown Ukraine’s freely elected President (the last President who was elected by the entire country) were murdered by Obama’s thugs, on May 2nd. This incident in the Trade Unions Building was even more violent… Continue reading
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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
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Ukraine News Links 19-20 June 2014
20 June 2014 20:51:07 — williambowles.info Financial Warfare: Russia’s “Anti-Dollar Alliance” to Halt US Aggression. Top Putin Advisor (Global Research) Poroshenko’s ceasefire statement more looks like ultimatum to Ukraine Southeast – Kremlin (ITAR-TASS) President Poroshenko presents peace plan for Ukraine East settlement (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 19-20 June 2014
20 June 2014 20:44:35 — williambowles.info US Meddling in Iraqi Affairs May Lead to More Civilian Casualties (Global Research) Obama Exploits Iraq Crisis as Pretext for War Against Syria (Global Research) Iraq and the Persistence of American Hegemony (The Greanville Post) Continue reading
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Is the Dept. of Homeland Security Becoming America’s SS? By John W Whitehead
If the United States is a police state, then the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is its national police force, with all the brutality, ineptitude and corruption such a role implies. In fact, although the DHS’ governmental bureaucracy may at times appear to be inept and bungling, it is ruthlessly efficient when it comes to… Continue reading
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Tony Blair, Phantom of the Opera (and scum of the Earth) goes unpunished By Pepe Escobar
The fact that the Phantom (Tony Blair) keeps getting away with his vast desert of convoluted lies — instead of languishing in some rotten, extraordinary rendition hotel — spells out all we need to know about so-called Western “elites,” of which he’s been a faithful, and handsomely rewarded, servant. Continue reading
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Libya Coming Full Circle. When A Deemed “Conspiracy Theory” Becomes Reality By Sam Muhho
In the duration of the “revolutionary frenzy” that categorized western media coverage of the Libyan Civil War in 2011, public audiences were captivated with both tales of rebels aspiring for “democracy” and with complimenting stories of unabated brutality by Gaddafi forces. Without any serious mainstream criticism, an imperialist mythology centered on the interventionist doctrine of… Continue reading
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Tom Watson tables motion on mass surveillance
I’ve just tabled a motion on mass surveillance. Please ask your MP to support. Continue reading
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Secret Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) – Financial Services Annex
Today, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex, which covers 50 countries and 68.2%1 of world trade in services. The US and the EU are the main proponents of the agreement, and the authors of most joint changes, which also covers cross-border data flow. In a… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 19 June 2014: Palestinian envoy escapes Israeli trap
19 June 2014 — VTJPNews International Middle East Media CenterIncluding 4 Children, 6 Palestinians Injured In Israeli Air Strikes In GazaIMEMC – [Friday at dawn, June 20, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least six Palestinians, have been injured, in a series of Israeli air strikes targeting different parts of the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 