June 2014
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Information Clearing House 19 June 2014: U.S. Again Gunning For “Regime Change” In Iraq
19 June 2014 — Information Clearing House Russia Plans War Against US Dollar Putin Advisor Proposes “Anti-Dollar Alliance” To Halt US Aggression Abroad By Tyler Durden The war for Ukraine may soon become the war for Europe’s independence from the US and a war against the dollar. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38862.htm Continue reading
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John PIlger: ‘The best of journalism relies on whistleblowers’
Journalism has always relied on whistleblowers who should be praised for their extraordinary courage, journalist and filmmaker John Pilger told RT, adding the case against Julian Assange is a ridiculous attempt at retaliation for WikiLeaks disclosures. Continue reading
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The West Marches East By Andrew Gavin Marshall
After nearly a quarter-century of Western expansion – militarily, politically, economically – to Russia’s borders, Russia has had enough. But Ukraine was not the first instance in which Russia has been provoked by the West into a response that the West subsequently declared as an act of imperial “aggression.” In 2008, the small Caucasus nation… Continue reading
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US fired depleted uranium rounds in civilian areas during 2003 Iraq campaign – report
US-led forces in Iraq used depleted uranium weapons in civilian-populated areas during the 2003 military campaign, according to a new Dutch NGO study that also exposes a lack of adequate cleanup efforts by the invading troops. Continue reading
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On being a domestic extremist By Kirsty Styles
I’m not sure how long I’ve been a domestic extremist, or even whether I really am. But if my name has made it onto Scotland Yard’s list, I’ll be there alongside Green peer and London Assembly member Jenny Jones. And no doubt the information compiled about me would be nothing a seven-year-old couldn’t find in… Continue reading
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Discussion: The ‘Russia is imperialist’ thesis is wrong By Roger Annis
“Mainstream” parties alongside the fascists in government, including the elected president, are committed to an austerity project of economic association with Europe that will see much of the manufacturing base of the country further degraded or dismantled. The consequences for agricultural production are also likely to be dire. Continue reading
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US-Sponsored Terrorism in Iraq and “Constructive Chaos” in the Middle East By Julie Lévesque
Iraq is once again front page news. And once again the picture that is presented to us in the Western mainstream media is a mixture of half truths, falsehoods, disinformation and propaganda. The mainstream media will not tell you that the US is supporting both sides in the Iraqi conflict. Washington is overtly supporting the… Continue reading
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Global Research: Selected Articles on the situation in Iraq 19 June 2014
19 June 2014 — Global Research IRAQ REPORT | Global Research The Engineered Destruction and Political Fragmentation of Iraq. Towards the Creation of a US Sponsored Islamist Caliphate By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, June 14, 2014… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 18-19 June 2014
19 June 2014 20:12:49 — williambowles.info Putin voices serious concern about army operation in south-eastern Ukraine (ITAR-TASS) Hollande, Merkel ask Putin to continue gas talks with Kiev (Voice of Russia) EU expresses concern about journalists killed in eastern Ukraine (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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U.S. Funds “Terror Studies” to Dissect and Neutralize Social Movements By Glen Ford
The U.S. Department of Defense is immersed in studies about…people like you. The Pentagon wants to know why folks who don’t themselves engage in violence to overthrow the prevailing order become, what the military calls, “supporters of political violence.” And by that they mean, everyone who opposes U.S military policy in the world, or the… Continue reading
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No more war! The anti-war message of The Cranes Are Flying (1957) By Dorota Niemitz
Kalatozov’s film thrusts before our eyes newsreel-like scenes of bombed buildings, shattered glass, people in panic, crying children and orphans on their own, groups of wounded soldiers with no eyes, arms or legs, the filth and mud of the combat zone. The Cranes Are Flying is a masterpiece of anti-war cinema because it shows military… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 18-19 June 2014
19 June 2014 19:56:16 — williambowles.info The Democratic Push to Bomb Iraq Again (WashingtonsBlog) US ‘ready to strike’ Iraq insurgents (BBC) Situation in Iraq poses threat to security in Caspian region — Russian expert (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Boris Kagarlitsky on Ukraine: A country that might have been
When the monument to Lenin in Kiev was demolished, one of the writers for the Ukrainian website Liva (“Left”) joked sadly: the modern Ukrainian state was created as a result of a revolution, and would last just as long as the corresponding monuments remained standing. If the statue of Lenin was smashed, Ukraine too would… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 18 June 2014: In photos: Israeli bulldozers raze Bedouin community
18 June 2014 — VTJPNews International Middle East Media Center172 Housing Units Approved in Jerusalem SettlementIMEMC – On Wednesday, the construction of 172 new housing units in the illegal settlement of Jabal Abu Ghneim (HarHoma), east occupied Jerusalem, was approved by the Israeli planning and construction commission. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 18 June 2014: U.S. Trained ISIS At Secret Jordan Base
18 June 2014 — Information Clearing House The End Of All Of Us Washington Is Beating The War Drums By Paul Craig Roberts US war doctrine has been changed. US nuclear weapons are no longer restricted to a retaliatory force, but have been elevated to the role of preemptive nuclear attack. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38851.htm Continue reading
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Documentary: The Music of Miles Davis
The life and music of legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis are examined in the 1986 PBS documentary “Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis.” Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for June 17, 2014: Corporate VS Dark Social Media, Back to Iraq, War Crimes, Ta Nehisi Coates Reparations
18 June 2014 — Black Agenda Report Top 10 Reasons Why Corporate Social Media is Not Your Friend, and Dark Social Media Is by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon For a long time now, we’ve all been told, and have told each other, that corporate social media is the way to build businesses, audiences Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 17-18 June 2014
18 June 2014 20:30:24 — williambowles.info How America Is Bringing Peace and Democracy to the World (WashingtonsBlog) Official: 65-Day U.S.-NATO Proxy War In Ukraine Is…War (Stop NATO) Donetsk miners threaten to take arms if Kiev continues military operation (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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ISIS “Made in USA”. Iraq “Geopolitical Arsonists” Seek to Burn Region By Tony Cartalucci
When a fire is raging, firefighters are called – not the arsonist who started it, especially if they return to the scene of the crime dragging a barrel of gasoline behind them. Yet, this is precisely what the US proposes – that they – the geopolitical arsonists – be allowed to return to Iraq to… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 17-18 June 2014
18 June 2014 20:18:41 — williambowles.info US in Iraq: Geopolitical Arsonists Seek to Burn Region (The Greanville Post) VIDEO: Iraq’s special forces ‘ready for ISIS’ (BBC) ‘Deadly danger’: UK and Germany warn of Islamist fighters’ plans to attack in Europe (RT) Continue reading