June 2014
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NYPD Raids in Harlem: “They want to stop this whole generation”
5:30 am: more than 400 heavily armed men break down doors, put guns to the heads of grandmothers and toddlers, pull a teenage girl out of bed and handcuff her face-down on the floor at gun point, in her underwear. Women try to hide their sons. Dozens of young males, age 15 to 30, are… Continue reading
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Portugal and Europe after the European elections
The Left Bloc received a bad election result [149,628 votes, 4.56%, down by 6.15% from 2009]. We were able to elect Marisa Matias, but were a long way away from electing a second deputy. We not only failed to turn around the losses suffered at the last legislative and municipal elections, but received an even… Continue reading
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Debating Iraq in 2014: Wrong All Over Again By Peter Hart
The crisis in Iraq has brought war back to the US airwaves. But if you were expecting a more robust discussion about US military action this time around, think again. The rule seems to be that if you were wrong in 2003, you’re still an expert in 2014. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 16 June 2014
16 June 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterHebron: Families Kicked Out Of Their HomesIMEMC – Invasions Continue In West Bank [Monday, June 16, 2014] The Israeli military continued its massive invasion and arrests in different parts of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, and so far kicked out three Palestinian families Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 16 June 2014: The Imperial Meat Wagon Rolls On
16 June 2014 — Information Clearing House On Recent Events in Mosul and Other Cities in Iraq By Falah Alwan President Obama has so far expressed his concern over Iraqi oil twice when talking about recent events. He has not shown any regard or concern for the fate of two million people now under the Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 15-16 June 2014
16 June 2014 20:50:45 — williambowles.info Obama and the Iraqi Gordian Knot (The Greanville Post) Why Does NATO Still Exist? (Washingtons Blog) Chelsea Manning issues dire warning about Iraq (RT) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 15-16 June 2014
16 June 2014 20:45:17 — williambowles.info Kiev’s statements on humanitarian corridors are ‘lies, cynicism, populism’ – DPR leader (ITAR-TASS) Russia to raise issue of attack on embassy in Kiev at UN SC meeting – Russian envoy to UN (ITAR-TASS) Why Does NATO Still Exist? (WashingtonsBlog) Continue reading
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How Government and the Media Equate Political Dissent with “Conspiracy Theories” and “Home Grown Terrorism” By Joachim Hagopian
With a fascist state worried that its authority is fast slipping away amongst its populace, today the stakes have never been higher. Slander, character assassination and guilt by association are increasingly utilized nowadays as favorite tools to systematically destroy, discredit and demonize those citizens courageous enough to speak the truth exposing government lies, deception, theft… Continue reading
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Video: Slavyansk before and after Kiev nazi revolution
Slavyansk was a peaceful small town. Where people lived, worked, loved and raised families. But the Nazi revolution 2014 destroyed everything. Slavyansk turned into scorched earth where people do not anything except pain, fear and grief. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Blair: Bombing Iraq Better. Again By David Cromwell and David Edwards
Over the weekend, the British media was awash with the blood-splattered Tony Blair’s self-serving attempts to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003. The coverage was sparked by a new essay in which Blair claimed that the chaos in Iraq was the ‘predictable and malign effect’ of the West having ‘watched Syria descend into… Continue reading
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Stop the War in the Ukraine!
On June 7-8 a conference of antiwar left forces from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus was held in Minsk. Its purpose was to strengthen the unity of internationalists of the three countries in the fight against the rampant violence, nationalist hysteria and repressions on both sides of the Ukrainian-Russian border. Here is text of the conference’s… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 15 June 2014
15 June 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSoldiers Invade Bethlehem, And Nearby Beit JalaIMEMC – [Sunday, June 15, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and the nearby city of Beit Jala, installed roadblocks, and conducted military searches. Soldiers also attacked journalists. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 15 June 2014: America to Watch Entanglement in Iraq’s Bloody Saga
15 June 2014 — Information Clearing House Washington’s Iraq “Victory” By Paul Craig Roberts What Washington has done in Iraq and Libya, and is trying to do in Syria, is to destroy governments that kept Jihadists under control. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38817.htm Continue reading
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Video: Ukraine Neo-Nazis Trained by NATO to Commit Atrocities: NATO’s ‘Gladio’ Army in Ukraine
The openly Nazi core of Kiev’s new army; WikiLeaked cables set Ukraine ‘nationalists’ in NATO ‘dirty wars’ abroad; and the ‘psychopaths’ who run CIA special operations. Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan Bans All GMO Products and GM Crops
Kyrgyzstan has Wednesday become one of the first countries in the World to ban the cultivation of GM Crops alongside the import and sale of all GMO products, the news agency 24.kg has announced. Continue reading
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Apartheid Australia Backs Apartheid Israel By Gideon Polya
A politically correct racist (PC racist) Apartheid Australia under an extreme right wing, pro-war, pro-Zionist, US lackey, human rights-abusing, anti-Indigenous, anti-environment Coalition government has moved to be the world’s leading supporter after the US of race-based, nuclear terrorist, genocidally racist, democracy-by-genocide Apartheid Israel. Continue reading
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The Propaganda War About Ukraine By Eric Zuesse
Recently, Germany’s Der Spiegel featured a lengthy editorial damning Russia regarding Ukraine; it was titled “How Russia Is Winning the Propaganda War,” and it made many allegations, none with documentation, and not a single one with a link to assist the magazine’s online readers to reach easily the presumed (but unidentified) sources. It was the… Continue reading
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NATO Allegations of Russian Tanks in Ukraine based on Fake Evidence By Alexander Flint
NATO is finally getting closer to their pretext for placing Ukraine under the West’s thumb. The Alliance’s Secretary General declared on Sunday that three tanks were shipped from Russia into Eastern Ukraine to abet the popular revolt against the West’s puppet regime in Kiev. Continue reading
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Fracking Industry Dealt Huge Blow by Downgrade of Monterey Shale Formation By Dylan and Jo Murphy
The myth of American energy independence from fracking has been dealt a huge blow by the downgrade of recoverable oil from the Monterey shale formation. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has slashed its estimate of oil reserves from the Monterey shale formation by a massive 96%. Continue reading