July 6, 2014
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I interview an American Photographer in Kramatorsk about life under bombs: “The civilians are dying here and something needs to happen to stop it”
Early this morning I call Italian writer Christian Malaparte, who’s been in Kramatorsk with American photographer Patrick Lancaster. For the last five days, they’ve been living through heavy bombing and shelling, done by the Ukrainian army. Patrick has a lot of evidence that the army is targeting civilians and civilian homes on purpose, thereby committing… Continue reading
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UK 10 July 2014- Nationwide strikes expected
This Thursday, on 10 July, up to 2 million people will be out on strike in a co-ordinated strike action across the trade unions. There will be huge demonstrations and protests up and down the country. Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 5-6 July 2014
6 July 2014 17:14:20 — williambowles.info Iraq threatens to cut US ties (The Australian) ISIL militants storm church, kidnap priests in Iraqi Mosul (Voice of Russia) Is Iraq’s Sunni-Shiite Fight Really About Religion? (NBC News) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 5-6 July 2014
6 July 2014 16:53:02 — williambowles.info French FM urges Kiev end armed conflict in southeast Ukraine (SCF) Ukraine’s military shells east Lugansk residential quarters (SCF) Positive Thoughts on Dark Times (Dissident Voice) Continue reading
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Thelonious Monk – ‘Evidence’
The Thelonious Monk Quartet live in Japan, 1963. Thelonious Monk, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 5 July 2014: Watch: Israeli Police Brutally Assault Palestinian-American Teen
5 July 2014 — Information Clearing House The Superpower And The Caliphate By Glen Ford The emergence of the “Islamic State” signals the final collapse of U.S. imperial strategy in the Muslim world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38994.htm Continue reading
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Video: The Face of Imperialism-Michael Parenti- Parts 1 and 2
One of the most eloquent and lucid scholars of our time on the disease called imperialism. Continue reading
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NSA Targets As “Extremists” Americans Who Simply Wish to Protect Themselves from Oppression
In the wake of revelations about the extent of mass surveillance by the NSA and other agencies, people are trying to protect themselves by adopting encryption and other privacy tools. Continue reading