September 2014
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British PM David Cameron: “Non-Violent Extremists” Including “9/11 Truthers” and “Conspiracy Theorists” are Just as Dangerous as ISIL Terrorists By Peter Drew
I write this open letter to you in response to your recent speech at the United Nations calling for military intervention in Iraq and Syria over the threat of ISIL. In particular I would like to make mention of your reference to the so called threat to society of what you have termed ‘non-violent extremists’,… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 26 September 2014
26 September 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterDisplaced Gazans Still Waiting for Solutions, Brace Themselves for Cold WinterIMEMC – Palestinians in Gaza who were displaced by Israel’s recent military offensive on the region are still waiting for solutions, as winter now approaches. … Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 21-27 September 2014
27 September 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation Pentagon in Chief Physician Role Adamant to Fight Ebola Virus 27.09.2014 | 00:00 | Vladimir NESTEROV In early August the World Health Organization said the spread of Ebola was a problem of global scale. It recommended the introduction of emergency regime in all the countries where the threat had been Continue reading
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Covert Diplomacy to Normalize Relations With Cuba: A Historic Press Conference at the Pierre
In July 1975, Henry Kissinger sent two of his deputies to meet with representatives of Fidel Castro at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. It was there ”in room 727” that the historic first secret talks between Washington and Havana to normalize relations were held. But they would not be the last… Continue reading
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Iraq News Links for 26 September 2014
26 September 2014 — williambowles.info FAIR TV: Climate Blackout, Bombing Syria & Human Rights RhetoricFox News ‘salutes’ UAE’s first female fighter pilot bombing ISIS positions as ‘boobs on the ground’ Continue reading
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On the eve of the decisive battle for Donbass
The situation in Donbass is in limbo. On one hand, the signed truce has halted large-scale military operations; on the other, exchange of fire did not stop for a single day. There have even been attempts to carry out limited operations. For example, the Ukrainian command has not abandoned hope of rescuing the encircled special… Continue reading
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“The Terrorists R Us.” The Islamic State “Big Lie” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Lest we forget, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, have been financing and training the ISIL terrorists on behalf of the United States. Israel is harboring the Islamic State (ISIL) in the Golan Heights, NATO in liaison with the Turkish high command has since March 2011 been involved in coordinating the recruitment of the jihadist fighters dispatched to… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 695 25 September 2014: MISDIAGNOSIS: EBOLA, FOOD MYTHS AND MILITANTS
25 September 2014 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 24 September 2014: National Security, Patriotism, and Treason
24 September 2014 — Information Clearing House US Ties Itself in Legal Knots to Cover Shifting Rationale for Syria Strikes By Dan Roberts The US also argued that there was legal right to pursue Isis inside Syria due to the weakness of that country’s government – a regime the US has been actively urging be Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 24 September 2014: Israeli Refuseniks: Occupation’s Dark Underbelly Exposed
24 September 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterFateh and Hamas Resume Reconcilation Talks in CairoIMEMC – Both the Hamas and Fateh Palestinian political movements met in Cairo, on Wednesday, with the aim of fully implementing a reconciliation agreement signed in April, according to Egyptian officials. … Continue reading
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“Humanitarian Air Strikes” against Syria: U.S. Breaks International Law, Again By Alexander Clackson
The United States, assisted by a handful of Arab nations, conducted air strikes on Syria on 23rdSeptember. The attacks mark a striking expansion in America’s military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and have occurred without the consent of the Syrian government. A U.S. State Department official confirmed that the Syrian… Continue reading
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West beats retreat in Ukraine By MK Bhadrakumar
Considering the huge lift that the White House gave last week to the visit by the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko — ‘rare honor’ of addressing a joint session of the US Congress, et al — one would have thought the Barack Obama administration was getting into a heightened mood of belligerence vis-a-vis Russia. But a… Continue reading
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UK Supermarkets Told to Wake Up to GMO
GeneWatch UK called on supermarkets Wednesday to wake up to the environmental harm caused by genetically modified (GM) animal feed, imported from North and South America. Blanket spraying of Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready GM crops with the weedkiller RoundUp has destroyed the habitat of the Monarch butterfly in the United States to such an extent that… Continue reading
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Bobby Carcasses – ‘Emiliano Iro’
1989 release from Kingston born, Cuban mult-instrumentalist Bobby Carcasses – a supercharged latin jazz session of the highest order, punctuated with Carcasses’ amazing vocal riffs very reminiscent of the classic Cubano singers of the 30’s and 40’s. Continue reading
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Make the NHS the issue of next year’s election
Now it’s time to focus on the other parties and make sure they also commit to increasing NHS funding. They’ll make their election promises in the next few days. So let’s show them that UK voters want the NHS to come first. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report Report for September 24, 2014: Jesse & Andy OK Spoils of Congo Genocide, CBC Left Wing Crumbles, Venezuela's Maduro in Bronx
24 September 2014 — Black Agenda Report Will America’s Black Political Class Join In the Spoils of the Rape of Congo? Andy Young & Jesse Jackson Say It’s OK. By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The table set with the loot from 5 million dead in neighboring Congo, the largest genocide on earth since Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Purpose And The Pretence – Bombing Isis By David Edwards
Traditionally, claims that an Official Enemy is uniquely Evil rise to a deafening crescendo just prior to an attack on that enemy. In late 2002, a former intelligence officer told John Pilger that the flood of government terror warnings at the time were ‘a softening up process’ ahead of an attack on Iraq and ‘a… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 23 September 2014
23 September 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPalestinian Embassy to Open in La Paz, BoliviaIMEMC – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, in New York on Tuesday. … Continue reading
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The Russia They Lost By Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich
The first serious blow to our pro-Western orientation in life was Kosovo. It was a shock; our rose-colored glasses were shattered into pieces. The bombing of Belgrade was, for my generation, what the 9/11 attacks were for Americans. Worldviews turned 180 degrees together with the plane of the then Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, who was… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 20 September 2014
20 September 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterWest Bank: Israeli Forces Kidnap 6 Palestinians, Summon 3 for InterrogationIMEMC – Israeli forces, early Saturday abducted six Palestinians, including an elderly, from the Hebron and Bethlehem districts of the http://www.imemc.org/newswire/westbank, in addition to summoning three others for interrogation, according to reports by security sources. … Continue reading