October 2014
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Spirit of ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ found in Burkina Faso uprising
In the early hours of a night in 1987, one of Africa’s youngest leaders, Thomas Sankara, was murdered and quietly and quickly buried in a shallow grave. Now, the man widely believed to be behind it, Burkina Faso’s president, has watched as his parliament was set ablaze by furious protesters who want him gone. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for October 29, 2014: World Embraces Cuba, Slaps US, Human Rights Abuses, CBC (Corporate Black Cash-hounds)
29 October 2014 — Black Agenda Report For Moment, the World Embraces the Cuba Model – and Slaps the Empire by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The United Nations’ yearly vote against the U.S. trade embargo of Cuba has evolved into a “singular opportunity for all the world body’s members to chastise the superpower that Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 27 October 2014 (14/14): Operation ‘Mos Maiorum’
26 October 2014 — Statewatch.org/ NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ JOINT POLICE OPERATION “MOS MAIORUM” 1. EU: Joint Operation “Mos Maiorum” (13-26 October 2014): Statewatch Summary of News/Web of coverage2. Joint Police Operation “Mos Maiorum”: Statewatch can confirm that the UK is taking part3. Joint Police Operation “Mos Maiorum”: Document from Italian Interior Ministry giving instructions on how to treat migrants Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 18-25 October 2014
25 October 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation Kiev Elections Can’t Sanitise State of Mob Rule 25.10.2014 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM The Kiev regime’s parliamentary elections this weekend are set to go ahead amid an atmosphere of rampant political street violence and intimidation – and that’s not in the war-torn eastern part of Ukraine. The parliamentary elections Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for October 22, 2014: Detroit: Black Urban Dispersal — Killing Michael Brown Again –Ebola – Whitening HBCUs
23 October 2014 — Black Agenda Report Detroit: The Dispersal of Urban Black America Begins by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Detroit’s bankruptcy drama is a cover for ethnic and class cleansing. The city’s accelerated Black-removal plan came under scrutiny of United Nations rapporteurs, who found evidence of racial discrimination and human rights abuses. “The Continue reading
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Canadian Terror Wave: a Modern-Day Gladio By Tony Cartalucci
As warned, after multiple staged incidents used to ratchet up fear and paranoia in the build-up to US and its allies’ military intervention in Syria and Iraq, at least two live attacks have now been carried out in Canada – precisely as they were predicted. Continue reading
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Jimmy Smith live, somewhere playing ‘Midnight Special’
19 October 2014 — Youtube A funky, rockin’ live version of a Smith composition, a blues ‘Midnight Special’ with, it’s either Mark Whitfiled or Phil Upchurch playing some wicked guitar. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 12-18 October 2014
18 October 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future (III) 18.10.2014 | 11:54 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR The outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his national address in office before leaving the presidential palace to warn the new government headed by Ashraf Ghani that the ongoing violence in Afghanistan provided a convenient excuse for the US Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report Report for Oct 15, 2014: Obama's VS Cuba's Ebola Response, Privatizing Ebola, Counterinsurgency, Tips For Organizers
15 October 2014 — Black Agenda Report Obama’s Cynical, Stilted Response to Ebola vs. Cuba’s Magnificent Mobilization by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama initially offered Ebola-afflicted West Africa “a paltry $22 million to set up a 25-bed field hospital in Liberia at a time when literally thousands of beds – and health care Continue reading
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“Pardon Us For Our Country’s Existence in the Middle of Your Military Bases” – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s Speech at the UN By Carla Stea
In a courageous and brilliant speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2014, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pierced the veil of obfuscation that characterizes too many speeches at the United Nations, and delivered a scathing denunciation of Western imperialism, imperialism that can only be accurately described as global theft. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Establishment – Andrew Marr And Owen Jones
Picture the scene: No.10 Downing Street, September 16: ‘a gentlemen’s-club-style reception room, given factitious poshness by two marble pillars’. The event: a book launch party hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron himself to ‘mark the publication’ of a political novel, ‘Head of State’, by the BBC’s senior interviewer and former political editor, Andrew Marr. Continue reading
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Stop the government’s care.data sell-off
The government are planning to sneak through the plan that would allow private companies to buy our personal medical data. But together we could stop it. Continue reading
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The UK Gagging Law is now in Force
The gagging law is now in force. Whether you’re new to 38 Degrees, or were part of the fight against the law, it’s going to affect us all. So, I wanted to give you an update about what it means for 38 Degrees in the coming months. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 5-11 October 2014
11 October 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation When Will the Building of the Debt Pyramid in Ukraine Come to an End? 11.10.2014 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV According to expert evaluations, nearly $6 billion has entered Ukraine from various sources (the IMF, the World Bank, the EU, the US) between the time of the February revolution and Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin 10 October 2014
Now the pathfinder areas have been announced, we are pushing to see exactly what patients (and GPs) will be told. In the meanwhile, if you do have concerns about care.data and if you haven’t done so already, our advice continues to be to opt out now. N.B. If you opted out of care.data earlier this… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 8 October 2014
8 October 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArchbishop Hanna: Attack On Al-Aqsa Targets Palestinian History And Identity IMEMC – Archbishop Attallah Hanna, of thehttp://imemc.org/newswire?search_text=greek+orthodox&button=Search+%3E%3EChurch in occupied Palestine and Jerusalem, strongly denounced the Israeli military and fanatic Israeli groups who attacked and invaded the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 697: NO EASY VICTORIES: FROM EBOLA TO THE WORLD BANK
9 October 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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Abandoning the Human Rights Act UK. Counterstrike and Replacement By Binoy Kampmark
The Human Rights Act (1998) is deemed insidious in a range of ways. It supposedly clips sovereignty by slipping European law into the lives of British citizens. It stands guard over British officials. For that reason, the British conservatives are advocating the British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities as both counter strike and replacement. The… Continue reading
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From Pol Pot to ISIS: “Anything that Flies on Everything that Moves” By John Pilger
In transmitting President Richard Nixon’s orders for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, “Anything that flies on everything that moves”. As Barack Obama ignites his seventh war against the Muslim world since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the orchestrated hysteria and lies make one almost nostalgic for Kissinger’s murderous… Continue reading
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Hong Kong’s Umbrellas are ‘Made in USA’ By William Engdahl
The Washington neo-cons and their allies in the US State Department and Obama Administration are clearly furious with China, as they are with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. As both Russia and China in recent years have become more assertive about defining their national interests, and as both Eurasian powers draw into a closer cooperation on all… Continue reading
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