February 29, 2016
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24 February 2016 — HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER MARCH 2016
24 February 2016 — Housmans NEWS 1. Housmans Fundraising for Refugees Quiz Night IN-STORE EVENTS 2. ‘Consequences’ with Elizabeth J. Lister and ‘Kissyface’ with Elsa Wallace 3. ‘Being Red: a Politics for the Future’ with Ken Livingstone 4. ‘Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming’ with Andreas Malm and Mika Continue reading
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Washington Asks Moscow: Please Do Not to Bomb American Troops Operating on the Ground in Northern Syria By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Washington’s objective is twofold. First, “officially” it wants to avoid direct military confrontation with Russia as well prevent US casualties. That’s the substance of the official advisory. It is not the main objective. Second: it is using the pretext of avoiding military confrontation with Russia (and US casualties) as a means to restraining Russia’s bombing… Continue reading
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Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: We need to kill it!
A couple of weeks ago we called for the Government to ‘pause, take stock and redraft’ their new surveillance plans following the mauling the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill received at the hands of campaigners, security experts, the tech industry and three cross-party parliamentary committees. We have now heard that the Government plans to publish the… Continue reading
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NYT Contributor Has Multiple Motives for Denying Drone Crimes
Hayden’s op-ed in the NYT is long on fictional accounts of ultra-scrupulous drone planners worrying about striking civilians and completely lacking the real-life incidents where the US has mistakenly targeted weddings and deliberately hit funerals. That’s to be expected when you ask someone who has carried out what the United Nations and other international law… Continue reading
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Statewatch: Greece: NGO/volunteers helping refugees to be placed under state control (05/16)
22 February 2016 — Statewatch Statewatch monitoring the state and civil liberties: 8 February 2016 (05/16) NGOs and volunteers helping refugees in Greece to be placed under state control: View as pdf: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/feb/greece-state-control-ngos.pdf – only in the Soviet Union and under the STASI in East Germany were NGOs expected to hand over lists and personal Continue reading
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The Syria Proxy War against the Islamic State (ISIS) Has Reached its Climax. Military Escalation, Towards a US-NATO Sponsored Ground Invasion? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Reports confirm that the US-NATO sponsored terrorists supported by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, et al have in large part been defeated. Are they be replaced by conventional Saudi, Turkish forces, coupled with more US-NATO special forces which are already on the ground inside Syria? Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 112 Mid-February 2016 – is now on line
10 February 2016 — Coldtype COLDTYPE Issue 112 Mid-February 2016 – is now on line Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net GO TO HELL! Does political correctness trump free speech? John W. Whitehead says not, and explains why society needs to be more tolerant of hateful words and bullying. Other top stories include Continue reading
The New Dark Age 