August 2016
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US-NATO-Turkey Invasion of Northern Syria: CIA “Failed” Turkey Coup Lays Groundwork for Broader Middle East War? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
29 August 2016 — Global Research In mid-July, President Erdogan pointed his finger at the CIA, accusing US intelligence of having supported a failed coup directed against his government. Turkish officials pointed to a deterioration of US-Turkey relations following Washington’s refusal to extradite Fethullah Gülen, the alleged architect of the failed coup. Continue reading
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EU Commission: Yes, we will create new ancillary copyright for news publishers, but please stop calling it a “link tax”
Well that was quick: just two days after Commissioner Ansip delivered a non-denial denial that “this Commission does not have any plans to tax hyperlinks” Statewatch published a draft of the Commission’s own Impact assessment on the modernisation of EU copyright rules which clearly states that the Commission will indeed propose the introduction of an… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 August 2016 (15/16)
30 August 2016 — Statewatch.org/ office@statewatch.org You can also access as a pdf file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/aug/e-mail-gen-30-aug.pdf NEWS 1. EU Commission: Copyright reform proposals: Leaked internal Impact Assessment (IA) 2. Statewatch Analysis: The visible hand: The EU’s Security Industrial Policy 3. Refugees: New routes to reach Spain lead to more deaths at sea 4. EU: Common list Continue reading
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CIA “Failed” Turkey Coup Lays Groundwork for Broader Middle East War? Selected Articles
29 August 2016 — Global Research US-NATO-Turkey Invasion of Northern Syria: CIA “Failed” Turkey Coup Lays Groundwork for Broader Middle East War? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 29 2016 In mid-July, President Erdogan pointed his finger at the CIA, accusing US intelligence of having supported a failed coup directed against his government. Turkish officials pointed to Continue reading
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The (not so) Secret Tory Plans to Gut the NHS Exposed
BREAKING: our people-powered investigation has uncovered Jeremy Hunt’s secret plans for our NHS. [1] So far, these plans – drawn up for every single area across England – have been kept under wraps. That changes today. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for August 25, 2016: Clintonite "Conspiracy Theories", Clinton & Colin Powell War Criminals, Katrina & Other Catastrophes
25 August 2016 — Black Agenda Report Clintonite Conspiracy Theories Hillary Clinton’s agents warn darkly of “conspiracy theories” that might trip up her presidential bid. What they really fear is the release of more damaging facts in the next round of Wikileaks documents. Therefore, the Clintonites are attempting to “poison the well of public discussion,” Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Propagandising For War’ – Gareth Porter Responds To The BBC Today Programme On Syria
It could hardly be more obvious that BBC news reports, comment pieces and discussions are overwhelmingly hostile to US-UK government enemies like Russia, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea and Syria, and overwhelmingly favourable to the United States and Israel. It has long been clear to us that BBC journalists perceive this, not as bias, but as… Continue reading
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Lied to over Link Tax
Documents leaked this morning1 prove that the EU Commission misled the public earlier this week when it tweeted, “The @EU_Commission does not have any plans to tax hyperlinks.” You were lied to. We were lied to. The public was lied to. Continue reading
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Turkey Crosses into Syria: Unipolar Conspiracy or Multipolar Coordination? By Andrew Korybko
turkey-syria-akp-buffer-zone-map2 It’s very fashionable nowadays for people to criticize the Kremlin for incompetency, and its recent history of controversial decisions coupled with the suspected liberal fifth-and-six-column infiltration of key national institutions gives plenty of ground for this, but sometimes people jump the gun, such as when accusing Russia of being ‘duped’ by Turkey. Continue reading
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Stoking Russia Panic for Partisan Gain Will Have a Long-Term Price for Peace By Adam Johnson
According to leading pro-Democratic media, the US cannot possibly work with Russia; they are fundamentally adversarial. This type of macho posturing, previously the domain of Fox News, has become increasingly commonplace as the Clinton camp drives home the talking point that Trump is a Kremlin agent. Continue reading
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Link Tax: Old Wine now in New Bottle
This is unreal. Yesterday, we asked you to tell the EU Commission to abandon plans for the link tax by sharing hard-hitting social media images. Thanks to you, later the same day, the EU Commission responded to our campaign on Twitter, saying “The @EU_Commission does not have any plans to tax hyperlinks.” But here’s the… Continue reading
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Aleppo Boy’s Photographer: Ally of US-Supported Terrorists. Elaborately staged Hoax? By Stephen Lendman
New information on the Aleppo Boy story at the very least gives it the appearance of being an elaborately staged hoax. Continue reading
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Provoking Nuclear War by Media: Selected Articles
23 August 2016 — Global Research Provoking Nuclear War by Media By John Pilger, August 23 2016 The exoneration of a man accused of the worst of crimes, genocide, made no headlines. Neither the BBC nor CNN covered it. The Guardian allowed a brief commentary. Such a rare official admission was buried or suppressed, understandably. It would explain Continue reading
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Last Chance to Kill the Link Tax!
The EU Commission are wavering on whether or not to keep going with the link tax. They’ve heard you and thousands of Internet users speak out, and now they have the final decision to make as they write the law -– link tax law, yay or nay? We need you to stop it before it… Continue reading
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Statewatch analysis: The visible hand: The EU’s Security Industrial Policy
The EU’s initiatives in security are wide-ranging, but they frequently dovetail with the interests of major security and defence companies: tools for mass data-gathering and predictive analytics, continent-wide surveillance systems and databases, the increasing use of biometrics in all walks of life, and the closer integration of public authorities and private industry. Continue reading
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US Hawks Advance a War Agenda in Syria By Daniel Lazare
The U.S. government, having illegally sent American troops into Syria, is now threatening to attack the Syrian military if it endangers those troops, an Orwellian twist that marks a dangerous escalation, explains Daniel Lazare. Continue reading
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Video: Syria – Who Are The White Helmets?
22 August 2016 — ICH Writer Vanessa Beeley put together this video to expose the White Helmets. Continue reading
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Climate justice and the prospect of power By John Riddell
Climate justice activists have not yet found a path to transformational change. That can only emerge from the experiences of all working people here and worldwide, present and past. Continue reading
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Photographer Of Viral ‘Boy in the Ambulance’ Image Has Skeletons in his Own Closet By Brad Hoff
The man behind the viral ‘boy in the ambulance’ image has brutal skeletons in his own closet [IMAGES] The photojournalist behind the viral images of ‘the boy in the ambulance‘, which continue to make headlines around the world, has been identified by the Associated Press (AP) as Mahmoud Raslan (also spelled Rslan). His photo of… Continue reading
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