Day: September 14, 2016

Cutting the Cords of Empire: The Spectacle of US Elections: Selected Articles

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14 September 2016 — Global Research

US-election-2016Cutting the Cords of Empire: The Spectacle of US Elections

By William Hawes, September 14 2016

“The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist.” -Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle It’s almost time for our quadrennial political distraction, masquerading as the US presidential election. As opposed to previous elections, this one feels quite different. Even with Obama/Romney in 2012, important, basic economic issues were discussed, health care reform was questioned, and foreign policy was given its due.

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BREAKING: The Link Tax is Officially on its Way

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14 September 2016 — OpenMedia

It’s official.

The EU Commission has officially released some of the worst copyright laws in the world, including unprecedented new Link Tax powers for publishing giants.1, 2

Earlier today, the Commission presented these new rules to the world. Over the past few weeks, leaks suggested the rules were worse than originally feared,3 and today’s announcement proved it. We have to stop this now.

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Statewatch News Online, 14 September 2016 (16/16)

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13 September 2016 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org

You can also access as a pdf  file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/sep/e-mail-gen-14-sep.pdf
 
NEWS
 
1.   ECRE-AIDA: Report: Admissibility, responsibility and safety in European asylum procedures
2.   UK: Downing Street ‘used police and courts to smear Orgreave miners’
3.   European Parliament: Implementation of Lisbon Treaty – Improving Functioning of Foreign Affairs
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False Flag Terror Has Consistently Succeeded To Compel War: Selected Articles

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14 September 2016 — Global Research

False Flag Terror “Has Succeeded Consistently Against Audiences Around The World, For Millennia, To Compel War”

By Washington’s Blog, September 13 2016

Presidents, Prime Ministers, Congressmen, Generals, Spooks, Soldiers and Police ADMIT to False Flag Terror In the following instances, officials in the government which carried out the attack (or seriously proposed an attack) admit to it, either orally, in writing, or through photographs or videos.

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