December 2016
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“Stop Arming Terrorists Act”, India’s Demonetization Blitzkrieg, US Counter-Propaganda Bill
12 December 2016 — Global Research Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” By Stephen Lendman, December 11 2016 Gabbard’s legislation requires the Director of National Intelligence to identify nations, groups and individuals involved in terrorist activities or supporting them. She endorses ending US interventionist practices against nations like Syria threatening no one. Her measure is a Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 130 Mid-December 2016 – is now on line
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ICH news Headlines 12 December 2016
12 December 2016 — Information Clearing House Game Over for the US in Syria By Danielle Ryan Barack Obama’s White House is in damage control mode – but it’s about time they admit it’s game over. Continue reading
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The Case Against Sugar — New Book Reveals the Details of How the World Got Addicted to Sugar
In his book, Taubes makes a strong argument that excess sugar is the foundational cause of diabetes, obesity and most chronic degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Continue reading
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Constitutional Crisis, Movement to Undermine President-elect Donald Trump’s Accession to the White House? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global capitalism is by no means monolithic. What is at stake are fundamental rivalries within the US establishment marked by the clash between competing corporate factions, each of which is intent upon exerting control over the incoming US presidency. In this regard, Trump is not entirely in the pocket of the lobby groups. As a… Continue reading
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ICH News Headlines 9 December 2016
9 December 2016 — ICH UK Govt-Funded Propaganda for Syrian Rebels By Rania Khalek Emails reveal that a popular source for mainstream Western media is a U.K.-backed propaganda outlet. Continue reading
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Book: ‘Officious – the rise of the busybody state
Officious – Rise of the Busybody State starts with people’s everyday encounter with busybodies in public spaces – then analyses the logic of the busybody state, explains its origins, and calls for a popular alliance defending the free realm of civil society. Continue reading
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The NHS Opt-out is worthless!
Over 1.2 million people, just like you, opted out of their hospital records being sold. The opt out has begun to work, but NHS confirms hospital records are still being sold. Continue reading
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The Vela Incident: South Atlantic Mystery Flash in September 1979 Raised Questions about Nuclear Test
A CIA-sponsored panel of well-respected scientists concluded that a mysterious flash detected by a U.S. Vela satellite over the South Atlantic on the night of 22 September 1979 was likely a nuclear test, according to a contemporaneous report published today for the first time by the National Security Archive and the Nuclear Proliferation International History… Continue reading
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Global Research Selected Articles 9 December 2016
9 December 2016 — Global Research America-China Relations. Donald Trump Does Not Understand China By Tom Clifford, December 09 2016 Trump is playing to his supporters who feel comfortable in blaming China for America’s ills. His nod to protectionism – and threats of high tariffs on Chinese goods – is seen by Beijing as endangering the Continue reading
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ICH News Headlines 8 December 2016
8 December 2016 — ICH Rolling Back the Empire By Mike Whitney Washington’s Proxy-Army Faces Decisive Defeat in Aleppo. Continue reading
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Lethal War Propaganda, Total Surveillance UK, Cashless EU, Ontario Attacks BDS: selected Articles
8 December 2016 — Global Research How War Propaganda Keeps on Killing By Robert Parry, December 08 2016 A key reason why American foreign debacles have been particularly destructive mostly to the countries attacked but also to the United States is that these interventions are always accompanied by major U.S. government investments in propaganda. So, even when Continue reading
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Rather Than Exposing Propaganda, WaPo Shows How It’s Done
In short order, the DNC and the Obama administration-led intelligence establishment began claiming, with no hard evidence, that the source of WikiLeaks’ explosive emails was “the Russians.” While denied by WikiLeaks, it was a charge that Clinton made ad nauseum on the campaign trail and in her three televised debates with Trump, using it as… Continue reading
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Trump: Radical Militarization, Arctic Policy, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Selected Articles
7 December 2016 — Global Research Trump Cabinet Selections: Radical Militarization, A Country to be Governed by Generals and Billionaires By Eric Sommer, December 07 2016 The incoming Trump administration is placing unprecedented political power in the U.S. state in the hands of military generals. The U.S. constitution enacted in 1789 – the basic law of Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for December 8, 2016: More on the Stein Recount, Capitalist Propaganda IS Fake News, Black Fear in the Age of Trump
8 December 2016 — Black Agenda Report Are Jill Stein and the Green Party Being Played By Democrats? Will the Recount Split the Green Party? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Are Jill Stein and the Greens carrying sludge for Democrats? Doesn’t the failure to seek recounts in any state Hillary won prove she Continue reading
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ICH News Headlines 7 December 2016
7 December 2016 — ICH The Current Phase of Conflict in Syria By Giancarlo Elia Valori The Al Nusra Front, namely the “Syrian section” of Al Qaeda, has now been ousted from the Southern districts of Aleppo. Continue reading
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The Next Frontier: Trump and Space Weapons By Karl Grossman
It is highly likely that the Trump administration will move to have the U.S. deploy weapons in space. If this happens, it will be profoundly destabilizing, setting off an arms race and, also likely, leading to war in space. Continue reading
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Media: ‘Castro Was a Living Reminder of the Limits of American Power’
Janine Jackson: Fidel Castro, who died November 25 at age 90, will be remembered as someone whose work changed, not just Cuba, but the wider world. With US media ringing with denunciation—with some left over to denunciate those who aren’t denunciating enough—there’s little oxygen left for discussion of that work, and what it meant and… Continue reading
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Media: Naureckas: Trump Son-in-Law’s Paper Outlines ‘a Complete Crackdown on Dissent’
Trump’s son-in-law’s paper calls for “a thorough probe of the protests—to include possible ties to organizations demanding vote recounts”—that “continue to mar the presidential election’s aftermath.” Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books – Seasonal Gifts and a Roundup of 2016
7 December 2016 — Housmans SEASONAL GIFTS AND BOOK ROUND-UP OF 2016 A round-up of some books and diaries that you might be interested in at this time of the year! Includes our Top 10 Bestsellers of 2016…. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 