August 2017
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2017
23 August 2017 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Stop The Arms Fair – Disarm DSEI INSTORE EVENTS 2. ‘Revenge of the Spoken – Gordon Lish in a Little Island Hotel’ with David Winters, David Hayden, Claire-Louise Bennett and Will Eaves 3. ‘Is Monogamy Dead?’ with Rosie Wilby 4. ‘Shy Radicals: The Antisystemic Politics Of The Continue reading
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EU Nixes Bayer/Monsanto Merger
Great news: The European Commission just announced they won’t greenlight the Bayer Monsanto merger. Continue reading
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Extended US Military Occupation in Afghanistan – For What? Selected Articles
22 August 2017 — Global Research The Spoils of War: Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 22, 2017 Afghanistan produces over 90 percent of the opium which feeds the heroin market. In turn, the US is now sending more troops to Afghanistan. Lest we forget, the surge in opium production occurred in the Continue reading
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Updated Articles on Afghanistan from Global Research
22 August 2017 — Global Research The Spoils of War: Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin TradeBy Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 22, 2017 “The War is Worth Waging”: Afghanistan’s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural GasBy Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 22, 2017 Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) Centre de recherche sur la mondialisation (CRM) Montreal, Qc. CANADA Continue reading
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Understanding North Korea By Dr. Robert Rennebohm
21 August 2017 — Global Research Taking a History and Testing Hypotheses When there is conflict between two parties, it is best if each party tries to understand and think from the other’s point of view, as opposed to thinking only from their own point of view and perpetuating misconceptions regarding the other’s view. When a Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 21 August 2017
21 August 2017 — Information Clearing House Neocons Pushing USA And The Rest Of The World Towards A Dangerous Crisis By The Saker Trump will be removed from office, either for “high crimes and misdemeanors” or for “medical reasons”. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47649.htm Continue reading
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Towards Syria’s Revival? Selected Articles
20 August 2017 — Global Research In Syria, we have heard of significant progress following the ceasefire agreement with the warring parties. Syrian refugees successively returned to their abandoned homes to renew their economic activities. Damascus held its first modern trade fair after several years dating back to 1954. The Syrian Army was able to recover Continue reading
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South Korea: There Will Be No War on the Korean Peninsula
18 August 2017 — Global Research The CIA Torture Case: On Eve of the Trial, Psychologists Agree to Settlement in ACLU Case on Behalf of Three Torture Victims By American Civil Liberties Union, August 18, 2017 A jury trial was scheduled to begin on September 5, after the plaintiffs successfully overcame every attempt by the psychologists to have the Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 18 August 2017
18 August 2017 — Information Clearing House US Forces To Occupy Syria For Decades To Come By Andrew Illingworth Western powers (led by US) pursue a policy aimed at preventing government forces from restoring sovereignty in the country’s northern regions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47638.htm Continue reading
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The 2014 Ukraine Coup Was as Much About China as Russia. Eurasian Trade and the New Silk Road By Adam Garrie
17 August 2017 — Global Research The events which led to the 2014 coup in Ukraine are generally blamed on anti-Russia actors, including the United States and EU. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was recently in the EU where he said the following, “The largely-provoked-from-the-outside Ukrainian crisis has become the direct consequence of such short-sighted policy of Washington and Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 17 August 2017
17 August 2017 — Information Clearing House Americans Are Rapidly Descending Into Madness Must Read – By Mike Krieger Life should be seen as a battle against one’s own ignorance, as opposed to an obsession with the ignorance of others. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47630.htm Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 17 August 2017
17 August 2017 — Black Agenda Report Trump and America’s Fascist Forefathers – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor “If you rightly condemn Washington and Jefferson as loathsome oppressors of humanity, you are then obligated to purge the nation and world of the poisoned fruit of their racist perversion.” Continue reading
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Video: How the World May End – John Pilger on Venezuela, Trump & Russia
12 August 2017 — Youtube Must Watch! In this season’s finale, we speak to John Pilger about the mainstream media pushing for a coup in Venezuela, the Labour Party’s division on #CorbynMustCondemn, UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia and US-Russia relations. Continue reading
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Information tribunal dismisses Drone Wars appeal over British drone secrecy By Chris Cole
An information tribunal has upheld the MoD’s decision to refuse to release the number of British armed drones deployed against ISIS and their location, despite such information being released by the UK about its ‘manned’ aircraft. Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 16 August 2017
16 August 2017 — Information Clearing House America’s Policy of Nuclear Annihilation Is the Problem By Finian Cunningham The American ruling class has no compunction about committing the supreme crime of genocide. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47621.htm Continue reading
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Media: Centrist Pundits Paved Way for Trump’s ‘Alt-Left’ False Equivalence
President Donald Trump sparked outrage Tuesday afternoon after he equated Nazis and counter-protesters in Charlottesville. To do so, he referred to the anti-racist activists as the “alt-left,” with the implication that they were the equivalent of the “alt-right,” two sides to the same coin, showing there was, in his words, evil “on both sides.” Continue reading
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Anarchy in Charlottesville, Where Is the President? Selected Articles
16 August 2017 — Global Research Why Were the Police Held Back in Charlottesville? By Scott Greer, August 16, 2017 When police were ordered to disperse the alt-right rally, that act directed the white nationalists into the antifa demonstrators, leading to further street brawls. Police didn’t seem to try to get in between the two groups or Continue reading
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Real Media: 'This is all a lie' – William Hawk Birdshead at the British Museum
This film records the reactions of William Hawk Birdshead, a DAPL water protector from the Oglala Nakota tribe, as he visits the JP Morgan Chase-sponsored North American gallery at the British Museum Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 15 August 2017
15 August 2017 — Information Clearing House 600,000 Syrians Returned Home Between January And July: IOM By teleSUR & Caitlin Johnstone Why Are Syrian Refugees Running Back To This Evil Dictator Who Likes To Kill Them?. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47607.htm Continue reading
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Monsanto Shill Fired by Forbes By Dr. Mercola
A common corporate tactic, well-honed by the tobacco industry, is to use “third-party experts” to bring the industry’s message to the public under the cloak of independent opinion or expertise. The idea is that academic types are far more credible than industry employees when it comes to defending the industry’s position. Over the years, I’ve… Continue reading
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