October 2017
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Pambazuka News 842 20 October 2017: Kenya on the brink
20 October 2017 — Pambazuka News Contents 1. Features http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1 2. Announcements http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3 Features Step back from the brink https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/step-back-brink *An open letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Rt. Hon Raila Odinga* ICJ-Kenya https://www.pambazuka.org/author/icj-kenya The ruling Jubilee coalition insists repeat presidential elections must go on next Thursday. The opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) has called Continue reading
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North Korea and the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons By Carla Stea
For decades North Korea has appealed to the UN Security Council on an Emergency Basis to consider the menace to which they are chronically subjected by these military drills conducted by the US, which murdered more than 3,000,000 Koreans during 1950-1953. And for decades North Korea’s desperate plea has been ignored by a US dominated… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 19 October 2017
19 October 2017 — Black Agenda Report Democrats Deploy the #BlackLivesMatter Brand for 2018 Campaign — The Electoral Justice Project by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon #BlackLivesMatter claims to be “a global inspriing movement for black liberation.” It’s a brand with lavish corporate funding to put the movement stank on neoliberal black Democrats running Continue reading
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No, US Didn’t ‘Stand By’ Indonesian Genocide—It Actively Participated
“Standing by,” however, is not what the United States did during the Indonesian genocide of 1965–66; rather, it actively supported the massacres, which were applauded at the time by the New York Times. Continue reading
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No, US Didn't 'Stand By' Indonesian Genocide—It Actively Participated
“Standing by,” however, is not what the United States did during the Indonesian genocide of 1965–66; rather, it actively supported the massacres, which were applauded at the time by the New York Times. Continue reading
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The Iran Dilemma – The Tyrant Has Spoken By Peter Koenig
This Nuclear Deal was an agreement reached after 9 years of meticulous, often perilous and at times for Iran demeaning and offending negotiations. But Iran endured, because Iran’s negotiators, notably the Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, knew what they were talking about, namely that Iran had never any plans to develop nuclear weapons, but using the… Continue reading
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Iran Doesn’t Have a Nuclear Weapons Program. Why Do Media Keep Saying It Does? By Adam Johnson
When it comes to Iran, do basic facts matter? Evidently not, since dozens and dozens of journalists keep casually reporting that Iran has a “nuclear weapons program” when it does not—a problem FAIR has reported on over the years (e.g., 9/9/15). Let’s take a look at some of the outlets spreading this falsehood in just… Continue reading
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Time for a Vigilant Celebration in Venezuela By Nino Pagliccia
In one day, on October 15, Venezuela has achieved several outstanding landmarks in our region at a time when we face dangerous world conflicts and unrest. By carrying out fair elections for governors of the 23 states, Venezuela has shown that people value the opportunity to participate in decision-making even under hard circumstances. Continue reading
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U.S. Embassy Tracked Indonesia Mass Murder 1965
The U.S. government had detailed knowledge that the Indonesian Army was conducting a campaign of mass murder against the country’s Communist Party (PKI) starting in 1965, according to newly declassified documents posted today by the National Security Archive at The George Washington University. The new materials further show that diplomats in the Jakarta Embassy kept… Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis at 55: U.S. Planned for Military Occupation of Cuba
The U.S. military drew up plans to occupy Cuba and establish a temporary government headed by a U.S. “commander and military governor” during the 1962 missile crisis, according to the recently declassified “Military Government Proclamation No. 1” posted today by the National Security Archive at The George Washington University. Continue reading
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Video: Real Media: The Value of Data
Tom Fisher of Privacy International talks to Real Media about why and how companies are able to exploit users’ personal data (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 147 Mid-October 2017 – is now on line
16 October 2017 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Video: Venezuelan Regional Election: Opposition Claims Fraud in Areas They Won
16 October 2017 — TRNN The Governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 17 out of 23 governor races in Sunday’s regional vote, prompting the opposition to claim fraud once again, without evidence. Lucas Koerner of Venezuelanlaysis.com analyzes the situation (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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US-DPRK Relations: The Calm Before the Storm? Selected Articles
14 October 2017 — Global Research North Korea and Trump’s “Reality Free Zone”: Tweeting About Armageddon By Felicity Arbuthnot, October 14, 2017 When US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, stated of North Korea (4th September 2017): “When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an ICBM pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your Continue reading
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How Ukraine Turned into An Arms Dealer – Supplying Weapons to Al Qaeda and ISIS-Daesh By Sophie Mangal
The U.S. DOD, through U.S. SOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, as well as Picatinny Arsenal, American military research, and manufacturing facility located in Dover, New Jersey, acquired arms in some Eastern European countries including Ukraine for their further sending to Syria. The procurement volume has already exceeded $700 billion. Continue reading
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The FBI Targets Black “Ideology” By Glen Ford
The FBI has apparently chosen a new heading under which to lump Black Americans targeted for political persecution: “Black Identity Extremists.” There’s a simple explanation for the new categorization. The FBI is a bureaucracy whose day-to-day work involves drawing up lists of people and organizations to be surveilled, disrupted and prosecuted. The dramatic increase in… Continue reading
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Soundies: Black Music from the 1940s
13 October 2017 — Youtube A compilation of Black American music including Fats Waller. Wonderful stuff! Continue reading
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Liam Fox’s Secret Deals: Sign the Petition
Post-brexit trade deals promise to be even worse than TTIP threatened to be, with the government free to strike secret mega-deals that give corporations what they want. Under current rules, Theresa May’s government has almost unchecked powers to negotiate trade agreements. Incredibly, even MPs are not guaranteed to have a say, let alone you and… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 12 October 2017: Cointelpro Returns (under a new name)
12 October 2017 — Black Agenda Report The FBI Targets Black “Ideology” by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The FBI has apparently chosen a new heading under which to lump Black Americans targeted for political persecution: “Black Identity Extremists.” There’s a simple explanation for the new categorization. The FBI is a bureaucracy whose day-to-day work Continue reading
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The lawfulness of the drone strike against Sally Jones
As a researcher whose work for the last three and a bit years has been on the lawfulness of drone strikes, the question of whether this strike was lawful or not immediately came to mind. Jones was viewed as a member of ISIS and generally the media has uncritically reported her death, implying an assumption… Continue reading
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