Europe
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Ukraine and America’s “Global War on Terrorism”. Is US-NATO Applying the “Syria Model” in Ukraine? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Neo-Nazi mobs in Odessa were involved, with the support of the Kiev regime, in a terrorist operation geared towards the killing of innocent civilians. There was nothing spontaneous or accidental in this diabolical and criminal undertaking which consisted in the mass murder of federalist activists inside the House of Trade Unions. The building was set… Continue reading
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Event: People’s Europe versus Corporate Europe: What should the Left be demanding of Europe?
From the proposed TTIP trade deal, to fracking and the privatisation of our NHS, the EU too often operates in the corporate interest. Across Europe we are faced with the choice of neoliberal technocrats or far-right nationalists. Event Tuesday, 20 May 2014, House Of Commons Continue reading
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The fraud of the official campaign against the United Kingdom Independence Party By Jordan Shilton
The latest poll results indicate that the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) could challenge for first place in European elections due later this month. Supposedly to counter this danger, a cross-party campaign has been launched involving the three major parties, Labour and the governing Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 6 May 2014: GCHQ is authorised to “spy on the world” but the UK Interception of Communications Commissioner says this is OK as it is “lawful”
6 May 2014 — Statewatch • E-mail: office@statewatch.org DONATE: http://www.statewatch.org/ordering/donate.html NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/1. UK: Statewatch analysis: GCHQ is authorised to “spy on the world” but the UK Interception of Communications Commissioner says this is OK as it is “lawful”2. EU: More from the Draft Impact Assessment on the “modernisation of the EU copyright acquis”3. UK: New acoustic weapon for police to undergo Continue reading
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Boris Kagarlitsky on eastern Ukraine: The logic of a revolt
Russian bureaucrats have been honestly surprised at the reaction by the official West—they did not expect such anger or unanimous condemnation. European politicians are beside themselves with fury. The mainstream press is relating appalling stories to its readers of Russian aggression against Ukraine. The television shows interviews with Kiev ministers and deputies who tearfully implore… Continue reading
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Captured Soldiers Not OSCE Observers As Claimed: Schneider A Soldier From German Defense Forces By Christof Lehmann
The eight captured men in the Ukrainian city Slaviansk are not OSCE observers, affirmed OSCE official Claus Neukirch. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Monday, to discuss Moscow’s possibilities to intervene on behalf of the 4 German, 1 Danish, 1 Polish, 1 Czech and 1 Swedish soldiers who… Continue reading
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UK Government Ignores Scotland’s Opposition to GM Crops in EU
UK environment secretary Owen Paterson’s has failed to represent Scotland after admitting breaching an agreement to make Scotland’s opposition to genetically modified (GM) crops clear to European ministers. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 25 April 2014 (06/14): UK: So who exactly IS now classified as a ‘Domestic Extremist’?
25 April 2014 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS http://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1. USA: No-fly list used by FBI to coerce Muslims into informing 2. EU: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS): European Terrorist Finance Tracking System (TFTS) 3. UK: So who exactly IS now classified as a ‘Domestic Extremist’? Continue reading
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Polish Foreign Minister claims US troops to be deployed in Poland – USA to ‘Re-Pivot’ to Europe
In an extraordinary indication of the grand geopolitical game that the USA/EU/NATO bloc is playing in Eastern Europe, the Washington Post has revealed that next week the US government will announce the deployment of US ground forces to Poland as part of an expansion of NATO military capabilities in Eastern Europe. The Post claims that… Continue reading
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Ukraine Crisis: The Geneva Agreement changes nothing
On Wednesday night the crisis in the Ukraine became deadly, with 3 anti-coup rebels killed by National Guards in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol. The next day, in Geneva, the USA, Russia, EU and Ukraine reached an ‘agreement’ after just a few hours of negotiations. Continue reading
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It’s Not Russia That Is Destabilizing Ukraine By Sergei Lavrov
The profound and pervasive crisis in Ukraine is a matter of grave concern for Russia. We understand perfectly well the position of a country which became independent just over 20 years ago and still faces complex tasks in constructing a sovereign state. Continue reading
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Global Research Ukraine Report March 11-24 2014
5 April 2014 — Global Research Regime Change in Ukraine and the IMF’s Bitter “Economic Medicine” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 24, 2014 In practice, the IMF does not wield “sound economic governance” nor does it protect the vulnerable. It impoverishes entire populations, while providing “prosperity” to a small corrupt and subservient political and economic elite. Continue reading
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Fraternal Genocide in Ukraine: U.S. Instigating Yugoslav Scenario
The US effort to turn Ukraine into a forward area for positioning NATO bases is paving the way for fraternal genocide and ethnic cleansing in the former Soviet state, repeating the Yugoslav scenario, Aijaz Ahmad, a famous Indian philosopher and political expert said in an article in a leading Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. Continue reading
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Ukrainian crisis: Eight strategic recommendations BY GEAB
This crisis is well and truly a test of national leaders’ ability to grasp the tools of independence, power and peace that their fathers (the generations of politicians which ruled right until the end of the 80s basically) have put at their disposal, this united and institutionalized Europe which only remains to be put under… Continue reading
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Sanctions on Russia’s Energy Sector: Shale Gas ‘Fracking’ Will Invade Europe? By Timothy Alexander Guzman
Fracking will be “good for our country,” was a statement made by British Prime Minister David Cameron at a recent Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague according to the UK based news agency The Guardian. Cameron believes that the fracking industry will have the public’s support since reliance on Russia’s energy sources will be halted… Continue reading
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Statewatch 27 March 2014: Two new Analyses exposing secrecy in the EU
– The Commission has failed to implement the Lisbon Treaty to ensure that all legislative documents are made public as they are produced – this means that 60% of Council documents relating to legislative decision-making are made public after “the final adoption” of measures Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 24 March 2014 (05/14): Borders, deaths and resistance
24 March 2014 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWShttp://www.statewatch.org/news/ 1. STATEWATCH: New issue of Journal: Borders, deaths and resistance2. EU: European Parliament: Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence3. FINLAND: SMART BORDERS4. UK: Jimmy Mubenga: G4S guards face plane death charges Continue reading
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The Ukraine Crisis and Vladimir Putin: A New Financial System Free from Wall Street and the City of London? By Umberto Pascali
It is Putin, the first leader who resisted and defeated the strategy of world domination, who is enjoying the enthusiastic support of his people and the growing admiration of the world. The well financed media and politicians do not want to hear this, but this is the reality. Without exaggeration, one can compare this resistance… Continue reading
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Ukraine and the “Americanization of the European Project”: Towards a New Iron Curtain To Fall on the EU?
When, in November 2013, Russia asked the EU for tripartite negotiations on the Ukraine’s free trade agreements with its two neighbours in order to find areas of common ground for all parties directly concerned (1), what was at stake was stability, integrity and independence for the Ukraine and that it should remain as the natural… Continue reading
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Ukraine: Why did Europe choose the chaff over the wheat? By Patrick L Young
Engagement in Ukraine by the European Parliament has been clearly apparent in recent years. Alas the transcripts provide an unfortunate reminder that the size of the EU apparatus has ultimately fed an incompetent blob as opposed to producing rational decisions. An obsession with expansion at all costs of the EU sphere of influence has dominated… Continue reading
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