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Fighting ‘Terrorism’ or Repressing Democracy? Britain’s System of Mass Surveillance By Dr. Paul Anderson
The focus of critiques of authoritarianism today lies increasingly in the use by liberal governments of ‘exceptional’ powers. These are powers in which an imminent threat to national security is judged to be of such importance as to warrant the restriction of liberties and other socially repressive measures in order to protect national security. ‘Terrorism’… Continue reading
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Video: Israel’s Deadly ‘Monopoly of Force’ in Gaza By grtv
Eric Draitser, a geopolitical analyst for Stop Imperialism.com, thinks Israel’s actions are disproportionate, and the violence will spill over beyond Gaza’s borders. He sees the attack as fitting in with the pre-election campaign to influence Israel’s general election. Continue reading
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Video: Israel's Deadly 'Monopoly of Force' in Gaza By grtv
Eric Draitser, a geopolitical analyst for Stop Imperialism.com, thinks Israel’s actions are disproportionate, and the violence will spill over beyond Gaza’s borders. He sees the attack as fitting in with the pre-election campaign to influence Israel’s general election. Continue reading
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“Sandy”: Obama’s “Good Storm” By Felicity Arbuthnot
Cathy Breen from Voices for Non Violence was late to hear of Hurricane Sandy and of its impact on the Manhatten community where she lives. She was in Najav, in southern Iraq, where, as the rest of the country, the electricity is intermittent to non-existent, nearly ten years after the invasion which wrought its final… Continue reading
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The Role of Anti-Establishment “Conspiracy Theories” By Colin Todhunter
In recent years, populist explanations for world events have become common and often taken the form of anti-establishment conspiracy theories. The contradiction between how people believe the world should be, according to the mainstream propaganda pertaining to liberty and democracy, and how it is in this time of crisis leads people to search for easily… Continue reading
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Global Research Week in Review 11 November 2012: Clinton’s “Democracy” and NATO’s Wars
11 November 2012 — Global Research News Will the Democrats Tax the Rich to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff?, Shamus Cooke, November 11, 2012 Continue reading
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US Dumps Syrian National Council (SNC), Focus Exclusively on Arming “Al Qaeda in Syria” By Tony Cartalucci
Extremists have constituted the so-called “opposition” from the very beginning, by design, with explicit US, NATO, Saudi and Qatari funding, weapons, and support. Continue reading
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Money Laundering and Offshore Fraud for the Rich, Economic Austerity for the Poor By Julie Lévesque
Drug cartels, fraud, tax evasion and money laundering are common answers to those questions. Despite this reality and even in this era of fiscal austerity, the question world leaders avoid is: why is secret banking still allowed? Are they capable of putting a term to it but unwilling to do it because of the benefits… Continue reading
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Has the Election already been Stolen for Romney/Ryan? By Larry Chin
For at least the past four decades, the American election process has been controlled by corporations and agents connected to the Republican Party. This year’s “contest” is no different. Continue reading
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Imperialism In The X-Factor Age By Colin Todhunter
In Vietnam, Agent Orange was dropped by the US to poison a foreign population. In Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, depleted uranium was used. In Western countries, things are a bit more complicated because various states have tended to avoid using direct forms of physical violence to quell their own populations (unless you belong to… Continue reading
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Week in Review: America’s War Criminals, Shady Presidential Elections By Global Research
28 October, 2012 — Global Research Syria: US-NATO Sponsored Rebels break the Cease Fire, Global Research News, October 26, 2012 Continue reading
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Australia’s Uranium Bonanza: Making the World a More Dangerous Place By John Pilger
Australia has 40% of the world’s uranium, all of it on indigenous land. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has just been to India to sell uranium to a government that refuses to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and whose enemy, Pakistan, is also a non-signatory. The threat of nuclear war between them is constant.… Continue reading
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Who Will Win the Elections? “The Republicrats” By Julie Lévesque
Republicans and Democrats agree on core issues and only argue on technicalities. Obama, who was portrayed as a peaceful saviour in the last presidential elections, has demonstrated during his four years in office that he is not much different from his predecessor. Continue reading
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“October Surprise”: The Nobel Peace Committee’s “Collective Insanity” By Felicity Arbuthnot
The Former US Secretary of State was awarded his Nobel for “negotiating the Vietnam Peace Accords.” In fact he had been involved in oversight of the secret bombing of Laos and Cambodia (both neutral countries.) In nine years more than two hundred and sixty million bombs were dropped. He had also supported the murderous regimes… Continue reading
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GR Week in Review: The Nobel “Peace” Prize and the Truth About War By Global Research
19 October, 2012 — Global Research Predatory Capitalism: Stealing Wealth, Stealing Food: The Battle for the Corporate Control of India, Colin Todhunter, October 19, 2012 Continue reading
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Venezuela’s Victory Over Wall Street By Tony Cartalucci
Venezuela has provided the world with a successful model to counter the subversive methods of Wall Street and London in their bid to overthrow yet another nation-state to be rolled into their global collective. However, many have noted that President Hugo Chavez is a flawed leader, with flawed policies – many of which run contra… Continue reading
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Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
While combating the challenges that economic sanctions represent is an arduous task for any government, it is important to recognize that these sanctions are not aimed against Iran’s government, but at its poor and merchant population. Continue reading
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Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
While combating the challenges that economic sanctions represent is an arduous task for any government, it is important to recognize that these sanctions are not aimed against Iran’s government, but at its poor and merchant population. Continue reading
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Western Propagandists Attempt to Trigger Catastrophic Turkish-Syrian War By Tony Cartalucci
For people on both sides of the border, it would be wise to unite against the self-serving, destructive Western policies that endanger not only Syria, but Turkey as well. Like Iraq in the 1980?s, when President Saddam Hussein was encouraged to begin the destructive 8 year failed invasion of Iran, costing over a million lives… Continue reading
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