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Invasive Cyber Technologies and Internet Privacy: Big Brother is only a “Ping” or Mouse Click Away By Tom Burghardt
Increasingly, secret state agencies ranging from the CIA to the National Security Agency are pouring millions of dollars into data-mining firms which claim they have a handle on who you are or what you might do in the future. Continue reading
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Global Research: US Elections, Global Banking, Nuclear Weapons and Democracy – Selected Articles 1-12 October, 2010
12 October, 2010 — Global Research America´s Shadow Class War and the 2010 Elections. The Rich are Getting Richer. – by E.J. Dionne Jr. – 2010-10-12 Inside the Global Banking Intelligence Complex, BCCI Operations Part II – by David DeGraw – 2010-10-12 No International Justice for Congo. UN Coverup of War Crimes – by Ann Continue reading
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The Ecuadorian Coup: Its Larger Meaning By James Petras
The abortive military-police coup in Ecuador, which took place on September 30, has raised numerous questions about the role of the US and its allies among the traditional oligarchy and the leftist social movements, Indian organizations and their political parties. Continue reading
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Yemen: The Covert Apparatus of the American Empire By Andrew Gavin Marshall
Yemen is perhaps an excellent example of America being on the “wrong side of a world revolution,” as the secret war in Yemen being exacerbated in the name of “fighting al-Qaeda” is in actuality, about the expansion and supremacy of American power in the region. It is about the suppression of natural democratic, local, revolutionary… Continue reading
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Global Currency Wars and the Police State Selected Articles 4 October, 2010
4 October, 2010 — Global Research Crypto Wars! Obama Wants New Law to Wiretap the Internet – by Tom Burghardt – 2010-10-04 We’re In a Global Currency War … But What Does It Mean? – by Washington’s Blog – 2010-10-04 “We Demand Change in America”: The Real Significance of the One Nation Rally – by Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: The Facts About Ahmadinejad's UN Speech By Jack A. Smith
On Sept. 25, the Times published a correction: “A headline on Friday with an article about an incendiary speech in the United Nations General Assembly by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran summarized his remarks about the Sept. 11 terror attacks incorrectly. In his speech, Mr. Ahmadinejad asserted various theories about the origin of the attacks,… Continue reading
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Media Disinformation: The Facts About Ahmadinejad’s UN Speech By Jack A. Smith
On Sept. 25, the Times published a correction: “A headline on Friday with an article about an incendiary speech in the United Nations General Assembly by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran summarized his remarks about the Sept. 11 terror attacks incorrectly. In his speech, Mr. Ahmadinejad asserted various theories about the origin of the attacks,… Continue reading
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“Manufacturing Dissent”: the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites By Michel Chossudovsky
Under contemporary capitalism, the illusion of democracy must prevail. It is in the interest of the corporate elites to accept dissent and protest as a feature of the system inasmuch as they do not threaten the established social order. The purpose is not to repress dissent, but, on the contrary, to shape and mould the… Continue reading
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Iraq: The Age of Darkness By Dirk Adriaensens
In the immediate aftermath of the 2003 invasion, the triumphalist verdict of the mainstream media was that the war had been won; Iraq was assured of a benevolent, democratic future. The Times’s writer William Rees-Mogg hymned the victory: “April 9 2003 was Liberty Day for Iraq. (…) It was achieved by “the engine of global… Continue reading
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September Eleven: Hope or Hate? “Book burning is a special kind of savagery…” By Felicity Arbuthnot
Numerous commentators on the demented, hate filled ramblings of “Pastor” Terry Jones, who may or may not celebrate his 11th September by an evening of Qur’an burnings, have referred to the potential of Muslim retaliation across the globe. General Petraeus is concerned about backlash to US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Obama and Secretary… Continue reading
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9/11 ANALYSIS: 9/11 and America’s Secret Terror Campaign By Andrew Gavin Marshall
For several years prior to the events of 9/11, top American strategists had been acknowledging the necessity of what they oft-termed a “new Pearl Harbor”, a momentous attack upon America itself, in order to mobilize the American populace for a new global war of domination. Continue reading
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Bernanke’s “Nuclear Option”: “Monetary Shock and Awe”: The Fed Prepared to Launch Most Radical Intervention in History By Mike Whitney
This week, the markets were blindsided by two days of dismal housing news, grim durable goods orders, a slowdown in manufacturing, and modest gains in employment. 4 years later, and housing is still mired in a depression. When does it end? Households and consumers are buried under a mountain of debt; personal bankruptcies, delinquencies, defaults… Continue reading
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The Ecstasy of Empire: How Close Is America’s Demise? Without a revolution, Americans are history By Paul Craig Roberts
The last Bush budget deficit (2008) was in the $400-500 billion range, about the size of the Chinese, Japanese, and OPEC trade surpluses with the US. Traditionally, these trade surpluses have been recycled to the US and finance the federal budget deficit. In 2009 and 2010 the federal deficit jumped to $1,400 billion, a back-to-back… Continue reading
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U.S.-China Conflict: From War Of Words To Talk Of War Part I By Rick Rozoff
Relations between the U.S. and China have been steadily deteriorating since the beginning of the year when Washington confirmed the completion of a $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan and China suspended military-to-military ties with the U.S. in response. The Washington Post reported afterward that during a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing this… Continue reading
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Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds By Jacques R. Pauwels
Sixty-five years ago, Truman did not have to use the atomic bomb in order to force Japan to its knees, but he had reasons to want to use the bomb. The atom bomb enabled the Americans to force Tokyo to surrender unconditionally, to keep the Soviets out of the Far East and – last but… Continue reading
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Global Research Gulf Oil Spill Selected Articles 6 May – 15 June, 2010
14 June, 2010 — Global Research Gulf Oil Spill “Could Go on Years and Years” … – by F. William Engdahl – 2010-06-11 The Obama Administration and BP are not working not to stop the world’s worst oil disaster, but to hide the true extent of the actual ecological catastrophe. The Gulf Spill Continues: Is Continue reading
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“Operation Justified Vengeance” by Michel Chossudovsky
The May 31st strike is a follow-up on “Operation Cast Lead” initiated in late December 2008. It is meant to enforce the status of Gaza as a de facto urban prison. Continue reading
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Building What? How SCADs Can Be Hidden in Plain Sight: The 9/11 “Official Story” and the Collapse of WTC Building Seven By Prof David Ray Griffin
At 5:21 PM on 9/11, Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapsed, even though it had not been hit by a plane – a fact that is important because of the widespread acceptance of the idea, in spite of its scientific absurdity, that the Twin Towers collapsed because of the combined effect of the… Continue reading
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Ten Things You Need (But Don’t Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill By Daniela Perdomo
It’s been 37 days since BP’s offshore oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Since then, crude oil has been hemorrhaging into ocean waters and wreaking unknown havoc on our ecosystem — unknown because there is no accurate estimate of how many barrels of oil are contaminating the Gulf. Continue reading
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US Senate Begins Oil Spill Cover-Up By Tom Eley
The Senate hearing resembled a falling out among thieves, with multi-millionaire executives—who, until April 20, had collaborated in thwarting basic safety and environmental considerations—each blaming the other for the explosion. Continue reading
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