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Are we living in a fool’s paradise? By William Bowles
We are now literally, passive observers of our own funerals in a world of total media saturation and control. A world of endless tragedy but at a distance, mediated by an unseen hand and fed to us pretty much like an out-of-control soap opera, where events break and at first reporting is chaotic and normally… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 15-21 December 2011: US and Client States Used Weapons of Mass Destruction on Libya
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info 21 December 2011 US and Client States Used Weapons of Mass Destruction on Libya Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 08:43 Each of these may have carried 3.41 kilograms of depleted uranium. Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 19-20 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowless.info 19 December 2011 US: Iran a year away from nukes, strike ‘not off the table’ Russiatoday.ru Today at 17:36 Washington is not ruling out a military operation against Tehran if it gets wind of an Iranian nuke program, declared US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The US believes Iran could develop Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 19-20 December 2011
20 December 2011 — williambowles.info 20 December 2011Fresh clashes in north-west Syria BBC News Today at 16:05 There have been clashes between troops and army deserters in north-west Syria, with one report saying 100 deserters are dead or wounded. Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 16-19 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowles.info 19 December 2011 Fresh violence hits Tahrir Square BBC News Today at 10:40 At least one person dies in fresh clashes between protesters and troops in the Egyptian capital Cairo, bringing the death toll since Friday to 11. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 19 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowles.info Investigator links soldier to documents in WikiLeaks case Los Angeles Times ASSOCIATED PRESS — A computer-crimes investigator testified Sunday he found more than 10000 diplomatic cables and other sensitive information on the work computer of the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks. … http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bradley-manning-20111219,0,3065373.story Continue reading
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Media Lens: Climate Crisis – The Collapse In Corporate Media Coverage
The latest round of UN climate talks has just begun in Durban, South Africa, but the world’s richest nations are already planning to prevent any new treaty from taking effect before 2020. Achim Steiner, head of the UN environment programme, has condemned the action as a ‘political choice’, rather than one based on science, calling… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 5-8 December 2011
8 December 2011 — williambowles.info 8 December 2011 Attack damages Syria oil pipeline BBC News Today at 14:53 A major pipeline carrying oil to a refinery in Syria’s restive Homs province is attacked, activists and the state-run news agency say. Continue reading
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It’s an (English) dog’s life By William Bowles
Franco’s insurrection could never have succeeded without the military support of Hitler’s Germany and the alleged ‘neutrality’ of the Western powers that effectively isolated the Republican government. Even the Soviet Union’s role, ostensibly supporting the Republican government, was motivated by a similar nationalist thinking to its vacillation over Libya and with the same, predictable and… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 3-4 December 2011
4 December 2011 — williambowles.info 4 December 2011‘Sanctions against Syria won’t bear fruit’ Russiatoday.ru Today at 06:47 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for military intervention in Syria to bring down the ruling regime as sanctions continue to be piled on Damascus. But political activist Franklin Lamb has doubts on… Continue reading
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UK Public Sector Strike Newslinks 29-30 November 2011: 2 million strike
30 November 2011 — williambowles.info 30 November 2011 Strikers Show The Tories Who’s Boss: 2 Million Out To Save Their Pensions Morning Star Today at 17:32 Tory attempts to belittle public-sector industrial action rang pathetically hollow today as millions of workers joined the fight against government-imposed pension cuts. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 30 November 2011
30 November 2011 — williambowles.info Qaddafi’s Daughter Urges Libyans to Topple Interim Government Fox News Libya’s new leaders, who received the backing of the US, France, Britain and other countries in their fight against Qaddafi, appear eager to assure the world of their commitment to democracy and human rights. Interior Minister Fawzy Abdul-Ali … http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/11/30/qaddafis-daughter-urges-libyans-to-topple-interim-government/ Continue reading
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Media Lens: The IAEA, Iran And ‘Fantasy Land’
Indeed, informed scepticism in the corporate media has been muted or non-existent – the image of Iran as a ‘nuclear threat’ has yet again been imposed on the public mind. Any reasonable news reader and viewer would find it extremely difficult to question the emphatic declarations offered right across the media ‘spectrum’. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 24-25 November 2011
25 November 2011 — williambowles.info These newslinks might get updated as the day progresses… VIDEO: Syria: BBC undercover in HomsBBC News Today at 18:08An Arab League deadline for Syria to allow an observer mission or face sanctions has passed with no response from Damascus to the ultimatum. Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 24-25 November 2011
25 November 2011 — williambowles.info 25 November 2011 Tahrir terror: Female journos, ‘naked blogger’ assaulted Russiatoday.ru Today at 14:55 Protest-riven Tahrir Square is becoming a savage minefield for women, as French and American female journalists are brutally beaten and raped, and Egypt’s ‘naked blogger’ mobbed. The latest victim is journalist for… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 20-22 November 2011
22 November 2011 — williambowles.info 22 November 2011 Destabilisation of the entire Arab world. Moscow Decries US-NATO’s Global Provocation in Syria GlobalResearch.ca Today at 06:44 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 18-19 November 2011
19 November 2011 — williambowles.info 19 November 2011 The Arab League: Prelude to a US-NATO-led military campaign against Syria GlobalResearch.ca Today at 16:22 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Media Lens Cogitation: Free to be Human – An Interview with David Edwards
The aim of Richard Capes’ More Thought blog is ‘to provide detailed audio/video/written interviews with authors of non-fiction social, political, philosophical and environmental books that I consider essential reading’. Here is Richard’s November 10 interview with Media Lens co-editor David Edwards about his book Free to be Human. The interview is quite long, we urge… Continue reading
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…and Gaddafi was what? Bad, yes. Now open your Citizenship Readers to page 45….
I suppose because the average Libyan is now doomed to years of social chaos, misery and poverty, western consensus media have redoubled their efforts to remind us just how heinous Gaddafi was. I know it’s near to useless to try to hold them responsible or awaken any vestigial conscience lurking in a journalist’s tiny head,… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 