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Egypt Newslinks 3-4 February, 2011
4 February, 2011 — creative-i.info 4 February, 2011 Time for action Egyptian Intifada is the “Old Arab Dream” Egypt`s revolution inspires Gaza’s youth After Egypt, Palestinian rivals turn to Facebook Fidel Castro: Mubarak’s fate is sealed Max Ajl, “Egyptian Protests, Grounded in Decades of Struggle, Portend Regional Transformation” Joel Beinin, “Was the Red Flag Flying Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 3-4 February, 2011
4 February, 2011 — creative-i Apologies for no posts for the past couple of days but I’ve been rather unwell. 4 February, 2011 Why isn’t the PA supporting the Egypt uprising? Australian rallies in solidarity with the Egyptian people Egypt: Will U.S. And NATO Launch Second Suez Intervention? by Rick Rozoff Dyab Abou Jahjah, “Egypt: Continue reading
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Western powers line up against Arab democracy By Tony Iltis
Standing against this democratic tide is the apartheid state of Israel and its backers, the Western powers (or ‘the international community’, as they call themselves). If their statements about the unsuccessful 2009 democratic uprising in Iran were the yardstick, ‘the international community’ would be supporting the Arab uprisings. Continue reading
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Incredible – over 500,000 signatures in one day for press freedom! Join the massive outcry and spread the word…
The massive extra-judicial intimidation of WikiLeaks is an attack on democracy. We urgently need a public outcry for freedom of the press and expression. Sign the petition to stop the crackdown and forward this email to everyone — let’s get to 1 million voices and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week. Continue reading
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Incredible – over 400,000 signatures in one day for press freedom! Join the massive outcry and spread the word…
The massive extra-judicial intimidation of WikiLeaks is an attack on democracy. We urgently need a public outcry for freedom of the press and expression. Sign the petition to stop the crackdown and forward this email to everyone — let’s get to 1 million voices and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week. Continue reading
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Liberation: Beyond Resistance Building a People’s Assemblies Movement
In response to the economic crisis, government cuts and the pressures of globalisation, we are now witnessing the rise of social movements from across the political spectrum in Britain, Europe and beyond. But how can this popular discontent be transformed into an emancipatory political movement? It is the view of many activists that a very… Continue reading
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The Quiet Revolution: Venezuelans experiment with participatory democracy By Andrew Kennis
In the past four years, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been organizing tens of thousands of consejos comunales (communal councils). Each council is composed of about 150 families in urban areas, while in rural and indigenous areas, each council is composed of 20 and 10 families, respectively. The councils are involved in everything from… Continue reading
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Teddy Katz: Israel Cannot Handle Its Past
You may learn also about freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the so-called ‘only democracy’ in the Middle East. Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: MCCHRYSTAL – DEATH SQUAD POSTER BOY
In May 2009, Petras sampled from McChrystal’s CV. The general had played a central role in directing units involved in “extrajudicial assassinations, systematic torture, bombing of civilian communities and search and destroy missions”. He was “the very embodiment of the brutality and gore that accompanies military-driven empire building”. Continue reading
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Be nice to America, or we'll bring democracy to your country By William Blum
14 May, 2010 — Killing Hope http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.5651377 more about “Be nice to America, or we’ll bring de…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Anti-Empire Report 12 May 2010: Anti-communist mania by William Blum
If you shake your head and roll your eyes at the nonsense coming out of the Teabagger followers of Sarah ‘Africa is a country’ Palin and other intellectual giants like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh … If you have thoughts of moving abroad after the latest silly lies and fantasies like ‘Obama the Marxist’ and… Continue reading
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Britain: Eyes beyond the mainstream media (Part2)
Video: A new look at the Britain beyond the main stream media cliché, whats going on in the Isle? What do British citizens think about their land’s internal affairs? Is Britain in a position she is claiming? Continue reading
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62nd Anniversary of Partition By Henry Lowi
As a result of Partition, only the Zionist state was formed in former Mandate Palestine. For the Zionists, Partition presented a “sh’at kosher” – an opportunity, a pretext – to carry out what was always inherent and implicit in the Zionist program – the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Continue reading
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Media Lens Alert: The Westminster Conspiracy
Last month, Greg Dyke, who was the BBC’s director general from 2000-2004, described the BBC as part of a “conspiracy” preventing the “radical changes” needed to UK democracy. “The evidence that our democracy is failing is overwhelming and yet those with the biggest interest in sustaining the current system – the Westminster village, the media… Continue reading
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9/11 Mind Swell By Joel S. Hirschhorn
As we approach the eighth anniversary of 9/11 consider this paradox. In the post 9-11 years the scientific evidence for disbelieving the official government story has mounted incredibly. And the number of highly respected and credentialed professionals challenging the official story has similarly expanded. Yet, to the considerable disappointment of the international 9/11 truth movement,… Continue reading
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Community Media: The Thriving Voice of the Venezuelan People By Liz Migliorelli and Caitlin McNulty
In Venezuela today a grass-roots movement of community and alternative media is challenging the domination of private commercial media. Community oriented, non profit, non commercial, citizen and volunteer run media outlets are a crucial part of the democratic transformation of society that is occurring throughout Venezuela. Part of this transformation is the understanding of freedom… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 