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Podcast: Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 39
Taking a look at the use of psychiatry and psychology in social control and social engineering. From the days of ‘mad doctors’ to modern day pharmacological approaches to the mind, the concept of a ‘cure’ is associated with brain damage, while the definition of madness or ‘mental illness’ is in a constant state of change. Continue reading
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‘Rebels killed Western journalists in Syria, not Assad army’
According to a source working for the office of the medical examiner in Syria, a nail was found in the skull of US journalist Marie Colvin, which proves she was killed by a handmade bomb. Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 22 December 2011: Britain’s new year resolution: intervene in Somalia
22 December 2011 — williambowles.info Britain’s new year resolution: intervene in Somalia The Independent Britain plans to deepen its involvement in Somalia – a land that has become a byword for instability and violence – in the new year. David Cameron describes Somalia as “a failed state that directly threatens British interests” and will convene Continue reading
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Infographic: The size and power of the U.S. food oligopoly
If you didn’t know that Big Food wields disproportionate influence in America today, reading this infographic will be a great wakeup call. Continue reading
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Mass killing and humanitarian disaster in NATO siege of Sirte By Bill Van Auken
Refugees from the Libyan coastal city of Sirte report that thousands have died as a result of relentless NATO bombardment and shelling by the the Western-backed ‘rebels.’ Continue reading
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UK “upping the ante” in Libya means “killing more civilians” – activist
British anti-war activist Dr. David Halpin says he hopes that British, American and Israeli politicians responsible for war crimes will be held accountable in his lifetime. Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 21 June 2011
21 June 2011 — williambowles.info Trial resumes for Bahraini doctors accused of aiding protesters CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The trial resumed Monday of dozens of Bahraini doctors and nurses accused of working to undermine the Arab country’s government during mass protests earlier this year, with seven additional witnesses taking the stand. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Fallujah, Iraq 2004 – Misrata, Libya 2011
Our point – an obvious one, we would hope – is not at all to suggest that we support Gaddafi’s tyranny or his atrocities. Our point is that, time and again, our ostensibly independent mass media fall into line when the state declares war. When the official enemy attacks civilians our media howl with righteous… Continue reading
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Joe Bageant: an update
After a month in hospitals, cussing doctors and wanting to escape, Joe Bageant is back home in his own bed in Winchester. He is continuing the chemotherapy as an out-patient. Continue reading
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The Battle against Cholera by Fidel Castro Ruz
The United Nations, at the instigation of the United States, the creator of poverty and chaos in the Haitian Republic, decided to send into Haiti its forces of occupation, the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), which, by the way, introduced the cholera epidemic into that sister nation. Continue reading
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Published for the first time, the papers which could finally force full inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly By Miles Goslett
Today, the Daily Mail publishes for the first time the legal document which could trigger a full coroner’s inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly. The document, formally known as a memorial was written by group of campaigning doctors who have been trying to secure an inquest since 2004. It lists the sequence of… Continue reading
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The Disappearing Male: From Virility to Sterility
The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Continue reading
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Anonymity in the field By LETICIA MARTÍNEZ HERNÁNDEZ
“You see all of this here? They’ve set it all up. And every time we have a problem, there they are. They’re ‘doctors’ too, but doctors who take care of us.” That is how surgeon Suárez talks about the team of medical electronics technicians who set up Cuba’s five field hospitals in Haiti. In addition… Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Where Empires Go to Die By Dahr Jamail
On September 7 the Swedish aid agency Swedish Committee for Afghanistan reported that the previous week US soldiers raided one of its hospitals. According to the director of the aid agency, Anders Fange, troops stormed through both the men’s and women’s wards, where they frantically searched for wounded Taliban fighters. Continue reading
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Iraqi Doctors in Hiding Treat as They Can By Dahr Jamail
In early 2008, the Iraqi Health Ministry said that 628 medical personnel have been killed since 2003. Many believe the real figure is far higher, and that there is additionally a very large number of doctors who have been kidnapped and tortured. Continue reading
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GazaFriends – Mary’s report from Gaza City 25 August, 2008
It was a day of smiles and a day of tears for me here in Gaza City. Another early press conference, followed by a visit to the hospital which has seen most of the carnage created in Gaza by Israeli bombs and rockets. The doctor related some of the difficulties faced by the population of… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 