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European Parliament votes to protect Wikileaks against financial blockade
In a landmark decision today the European Parliament initiated the drafting of legislation that would stop the arbitrary banking blockades against WikiLeaks and other organizations facing economic censorship. Continue reading
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The Greek Left and the Rise of the Neo-Fascist Golden Dawn By Panagiotis Sotiris
For the past months there has been an intense debate both in Greece but also in international media regarding the rise of the neo-fascist Golden Dawn in Greece. The reason is obvious: for the first time in a European Union (EU) country a political party that in contrast to most of the varieties of the… Continue reading
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Video: Portugal General Strike: This is What Austerity Looks Like By grtv
Events in Southern Europe show the political strike to be an indispensable tool for self-defence. What the EU and the International Monetary Fund are demanding of states such as Greece and Portugal has nothing to do with neutral crisis management, but is rather brutal class struggle executed from above. Cutbacks and elimination of government services… Continue reading
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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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ICH 15 November 2012: Excuse Me While I Vomit
15 November 2012 — Information Clearing House Netanyahu Speaks On Israeli Morality Video – – Warning – Video contains images depicting the reality of Israel’s attack on Gaza. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33044.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 12 November 2012: John Glaser: Israel’s Latest Assault on Gaza: The Lie of Who Started It
12 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Racist graffiti, arson by Israeli settlers in BethlehemIMEMC – A group of right-wing Israeli settlers tried to set fire to a Palestinian home near Bethlehem Sunday night, and spraypainted racist graffiti on the home and nearby structures. … Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 10 November 2012: Army Kills Five Palestinians In Gaza Saturday; Dozens Injured
10 November 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Several Residents Injured By Army Fire Near HebronIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, reported that several residents were injured Saturday as Israeli soldiers attacked a funeral in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city… Continue reading
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New at SCF 28 October – 3 November 2012: DEA / Mali / Drones / USA-Russia / EU / Syria / Afghanistan / USA
3 November 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation The DEA as a coordinator of drug trafficking in Latin America 03.11.2012 | 12:00 | Nil NIKANDROV Inspector Franklin Brewster Chase, aged 39, the head of investigation of particularly important cases of drug trafficking in Panama, was poisoned on July 3, 2006. Brewster, like many other members of staff, kept… 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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Statewatch News Online, 30 October 2012 (19/12): EU: Britain’s opt-out on EU police and crime laws raises eyebrows
29 October 2012 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Council of the European Union: HISTORICAL DOCUMENT: “Regulations for the use of force including firearms”, “Use of batons”, “Use of riot control agents” Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 27 October 2012: ‘Let us not be brought down’: Last legal recourse for Holy Land Five
27 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center A young Druze man refuse to serve in the Israeli ArmyIMEMC – A young druze man sent out a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak, explaining why he refuses to be part of the Israeli army. Young secular… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 21-27 Oct. 2012: Bolivia-USA / Oil-Uranium / USA / Nobel Prize / EU / China / Nicaragua
27 October 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Bolivian President Bluntly Describes US Diplomacy 27.10.2012 | 00:00 | Nil NIKANDROV Bolivian leader Evo Morales tends to speak in a carefully chosen language, in part as a precaution natural for someone who is permanently under fire from his opponents. It long became a staple of the US propaganda… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 23 October 2012: Snubbing Europe, Netanyahu Tours Settlement
23 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Prince Of Qatar Arrives In GazaIMEMC – The Prince of Qatar, Hamad Bin Khalifa, and his wife, Mouza Bint Nasser, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning through the Rafah border terminal, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, marking the first visit of a senior… 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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VTJP News & Articles 21 October 2012: Erekat: Israel Doesn’t Want to End Occupation, Rather They’re Imposing Apartheid
21 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli navy illegally seizes humanitarian aid ship in international watersIMEMC – In an act violating international maritime law, Israeli naval forces boarded a humanitarian aid ship, the SV Estelle, that was en route to the Gaza Strip bringing humanitarian aid supplies including musical instruments and building… 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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VTJP News & Articles 15 October 2012: EU support for Israeli crimes makes it unworthy of Nobel Peace Prize
15 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Invades Azzoun, Imposes CurfewIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday evening, Azzoun village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and imposed curfew on the village forcing its residents under house arrest. … Continue reading
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The EU is not a “Person”: Granting the Nobel Prize to the European Union is in Violation of Alfred Nobel’s Will By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
While the EU’s contribution to peace is debatable, the key issue is whether a union of nation states, which constitutes a political, economic, monetary and fiscal entity is an “eligible candidate” for the Peace Prize, in accordance with the mandate of the Norwegian Committee. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 8 October 2012: You look foreign: bring your passport, it’s what the UKBA would want
8 October 2012 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Western Balkan states held back by lawlessness2. EU: Council of the European Union: Common European Asylum System – State of play3. EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT: FINLAND, DENMARK & SWEDEN4. EU: Council of the European Union: Military Command and Control, JCOs and Auditors letter on Home Affairs funding Continue reading
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