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WikiLeaks Newslinks 4 March 2012
4 March 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks expose: Corporate giants caught spying Green Left Weekly By Ash Pemberton The release of secret emails from private intelligence company Stratfor by WikiLeaks has opened the door on the world of spying-for-profit. More than 5 million emails between Stratfor employees were stolen by hacker group Anonymous in …… Continue reading
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ACTA – time to win!
Governments are turning their back on ACTA one by one, so the EC is asking their Court of Justice to give the treaty the green light and renew its momentum — but they plan to manipulate the process by giving the court only a narrow, uncontroversial question to consider, hoping it will lead to a… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 1 March 2012: Another Bogus Argument for War with Iran
1 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Saudi Arabia May Be Tied to 9/11, 2 Ex-Senators Say By ERIC LICHTBLAU In sworn statements that seem likely to reignite the debate, two former senators who were privy to top secret information on the Saudis’ activities say they believe that the Saudi government might have played a… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 29 February 2012: Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ Will Make Protest Illegal
29 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Manipulating Public Perceptions U.S. Military Has “Detailed Plans” On Syria Options By AP Detailed plans developed to carry out military action against Syria have been drawn up by the Pentagon and could be implemented upon orders by President Barack Obama. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30673.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 27 February 2012: CNN Silences War-Skeptical Soldier
27 February 2012 — Information Clearing House By Global Times What the West wants from Syria is not democracy but the overthrow of the regime so as to eliminate Iran‘s influence over Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30656.htm Continue reading
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'SWIFT Boating' Iran: Economic War a Prelude to Military Attack By Tom Burghardt
Despite, though likely because, Iran is ready to restart negotiations with the so-called P5+1 group (the five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) over its civilian nuclear program, belligerent rhetoric and sharply-worded political attacks from Israel and the United States have escalated. Continue reading
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Confronting the New Imperialism…Post Cold-War Africa By Xavier Renou
We have now seen what happened in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya during this past year, in both instances to allow non-African countries, ostensibly mandated by the UN Security Council, and regardless of African opinion, to remove the sitting governments by force and thus effect regime change, in the interest of the Western powers. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 23 February 2012 (4/12)
NEW: Statewatch launches online historical archive of EU Justice and Home Affairs documents: 1976-2000. Unique online archive of over 4,500 official documents (rising to over 6,500 by the end of 2012) Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 February 2012: Saving Khader Adnan’s life is saving our own soul
18 February 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two Injured After Army Bombarded Gaza IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two residents were wounded, on Saturday evening, when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a blacksmith workshop in Az-Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City. … Continue reading
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YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE: THE NEED FOR “COLLAPSE WITH AGENCY” IN PALESTINE By Jeff Halper
Even as I write this, the bulldozers have been busy throughout that one indivisible country known by the bifurcated term Israel/Palestine. Palestinian homes, community centers, livestock pens and other “structures” (as the Israel authorities dispassionately call them) have been demolished in the Old City, Silwan and various parts of “Area C” in the West Bank,… Continue reading
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GREECE IN FLAMES: PRELUDE TO EUROPEAN REVOLUTION? A DEBATE WITHIN THE LEFT
The worst fears of the ruling classes of Greece and Europe are becoming true: an uncontrollable social explosion is under way in Greece. Continue reading
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Video: Austerity Policy Destroying Greek Society
Dimitri Lascaris: Heart wrenching personal stories show that Greece should reject austerity deal and pull out of Eurozone Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 15 February 2012: George Galloway: Clinton Irresistible… And Not Just To Women
15 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Save Us from the Liberal Hawks By David Rieff Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of (humanitarian) war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30535.htm Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 15, 2012: Russia To Counter U.S. Interceptor Missile Ships Off Coasts
15 February 2012 — 012 Russia To Counter U.S. Interceptor Missile Ships Off Coasts U.S. Aircraft Carrier Passes Through Strait Of Hormuz NATO Holds High Level Consultations With Four Gulf Countries Russian Foreign Minister: West Preparing Replay Of Libyan Model In Syria NATO Representative: Georgia’s Full Membership Is Decided Issue Germany Supports Macedonia’s Full NATO… Continue reading
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Greece in flames: Cassandra strikes again By Eric Walberg
In a scene worthy of “Battle of the Damned” gas-mask clad protesters left 40 buildings in Athens in flames as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, wounding hundreds. Greece’s 99 per cent have little or nothing to lose in a “structurally readjusted” country, leaving them at the forefront in the growing battle in the… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 13, 2012: Pentagon Chief Uses NATO For Missiles, Global Hawks, Wars
13 February 2012 — Stop NATO Pentagon Chief Uses NATO For Missiles, Global Hawks, Wars Poland: U.S. To Add Air Force Unit To Missiles Poland: U.S. Plans To Provide Missiles, Bombs For F-16s NATO-Georgia Commission Meets At Alliance’s Headquarters Guam: U.S. Holds Air Force Exercises With Japan, Australia U.S. Military Chief, Egyptian Field Marshall Meet… Continue reading
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