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The Cyprus Eurocrisis: The Beginning of the End of the Eurozone? By Nicos Trimikliniotis
The Cyprus crisis is essentially a Eurozone crisis which threatens the very foundations of the European Union (EU). This small island economy, only 0.2 per cent of the Eurozone, is proving to be ‘systemic’ at the political, social and economic level. The Cyprus crisis is a manifestation of a deep crisis of democracy and equality… Continue reading
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The Crisis of the European Welfare State An interview with Asbjørn Wahl
This is the start of a new era of social struggle. Social models, however, cannot be copied, neither from previous phases in history, nor from country to country. Social models are the concrete results of struggles and power relations in society. Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (VII) By Dmitry MININ
Historian Niall Ferguson states that the majority of modern-day academics see an entirely appropriate parallel between the “imperial rule” of the USA and the British Empire as it was 100 years ago. Joseph Nye, meanwhile, believes that “not since Rome has one nation loomed so large above the others… Respected analysts on both the left… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 17-23 March 2013
23 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Journalists Who Got Iraq Wrong 10 Years Ago and Syria Wrong Now Should Be Sacked23.03.2013 | 10:48 | Wayne MADSEN Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 10-16 March 2013: Chavez / EU-oil / Syria / Obamacare / Empires / CIA / Falklands /US Psychotic Superpower
16 March 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Return of Empires (VI)16.03.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ The rebirth of the imperial spirit in the West is moving along two sometimes converging, but in recent times increasingly diverging, lines. Looking at Europe’s relations with its neighbours, one can see that the European Union initially pursued an… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 16 March 2013: One week before killing Palestinian dad, Israeli policeman stated wish on Facebook to slay Arabs
16 March 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Palestinians, Israeli troops clash in Hebron; 6 minors detained3/16/2013 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained six Palestinian minors in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and al-Tuwanivillage east of Yatta near Hebron on Friday. Locals told Ma’an that clashes erupted Friday in Hebron’s Bab al-Zawiya neighborhood between… Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (VI) Dmitry MININ
The rebirth of the imperial spirit in the West is moving along two sometimes converging, but in recent times increasingly diverging, lines. Looking at Europe’s relations with its neighbours, one can see that the European Union initially pursued an imperial policy with regard to countries in Central and Eastern Europe that had joined the EU,… Continue reading
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ICH 14 March 2013: 9/11 Official Account Unraveling
14 March 2013 — Information Clearing House The United States, and President Obama, Arm al-Qaeda By Alan Jones The close association between the FSA and al-Qaeda affiliates means that the United States, and President Obama, are effectively arming terrorists. http://is.gd/NIC6My Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 13 March 2013: Women 'carry all' of Palestine’s suffering
13 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abu Marzouq Slams Egyptian Reports Regarding Claimed Arrest Of Seven PalestiniansIMEMC – Mousa Abu Marzouq, member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, slammed some Egyptian media outlets for what he called “attempting to involve the Palestinians in internal Egyptian conflicts”. His statements came after… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 12 March 2013: Sheriffs of the land: Meet the settlers with military authority
12 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli security officer brutally beats unarmed Palestinian shepherdIMEMC – Israeli activists caught on film an attack by an Israeli settlement security guard on a Palestinian shepherd Monday, near the Palestinian village of Susya in the southern West Bank on Monday. … Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 8 March 2013 (03/13)
013 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Millions of euros for new police databases in West Africa2. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council: 7-8 March 20133. EU: EUROPEAN INVESTIGATION ORDER (EIO): Nine MSs who proposed the EIO lobby the Council of the European Union for it to be quickly adopted Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 7 March 2013: EU-funded Israeli Theft
7 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSweden Upgrades Palestine Mission To Embassy StatusIMEMC – Thursday March 7, 2013; with an overwhelming vote of 299 to 20, the Swedish Parliament upgraded the status of the Palestinian representative office in the country to a full status granting the mission the title of embassy. The parliament… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2013 By Birgitta Jónsdóttir
February 1st 2013 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement in the Icelandic Parliament, the Pirates of the EU; representatives from the Swedish Pirate Party, the former Secretary of State in Tunisia for Sport & Youth nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (IV) By Dmitry MININ
The rebirth of imperial policy in modern international life demands an answer to the question: why are seemingly long obsolete geopolitical projects being dragged into the light of day at all when there are organisations like NATO and the European Union? Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (I) By Dmitry MININ
The recent expeditions of the French in Africa clearly smack less of neoimperialism than they do neocolonialism, and have prompted many to wonder whether the events are the start of a new cycle of world politics in which an outgoing unipolarity is perhaps being replaced by a forthcoming multipolarity not hailed by everyone, or something… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 17-23 February 2013: Syria / Korea / Chile / Kosovo / Mali-France / Arctic / EU / Russia
23 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Syrian Rebels Get Arms from Kosovo and Bosnia 23.02.2013 | 11:35 | Dmitry MININ …The policy of the West in Syria is myopic. It goes on losing control over the events in this country. In fact it gives refuge to terrorists and faces the prospect of raging terror spilling… Continue reading
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The “Alternative Media” Challenges Officialdom’s Views By Colin Todhunter
The mainstream media is under threat. And the threat is in the form of what is known as the ‘alternative media’. Decades ago, the ‘underground’ media took the form of pamphlets and booklets. These days, it’s no longer ‘underground’ and you don’t need money to cover print and distribution costs. It’s very much alive and… Continue reading
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The “Alternative Media” Challenges Officialdom’s Views By Colin Todhunter
The mainstream media is under threat. And the threat is in the form of what is known as the ‘alternative media’. Decades ago, the ‘underground’ media took the form of pamphlets and booklets. These days, it’s no longer ‘underground’ and you don’t need money to cover print and distribution costs. It’s very much alive and… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 February 2013: Collaboration between IDF, settlers reaching point of no return
21 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center El-Eesawy Sentenced To Eight Months, His Hunger Strike ContinuesIMEMC – Hunger striking Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, was sentenced Thursday by the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem to eight months imprisonment starting from the date of his arrest on July 7, 2012. … Continue reading
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