Government
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Statewatch News Online, 10 December 2012 (21/12)
012 — http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU Council of the European Union: COSI Operational plan & Schengen borders re-introduction2, EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 6-7 December 2012, Brussels: Final Press release, 6-7 December3. EU: Institute of Race Relations: Which way forward on racial profiling? Continue reading
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Israel: Heading for a Political Cliff? By Stephen Lendman
How can tiny Israel “defy hundreds of millions of Arabs, Iranians and Turks and the vast Muslim world beyond? Only the United States can save Israel from the suicidal folly of its leaders.” Continue reading
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Blowing Up the Past, Destroying the Future By by Sarah Glynn
Since 1990, Dundee has demolished over 10,000 homes. We also have thousands of people waiting for social housing because they don’t have adequate accommodation. Their house may be unfit to live in, or overcrowded, or they may be having to sleep on a friend’s sofa. Most of the homes that have been destroyed were fundamentally… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 30 November 2012
30 November 2012 Bradley Manning Speaks Publicly for First… ABC News Private First Class Bradley Manning, the American soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified and confidential military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, took the stand in a military court today to make … http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/accused-wikileaker-bradley-mannings-speaks-publicly-time/story?id=17841436 Continue reading
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“American “Free Press”: A Press Free to Lie for the Government but Not to Tell the Truth” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
The interview was sensational. The alleged “mastermind” of 9/11 said that he and al Qaeda had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack. The British Broadcasting Corporation’s World Monitoring Service had the interview translated into English and made public on September 29, 2001. Continue reading
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West Conjures Fake “Syrian” Government By Tony Cartalucci
Predictably, the Western arranged confab in Doha, Qatar has seen the selection and approval by the US and its allies of a “new opposition coalition” to serve as the face of militants fighting inside Syria. This was in response to overwhelming international condemnation to what has become an open proxy war fought against Syria by… Continue reading
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NHS privatisation: Compilation of financial and vested interests
This list represents the dire state of our democracy. The financial and vested interests of our MPs and Lords in private healthcare. Over 200 parliamentarians all allowed to vote on a bill that they clearly have something to gain from. Who cares that they have put it in the register of interests. This doesn’t excuse… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report October 3, 2012 — Occupy the Debates, Int'l Criminal Court on Trial, How Mass Incarceration Changes Everthing
3 October, 2012 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Why This Black Man Is Watching the Debates, and Voting Green by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon I’ll be watching the debates. Not on CNN or ABC, but online at Occupy the Debates or at Democracy Now or Free Speech TV,… Continue reading
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Why doesn’t the Government want you voting?
In November voters across England and Wales go to the polls to elect new Police and Crime Commissioners. But if this is news to you it’s not your fault. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 20 August 2012 (15/12)
012 — http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. European Court of Human Rights to examine complaint against ban on anonymous prepaid mobile phone cards2. GREECE: Racist Violence Recording Network: Fatal attack on Iraqi in Athens Continue reading
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NGO accuses platinum mine owners of neglecting communities
Several Platinum miners have dismissed a non-governmental organisation report on their operations in the Rustenburg area. The Bench Marks Foundation is accusing platinum miners of neglecting mining communities in pursuit of profits. Mineworkers union National Union of Mineworkers has come out in support of Bench Marks findings. Continue reading
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Obama Seizes Control of All Communications Systems With Executive Order By Susanne Posel
President Obama has usurped all available forms of communication for use and discretion of the US government. Under executive order (EO june 6, 2012), Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions, Obama has enabled the executive branch to control communications “under all circumstances to ensure national security, effectively manage emergencies, and improve national… Continue reading
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THE HOULA MASSACRE: Opposition Terrorists “Killed Families Loyal to the Government”
The report is based on a chronology of events as well as eyewitness accounts. Entire pro-government families in Houla were massacred. The terrorists integrated by professional mercenaries were not pro-government militia as conveyed in chorus by the mainstream media, they were in large part mercenaries and professional killers operating under the auspices of the self-proclaimed… Continue reading
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CIA ALLOWED TO SUSTAIN COVER-UP OF BAY OF PIGS HISTORY
CIA Officials Defy Obama Directive on FOIA which states that “the Government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.” Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 May 2012: ‘Dad, They Are Killing Me’ : Video – Police Brutality
8 May 2012 — Information Clearing House US Kills 5 Afghan Kids By Glenn Greenwald The way in which the U.S. media ignores such events speaks volumes about how we perceive them. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31275.htm Continue reading
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The Bradley Manning Prosecution Infected by Government Misconduct, Dismissal is the Only Option By Kevin Zeese
Manning has suffered the fate the Queen put on Alice when she was in Wonderland, “Sentence first — verdict afterwards.” By the time his court martial is actually held he will have been incarcerated for more than two years, one of those years was spent in solitary confinement. But, that is only one of many… Continue reading
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NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Prevails Against Charges in Unprecedented Obama Admin Crackdown
We speak with Thomas Drake, who was targeted after challenging waste, mismanagement and possible constitutional violations at the National Security Agency, but the case against him later collapsed. Drake was one of several sources for a Baltimore Sun article about a $1.2 billion NSA experimental program called “Trailblazer” to sift through electronic communications for national… Continue reading
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SYRIA: Media Accuses Syrian Government of Collaborating with Al Qaeda By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
Many ordinary Syrians are convinced that the latest atrocity – as with previous deadly blasts in the capital and other cities across the country – is the work of terrorist groups that are being trained and supplied by foreign states in a bid to destabilize the government of Bashar Al Assad. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 