2 August 2018 — Global Research News
By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 02, 2018
Republic of South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted the 10th BRICS Summit where strong opposition to the burgeoning trade and currency wars initiated by the United States administration of President Donald Trump was assailed. Continue reading
15 March 2018 — CounterCurrents
The day before the 90th Academy Awards, a friend from the academia called me with a suggestion. He was adamant. “You know that the Churchill Movie will win some awards and you should have an article ready to publish before the announcement,” he admonished. I agreed but failed to produce it in time.
9 March 2016 — 38 Degrees
Unilever, a huge global corporation that makes billions of pounds in profit, have just buckled under the pressure of ordinary people. [1] That’s right: you and thousands of others have forced this corporate giant – the owner of PG Tips, Marmite, Dove and more – to clean up their mess.
26 August 2013 — Asia Times
NEW DELHI – Taking a leaf out of the wonderful drama of the boot-to-boot combat between Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, one can say both will agree, despite their two very different geniuses, that it is dangerous to take your eye off the ball on the soccer field.
20 August 2013 — Asia Times
Yves Jego, mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne, in the southeast suburb of Paris, announced on Monday that dog owners in his town with no sense of civic duty will be henceforth caught on closed-television cameras if they do not pick up their pet’s waste, and offenders will be fined 35 euros (US$46).
16 August 2013 — Asia Times
The highly opportunistic stance taken by the “big powers” who are veto-holding permanent members of the United Nations Security Council has prevented that august body from articulating an outright condemnation of the brutality with which the Egyptian military massacred more than 1,000 civilians in Cairo on Wednesday.
15 August 2013 — National Security Archive
US Spy Planes Targeted China to Help India; Used British Crews to “Confuse the Soviets” and Overflew French Nuclear Sites
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22 July 2013 — Dissident Voice
The eye-grabbing cover of Jodi Dean’s The Communist Horizon (Verso, 2012) depicts what could be the dawn of a new day. A red sun, half in view, arcs across the volume’s bottom edge. From this solid red spot, dozens of thin but widening beams fan out; crossing the background, the sunlight splits the sky itself into stripes of red and white.
8 July 2013 — williambowles.info
Defense gets its turn to present case as WikiLeaks trial for Bradley Manning …
Washington Post
FORT MEADE, Md. — An Army private who admittedly sent troves of classified information to WikiLeaks is preparing to refute the government’s charge that he aided the enemy. The court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning enters its sixth week Monday at Fort …
2 July 2013 — williambowles.info
WikiLeaks: Edward Snowden makes expanded asylum requests
Politico
WASHINGTON — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be in legal limbo in the Moscow airport, is expanding his requests for asylum to another 19 countries, including China, according to WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy …
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/wikileaks-edward-snowden-asylum-requests-93644.html?hp=l3_b2
14 June 2013 — williambowles.info
‘WikiLeaks founder Assange did not request asylum in India’
Hindustan Times
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has never requested for asylum in India, government said on Thursday, rebutting his claim that he had written to external affairs ministry through the Indian high commissioner in London. “We have checked our records and …
13 June 2013 — williambowles.info
WikiLeaks founder Assange to deliver speech
Xinhua
SYDNEY, June 13 (Xinhua) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to address by video link the International Symposium on Electronic Art held at the University of Sydney at 5:30 p.m. local time (0730 GMT) Thursday. The recent flight of ex-CIA …
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/13/c_132452006.htm
8 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
08.06.2013 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN
Wherever there are reports of melting glaciers and a future of diminished water resources, there is an increasing Balkanization of nation-states. Those who manipulate world events for maximum profit understand that it is much easier to control water resources if one is dealing with a multitude of warring and jealous mini-states than it is to deal with a regional power… Continue reading
7 June 2013 — williambowles.info
3 days in, WikiLeaks trial comes into focus
Businessweek
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Three days into Pfc. Bradley Manning’s court-martial for giving thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, prosecutors have shown the soldier was trained to guard classified information and knew it could easily fall into …
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-06/3-days-in-wikileaks-trial-comes-into-focus
3 June 2013
Taunting and tainting opponents with the charge of anti-semitism is a long-standing Zionist ploy, familiar to everyone involved in the Israel-Palestine issue. As their support weakens in the face of evidence-based argument, Israel’s advocates have stepped up their use of the accusation as a means to close down debate, particularly on proposals for boycott, divestment and sanctions.
11 May 2013 — williambowles.info
The good soldier – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
In part, The Passion of Bradley Manning can be read as a biography. Manning, a talented but troubled computer geek, enlisted in the army (perhaps because of an unhappy relationship with his father) and, despite struggling as a recruit, somehow ended up …
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-good-soldier-20130509-2j8pw.html
8 May 2013 — williambowles.info
SF Pride’s Bradley Manning Imbroglio Could End Up in Court
SF Weekly (blog)
If Bay Area peaceniks had their druthers, the whole SF Pride Manning-gate imbroglio would end tonight. Pride board members are scheduled to have a meeting at 7 p.m., at which point they’ll probably discuss the issue and make a final decision on whether …
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/05/manning-gate_could_be_headed_t.php
20 April 2013 — williambowles.info
Google’s Eric Schmidt talks WikiLeaks with founder Julian Assange
Christian Science Monitor
Google executive Eric Schmidt and former Secretary of State advisor Jared Cohen, who runs Google Ideas, decided to pay the WikiLeaks founder a visit in 2011, according to transcripts recently released by WikiLeaks. They met with Mr. Assange as part of …
19 April 2013 — New Left Project
Nagieb Khaja, a well-known journalist and filmmaker in Denmark, has travelled extensively in Afghanistan since 2004. In 2008 he was kidnapped by the Taliban. His new documentary ’My Afghanistan – life in the forbidden zone’ provides civilians in Helmand province with camera phones, thus giving a voice to those normally ignored by the Western media. Continue reading
19 April 2013 — williambowles.info
Julian Assange’s secret chat with Google’s chairman
CNET
Eric Schmidt met with the WikiLeaks founder for five hours in 2011 for material for a book expected to be released next week. Steven Musil. by Steven Musil. April 18, 2013 10:38 PM PDT Follow @stevenmusil. Julian Assange speaks to the public while …
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57580383-93/julian-assanges-secret-chat-with-googles-chairman/
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