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‘If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would be closed’ By Phoebe Greenwood
Bethlehem is the heart of Christian Palestine and it swells with pride every Christmas. Manger Square is transformed into a grotto of lights and stalls crowned by a towering Christmas tree. Strings of illuminated angels, stars and bells festoon the streets. But just a few minutes’ drive to the north, the festive atmosphere stops abruptly. Continue reading
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Video: In Libya, death and disappearance still stalk the land — RT
People are vanishing in broad daylight in Libya, as the country’s new rulers continue to settle accounts with their opponents. Widespread insecurity means the families of the kidnapped can do no more than hope that their loved ones are still alive. Continue reading
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Video: In Libya, death and disappearance still stalk the land — RT
People are vanishing in broad daylight in Libya, as the country’s new rulers continue to settle accounts with their opponents. Widespread insecurity means the families of the kidnapped can do no more than hope that their loved ones are still alive. Continue reading
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Democracy and Debt By Michael Hudson
Book V of Aristotle’s Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves into hereditary aristocracies – which end up being overthrown by tyrants or develop internal rivalries as some families decide to ‘take the multitude into their camp’ and usher in democracy, within which an oligarchy emerges once again, followed by aristocracy, democracy, and… Continue reading
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Europe’s Transition From Social Democracy to Oligarchy By Michael Hudson
The easiest way to understand Europe’s financial crisis is to look at the solutions being proposed to resolve it. They are a banker’s dream, a grab bag of giveaways that few voters would be likely to approve in a democratic referendum. Continue reading
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The Constitution Is Dead: The Gradual Transition towards an Orwellian Police State By Devon DB
Many in America still believe that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and that politicians, both Republican and Democrat alike, still hold that view and ensure that any and all legislation passed does not violate it. However, in today’s America, the Constitution is effectively a null and void document, nothing more than… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 560 5 December 2011: LINKS AND RESOURCES
5 December 2011 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in AfricaPambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Announcements, 2. Podcasts & Video, 3. Women & gender, 4. Human rights, 5. Refugees & forced migration, 6. Emerging powers news, 7. Elections & governance, 8. Corruption, 9. Development, 10. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 December 2011: Paul Craig Roberts: Congress is Repealing the Constitution
2 December 2011 — Information Clearing House Obama Lawyers: Citizens Can Be Killed By US By MATT APUZZO Administration officials say Obama has sole power to declare citizen’s enemies. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29870.htm Continue reading
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Russia could deliver death blow to Nato in Afghanistan, say analysts
ISLAMABAD: With the Russian threat to cut land routes for supply to NATO troops in Afghanistan, the Afghan battleground may turn into a cold death trap for NATO, defence analysts believe. They say that Pakistan should utilise the opportunity for a peaceful and prosperous Pakistan by pulling it out of the American war. Continue reading
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Rampant Militarization of the World: West Risks New Arms Race In Europe
About a month ago, NATO tested first-strike capabilities by using a mobile radar in Turkey. Why would a defensive system need to test offensive capabilities? We have the cyber warfare center. You said it also can be used as an offensive tool by the U.S. We have hypersonic missile tests and the Prompt Global Strike… Continue reading
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Land Research Center: Increasing Attacks on Jerusalemites and their Properties in October 2011
October, 2011, has witnessed radical escalations and a brutal assault against Palestinians and their properties all around the West Bank especially the Occupied City of Jerusalem. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: November 16, 2011
16 November 2011 — Stop NATO Iran Strikes: U.S. Air Force Gets Super-Heavy Bunker-Buster Bombs Persian Gulf Arms, Missile Build-Up Boon To U.S. Weapons Companies Nuclear Madness: Iran, Kuwait Or The IAEA? Clinton, Obama Visits Shore Up Asian NATO Against China Australia Could Be Caught In U.S.-China Crossfire Pentagon To Test Hypersonic Prompt Global Strike Continue reading
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Jailed for Sailing to Gaza, Challenging the Blockade
Two boats full of courageous passengers were on their way to Gaza when they were intercepted on Friday, November 4, by the Israeli military in international waters. We call the passengers courageous because they sailed from Turkey on November 2 with the knowledge that at any moment they might be boarded by Israeli commandos intent… Continue reading
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Israel finds new “home” for Bedouins: a garbage dump By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
Quietly unveiled to local aid organizations in early October, Israel’s Civil Administration, the body that governs Area C of the occupied West Bank which is under full Israeli military and administrative control, plans to expel approximately 27,000 Bedouins from their communities in Area C within three to six years. Continue reading
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The Negev’s Hot Wind Blowing By Jonathan Cook
The al-Turis are determined to stay on their ancestral lands to maintain their traditional pastoral way of life; Israel wants the land for a forestation program, to beautify the Negev and attract more Jews to settle there. Continue reading
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In Kenya, flowers for Europe reap hunger and destruction By Tony Iltis
As the global population approaches 7 Billion, we’re seeing an increasing number of articles declaring that overpopulation is responsible for all of the world’s ills. Africa in particular is regularly singled out as a continent where population growth causes poverty and famine. As this article shows, population growth is a minor issue, compared to the… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: October 19, 2011
19 October 2011 — Stop NATO NATO: ‘Premature To Set Timetable’ For End Of Libyan War History Repeating Itself: U.S. Hawks Hover Over Iran U.S. In Search Of The Absolute Weapon U.S. Army Micro-Drones To Bomb ‘Human Targets’ Kosovo: NATO Forced To Back Down For Now Continue reading
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UK tour ‘Bedouin of the Negev’ / London, Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights
Dr Awad Abu Freih heads the Chemistry Department of Sapir College in the Negev. He is also a Bedouin from Al Araqib, a village demolished twenty eight times since July 2010. He will speak about Israel’s little-reported ‘war’ against the Negev Bedouin who have been hounded from land they bought and inherited, and lived there… Continue reading
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Notices of Eviction as served in Palestine
We enclose a Notice which, like many hundreds of them, will be served (in Hebrew of course) by the Zionist authorities, upon the Palestinian indigenous population of the Jordan Valley in yet another attempt at stealing and confiscating their Palestinian property in broad daylight while the world (and the PA) looks on. Continue reading
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Israel: ANATOT POGROM VICTIMS SUFFERED SEXUAL ABUSE
anatot.jpg Image from publication, ‘The True Right’ with caption: ‘Nazileftist smashed with blows.’ If all I did in this post was tell you about the suffering of Israeli peace activists who were beaten and brutalized at a pogrom at Anatot a few days ago, I would be telling you little that was newsworthy or that… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 