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Wikileaks Newslinks 29 November 2011
29 November 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks awarded at Walkleys SBS Julian Assange has launched a broadside against Prime Minister Julia Gilard while accepting WikiLeaks’ award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism at the 2011 Walkleys. Assange’s pre-recorded speech was played at the award ceremony, … http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1608279/WikiLeaks-awarded-at-Walkleys Continue reading
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Unknown Snipers and Western Backed Regime Change: a Short History By Gearóid Ó Colmáin
Unknown snipers played a pivotal role throughout the so-called ‘Arab Spring Revolutions’ yet, in spite of reports of their presence in the mainstream media, surprisingly little attention has been paid to to their purpose and role. Continue reading
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Target Iran: Washington's Countdown to War By Tom Burghardt
As the U.S. and Israel ramp-up covert operations against Iran, the Pentagon “has laid out its most explicit cyberwarfare policy to date, stating that if directed by the president, it will launch ‘offensive cyber operations’ in response to hostile acts,” according to The Washington Post. Continue reading
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Did the US Co-opt OWS in Order to Legitimize Egypt's Flawed Elections? By Jacob Levich
Although Occupy Wall Street protesters have so far resisted attempts by the Democratic Party to co-opt their movement, a New York City “General Assembly” was bamboozled by what may be a State Department and/or NED initiative aimed at granting legitimacy to Egypt’s flawed election process. Continue reading
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Seymour Hersh: Propaganda Used Ahead of Iraq War Is Now Being Reused Over Iran’s Nuke Program
While the United States, Britain and Canada are planning to announce a coordinated set of sanctions against Iran’s oil and petrochemical industry today, longtime investigative journalist Seymour Hersh questions the growing consensus on Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program. Continue reading
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FAIR Blog » Crackdown on Journalists at Occupy Wall Street
During the early morning raid on the Occupy Wall Street camp journalists were blocked from covering much of what was happening. Josh Stearns from Free Press has a rundown–as he points out, ‘By dawn, 10 journalists, including reporters from NPR, the Associated Press and the New York Daily News, had been arrested.’ Continue reading
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FAIR Blog » Crackdown on Journalists at Occupy Wall Street
During the early morning raid on the Occupy Wall Street camp journalists were blocked from covering much of what was happening. Josh Stearns from Free Press has a rundown–as he points out, ‘By dawn, 10 journalists, including reporters from NPR, the Associated Press and the New York Daily News, had been arrested.’ Continue reading
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‘Civil disobedience is the only way to go’ — RT
Violent arrests have taken place in New York during a huge anti-Wall Street rally. RT correspondents as well as independent commentators bring the latest from the scene. Continue reading
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Insurgent Notes | The Next Step for Occupy Wall Street: Occupy Buildings, Occupy Workplaces
Today, after two months of occupations and the attacks on the occupations in Portland, Oakland and now Manhattan, OWS might be crossing a new threshold–a massive convergence of students in Union Square and a working-class convergence in Foley Square attempting to give reality to the growing calls for a general strike. Continue reading
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NYPD blast LRAD sound cannons at OWS — RT
17 November 2011 — NYPD blast LRAD sound cannons at OWS — RT http://rt.com/s/swf/player5.4.swf?file=http://rt.com/files/news/ows-police-sound-canons-603/ia0488725f3f2c24bbbbf11852aefeffb_live2000.dv.flv&image=http://rt.com/files/news/ows-police-sound-canons-603/twitpic-image-jopauca.n.jpg&skin=http://rt.com/s/css/player_skin.zip&provider=http&abouttext=Russia%20Today&aboutlink=http://rt.com&autostart=false RT’s New York crew has witnessed NYPD using LRADs, or sound cannons on Occupy Wall Street protesters. Eyewitnesses at the site have tweeted police fired as protesters sang the US national anthem . NYPD has previously threatened to use LRADs during… Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street then the World Newslinks 16-17 November 2011
17 November 2011 — williambowles.info 17 November 2011Mayors conspired to close Occupy Wall Street encampments World Socialist Web Site Today at 18:14 As cities throughout the United States step up the police crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street movement, evidence has emerged of a conspiracy between city officials—possibly coordinated with federal intelligence agencies—to shut down… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks, 16 November 2011: Q: Should Palestinians be able to ride Israeli buses? A: No, it’s a Jewish state
16 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas: “We Seek Peace, We Want A Balanced U.S. Role” IMEMC – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated during a speech on the 7th anniversary of the death of President Yasser Arafat, and the 23rd anniversary of declaring independence, that the Palestinian Authority does not… Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Iran, Nukes and the Failure of Skepticism
Much of the corporate media coverage of a new UN report on Iran strongly asserts that Iran is close to building nuclear weapons. But the International Atomic Energy Agency report does not actually arrive at that conclusion, and many critics contend that the speculations that are in the report are misguided. Continue reading
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Video: Eviction Reinforces OWS Determination
Occupy Wall Street supporters will attempt to shut down Wall Street and New York subways Continue reading
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Video: COURTS OVERRULED BY COPS – DHS ABOVE THE LAW….
The ugly hand of the federal government is becoming increasingly suspected behind what appears to be a nationwide attempt to repress and evict the Occupation Movement. Continue reading
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Bloomberg Personifies What the Occupation Opposes BY Glen Ford
It was never in the cards for a plutocrat mayor to long tolerate a movement whose essential logic is the dissolution of his class. ‘If the Occupy Wall Street movement has been about anything, it is the absolute necessity to rid the nation – and the world – of the collective tyranny of the Bloombergs,… Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Evicted in Late Night Raid; Lawyers Secure Injunction to Reopen Zuccotti Park
Nearly two months into Occupy Wall Street, New York City police have carried out a major crackdown on the protesters’ Lower Manhattan encampment, dismantling tents, confiscating belongings, and arresting more than 70 people. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street then the World Newslinks 11-15 November 2011
15 November 2011 — williambowles.info 15 November 2011NY police remove Occupy protesters Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 11:48 Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 15 November 2011
15 November 2011 — williambowles.info Court Decision Forcing Twitter To Give Up Info On Wikileaks Associates … Techdirt You may recall that the US government has been seeking all sorts of info on some folks who were somehow connected to Wikileaks as a part of its grand jury investigation, using the obscure 2703(d) process, rather… Continue reading
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