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Video: The Shape of Things to Come in Libya: Interview with Michael Parenti By Sean Thomas
Michael Parenti: Expect the same thing as you saw happened in Yugoslavia and in Eastern Europe. There will be a massive privatization taking place. The public economy that the Gaddafi government had built over 40 years, which included public subsidies for housing, for education, for healthcare — all those things will be privatized. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 6 September 2011
6 September 2011 — williambowles.info THE ROVING EYE: Libya: The real war starts now: Asia Times Online Today at NoonAs the Libyan Transitional National Council already behaves like a lame duck and as the militias will simply not vanish, it’s not hard to picture Libya as a new Lebanon, with regions carved up between numerous… Continue reading
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NYT Points Out ‘Racist Overtones’ in Libyan Disinformation It Helped Spread By Peter Hart
So stories about African mercenaries are a racist mantra? If that’s the case, then point a finger at media outlets like the New York Times. While the warnings about mass rapes and mercenaries fueled the supporters of the NATO bombing, few reporters have detailed–mostly notably Patrick Cockburn in the Independent–that there was never solid evidence… Continue reading
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Fierce fighting continues in Tripoli By Bill Van Auken
Fierce fighting raged into the night in Tripoli Monday, even as leaders of the major Western powers proclaimed the end of the 42-year-old regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and maneuvered for position in the scramble for Libya’s oil wealth. Continue reading
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NATO-backed forces move into Tripoli By Patrick Martin
The Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi appeared on the brink of collapse Sunday night, as ground forces of the NATO-backed Transitional National Council entered Tripoli, the capital city, from the west, south and east. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 22 August 2011
22 August 2011 — williambowles.info Former WikiLeaks associate destroyed potentially explosive documents The Tech Herald by Steve Ragan – Aug 22 2011, 06:00 Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former spokesperson for WikiLeaks, is said to have destroyed more than 3000 documents, taken when he left the organization. Based on statements from WikiLeaks, the documents would have been… Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Libyan Deaths, Media Silence – Were Dozens Killed in Majer NATO Airstrikes?
Allegations of Libyan civilian deaths as a result of NATO bombing have often been covered in the corporate media as an opportunity to scoff at the Gadhafi regime’s unconvincing propaganda (FAIR Blog, 6/9/11). But dramatic new allegations that dozens of civilians were killed in Majer after NATO airstrikes on August 8 have been met with… Continue reading
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British Jealous of America’s Savage Police By Glen Ford
Given the extreme violence of American life, when compared to other rich nations, why would the Brits consider for even an instant emulating the U.S. criminal justice system? What could American cops teach them? Continue reading
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Charles Mingus Trio 'Summertime'
This recording of Mingus’s version of the George Gershwin classic “Summertime” was made in New York City on July 9, 1957 with Charles Mingus on bass; Hampton Haws piano; and Danny Richmond on drums. Continue reading
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As Economy Crumbles, Media Goes into Ritual Politics Mode: What is Michelle Bachmann wearing? By Danny Schechter
And so it came to pass, as predicted, projected, and warned about, that the economy is about to tank again. No less an authority than Nouriel Roubini, once dismissed as “Dr. Doom” for his accurate predictions of the financial crisis in 2007 and 20088, is shaking his head and pointing his finger again. Continue reading
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After London Police Killing, Media Focus on Problem of Police Restraint By Peter Hart
A former senior riot police officer with knowledge of current operations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the most recent riots were allowed to rage, in part, because police officers felt constrained. Continue reading
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Black Britain Revolts: What If It Had Been New York? By Glen Ford
Britain’s Black rebellion shocked the nation, but has not produced the kind of carnage that routinely accompanies urban unrest in the United States. ‘Had London’s current disturbances occurred on a similar scale in New York City, with outbreaks across the various boroughs, the police would have unleashed a bloodbath.’ Which is not to say that… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info Wikileaks: UN discussed dropping #003 Radio Netherlands United Nations officials discussed shutting down Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal without hearing a politically sensitive case involving two former Khmer Rouge leaders, according to a classified US diplomatic cable disclosed by Wikileaks. … http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/wikileaks-un-discussed-dropping-003 Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 3 August 2011: Obama Catastrophe / Ruling Class Victory / McKinney Eyewitness Libya
3 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report News, commentary and analysis from the black left Ruin-Nation: The Obama Catastrophe by BAR executive editor Glen Ford After two and a half years of waging war against the Left half of his own party, while seeking a “Grand Consensus” with the GOP, President Obama has finally set… Continue reading
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US-backed forces launch military offensive in Somalia as aid is used as a weapon of war By Susan Garth
African Union forces have launched a military offensive against the al-Shabab militia in Somalia. The African Union is propping up the Transitional Federal Government that was installed by the US-backed Ethiopian invasion of December 2006. Continue reading
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