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HLLN 13 January 2013: Your story Haiti, For You: Light and Libation, A Bouquet of Tears | Seismic Shifts – Haiti freestyling to murder Tarzan, Jane & their Uncle Toms
13 January 2013 — HLLN Recommended HLLN Link: Foreign violence against Haiti is the norm. Haiti struggles on, paying an untenable price, lighting a path for love and justice http://bit.ly/13eKwK3 Felipe Luciano/WBAI interviews Ezili Dantò of HLLN on Haiti, three years after the earthquake. Broadcast on Jan 11, 2012 http://bit.ly/13eKwK3 Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 8-12 January 2013: Dr. Drone Heads the CIA, Hollywood “Nominates” the CIA
12 January 2013 — Global Research “Zero Dark Thirty”: Torturing the Facts, Marjorie Cohn, January 11, 2013 Granting impunity to the torturers combined with propaganda films like Zero Dark Thirty, which may well win multiple Oscars, dilutes any meaningful public opposition to our government’s cruel interrogation techniques. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 6-12 January 2013: US / Syria / Christianity / Hagel / Russia-EU-US
12 January 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation From Lower Class to Prison Caste: the US Shackles Itself 12.01.2013 | 00:00 | David KERANS The economic hardships of the past few years and the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement have made Americans more aware than at any time in living memory of the extraordinary inequalities… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 612: STAKES IN HAITI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC & THE LOGICS OF IMPERIALISM
11 January 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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The CIA’s Hollywood Release: “Zero Dark Thirty”, or How People Lose Their Humanity By Annie Day
So how did they feel about liking a film that upholds something they would otherwise find deplorable? Several people said it’s just a movie and shouldn’t be taken so seriously. One woman said she appreciated coming to understand, from the CIA’s perspective, why they used torture. And far too often, the answer was, “It’s complicated.” Continue reading
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New Boss at the CIA: Brennan’s “Legal Framework” for Drone Killings By James Gundun
Rumored since President Barack Obama secured his second term in office, Brennan has finally received a formal nomination to replace the scandalized David Petraeus and advance his work at the CIA. Continue reading
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ICH 10 January 2013: Our Killer President: He murders — and he's proud of it
10 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Syria Must be Defenseless for America to Illegaly Invade, Rated: XXX By John Robles The arrogance of those debating the fate of Syria from thousands of miles away, as if they even have a right to in the first place, is mind boggling. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33586.htm Continue reading
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Video: 11 Years of Guantanamo; Brennan CIA Nomination Consolidates Drone Assassination Strategy
Michael Ratner: From Guantanamo to Brennan at CIA, Obama carries on the policies of George Bush Continue reading
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Prosecutors to Present “Evidence” that Al Qaeda including Osama bin Laden “Benefited” from Bradley Manning Leaking By Naomi Spencer
On Wednesday afternoon, government prosecutors said they planned to present evidence that Al Qaeda members, including Osama bin Laden, directly benefited from the publication of materials Manning is charged with leaking. Continue reading
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John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old By Medea Benjamin
In October 2011, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz attended a gathering in Islamabad where he was taught how to use a video camera so he could document the drones that were constantly circling over his Pakistani village, terrorizing and killing his family and neighbors. Two days later, when Aziz was driving with his 12-year-old cousin to a… Continue reading
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ICH 9 January 2013: Bradley Manning Was Mistreated: Military Judge
9 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Are Israeli Fears Of A Nuclear Iran Overblown? By Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett Strategically, as we’ve argued before, there is no way that a mythical nuclear-armed Iran, much less an Iran enriching uranium at well below weapons grade, poses an “existential threat” to Israel. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33576.htm Continue reading
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Cloud surfing: US surveilance act ‘grave threat’ to EU sovereignty
An intelligence bill has put the frighteners on EU citizens as it allows the US access to their personal data stored in internet clouds like those used on Facebook and Google. The law is a ‘grave risk’ to the rights of EU citizens, says an EU report. Continue reading
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ICH 8 January 2013: The American System of Suffering, 1965-2014
8 January 2013 — Information Clearing House The Syria Endgame: Strategic Stage in the Pentagon’s Covert War on Iran By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya “Rebel” attack on Syria is a front in the covert multi-dimensional war against Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33562.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 7 January 2013: Desperate to break Samer Issawi hunger strike, Israel relentlessly targets his family
7 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Farawna: “Palestinian Christians, Partners In Struggle, Pain And Captivity”IMEMC – Former political prisoner, a Palestinian researcher specialized in detainee’s affairs, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, wished all Palestinian Christians a Merry Christmas and a happy new year, and stated that Palestinian Christians are partners in the struggle against… Continue reading
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ICH 7 January 2013: A warning to all who consider dissent
7 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Syria: Why Assad May Yet Claim Victory By Simon Tisdall Perhaps it’s not Bashar al-Assad who is detached from reality but Obama and Hague. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33554.htm Continue reading
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ICH 6 January 2013: US-NATO’s Covert War on Syria
6 January 2013 — Information Clearing House President Assad Outlines Political Solution to Syrian Conflict Video & Transcript President al-Assad : Out of Womb of Pain, Hope Should Be Begotten, from Suffering Important Solutions Rise . http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33540.htm Continue reading
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From Iran Sanctions To US ‘Dirty Tricks’ By Dr. Ismail Salami
In what can be seen as a blatantly overt interference in Iran’s affairs, US President Barack Obama has recently enacted a law “aimed at countering Tehran’s alleged influence in Latin America” through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department. Continue reading
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From Iran Sanctions To US 'Dirty Tricks' By Dr. Ismail Salami
In what can be seen as a blatantly overt interference in Iran’s affairs, US President Barack Obama has recently enacted a law “aimed at countering Tehran’s alleged influence in Latin America” through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department. Continue reading
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All 27 UK Foreign Affairs lawyers: Iraq war unlawful. Obama, politicians, US media: no response By Carl Herman
All the lawyers in the UK’s Foreign Affairs Department concluded the US/UK invasion of Iraq was an unlawful War of Aggression. Their expert advice is the most qualified to make that legal determination; all 27 of them were in agreement. Continue reading
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ICH 4 January 2013: Aftermath of Syria Car Bomb Attack: Raw video –
4 January 2013 — Information Clearing House New US drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen By Patrick O’Connor The latest attacks demonstrate that the drawdown of US-led occupying forces in Afghanistan will be accompanied by an expansion of illegal drone operations across the Middle East. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33529.htm Continue reading