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Israel Proves that Flotillas Work By Huwaida Arraf
Israel’s announcement of authorization for construction materials for 1,200 homes and 18 schools in Gaza is the latest achievement by the Freedom Flotilla, scheduled to sail next week. Continue reading
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Afghan Drawdown, Libyan Murder By Craig Murray
Could anyone watch Jeremy Bowen’s piece on BBC News last night, which showed a grieving father hugging the wrapped bodies of two tiny children killed in a NATO bombing? The fact the tiny childrens’ grandfather was a Gadaffi minister seemed to Jeremy Bowen a possible justification – he posed a dichotomy that by killing these… Continue reading
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The struggle in the squares By Panos Petrou
Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou and his PASOK party government survived a June 21 confidence vote in parliament, but he will face continued mass protests as he pushes for yet more devastating austerity measures. Continue reading
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Final Statement – Adopted by the International History Conference Commemorating 70th Anniversary of the Outbreak of 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War
We are increasingly alarmed with the current rise of revisionism of the history of World War II in the West and in several post-Soviet republics where incendiary political considerations outweigh commitment to historical accuracy. Continue reading
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Video shows police violently arresting Jewish man in Jerusalem
“Israel is occupying the Palestinian people in my name, in the name of world Jewry,” Lucas, clutching his American passport, tells the camera. “And I myself, an American Jew, is here to say that is completely unjustified and ethically reprehensible.” Continue reading
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Events in Syria -taking sides against imperialist intervention by International Action Center
The progressive political movement must avoid being just an echo and a justification of Pentagon war policy, especially whenever any developing country is in the cross hairs of a U.S. attack. Continue reading
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In India and Israel, the burden of protest falls on the victims of injustice By Pankaj Mishra
At a dark moment in postcolonial history, when many US-backed despots seemed indestructible, the great Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, whose centenary falls this year, wrote: “We shall witness [the day] when the enormous mountains of tyranny blow away like cotton”. Continue reading
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ARISTIDE STANDS, THE PEOPLE STAND By Nia Imara
With President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s return to Haiti this past March, President Obama once again landed his administration on the wrong side of history. After seven years of forced exile in South Africa—an exile orchestrated and imposed by the United States—Aristide and his family returned home to the rejoicing of millions of their fellow citizens. Continue reading
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Al-Jazeera footage captures ‘western troops on the ground’ in Libya
Armed westerners have been filmed on the front line with rebels near Misrata in the first apparent confirmation that foreign special forces are playing an active role in the Libyan conflict. Continue reading
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Video: Veolia AGM – BDS Action For Palestine
On Tuesday 17th May 2011 10 BDS activists from the UK, from various groups including London BDS, Palestine Solidarity Camapign, the BDS National Committee, as well as Innovative Minds travelled to Paris to show solidarity and support for french BDS activists in their action outside the Veolia AGM. Continue reading
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Obama, hands off our spring By Soumaya Ghannoushi
The first wave of Arab revolutions is entering its second phase: dismantling the structures of political despotism, and embarking on the arduous journey towards genuine change and democratisation. The US, at first confused by the loss of key allies, is now determined to dictate the course and outcome of this ongoing revolution. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 26 May, 2011: There's a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says
26 May, 2011 — Information Clearing House Syria – What’s Behind Protests? By Joyce Chediac Both the U.S. and the Economic Union have imposed sanctions on Syrian government officials. Why? www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28192.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 23 May, 2011: The U.S.: Where Europe Comes to Slum
23 May, 2011 — Information Clearing House Killing Our Way To Defeat Obama’s Private Killing Machine By Frontline – PBS They’re known as “JSOC” — Joint Special Operations Command. They report directly to the president and, “operate worldwide based on the legal (or extra-legal) premises of classified presidential directive.” John Nagl, a former counterinsurgency adviser Continue reading
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BBC is ‘confusing cause and effect’ in its Israeli coverage By Tim Llewellyn
More than two years after Operation Cast Lead, the BBC continues to confuse cause and effect – Israeli attacks are always reported as retaliation to Palestinian violence or rockets, and the idea that Palestinian rockets, however ineffective, are armed resistance to Israel’s hammering from land, sea and air is rarely broadcast. Continue reading
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Haiti's humanitarian crisis
To anticipate what lies ahead in Haiti, it is important to understand the origins of the popular movement for democracy and social justice that has shaped the last 25 years. Continue reading
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Israeli Officials and History Affirm the Power of BDS
Are boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) proving effective at isolating Israel as a form of pressure to end its violations of Palestinian rights? We at the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation think so, but you don’t have to take our word for it. Continue reading
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Najmuddin A. Shaikh (Pakistan) – The Agony of Libya: What can be done (II)
In Russia Prime Minster Putin was far blunter…Immediately after the passage of the resolution on which Russia had abstained he said that ‘The Security Council resolution is deficient and flawed; it allows everything and is reminiscent of a medieval call for a crusade,’ More recently Putin again spoke on the subject in Copenhagen and after… Continue reading
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UN Resolution on Libya Allows Invasion
Francis Boyle: UN resolution prohibits occupation but does not stop attack on land Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 March 2011: Michael Moore: “This Is War”
10 March 2011 — Information Clearing House Pack Journalism Promotes War on Libya By Stephen Lendman America’s major media never met an imperial war it didn’t love and promote, never mind how lawless, mindless, destructive and counterproductive. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27653.htm Continue reading
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