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Looking for Revolution in Kuwait By Mary Ann Tétreault
If one were looking for a revolution in the Middle East, the Gulf might be the place to start. The usual mental images of revolutions feature teeming masses and blood in the streets, and there are examples of each in the Gulf. But to see a revolution that may be in progress one has to… Continue reading
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Video: West Uses Terrorists in Turkey to Bait Syria by grtv
In a bid to speed up their time tables for Spring 2013, the West and their proxy Turkey are now baiting Syria into a wider regional conflict. Turkey’s parliament has authorized cross-border military operations into Syria ‘when necessary’ following a casual mortar-shelling incident on the Turkish-Syrian border. Continue reading
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Debunking Anti-Iran Propaganda: The Myth of the “New Holocaust” By Benjamin Schett
In a pattern of propaganda now well-established in the mainstream media, fear-mongering against Iran is reaching an all-time peak. A case in point includes ongoing accusations that Iran is in violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, despite statements to the contrary from U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta as well as a number of American intelligence… Continue reading
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Debunking Anti-Iran Propaganda: The Myth of the "New Holocaust" By Benjamin Schett
In a pattern of propaganda now well-established in the mainstream media, fear-mongering against Iran is reaching an all-time peak. A case in point includes ongoing accusations that Iran is in violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, despite statements to the contrary from U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta as well as a number of American intelligence… Continue reading
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Greece in flames: Cassandra strikes again By Eric Walberg
In a scene worthy of “Battle of the Damned” gas-mask clad protesters left 40 buildings in Athens in flames as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets, wounding hundreds. Greece’s 99 per cent have little or nothing to lose in a “structurally readjusted” country, leaving them at the forefront in the growing battle in the… Continue reading
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Disaster Capitalism in Action in Europe (with Video) By Moira Dalgetty in Athens
Make no mistake: what took place in Greece on the 12th of February 2012 – the agreement by the Greek parliament to the wholesale sell-off of their country – is about something far bigger, and much more insidious and dangerous, than debt, the story that is being sold to the public across Europe. To demonise… Continue reading
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Lansley’s NHS Demolition Bill – political strikes are both necessary and possible to defeat it!
The Tories are in deep trouble over Lansley’s health ‘reforms’. Their Lib Dem coalition partners are deeply split over it, in the Lords Shirley Williams appears to be among those fighting hardest to defeat it. The Labour Party meanwhile, though it has capitulated on the public sector pay freeze and on the wider issue of… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 6-8 February 2012
8 February 2012 13:47:55 — williambowles.info 012 Israel embassies preparing for Iran strike? occupation magazine – articles Today at 23:59 Itamar Eichner – Ynet – ‘In the framework of the preparations for possible fallout in case of an Israeli strike on Iran, foreign diplomats stationed in Israel requested that the Foreign Ministry equip them and their Continue reading
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UK Parliament: Phone Hack Report Published / Welfare Reform Bill: So far
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Video: Egypt – “The best armies in the world are ours”
A masterpiece video, the music is an old patriotic song from the operetta “Shehrzad” composed by Sayed Darwish in 1920s. Its title is “the best armies in the world are ours”. The scenes are those of security forces cracking down on the protests in front of the parliament. Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 16-19 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowles.info 19 December 2011 Fresh violence hits Tahrir Square BBC News Today at 10:40 At least one person dies in fresh clashes between protesters and troops in the Egyptian capital Cairo, bringing the death toll since Friday to 11. Continue reading
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July Days Again in Britain — This Time in August By S. Artesian
The sun never sets on the poverty of British capitalism. In its wretchedness Britain represents the pinnacle of bourgeois society. In its decline Britain is a monument to the market, to private property, to progress. Continue reading
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New moves by British parliament to shield the Murdochs By Robert Stephens
The Murdochs rely on the fact that the British political elite and the police are seeking at all costs to prevent a serious investigation of the hacking of thousands of phones and the bribing of police officers, and block the bringing of criminal charges against the guilty. Continue reading
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The NewsCorp inquiry: an exercise in mass deceit By Robert Stevens
For the British ruling elite, Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech to a specially convened session of parliament was a critical moment. The decision to hold the special session was dictated by demands that Cameron respond to Tuesday’s appearance of News Corp head Rupert Murdoch, his son James and former News of the World editor Rebekah… Continue reading
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THE SLIME UNWINDS; MURDOCH MEDIA UNDER ATTACK By Danny Schecter
Rupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for British broadcaster BSkyB on Wednesday in the face of cross-party hostility in parliament following allegations of widespread criminality at one of his tabloid newspapers. Continue reading
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Murdoch’s News Corp Newslinks 13-14 July 2011
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info Murdoch’s News Corp. – an empire built on ethically-dubious practicesRussiatoday.ru Today at 00:30 RT Rupert Murdoch’s push to expand in the British media has come to a halt. His embattled empire has announced the drop of its bid to take control of UK’s largest satellite broadcaster BSkyB, following News Corp’s…” Continue reading
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Video: UK parliament bids to scupper Murdoch media deal
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has endured a torrid day at the hands of members of the UK parliament Continue reading
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Video: Bent Cops on Parade By Craig Murray
Aren’t members of parliament amazing? Suddenly they all have noticed that the Murdoch influence is a cancer in society, which is something the rest of us have known for 30 years. Equally suddenly they have noticed that Andy Hayman is a lying buffoon, whereas before they took him as a great bastion against terrorism whose… Continue reading
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