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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 25-27 October 2011
27 October 2011 — williambowles.info 27 October 2011Amidst police crackdown, widespread public support for Occupy movementWorld Socialist Web Site Today at 16:22Recent polls show widespread popular support for the Occupy Wall Street movement and its basic aims, centered on opposition to inequality and corporate domination of politics. The growth of support comes as local governments,… Continue reading
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American crisis politics By Eric Walberg
Is a constitutional amendment or a real third-party candidate the silver bullet that Americans need next year, asks Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 26 October, 2011: Police Turn Oakland Into War Zone
26 October, 2011 — Information Clearing House Gaddafi’s Death: Celebrating Murder While Ushering in Civil War By Orwellwasright’s Weblog It’s official: capturing someone alive and quickly executing them, then parading the corpse around on TV 24 hours is “a good thing”. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29524.htm Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 24-25 October 2011
25 October 2011 — williambowles.info 25 October 2011 Brutal arrests at Occupy Oakland Russiatoday.ruToday at 16:31 Police officers in Oakland, California arrested upwards of 75 protesters early this morning as they launched a crackdown on participants in the local Occupy Wall Street offshoot. Continue reading
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“I Demand to Know What You’re Demanding!” Some Remarks on Programme at OccupyLSX By Dan Hind
There is something very striking about the occupation in the City of London. From the outset the ordinary dynamics of protest appeared to have been suspended. The form was different, for a start. This wasn’t a march from A to B, with its accompanying sense of an ending. But more than that, the occupiers weren’t… Continue reading
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Imperial Massacres By Alexander Cockburn
At all events, since Qaddafi was a prisoner at the time of his execution, it was a war crime and I trust that in the years of her retirement Mrs Clinton will be detained amid some foreign vacation and handed a subpoena. Continue reading
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Greece: cradle of austerity — RT
For the people that has meant wage cuts many people by 30 per cent in most cases. On top of that, tax hikes, cuts to pensions and cuts to public spending. Continue reading
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Insurrection and Invisible Powers By Gaither Stewart
Italy, like Spain, is a peninsula, but she might as well be an island given the barriers separating her from the rest of the European mass and the Mediterranean cradle itself. This, and her long history, broken by frequent invasions from diverse cultures, has fostered the coalescing of an extraordinary idiosyncrasy rich in mysteries and… Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street & the World Newslinks 18-19 October 2011
19 October 2011 — williambowles.info 19 October 2011 Occupy Wall Street protesters raise nearly $500,000 Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 07:55 Continue reading
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Video: "I am not moving": Confronting America's Hypocrisy By grtv
Brilliant short film shows the hypocrisy of Obama and Clinton’s words about the Arab uprisings in contrast to how the American government responds to peaceful protesters at home. Compares the words on freedom and democracy relating to Syria, Egypt, Libya, Iran, and contrasts with treatment by NYPD and Boston police. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 October, 2011: Extraordinary Pictures From Libya
14 October 2011 — Information Clearing House US Kills 78 People in Somalia By Press TV In a different incident on Friday, another US drone attack killed 11 civilians and wounded 34 more in Hoosingow district in the south of the country. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29403.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 October, 2011: Suppressing the truth: US and Israeli cover-ups
9 October 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Military Takes Precautions To Prevent Leaks Regarding Removal Of Minor Outposts IMEMC – Sunday October 09, 2011 – 12:54, According to Israeli sources, the military has taken a number of measures to prevent leaks by soldiers about when minor settlement outposts… Continue reading
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Video: Greek Worker: “Patriotism is to Fight Austerity with Actions”
EuroNews: In the centre of Athens youths broke up marble paving slabs and hurled them at police on Wednesday Continue reading
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Video: Greek Worker: "Patriotism is to Fight Austerity with Actions"
EuroNews: In the centre of Athens youths broke up marble paving slabs and hurled them at police on Wednesday Continue reading
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Greece Newslinks 3-6 October 2011
6 October 2011 — williambowles.info 6 October 2011 Greece government workers stage protest strike San Francisco Chronicle As Greece struggles to avoid a catastrophic default, demonstrators in Athens expressed outrage over their misfortune and bewilderment at a crisis that shows no signs of easing. “Nobody knows what’s going on. Every day they say something different.… Continue reading
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Israel: ANATOT POGROM VICTIMS SUFFERED SEXUAL ABUSE
anatot.jpg Image from publication, ‘The True Right’ with caption: ‘Nazileftist smashed with blows.’ If all I did in this post was tell you about the suffering of Israeli peace activists who were beaten and brutalized at a pogrom at Anatot a few days ago, I would be telling you little that was newsworthy or that… Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 5-6 October 2011
6 October 2011 — williambowles.info Wall St Occupation: ‘All wronged by corporate forces are our allies’ Green Left Weekly issue #782 Today at 12:28 peter_b The declaration published below was unanimously passed by all members of Occupy Wall Street on September 29. It is the first official document for release. Receive an official press copy… Continue reading
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1st Amendment Victory in Goodman v. St. Paul, MN Police
Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) celebrated a landmark settlement in Goodman v. St. Paul, a federal lawsuit brought by Democracy Now! journalists Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Nicole Salazar against the Minneapolis-St. Paul police departments and the U.S. Secret Service, arising from law enforcement’s unlawful arrest and use of excessive of force… Continue reading
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