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Authoritarian Neoliberalism Hits a Wall in Turkey By Özlem Onaran
The obvious injustice and police brutality in Gezi Park was the last drop in a long process of accumulation of discontent against an authoritarian government, their social policies pushing for a conservative Islamic life style threatening in particular women and youth, criminalization and imprisoning of oppositional groups ranging from seculars to Kurds, socialists, and trade… Continue reading
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The Choice for the Working Class Will Certainly Be Created By the Communist Party of Turkey
For days now Turkey has been witnessing a genuine popular movement. The actions and protests, which have started in Istanbul and spread all over Turkey, have a massive, legitimate, and historic character. The most important of all is the striking change in the mood of people. The fear and apathy has been overcome and people… Continue reading
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Greek Lessons From Below By Sofiane Ait Chalalet and Chris Jones
Life without papers has changed in the last five years. Earlier, before austerity and recession struck, most of the refugees could find work with wages. Without papers they were inevitably highly exploitable and many were. But now there is virtually no work with wages. On top of this terror of having no income to live,… Continue reading
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The Right to the City Movement and the Turkish Summer by Jay Cassano
As I write this, Istanbul is under siege. The might of Istanbul’s entire police force—the largest city police force in Europe—is violently cracking down on peaceful occupiers in Gezi Park. Continue reading
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What is happening in Istambul? By İnsanlik Hali
I am writing to let you know what is going on in Istanbul for the last five days. I personally have to write this because most of the media sources are shut down by the government and the word of mouth and the internet are the only ways left for us to explain ourselves and… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 1 June 2013
1 June 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center370 Palestinians Kidnapped In MayIMEMC – The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies issued its monthly report on the Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, and stated that Israeli soldiers carried out more than 280 invasions, in May, and kidnapped 370 Palestinians. … Continue reading
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Report from Turkey: A Taste of Tahrir at Taksim By Sungur Savran
Istanbul has become a battlefield covered by tear gas. The police, no doubt at the behest of the Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP government, have been attacking protestors in the centre of the city, near Taksim Square, for five consecutive days. Continue reading
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A Hefty Bill: Guarding Assange in London By Binoy Kampmark
We live in an age of austerity, if we are to believe the scorched earth cult that has taken over most Western governments. Budgets are being slashed by economic irrationalists. Outlays are being trimmed. The nippers and snippers are doing their worst, and here, we have an astonishing statistic. The British government, through its police… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 30 May 2013: Israel To Build 1000 Units For Settlers In East Jerusalem
30 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center29 Palestinians Kidnapped In JerusalemIMEMC – Thursday at dawn, May 30 2012, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the As-Sa’diyya neighborhood, in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, and the nearby towns of Al-Ezariyya and Abu Dis, broke into and searched Palestinian homes, and kidnapped 29 residents,… Continue reading
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Assassinated? Man Linked to Tsarnaev Boston Suspects “Shot Six Times”, Killed during FBI Interrogation. Photos.
Ibragim Todashev, who was killed by the FBI during a questioning, was shot six times, once in the crown of his head, photos shown at a press conference in Moscow reveal. His father suspects it could have been a kill shot. Continue reading
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ICH 27 May 2013: The Evil of "Humanitarian Interventionism"
23 May 2013 — Information Clearing House US Makes Syria an ‘Offer it Can’t Refuse’ – again By Finian Cunningham This is the scenario that Washington and its NATO allies are contriving for the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad… http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35093.htm Continue reading
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Sweden Rebellions Reveal Deepening Racial and Class Divisions By Abayomi Azikiwe
The unrest began when a nearly 70-year-old Portuguese immigrant died in Husby as a result of police actions. The official story was that the senior citizen had welded a machete at officers, however, other sources from the community said that it was not a machete but a knife and that no one had been held… Continue reading
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Continued Cover-up of Contacts of Boston Bombing Suspects with FBI and US Intelligence By Barry Grey
In testimony before the US Senate Thursday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller continued the official cover-up of the advance warnings and extensive contacts between the FBI and other intelligence and security agencies and the suspects in the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon. Continue reading
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Syria: how the violence began, in Daraa By Tim Anderson
There is no doubt that there was popular agitation in Syria in early 2011, after the events in Egypt and Tunisia. There were anti-government and pro-government demonstrations, and a genuine political reform debate. However the serious violence that erupted in March 2011 has been systematically misreported, in line with yet another US-NATO ‘regime change’ agenda. Continue reading
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ICH 15 May 2013: The Posterior of Fascism
15 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Israeli Official Hints At More Attacks On Syria, Warns Assad Not To Respond By Barak Ravid “If Syrian President Assad reacts by attacking Israel…he will risk forfeiting his regime,” a senior Israeli official told the New York Times on Wednesday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34956.htm Continue reading
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The Militarization of Domestic Law Enforcement: Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’
By making a few subtle changes to a regulation in the U.S. Code titled “Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies” the military has quietly granted itself the ability to police the streets without obtaining prior local or state consent, upending a precedent that has been in place for more than two centuries. Continue reading
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