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The Anti-Empire Report #122 By William Blum: NSA / The United Nations vote on the Cuba embargo – 22 years in a row / Let’s not repeat the Barack fuckup with Hillary
7 November 2013 — The Anti-Empire Report National Security Agency – The only part of the government that really listens to what you have to say The New York Times (November 2) ran a long article based on NSA documents released by Edward Snowden. One of the lines that most caught my attention concerned “Sigint” – Continue reading
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Close smaller hospitals in haste, repent at leisure By Shibley Rahman
The UK government has quietly launched an inquiry into whether the smaller half of our hospitals are ‘sustainable’. Should we be worried? Continue reading
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Global Research Week in Review 30 October – 3 November 2013: Voodoo Economics and Friends of Imperialism
3 November 2013 — Global Research US Attacks Germany’s Economic Policies. Washington Views with Growing Alarm the Emergence of Germany as the Economic Powerhouse of Europe, Andre Damon, November 03, 2013 Continue reading
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Global Research Week in Review 27 October 2013: Fukushima Fraud and the Monopolization of the Biosphere
27 October 2013 — Global Research The Real Reason U.S. Targets Whistleblowers, Washington’s Blog, October 27, 2013 Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 13 October 2013: Libyan Chaos and Nuclear Disaster
13 October 2013 — Global Research Obscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case Against Syria, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, October 13, 2013 Continue reading
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The Ghouta chemical attack: Where are the missing children?
The UN Report published earlier this week on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Ghouta area of Damascus on Aug. 21, 2013 has clarified many issues but left the key questions unanswered: who committed the attack and who are the victims? Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 22 September 2013 Chemical Lies and Media Disinformation
22 September 2013 — Global Research NSA Snooping on Brazil’s President’s Emails. Unfolding Diplomatic Fall Out between Washington and Brasilia, Michael Werbowski, September 20, 2013 Continue reading
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The Challenge of Sustainable Development and the Culture of Substantive Equality By István Mészáros
Two closely connected propositions are at the center of this intervention: If development in the future is not sustainable development, there will be no significant development at all, no matter how badly needed; only frustrated attempts to square the circle, as in the last few decades, marked by ever more elusive “modernizing” theories and practices,… Continue reading
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Video: The Great Rift: Capitalism and the metabolism of nature and production John Bellamy Foster
John Bellamy Foster: We need a society that is geared, as István Mészáros always tells us, to substantive equality. And no compromise on the issue of equality. Bolívar said equality is the law of laws. So we need substantive equality and we need ecological sustainability. And they have to go together. Continue reading
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Movie Review: “We Steal Secrets”: A Masterclass in Propaganda. The Assassination of Julian Assange By Jonathan Cook
I have just watched We Steal Secrets, Alex Gibney’s documentary about Wikileaks and Julian Assange. One useful thing I learnt is the difference between a hatchet job and character assassination. Gibney is too clever for a hatchet job, and his propaganda is all the more effective for it. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #119 By William Blum: Nationalism and Hypocrisy
It’s not easy being a flag-waving American nationalist. In addition to having to deal with the usual disillusion, anger, and scorn from around the world incited by Washington’s endless bombings and endless wars, the nationalist is assaulted by whistle blowers like Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden, who have disclosed a steady stream of human-rights and… Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 28 July 2013: CIA-Funded Geo-Engineering and Commodity Scams
28 July 2013 — Global Research Russia and China Prepare for Global War Stephen Lendman, July 26 , 2013 Continue reading
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They Know Much More Than You Think By James Bamford
Within days of Snowden’s documents appearing in The Guardian and The Washington Post, revealing several of the National Security Agency’s extensive domestic surveillance programs, bookstores reported a sudden spike in the sales of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984. On Amazon.com, the book made the “Movers & Shakers” list and skyrocketed 6,021 percent in a… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 640: SPECIAL ISSUE: BRAZIL: SIZING UP AFRICA’S NEW SUITOR
26 July 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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Egypt Under Empire, Part 1: Working Class Resistance and European Imperial Ambitions By Andrew Gavin Marshall
For any and every empire that has sought to exert control over the Middle East, Asia or Africa, control over Egypt has been a pre-requisite. Its strategic location has only become more important with each subsequent empire. Continue reading
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How to Send a Good FOIA Request to the Department of State By Laura S. Kauer
The Department of State’s launch of its new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) online request platform and terrific, comprehensive, 80,000-document online FOIA reading room, makes it a fitting time to review how to craft a good FOIA request to the Department of State (or any agency, actually). Continue reading
The New Dark Age 