revolution
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Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But is Not By Deena Stryker
As one European country after another fails or risks failing, imperiling the Euro, with repercussions for the entire world, the last thing the powers that be want is for Iceland to become an example. Here’s why: Continue reading
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Libya: Black Africans continue to be killed and persecuted by rebel forces By Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker
‘Reports for many months have stated that Libyan rebels have been killing and persecuting black Africans in Libya once areas came under their control. The number of reports highlighting this continues to grow and many images have been shown which show Africans being mutilated and having their bodies abused and mocked by non-black African Libyans.… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 21 September 2011
21 September 2011 — williambowles.info NATO powers indifferent to Libyan refugees World Socialist Web Site Today at 16:33 The same NATO countries that waged war on Libya in the name of ‘protecting civilians’ have given ‘an abysmal response to the plight’ of refugees from this conflict. Continue reading
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Silence and fear return to the streets of Tripoli — RT
With Gaddafi effectively gone, the new authorities have settled down here in the capital, Tripoli. People are chanting that Libya is now a new free country. But it seems there is at least one thing that still remains – fear. Continue reading
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Silence and fear return to the streets of Tripoli — RT
With Gaddafi effectively gone, the new authorities have settled down here in the capital, Tripoli. People are chanting that Libya is now a new free country. But it seems there is at least one thing that still remains – fear. Continue reading
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Dmitri Sedov – In and Around Libya
The sliding of the civil war in Libya into a new phase tilted considerably the balance of forces in the country. Some of Gadhafi’s supporters continue to mount stiff resistance in Bani Walid, Siret, and Sabha and at least so far manage to keep attackers out of the strongholds. A few days ago they even… Continue reading
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US backing for Arab Spring bearing ‘strange fruit’ — RT
Under the umbrella of Arab revolutions, Washington is also beating the drums of regime-change in Syria, Iran’s closest ally in the region. Violence within the country has been widely condemned with countries like Russia and China calling for both sides in Syria to talk and end the bloodshed. However, America is blaming Assad alone. Continue reading
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Video: Qalandia barrier 26-8-11: Judaising Jerusalem
The Olive Revolution (popular revolution and the national humanitarian non-armed revolution against the Israeli occupation) starts the campaign ‘knocking on doors of Jerusalem’ Part of Alquds week activities as a response to all the Israeli policies of judaising Jerusalem. Continue reading
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NATO, Sleeper Cells Drove Rebels’ Tripoli Push By Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Rami Al-Shaheibi
They called it Operation Mermaid Dawn, a stealth plan coordinated by sleeper cells, Libyan rebels, and NATO to snatch the capital from the Moammar Gadhafi’s regime’s hands. Continue reading
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NATO’s Rebel Forces By Luis Rumbaut
In recent decades we have lived under the overlapping and curiously-named doctrines of neoconservatism and neoliberalism. We see now the resurgence of a third related practice: neocolonialism. War at will is the new standard for NATO. Continue reading
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The Truth About the Situation in Libya: Cutting through Government Propaganda and Media Lies By Brian Becker
The troops may be disaffected Libyans but the operation is under the control and direction of NATO commanders and western commando units who serve as ‘advisors.’ Their new weapons and billions in funds come from the U.S. and other NATO powers that froze and seized Libya’s assets in Western banks. Continue reading
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In Cuba, the revolution continues, softly, as times change By John Pilger
‘Accelerating the hard features of Cuba,’ a US diplomat once said memorably, ‘will be the measure of our success, not theirs.’ Continue reading
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The Future of Arab Revolts: Interview with Samir Amin By Hassane Zerrouky
The way Egyptian scholar and researcher Samir Amin sees it, nothing will be the same as before in the Arab world: protest movements will challenge both the internal social order of Arab countries and their places in the regional and global political chessboard. Continue reading
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Monday, Monday By S. Artesian
Anyway, now that Standard and Poor’s has pointed out that the standard for credit-worthiness is making almost everybody poorer, Monday should be a very interesting day. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 August, 2011: Israel’s ‘real estate revolution’ is not about justice or peace
7 August , 2011 — VTJP News Ma’an News Report: Fatah says Dahlan involved in poisoning Arafat 8/7/2011 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah has accused ousted party strongman Muhammad Dahlan of “having a hand” in poisoning late President Yasser Arafat, Arabic-language media reported Saturday. Arafat died in a Paris hospital in November 2004. The exact Continue reading
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When the revolution comes By Gaither Stewart
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina where I started out my life, I ran into the story of the Asheville-based self-professed Communist writer, Olive Tilford Dargan, of whom I had never heard before. Visiting then her gravesite in the little known Green Hills Cemetery in West Asheville and researching her and her… Continue reading
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Lies and Media Manipulations regarding the Protest Movement in Syria By Pierre Piccinin
The following article focusses on the Protest movement in Syria in mid-July. it does not cover recent events. It nonetheless suggests that mainstream media sources are systematically manipulating the relevant numbers Continue reading