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Turn the World Upside Down: From Occupation to Revolution By John Spritzler
If OWS decides explicitly that its goal is revolution, it would transform the OWS movement. It would be a qualitative leap and set the agenda for the coming years: a national and international conversation about how to make a revolution and what a post-revolutionary society can be like. If OWS does this, then folding the… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 31 October, 2011
31 October, 2011 — Information Clearing House Turkey’s Erdogan Holds Assad’s Fate in his Hands By Anshel Pfeffer Syrian protesters and army defectors can only dent Assad’s iron hold on the country, unless, that is, Turkey continues to silently sponsor his opponents. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29553.htm Continue reading
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Video: Ibn Sina Hospital, Sirte: doctor speaks, overwhelmed, over corpses of children killed by NATO
27 September 2011 — empire strikes black English translation of the doctoress’ words, from Ibn Sina Hospital, in Sirte, Libya, following a NATO bombing on 23/09: “Same date, 23 September … We are on Friday, a day of celebration for Muslims. A Muslim holy day … people pray on Fridays, and NATO kills children …. Continue reading
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Libya: NTC concocts mass grave story in brazen propaganda ploy and the BBC spreads it
In a truly stunning display of dishonesty, the BBC has reported, citing no evidence to back its claim, that a mass grave containing over 1,200 bodies has been found in Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison complex. The BBC attempts to tie this ‘finding’ to the equally concocted ‘Abu Salim prison massacre’, as it claims that the… Continue reading
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Military whistleblower tells of ‘indiscriminate’ Israeli attacks By Donald Macintyre
Israeli troops fired tear gas indiscriminately and sometimes dangerously to enforce a daytime curfew inside a West Bank village to stop Palestinians holding a peaceful demonstration on their own land, a military whistleblower has told The Independent. Continue reading
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Israeli Impunity: The Queen has lost her royal marbles
Britain has amended a law that allowed for issuing arrest warrants against Israeli politicians who visit the country, British Ambassador Matthew Gould announced Thursday. Gould called opposition leader Tzipi Livni, against whom an arrest warrant was issued in 2009, and told her the Queen has signed the amendment ‘to ensure that the UK’s justice system… 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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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 Libyan Soldier: The True Heroes of NATO’s War By Glen Ford
NATO has proven it has the capacity to kill thousands of Libyan soldiers from the skies, but it cannot ‘convey honor and legitimacy’ to the rebels under its killer wings. ‘They are little more than extras for imperial theater, a mob that traveled to battle under the protective umbrella of American full spectrum dominance of… Continue reading
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BOOTS ON THE GROUND? NATO Prepares ‘Humanitarian’ Occupation Of Libya Thousands of NATO troops on standby By Paul Joseph Watson
Preparing to head off any potential counter-attack by Gaddafi forces, NATO powers are readying a “humanitarian” occupation of Libya with thousands of British and American soldiers, risking the possibility that troops could be sent into yet another quagmire to rival Afghanistan and Iraq. Continue reading
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NATO’s covert hand crucial in rebel advance on Tripoli — RT
During the months of fighting in Libya, NATO provided crucial assistance to the rebels far beyond air strikes on Gaddafi’s key communications and weapons facilities. Surveillance, private contractors and military instructors have helped to turn rebel groups into a force able to storm Tripoli. Continue reading
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NATO’s covert hand crucial in rebel advance on Tripoli — RT
During the months of fighting in Libya, NATO provided crucial assistance to the rebels far beyond air strikes on Gaddafi’s key communications and weapons facilities. Surveillance, private contractors and military instructors have helped to turn rebel groups into a force able to storm Tripoli. Continue reading
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Gunshots during RT live from Tripoli — RT
Journalist Mahdi Nazemroaya, who is stationed in a central Tripoli hotel with the international press, says the journalists are being targeted by the rebels and the NATO forces that support them. While he is speaking to RT, shooting can be heard. Continue reading
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Gunshots during RT live from Tripoli — RT
Journalist Mahdi Nazemroaya, who is stationed in a central Tripoli hotel with the international press, says the journalists are being targeted by the rebels and the NATO forces that support them. While he is speaking to RT, shooting can be heard. Continue reading
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Video: Military Intervention in Syria Will Lead to Extended War
“Let’s understand that [if there is] any kind of military intervention in Syria at this stage using the pretext of a protest movement or responsibility to protect, we’ll have devastating consequences leading to a military escalation in a vast area.” Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 04, 2011: US Commando War in 120 Countries
4 August 2011 — Information Clearing House US Commando War in 120 Countries: Uncovering the Military’s Secret Operations In the Obama Era By Nick Turse American secret commandos are carrying out raids in 70 countries—just today. By the end of the year, the number will probably be close to 120. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28747.htm Continue reading
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Infighting engulfs Benghazi By Ben Chackor
Libya’s rebel council was forced onto the defensive today as it reported fierce fighting with a rival faction over a base on the outskirts of Benghazi. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 July, 2011: Jewish association launches tourism project promoting the West Bank as “part of Israel”
30 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli troops attack 3 non-violent protests in West Bank, injuring four IMEMC – Sunday July 31, 2011 – 01:09, On Friday four people were injured and four arrested, as Israeli troops attacked anti-wall protests organized in a number of West Bank communities. Protests Continue reading
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El Salvador: The Truth Commission and the Jesuit Massacre
The outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980 initiated twelve years of violent conflict within Central America’s most densely populated nation. For years, President Ronald Reagan employed a traditional Cold War platform to reinforce conservative governments, insisting that the leftist insurgency organization, the Frente Faribundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), posed a dangerous… Continue reading
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Israeli Army storms Freedom Theater in Jenin
Special Forces of the Israeli Army attacked the Freedom Theater in Jenin Refugee Camp at approximately 03:30 this morning. Ahmad Nasser Matahen, a night guard and technician student at the theater woken up by heavy blocks of stone hurled at the entrance of the theater. As he opened the door he found masked and heavily… Continue reading
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