18 October 2013 — 21st Century Wire
Why is it compulsory that the state, or this case the military confab known as NATO, to have to hijack all of our digital devices throughout Europe? Is it even legal?
Tag: students
Arriving First in Syria By Franklin Lamb
6 September 2013 — Greanville Post
Damascus – Will 1000 American ‘Human Shields’ Stop Another Criminal War?
Human shields in Iraq
A sort of roller coaster atmosphere pervades Damascus these days with “good” and “bad” news rising and falling, often by the quarter hour. Much of the population is monitoring closely the news and quickly expressing their interpretations of the latest media reports and rumors as well as predicting the fairly precise timing of the now assumed American attack on their country.
Witness to the revolution: Bolivarianismo and popular power in Venezuela By Rowan Lubbock
17 August 2013 — Open Democracy
For those of us living in a land of economic austerity and political atrophy, seeing a country demonstrate that there is an alternative remains an indispensible component of our long-term struggle to rejuvenate our society.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: American High School Textbooks Perpetuate The Big Lie By Pat Elder
2 August 2013 — War is a Crime
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: American High School Textbooks Perpetuate The Big Lie
Audio: The NSA Comes Recruiting
2 July 2013 — Mob and Multitude
Some students and I had an exchange with NSA recruiters today. The audio and a rough transcript below.
The NSA came to recruit at a language program at the University of Wisconsin where I am spending my summer learning a language. Two recruiters, a redhead who looked more like a middle-aged mother (listed as “NSA_F” below) and a portly, balding man (“NSA_M”), began to go through slides explaining the NSA and its work.
What is happening in Istambul? By İnsanlik Hali
3 June 2013 — Global Research
To my friends who live outside of Turkey:
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 call for help and support.
Student Science Experiment Finds Plants won’t Grow near Wi-Fi Router
30 May 2013 — mnn.com
Ninth-graders design science experiment to test the effect of cellphone radiation on plants. The results may surprise you.
Boston Set Up? Tsarnaev Brothers’ Mother: My Sons are Innocent, This is a Set Up
20 April 2013 — Global Research – Russia Today
GR Editor’s Note: The Testimony of the Tsarnaev Brothers’ Mother as well as media reports confirm that the two brothers were on the FBI Radar, under FBI surveillance for several years. The Tsarnaev family had been the object of persistent harassment. (M. Ch.)
Protests, Disturbances, and Violence Continue in Venezuela, General Strike a “Failure” By Tamara Pearson
16 April 2013 — Venezuelanalysis.com
This afternoon president Maduro said the opposition’s call for a general strike today had “failed”. He also blamed the losing candidate in Sunday’s elections, Henrique Capriles, for the seven deaths last night.
It’s Time to Decide: The Left, Austerity, and the People’s Assembly By Chris Nineham
22 March 2013 — Counterfire
The Peoples’ Assembly will meet in London on June 22, where thousands of those opposing the Coalition’s cuts will gather to work out a strategy to defeat austerity, and by implication, the government. Waiting till a 2015 election is hardly an option. It would be to allow more irreparable damage to be done. And many people, way beyond the radical left, will be wary of assuming that an Ed Miliband government, without strong pressure from below, will do much to alleviate the collective suffering caused by austerity. Continue reading
The Oft-Predicted Fickle Syrian ‘Tipping Point’ Has Tipped By Franklin Lamb
2 March, 2013 — Damascus
This observer lost count more than a year ago of the sheer number of predictions by analysts and lobbyists that the “tipping point” signaling the Assad government’s collapse was a sure thing and would happen any time now. “It’s just a matter of days, not weeks” President Obama declared back in 2011.
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 22 February 2013: Palestinian students "surrounded by guns" at Israeli universities
22 February 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Child Injured In Bil’in Weekly Protests, Dozens Treated For Effects Of Teargas Inhalation
IMEMC – Friday January 22 2013; Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against the Wall and settlement, and shot one child in the head, while dozens of protesters have been treated for the effects of teargas inhalation. …
Video: Amelia Hill is a Dirty Liar By Craig Murray
30 January, 2013 — Craig Murray
The Guardian hit a new low in Amelia Hill’s report on Julian Assange’s appearance at the Oxford Union. Hill moved beyond propaganda to downright lies.
There Is No American Left By Salvatore Babones
27 December 2012 — Australian Options
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. (Photo: Iowa Democrats / Flickr)
[Nor British for that matter. WB]
In September 2012 Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel attempted to break the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) with a bid to privatize Chicago’s public schools. The mayor’s proposal was based on a plan to subject teachers (and schools) to performance measurement based on students‘ standardized test scores.
The Sandy Hook School Massacre: Unanswered Questions and Missing Information By Prof. James F. Tracy
25 December 2012 — Global Research
“[My staff] and I hope the people of Newtown don’t have it crash on their head later.” –Connecticut Medical Examiner D. Wayne Carver II, MD, December 15, 2012
Does Hugo Chavez Keep Fooling Venezuelans? By Peter Hart
13 December 2012 — FAIR
The New York Times updates readers today (12/13/12) on the health status of left-wing Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, and the political implications for his country. But the paper starts out by suggesting that the people who keep electing him must have some kind of problem.
VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 28 November 2012: Israel’s repression of Palestinian students reached new level during Gaza attack
28 November 2012 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Seven Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Central Gaza
IMEMC – The Israeli army continued its violations of the ceasefire that was reached on the evening of Wednesday November 21, shot and injured on Wednesday evening (Nov. 28), seven Palestinians east of the Al-Maghazi and the Al-Bureij refugee camps in central Gaza. …
Video: The Agueros Archive: Preserving New York's Latino Heritage
23 August 2012 — Columbia University New York Stories
Jack Agüeros is a poet, playwright, short story writer, translator and author of five books. He was an activist in New York’s Latino community in the 1960s and ’70s and director of El Museo del Barrio for close to a decade. Agüeros, who turns 78 on Sept. 2 and suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, can no longer write. But he will continue to inspire students, writers and literary scholars through the collection of papers, videos and photographs he and his three children, Kadi, Marcel and Natalia, are donating to the Columbia Libraries. Continue reading
Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
8 October, 2012 — Global Research
ESFAHAN – Dramatic fluctuations of the Iranian rial triggered small protests among merchants in Tehran’s grand bazaar on October 3rd, 2012. In an attempt by authorities to prevent further devaluation, Iran’s central bank recently issued new limits on the amount of USD available for purchase at a subsidized rate, leading many to panic as the rial fell 40% against the dollar since the start of October. Continue reading
Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
8 October, 2012 — Global Research
ESFAHAN – Dramatic fluctuations of the Iranian rial triggered small protests among merchants in Tehran’s grand bazaar on October 3rd, 2012. In an attempt by authorities to prevent further devaluation, Iran’s central bank recently issued new limits on the amount of USD available for purchase at a subsidized rate, leading many to panic as the rial fell 40% against the dollar since the start of October. Continue reading
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