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The world is rich. The rich are the problem By Richard Mellor
There’s no shortage of food, no shortage of wealth to solve social crises. The problem is a system that enriches a few and starves multitudes. Continue reading
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Action Alert: Iraq Then, Syria Now? New York Times, sarin and skepticism
During the run-up to the Iraq War, the New York Times amplified erroneous official claims about weapons of mass destruction (FAIR Action Alert, 9/8/06). Looking at the paper’s coverage of allegations of chemical weapons use by Syria, some of the same patterns are clear: an over-reliance on official sources and the downplaying of critical or… Continue reading
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Say No to War on the Korean Peninsula! For a Lasting Peace in the Northeast Asian Region By Dr. Kiyul Chung
On July 27, 1953, Korean War hostilities were ended only temporarily by introducing the fragile Armistice Agreement which was signed by DRPK, China and USA/UN. However, that “temporary cessation” of the deadly military conflicts has not put an end to all hostilities as it was supposed to and as was clearly stated as its intent… Continue reading
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Syria: Nusra Front claimed responsibility for at least 600 terror acts
Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations says the al-Nusra Front terrorist group has claimed responsibility for carrying out at least 600 acts of terror in the past year. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 7 May 2013: Israel Wants Detainees To Pay For Their Medical Expenses
7 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael Forces Palestinian To Demolish His Home In JerusalemIMEMC – Tuesday May 7 2013, A Palestinian man from occupied East Jerusalem had to demolish his own home in order to avoid high fines and expenses after an Israeli court decided to demolish his property under the pretest Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Syria Skepticism – Chemical claims should be investigated, not used as pretext for war
U.S. suggestions that the Syrian government could have used chemical weapons have been treated as fact by some media outlets, and are helping to fuel the case for greater U.S. military involvement. But subsequent reporting has called into question these early, credulous reports–and highlighted the continuing media failure to treat WMD claims with the skepticism… Continue reading
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ICH 5 May 2013: Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Gas: UN Has Testimony
5 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Did Syrian “Rebels” Cross Red Line? UN Has Testimony That Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Gas – Investigator By Reuters U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #116 By William Blum: Boston Marathon, this thing called terrorism, and the United States
What is it that makes young men, reasonably well educated, in good health and nice looking, with long lives ahead of them, use powerful explosives to murder complete strangers because of political beliefs? I’m speaking about American military personnel of course, on the ground, in the air, or directing drones from an office in Nevada. Continue reading
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Was the Syria Chemical Weapons Probe “Torpedoed” by the West? By Adam Larson
Since the perplexing conflict in Syria first broke out two years ago, the Western powers’ assistance to the anti-government side has been consistent, but relatively indirect. The Americans and Europeans lay the mental, legal, diplomatic, and financial groundwork for regime change in Syria. Meanwhile, Arab/Muslim allies in Turkey and the Persian Gulf are left with… Continue reading
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Was the Syria Chemical Weapons Probe “Torpedoed” by the West? By Adam Larson
Since the perplexing conflict in Syria first broke out two years ago, the Western powers’ assistance to the anti-government side has been consistent, but relatively indirect. The Americans and Europeans lay the mental, legal, diplomatic, and financial groundwork for regime change in Syria. Meanwhile, Arab/Muslim allies in Turkey and the Persian Gulf are left with… Continue reading
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ICH 2 May 2013: Boston Bomb Suspects Had CIA Connection
2 May 2013 –– Information Clearing House Obama Moving Toward Sending Lethal Arms to Syrian ‘Rebels”, Officials Say By Karen DeYoung The officials did not specify what U.S. equipment is under consideration, although the rebels have specifically requested ?antitank weapons and surface-to-air missiles. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34805.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 2 May 2013: Settlers torch olive trees near Ramallah
2 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterHebron Governor Meets EU Representative In PalestineIMEMC – Thursday May 2, 2013, Hebron governor, Kamal Hmeid, held a meeting with the representative of the European Union in Palestine, John Gatt-Rutter, and informed him of the ongoing and escalating attacks carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers in Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 628: UNMASKING TERRORISM IN IMPERIALISM AND CAPITALISM
3 May 2013 — Pambazuka NewsThe authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in AfricaPambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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Invasion of Syria: Obama and U.S. Military Divided over Action? By Shamus Cooke
Has Syria crossed the “red line” that warrants a U.S. military invasion? Has it not? The political establishment in the United States seems at odds over itself. Obama’s government cannot speak with one voice on the issue, and the U.S. media is likewise spewing from both sides of its mouth in an attempt to reconcile… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 30 April 2013: PHOTOS: The face of Israel’s discriminatory home demolition policy
30 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSeveral Palestinians Injured near NablusIMEMC – Tuesday April 30 2013; Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been injured after a group of extremist Israeli settlers hurled stones at their vehicles close to various roadblocks, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 28 April 2013: Creeping dispossession destroys Palestinian agrarian communities
28 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Kidnaps A Disabled Palestinian At The Al-Karama CrossingIMEMC – Army also kidnapped a Palestinian in Jaba’ town, near Jenin Sunday evening April 28, 2013, Israeli Soldiers kidnapped a disabled Palestinian young man from Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, as he was Continue reading
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NATO’s Worldwide Expansion in the Post-Cold World Era By Rick Rozoff
One of the most significant developments of the post-Cold War era, and certainly the most ominous, is the transformation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military bloc created by the United States during the genesis of the Cold War in 1949, into one that has grown to encompass the entirety of Europe, has… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 26 April 2013: Soldiers Uproot 700 Olive Trees Near Jenin
26 April 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterArmy Attacks Nabi Saleh Nonviolent ProtestIMEMC – Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements, in Nabi Saleh village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. This week’s protest was titled “our detainees will be victorious”. … Continue reading
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New at SCF 20-27 April 2013: Gold / Korea / Chechnya / EU / Caucasus / Afghanistan / Serbia /Pakistan / Tsarnaev
26 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Gold: Back to Money World (II) 27.04.2013 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV There are two interpretations of the reasons behind the military intervention against Libya – the defense of human rights and the desire to grab the Gaddafi’s oil. Both are wrong. The real reason is the fact, that Continue reading
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ICH 23 April 2013: Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen
23 April 2013 — Information Clearing House “Dirty Wars” The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen By Democracy Now! The U.S. has basically outsourced anything vaguely resembling intelligence in Yemen to a network of Saudi spies and to Saudi intelligence. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34714.htm Continue reading
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