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Arab Revolutions Will Never be Made-in-the-USA
The New York Times noted the anniversary of the murder of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi in typical imperial fashion: with a combination of lies and exhortations. The Times editorial was titled, “Making Revolution Work.” Of course, the nine month long NATO assault on a country of six million people was not a revolution in any… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27 October 2012: WikiLeaks reveals US detainee policies: Camp Delta
27 October 2012 Ecuador’s President suggests Assange be questioned at EmbassyVoice of Russia, News Today at 00:44 Sweden may send a representative of its prosecutor’s office to Ecuador’s Embassy in the UK to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange . This was stated by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, who cited instances when representatives of… Continue reading
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Who Will Win the Elections? “The Republicrats” By Julie Lévesque
Republicans and Democrats agree on core issues and only argue on technicalities. Obama, who was portrayed as a peaceful saviour in the last presidential elections, has demonstrated during his four years in office that he is not much different from his predecessor. Continue reading
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Obama’s War Record By Jack A. Smith
Center rightist that he is, Obama’s foreign/military policy amounted to a virtual continuation of George W. Bush’s Global War on Terrorism under a different name. He extended Bush’s wars to Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya and elsewhere while greatly expanding the war in Afghanistan, hiking the military budget, encouraging the growth of militarism in U.S. society… Continue reading
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The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives By Washington's Blog
Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Survey’s opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945 and in all probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even… Continue reading
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Chavez Beats the Devil, Again By Glen Ford
Hugo Chavez has won six more years as president of Venezuela and a model for standing up to the United States. Chavez’s longevity in the face of implacable imperial hostility shows that the “Washington Consensus” is defunct. “Latin America is the corner of the world that has achieved the greatest success over the last 20… Continue reading
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The EyeOpener- False Flags over Iran
In recent weeks Patrick Clawson, Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Polic suggesting that a “mysterious” downing of an Iranian submarine could get Iran to retaliate, thus provoking them into war. Continue reading
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Rick Rozoff: Full Interview On Events In Syria, Georgia, Iran, Venezuela
Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list, comments on the latest developments in Georgia and NATO’s emergency meeting surrounding the situation on the Turkish/Syrian border and its role in the region. He claims that: “NATO countries and their Allies in the Persian Gulf aren’t going to back down no matter… Continue reading
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Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
While combating the challenges that economic sanctions represent is an arduous task for any government, it is important to recognize that these sanctions are not aimed against Iran’s government, but at its poor and merchant population. Continue reading
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Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
While combating the challenges that economic sanctions represent is an arduous task for any government, it is important to recognize that these sanctions are not aimed against Iran’s government, but at its poor and merchant population. Continue reading
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A US Plan to Topple Hugo Chavez? By Mike Whitney
Regrettably, the United States has repeatedly tried to derail Chavez’s reform agenda by funding anti-Chavez groups via non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that pretend to be working for human rights or democracy promotion. The real purpose of these US-funded saboteurs is to topple the democratically-elected Chavez. Barack Obama supports this type of subversion as enthusiastically as did… Continue reading
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Men Behaving Badly By Moustafa Bayoumi
Here we go again. A preposterous provocation easily manages to ignite fevered protests in Muslim-majority countries around the world, and everyone is worse off as a result. The episode is playing like a sequel to the 2005 Danish cartoon controversy, but with bigger and better explosions than the original. Continue reading
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Video: Unearthing the Truth About the Bloodletting War on Drugs: Militarization and Economic Domination
Tens of thousands have died in Mexico (recent estimates, which will be discussed in a forthcoming Truthout article, indicate that the homicide total under the six year rule of Felipe Calderon may reach 120,000) and in other Latin American nations. As far as stopping drug flow goes, the war on drugs in Latin America is… Continue reading
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Target Iran: Drawing Red Lines in the Sand By William J Cox
The book contains a history of Iran and its conflict with the United States and Israel over its uranium enrichment program, a discussion of the likelihood of war between the parties and a peaceful solution that offers a comprehensive nuclear weapons policy for all nations. Continue reading
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Video: Black Agenda Report Editor: "Obama is not the lesser evil"
Glen Ford: President Obama has managed the crisis on behalf of the 1% more effectively than a Republican could have Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Economies: Skyrocketing Stock Market for the Rich, Devaluation of Work for the Rest
The rich are making out like bandits in the booming Wall Street economy that is based on profits squeezed out of firing workers, lowering net wages (adjusted for inflation), and outsourcing jobs to exploited labor overseas. There is no crisis in the top 1%; there is only increasing wealth. In that second economy, the financial… Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation 26 August – 1 September 2012: Europe / APEC / Kosovo / Saudi Arabia / Assange-Ecuador / Uzbekistan
1 September 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation EU Drift – Destination Unknown (I) 01.09.2012 | 00:00 | Pyotr ISKENDEROV At the moment, the EU is visibly divided at the face of the crisis. One of the camps comprises the embattled Mediterranean countries plus the predominantly agrarian Ireland, all of whom are sinking into a debt crisis which… Continue reading
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US arms sales nearly triple in 2011, researchers say
US arms transfers to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion, giving America a market share of nearly 80 percent, government researchers said Monday. Continue reading
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Why Syria will not Fall: Crushing Defeat of "Free Syrian Army" By Ghaleb Kandil
The recent developments in Syria revealed a series of important signs which will have decisive repercussions over the course of the global war led by the United States to destroy this country. Unlike the information and impressions of American strategists and their European and Arab accomplices – as conveyed by hundreds of media outlets engaged… Continue reading
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