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Now for some good news… for a change
CCR is thrilled to announce that U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in United States of America and Vulcan Society, Inc., v. City of New York. The federal class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black firefighters, and three individual… Continue reading
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Fighting the “Rising Tide” of Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Syrian Crisis By Andrew Gavin Marshall
The following sample is a compilation of unedited research, largely drawn from official government documents of the State Department, CIA, Pentagon, White House, and National Security Council, outlining the development of the Eisenhower Doctrine and the American imperial perceptions of the threat of ‘Arab Nationalism.’ Continue reading
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The Battle for the Moral High Ground By Reuven Kaminer
The US and Israel are threatening Iran with aggression. With no basis in international law, and in complete violation of the principles of national sovereignty and basing themselves on a flagrant disregard for the truth of the matter, the US and Israel are pushing the region into dangerous, mounting tension. Continue reading
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The U.S. Strategy to Control Middle Eastern Oil By Andrew Gavin Marshall
In the midst of World War II, Saudi Arabia secured a position of enormous significance to the rising world power, America. With its oil reserves essentially untapped, the House of Saud became a strategic ally of immense importance, “a matter of national security, nourishing U.S. military might and enhancing the potentiality of postwar American hegemony.” Continue reading
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What the Heck is a “Prevailing Wage,” and Why Does it Boil Frogs? By Bill Bergman
Prevailing wage laws govern worker compensation on government-funded construction projects. They direct that workers be paid “prevailing wages.” This may not sound like such an evil thing, but these laws end up boosting construction costs significantly, and restrict opportunity for many construction workers. Continue reading
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Our Gang of War Criminals By Dave Lindorff
Under the Nuremberg Principles, later incorporated into the United Nations Charter, to which the United States is a signatory, the planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, which is defined as a war started against another nation that does not pose an imminent threat of attack on the aggressor nation or nations,… Continue reading
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National Security Archive: That 3 A.M. Phone Call…
Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was awakened on 9 November 1979, to be told that the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the combined U.S.–Canada military command–was reporting a Soviet missile attack. Just before Brzezinski was about to call President Carter, the NORAD warning turned out to be a false alarm. It was one of those moments… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 29 February 2012
29 February 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks suspect in frame for peace prize Independent Online Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl, the European Union and US soldier and WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning are on the list. With 188 individuals and 43 organisations, the number of candidates comes close to last year’s record of 241, when the award… Continue reading
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Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 8
29 February 2012 — www.boilingfrogspost.com “Black History in the United States: Slavery, Segregation, and Social Control” In a highly critical black history of the United States, this episode examines the social construction of race (and racism) starting in the late 1600s as a means of social control, devised through the colonial legal system to separate white… Continue reading
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Video: United States vs. Manning & Assange
Michael Ratner: Army is trying to pressure Manning into implicating Julian Assange so that he too can be charged and extradited to US Continue reading
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American Unipolar Moment Has Ended, Global Multipolarity Emerges BY M Zarrar Haider
The last two decades witnessed the expression of unipolarity in terms of unilateralism with invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and the endemic Global War on Terror (GWOT). We are now in a new, fast-evolving multipolar world in which some developing countries are emerging as economic powers; others are moving towards becoming additional poles of growth;… Continue reading
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Fukushima, the Criminal Complicity of Governments & What May Be in Store for US Reactors
Video: Fukushima gave the world a crash course in cascading nuclear failure. What many do not know is that the damaged reactors were designed by General Electric, rely on 40-year-old containment technology, and are substantially similar to 32 reactors currently operating around the world, including 23 in the United States. Continue reading
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Video: ‘US agenda in Middle East is very obvious’
The pressure is ramping up on the Syrian regime as calls for a peacekeeping force to get involved in the crisis intensify. But retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski says such missions hide another agenda. Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: Israel backing down from Iran threats By Michael Carmichael
High level sources in Israel have just leaked a sanitized version of the President’s plan to the Israeli press. But, there is much more to the story. In his meeting at the White House, Peres will inform Obama that Netanyahu has performed poorly in his handling of the Iran nuclear crisis and that bellicose statements… Continue reading
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Hardhitting, Dissenting Journalism — Without the Hardhitting, Dissenting Part By Arthur Silber
In a recent essay, I mentioned Matt Taibbi as one of the examples of a phenomenon I call “The Obedient Dissenter,” and said I would be examining that phenomenon in further detail soon. This isn’t that lengthier analysis, but more in the nature of a sneak preview. Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: February 18, 2012: U.S. Drone Attacks Kill Sixteen In Northwest Pakistan
18 February 2012 — 012 U.S. Drone Attacks Kill Sixteen In Northwest Pakistan Pakistani President Pledges Support To Iran Against Foreign Aggression Afghan War: NATO Loses 41 Soldiers So Far This Year U.S. To Deploy Interceptor Missile Destroyers To Spain Georgia: NATO Corner Opened At National Defence Academy Continue reading
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Europe’s cheap imperialism: Libya’s Colonial War One Year Later By Konstantin Bogdanov
The uprising against the regime of Col. Muammar Gaddafi started in Libya one year ago, on February 15, 2011. France and Britain conducted the supporting military operation with great difficulty and much deeper involvement than they had planned, hoping initially for a quick colonial campaign. Continue reading
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US: A Voters' Rights Amendment — A Matter of Critical National Importance
The VRA will result in a transformation of the U.S. government into a more representative democracy in which the power of money and corporations will be curtailed and the power of the people will prevail. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 16, 2012
16 February 2012 — 012 Permanent Presence: U.S. To Rotate F-16s In Poland NATO To Buy U.S. Drones For Asian And African Operations UAE Foreign Minister Pushes Gulf States-NATO Cooperation In Brussels Ex-Ambassador Appointed First American NATO Deputy Secretary Thailand: U.S. Leads Seven-Nation, 13,000-Troop Military Drills Continue reading
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