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The Face(book)less Revolution: A Decade of Strikes by Millions of Egyptian Workers by Mary Lynn Cramer
Last night I attended a large gathering of activists who came together in Arlington Center, Massachusetts, to listen to MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky and Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis discuss how to reinvigorate and expand the Peace Movement. Continue reading
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Washington: How Best to Shape the Middle East Playing Field? By Eric Walberg
Quiet tourist backwater Tunisia under its only rulers since independence — Habib Bourghiba (1956-1987) and then Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali (1987-2011) — was a much appreciated ally of the United States. However, as bin Ali fled to Saudi Arabia last month, US leaders suddenly were hailing those who defied his US-trained police with their US-made… Continue reading
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US warns Aristide not to return from exile By Tom Mellen
Washington warned former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday not to return from exile ahead of next month’s presidential election. Continue reading
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US-Egypt: Cookie-cutter cuisine By Eric Walberg
Even without a “cookie-cutter” it is clear in Cairo that the Landlers and Indyks advising Washington on its policies towards Arab countries are following a well-defined recipe not concerned with Arab democracy, but Israel’s best interests, even as the policy zigs one way and zags another. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 29 January – 4 February, 2011
5 February, 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation A Thaw in Kashmir or Shimmering Volcano? 04.02.2011 | 08:39 | MAHAPATRA Aurobinda (India) Last year till the end of August, the Kashmir valley witnessed some of worst incidents in a decade with loss of more than hundred lives… The developments this year has further raised the issue Continue reading
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Egypt: Egyptian Military Succession Plans Told to US Embassy
A senior Egyptian politician told an American diplomat in July 2009 [09CAIRO1468] that the military would safeguard a “constitutional transition of power” and implied the armed forces would support Gamal Mubarak, the son of current president Hosni Mubarak. Continue reading
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Corporations decide what Americans see on TV — RT
28 January, 2011 — Corporations decide what Americans see on TV — RT http://rt.com/s/swf/player.swf?file=http://rt.com/files/usa/news/usa-corporate-media-tv/1.28.11-4pm-nastia-pkg.flv&image=http://rt.com/files/usa/news/usa-corporate-media-tv/usa-corporate-media-tv-murdoch.n.jpg&skin=http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/changeset/643/skins/beelden?old_path=%2F&provider=http&abouttext=Russia%20Today&aboutlink=http://rt.com&autostart=false Several huge corporations own major networks and newspapers in the U.S. How much of the content do they control? Everyone seems to know that the hand that feeds is the hand in charge. ‘He who pays the piper gets to call Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt3
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt 1
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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Aristide Should Be Allowed to Return to Haiti By Mark Weisbrot
Haiti’s infamous dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier, returned to his country this week, while the country’s first elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is kept out. These two facts really say everything about Washington’s policy toward Haiti and our government’s respect for democracy in that country and in the region. Continue reading
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FCC net neutrality rules to hinder Internet freedom — RT
‘What the FCC did today, while they’ll call it net neutrality, wasn’t net neutrality,’ said Rosenbaum. ‘For the first time in history the US government has said it’s ok for corporations to discriminate online and to censor online, and that’s a real unfortunate thing.’ Continue reading
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WikiLeaks exposed US as global bully undermining democracies – American author — RT
Revelations by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks have shown America’s role in global affairs as one of a bully, best-selling US author and broadcaster Laura Flanders told RT. Continue reading
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US secret aims in Yemen secret no more — RT
As confirmed by a recent WikiLeaks dispatch of classified diplomatic cables, US special operations forces are carrying out strikes against suspected terrorists in Yemen, and the Yemeni government is taking the credit. But US plans in Yemen go further than strikes. The military are discussing long-term bases and asking for more than a billion dollars… Continue reading
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Palestinians call for state recognition without peace deal — RT
‘If the European Union would indicate to the government of Israel that the association agreement with Europe will be frozen until such time as there is a complete settlement freeze on part of the Israeli government and serious consideration of the rights of the Palestinian 1948 refugees to return and to recover their property rights… Continue reading
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White House Intensifies Military Buildup In Poland By Rick Rozoff
10 December, 2010 — Stop NATO Immediately on the heels of reports in the Guardian and other Western news media that the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization has crafted a strategy to intervene with nine army divisions in the Baltic Sea area, President Barack Obama met with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski at the White Continue reading
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WikiLeaks founder to make another try to win bail — RT
On Tuesday, the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court could be the scene of the final extradition hearing for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Originally, when the case came before a prosecutor in Sweden, she threw it out. It was subsequently picked up by another prosecutor, who decided to take the case into court. Continue reading
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America’s human rights rhetoric tarnished by actions — RT
62 years ago, the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, making today, International Human Rights Day. America’s first lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt, helped inspire the 1948 agreement – a global pledge critics say the US is failing to follow. Continue reading
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A symbol of flawed justice — RT
While American prisons overflow with prisoners, radical journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been on death row for almost three decades with no end to his legal process in sight as he continues his fight against the US criminal justice system. Continue reading
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