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Information Clearing House Newsletter 15 December 2011: Junkyard Gives Up Secret Accounts of Massacre in Iraq
15 December 2011 — Information Clearing House “Yankee Go Home” Iraq Celebrates US Army Withdrawal By Reuters Iraqis burned American flags, brandished banners and thronged the streets of the western city of Falluja to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29999.htm Continue reading
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Video: Duke Ellington Orchestra – 'It don't mean a thing'
1943 footage of the Duke Ellington Orchestra performing the swing era anthem “It Don’t Mean A Thing” with the singing of violinist and trumpeter Ray Nance, and trombonist ‘Tricky’ Sam Nanton. The song’s title was a derived from a saying often used by the Ellington Band’s former trumpet player Bubber Miley. Continue reading
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Video: Former Ambassador: ‘US to control Iraq oil always’
Despite the US’s declared withdrawal of its military personnel and contractors out of Iraq, Washington has prepared to control the country’s rich oil reserves in any case, shared Ranjit Singh Kalha, former India’s ambassador to Iraq in the 1990s. Continue reading
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Video: Former Ambassador: 'US to control Iraq oil always'
Despite the US’s declared withdrawal of its military personnel and contractors out of Iraq, Washington has prepared to control the country’s rich oil reserves in any case, shared Ranjit Singh Kalha, former India’s ambassador to Iraq in the 1990s. Continue reading
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Video: Out-FOXed: What’s NOT happening in Moscow — RT
I don’t harbor any hopes that the FOX people will see this and suddenly change their ‘errant ways’. But for the viewers – there are no palm trees in the streets of Moscow, the Prime Minister is spelled ‘PuTin’, not ‘PuTTin’ and the plural for ‘protester’ is ‘protesterS’. For future references. Continue reading
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Video: Out-FOXed: What’s NOT happening in Moscow — RT
I don’t harbor any hopes that the FOX people will see this and suddenly change their ‘errant ways’. But for the viewers – there are no palm trees in the streets of Moscow, the Prime Minister is spelled ‘PuTin’, not ‘PuTTin’ and the plural for ‘protester’ is ‘protesterS’. For future references. Continue reading
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Video: Gil Scott-Heron 'Work for Peace'
“The military and the monetary / Get together whenever it’s necessary / Turning our brothers and sisters into mercenaries / They are turning the planet into a cemetery.” — Gil Scott-Heron, ‘Work for Peace’ from the album ‘Spirits’. 1994 Continue reading
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Video: Public Dialogue Situations: The Left’s Responses to the Crisis in Europe and North America
With Leo Panitch, Stephanie Ross, Albert Scharenberg and Bill Fletcher. Moderated by Greg Albo. Sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, the Centre for Social Justice, and the Socialist Project. Continue reading
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Video: Iranian quest for casus belli — RT
A string of attacks on Iran, from assassinations of key nuclear and military personnel to attempts to alienate it internationally, ring the bell. Is the West hunting for a pretext for a new war in the Middle East? Continue reading
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Update from EI: Gaza patients’ burdens | BDS grows in UK trade unions | East Jerusalem killings | And more …
30 November 2011 — UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA LATEST FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA BLOGS The ridiculous burdens borne by Gaza medical patients By Rami Almeghari, Cairo, 30 November 2011 Though EI correspondent Rami Almeghari’s family has finally accessed medical treatment for his ailing wife, unlike other less lucky families in Gaza, the obstacles they Continue reading
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UK Public Sector Strike Newslinks 29-30 November 2011: 2 million strike
30 November 2011 — williambowles.info 30 November 2011 Strikers Show The Tories Who’s Boss: 2 Million Out To Save Their Pensions Morning Star Today at 17:32 Tory attempts to belittle public-sector industrial action rang pathetically hollow today as millions of workers joined the fight against government-imposed pension cuts. Continue reading
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Pakistan: Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath
Pakistan’s army releases footage showing the aftermath of the NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Rough cut (No reporter narration) Continue reading
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Video: Why Syria Matters: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad By Prabir Purkayastha
Syria is the last remaining representative of Arab nationalism as it used to be understood historically. It still calls itself socialist. Even though it has implemented a great deal of neoliberal reform, the state sector is still dominant. It bans, literally bans, religion from politics. It will not recognize the existence of religious political parties.… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 29-30 November 2011
30 November 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 30 November 2011SYRIA: The Orwellian “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) used to Justify “Regime Change” and All Out War GlobalResearch.ca Today at 16:22 False pretences of humanitarianism are being used with a twisted legal regime in a plan for regime change against Syria. Continue reading
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Video: The Super Committee and the Attack on Labor By Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson: Austerity and recession used to lower wages Continue reading
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Video: Nikolay Starikov – 'Syria – provocations and murders'
In Syria we can see a new “round” of destabilizing the country, now for good. As usual, the operations of the inner “opposition”, that is murders and terrorists, are in perfect coordination with the “independent” mass-media. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 27-28 November 2011
28 November 2011 — williambowles.info 28 November 2011 Closed-door politics: ‘Economic war’ against Syria seals crisisRussiatoday.ru Today at 18:17The Arab League’s sanctions against Damascus are in fact ‘a declaration of economic war’ against the Syrian people, which ‘closed windows’ for resolving the country’s crisis, the country’s senior diplomat says. Continue reading
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Video: Nuke carrier leads US strike force into Syrian waters — RT
Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush has reportedly anchored off Syria. As an Arab League deadline to allow observers into the country passes with no response from Damascus, the possibility of intervention in Syria seems to be growing. Continue reading
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Video: Death & defiance on Tahrir: Govt regrets & rejects — RT
Addressing journalists on Thursday, Egypt’s Military Council rejected protesters’ demands to quit power immediately. Meanwhile, thousands of Egyptians who are not convinced by the military’s statements continue to occupy Tahrir Square. Continue reading
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