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March 14, 2012

Black Agenda Report 14 March 2012: The KONY Scam / Farewell Kucinich / Racist Empire / Obama Role Model?

14 March 2012 — Black Agenda Report News, commentary and analysis from the black left Social Media Scam Alert: Top Ten Ways to Tell Kony is Phony by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A week ago Invisible Children released a video that was immediately picked up and promoted by every corporate news and entertainment outlet Continue reading

Black Agenda Report

conference, EPA, Eric Holder, Ford, kony, Nellie Bailey, Obama, Paul Street, Strike, UNAC, Wall Street
March 12, 2012

FAIR Media Advisory 12 March 2012: After Afghan Massacre, War Gets Victim Status

The news that a U.S. Army sergeant killed 16 civilians, most of them children, in southern Afghanistan early Sunday morning was treated by many media outlets primarily as a PR challenge for continued war and occupation of that country. Continue reading

Afghanistan, Media, USA

Afghanistan, FAIR, Media Advisory, NATO, NBC, New York, PR, Reuters, Street Journal, USA, Wall Street, Washington Post
March 6, 2012

SWEET HOME CHICAGO: G8 MTG MOVED BUT PROTESTS WILL CONTINUE By Danny Schechter

Did the Obama alumni Association in Chicago—David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, and Bill Daley—get nervous and call the White House, or was it Barack himself, having disposed/co-opted one threat by the name of Netanyahu, who recognized he had a more serious problem the horizon. Continue reading

Capitalism, USA

blogs, Danny Schechter, demonstration, G8, NATO, News Dissector, Obama, Occupy Wall, PRN, Progressive Radio, protests, Rahm Emmanuel, Reagan, security, Wall Street
February 27, 2012

Massive Wikileaks Reveals Criminality, Paranoia Amongst Corporate Titans

WikiLeaks begins to publish today over five million e-mails obtained by Anonymous from “global intelligence” company Stratfor. The emails, which reveal everything from sinister spy tactics to an insider trading scheme with Goldman Sachs (see below), also include several discussions of the Yes Men and Bhopal activists. Continue reading

Capitalism, Spies-R-Us, USA

Andy Bichlbaum, anniversary, Bhopal, CEO, Goldman Sachs, insider trading, Stratfor, Union Carbide, Wall Street, WikiLeaks, YES MEN
February 23, 2012

GR Week in Review: Anti-Iran Fear-Mongering, Wall Street Attack in Europe and Social Media Censorship

23 February, 2012 — Global Research WAR PLAN IRAN: Dispelling the Lies, Telling the Truth about Western Aggression in the Persian Gulf GR ONLINE NEWS READER – by Finian Cunningham, Michel Chossudovsky – 2012-03-16 GR ONLINE NEWS READER. The region is on a hair-trigger for a conflagration that would involve nuclear weapons and the Continue reading

Europe, Global Research, Iran, Media

Chossudovsky, Europe, Global Research, Iran, Israel, NATO, ONLINE, Review, Syria, UN, Wall Street
February 22, 2012

Ellen Brown: How Greece Could Take Down Wall Street

CDS are a form of derivative taken out by investors as insurance against default. According to the Comptroller of the Currency, nearly 95% of the banking industry’s total exposure to derivatives contracts is held by the nation’s five largest banks: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, HSBC, and Goldman Sachs. The CDS market is unregulated,… Continue reading

Capitalism, Greece

bank, debt, derivatives, Ellen Brown, Global Research, Greece, market, Wall Street
February 18, 2012

Syria’s Uprising in Context By Stephen Gowans

Since the beginning of the unrest in Syria, “the government has said that while some protesters have legitimate grievances, the uprising is driven by militant Islamists with foreign backing.”This hardly squares with the view of Western state officials and media commentators who say that an authoritarian regime is killing its people and violently suppressing a… Continue reading

Syria

democracy, intervention, Iran, New York, socialism, State Department, Street Journal, Syria, United States, uprising, Wall Street
February 14, 2012

Drones And New U.S. Global War Policy By Luis Beaton*

The budget plan which will be released this month, includes an increase of 30 percent in the fleet of U.S. drones, according to officials quoted by the Washington Post, in an attempt perhaps to effectively compensate for troop reductions. Continue reading

USA

Afghanistan, CIA, Colombia, drones, Korea, Lockheed Martin, NATO, Pakistan, Pentagon, Predator, Prensa Latina, Reaper, Street Journal, Turkey, Wall Street, Washington Post, Yemen
February 14, 2012

The Global Stagnation and China

The global economy has entered a dangerous and uncertain phase. Adverse feedback loops between the real economy and the financial sector have become prominent. And unemployment in the advanced economies remains unacceptably high. If we do not act, and act together, we could enter a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability, and a collapse in… Continue reading

Capitalism, China

Asia, Beijing, Bellamy Foster, Bloomberg, capital, China, Economy, Financial Times, New York, Review, Street Journal, Wall Street
February 13, 2012

GR Weekend Review: Global Economic Crisis, World War and the Russia-China Veto, Drones over America, Occupy Wall Street

12 February 2012 — Global Research Latest News and Top Stories WAR PLAN IRAN: Dispelling the Lies, Telling the Truth about Western Aggression in the Persian Gulf GR ONLINE NEWS READER – by Finian Cunningham, Michel Chossudovsky – 2012-02-16 GR ONLINE NEWS READER. The region is on a hair-trigger for a conflagration that would involve Continue reading

Global Research

Argentina, China, Crisis, Global Research, Iran, Michel Chossudovsky, NATO, Occupy Wall, ONLINE, Pentagon, Review, Syria, UN, Wall Street
February 1, 2012

ColdType, February 2012: John Pilger, Sherwood Ross, David Swanson, Chellis Glendinning, Glenn Ford

Cover story this month is an 8-page photo-essay, by London journalist Jack Laurenson, on the reasons why campaigners are battling to get Dow Chemicals out of this year’s Olympic Games. Continue reading

Coldtype

Coldtype, Danny Schechter, David Swanson, Ford, John Pilger, Sherwood Ross, Tony Sutton, Wall Street
February 1, 2012

IRAN: DRUMS OF WAR BEATING LOUDER: U.S. Mounts Further Military Build-Up in Persian Gulf By Ben Schreiner

With the drums of war beating ever louder against Iran, the U.S. military has quickly moved to reestablish a war footing in the Persian Gulf. The preparations for a looming military confrontation thus continue apace. Continue reading

Global Research, Iran

Ben Schreiner, Global Research, Iran, Israel, Korea, Los Angeles, MOP, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, Street Journal, Wall Street, Washington Post
January 22, 2012

British Regulators Pull Press TV: Another Blow To Media Freedom By Danny Schechter

The British media regulator OFCOM has pulled Press TV’s license to be seen in the United Kingdom. Continue reading

Iran, Media, UK

Danny Schechter, Iran, Iraq, journalists, Murdoch, Occupy Wall, police, TV, United Kingdom, Wall Street
January 5, 2012

Structural Reform: The Case for Public State Banks By Ryan Holeywell

Try to find a bank president that’s beloved by supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It’s not impossible. You’ll just have to travel to North Dakota. Continue reading

Capitalism, USA

bank, Bloomberg, credit, Fed, North Dakota, Occupy Wall, occupy wall street, the state, Wall Street
January 5, 2012

Black Agenda Report 4 January 2012: Republican Cannibals / Stop, Frisk, Gentrify / Obama Right of Reagan

4 January 2012 — Black Agenda Report • News, commentary and analysis from the black left The GOP Savages Itself, While Wall Street and Backs the Black Guy, Again by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Republican Party presidential campaign has been relegated to a sideshow in the American power game. The white nationalist masses Continue reading

Black Agenda Report

BA, Black Agenda Radio, Black Panther, Ford, GOP, Haiti, Obama, Reagan, UN, Wall Street
December 28, 2011

The Top Ten Revolutionary Videos of 2011

Rarely do we see the BBC and their ilk reminding us of the startlingly powerful images of resistance and revolution. So, in honour of those who were maimed or killed in 2011 in service of a better world, here are ten of the most memorable moments of revolt in 2011 Continue reading

Capitalism, Videos

BBC, Dissident Voice, Egypt, London, Occupy Wall, occupy wall street, Oil, OWS, revolution, Video, Wall Street
December 27, 2011

FAIR Media Advisory: Occupy the P.U.-litzers!

This year has given us simply too many worthy contenders for FAIR’s annual P.U.-litzers—recognizing the stinkiest journalism of the year. A big part of the problem was that so many outlets were striving to distinguish themselves with especially awful coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. So to note those lowlights, we bring you a… Continue reading

Capitalism, Media

cnn, FAIR, Media Advisory, New York, npr, Occupy Wall, protests, Reuters, Soros, Wall Street, Washington Post
December 22, 2011

Media Advisory: 2011 P.U.-litzers: Journalism That Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

It’s that time of year again—when FAIR goes through the year’s archives to collect a sampling of the worst moments of corporate media spin and malfeasance. Continue reading

Media

cnn, David Gregory, GE, Journal, Media Advisory, NBC, New York, Paul, Street Journal, USA, Wall Street, Washington Post
December 21, 2011

CIA won’t disclose involvement in OWS crackdowns — RT

With demonstrators suspecting governmental assistance in the crackdowns clobbering Occupy Wall Street encampments, the CIA is trying to distance itself from divulging any incriminating evidence regarding their role in the raids. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

CIA, FBI, FOIA, George Washington, Homeland Security, Occupy Wall, occupy wall street, OWS, rights, RT, Wall Street
December 19, 2011

Occupy and the Tasks of Socialists By Pham Binh

Occupy is a once in a lifetime opportunity to re-merge the socialist and working class movements and create a viable broad-based party of radicals, two prospects that have not been on the cards in the United States since the late 1960s and early 1970s. Continue reading

Capitalism, USA

Asia, Black Bloc, class, democratic party, Indymedia, Journal, OWS, police, socialist, Street Journal, Times Online, Wall Street

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The richest 1% owns more than TWICE as much wealth as 6.9 billion people and the super-rich one percent of the world’s population has accumulated twice as much wealth as the remaining 90 percent, global charity Oxfam said in a newly-released report. The world’s richest 1% emit double the carbon of the poorest 50%, the 2020 Oxfam study found.

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