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Afghan Drawdown, Libyan Murder By Craig Murray
Could anyone watch Jeremy Bowen’s piece on BBC News last night, which showed a grieving father hugging the wrapped bodies of two tiny children killed in a NATO bombing? The fact the tiny childrens’ grandfather was a Gadaffi minister seemed to Jeremy Bowen a possible justification – he posed a dichotomy that by killing these… Continue reading
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Gaza Island — new video about flotilla and boycott
Here’s a new video I just finished this morning — about the music boycott of Israel, and the freedom flotilla of 12+ boats/1000+ people sailing to Gaza later this month, trying to open up the port and help end the illegal Israeli seige of Gaza. Continue reading
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LIBYA – Behind the Phony ICC ‘Rape’ Charges: ARE NATO FORCES PREPARING A GROUND ATTACK? By Sara Flounders
Without presenting a shred of reliable evidence, NATO and International Criminal Court conspirators are charging the Libyan government with conspiracy to rape — not only rape as the ‘collateral damage’ of war, but rape as a political weapon. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 9 June 2011
9 June 2011 — williambowles.info US had asked Zardari not to humiliate Musharraf: WikiLeaks Hindustan Times PTI The US had asked Pakistani leadership not to humiliate Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down as the country’s President on the promise of indemnity against prosecution, according to WikiLeaks cables. “Don’t humiliate Musharraf. … www.hindustantimes.com/US-had-asked-Zardari-not-to-humiliate-Musharraf-WikiLeaks/Article1-707328.aspx Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news 29 May, 2011: U.S. To Modernize Its Nuclear Weapons In Europe
29 May, 2011 — Stop NATO Libyan Air War: Almost 8,800 NATO Sorties, Over 3,300 Combat Missions Afghan Officials: NATO Air Strike Kills At Least 12 Children, Four Women U.S. To Modernize Its Nuclear Weapons In Europe Bulgarian Defense Minister To NATO: Need U.S. Interceptor Missiles New Strategic Concept: NATO Must Back Arab “Revolutions,” Train Continue reading
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Rape in Haiti: The Aftershocks Continue By Michelle Chen
This month, Port-au-Prince hailed Michel Martelly as he took office as president, trumpeting new hope for his disaster-stricken country. Elsewhere in the Haitian capital, hope was stifled in the smothered screams of women and girls. Continue reading
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The Establishment Eliminates A Threat By Paul Craig Roberts
The police and the prostitute media have made it impossible for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to get a fair trial. From the moment of the announcement that he had been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, and before he was ever indicted, the accounts given by the police were designed to create the impression… Continue reading
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Western media lie about Syria – eyewitness reports — RT
According to this report while media reports paint a picture of the situation in Syria as a mass public uprising brutally suppressed by the dictatorial government, the events are viewed in a totally different way by those living there. Continue reading
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Let’s talk with women from Gaza, Pakistan, Egypt & Iraq!
Code Pink invites you to discover for yourself what is unfolding in the Middle East in a special Global Room for Women teleconference series that will touch you deeply and give you courage, insight and resolve to live your own dignity. Sign-up for our Series of 9 interactive calls with four engaging women building peace… Continue reading
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Gender-Based Violence In Haiti By Stephen Lendman
When rape crimes aren’t investigated or prosecuted, violence is implicitly condoned, making illegal acts normal and justice denied. Most victims are girls under 18 – impoverished, displaced and denied redress under the 2000 UN Resolution 1325 and UN Guiding Principles on International Displacement, requiring a gender-based perspective to ensure their human rights, including preventive measures… Continue reading
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Broadcasting Women's Voices in Haiti's Reconstruction By Beverly Bell
Haitian women have been increasingly vocal and active in social, political and economic issues since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986. Though it has not come easily, their progress in changing gender relations of power within the home, within social movements and within the nation has been steady. Continue reading
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What Haitians Want From Americans (and What They Don't) by: Beverly Bell
We asked Haitians in civil society organizations, on the streets, in buses, “What do you want from the US? What help can Americans give Haiti?” Here are some of their answers. Continue reading
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Media Lens Alert: Some Matter More – When 47 Victims Are Worth 43 Words
One would hardly guess from media reporting that Britain and America are responsible for killing anyone in Iraq and Afghanistan, where violence is typically blamed on “insurgents” and “sectarian conflict”. International “coalition” forces are depicted as peacekeepers using minimum violence as a last resort. Continue reading
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Book Review: Can’t see the wood for the trees? by William Bowles
Within the pages of this book lie the reasons that explain why men and women now inhabit different worlds, for the reasons are not biologically determined but most definitely ideological in origin but because their roots are buried in the hidden history of the rise of capitalism some five hundred years ago, the reality of… Continue reading
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