July 6, 2011
Every once in a while the news for those of you who think that decency and equality and freedom really means something gets good. The non stop erosion of liberty by the rampant and incorrigible forces of reaction is what seems so strong. Yet the fact that their power rests in opinion is proven time [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Howard McKeon, John McCain, Libya, President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Taliban, United State, United States, United States Armed Forces, United States Congress, United States Constitution, War Powers Resolution
Posted in Democracy, Democracy in Asia, Democracy in the Arab World, Democracy Now!, elections, Elites, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Swanson, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War child victims, War Chomsky views, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War criminals all types, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
RAY MCGOVERN: ISRAEL EXTENDS TERRITORIAL WATERS, GREECE BENDS OVER, GAZA SUFFERS! [ALJAZEERA] MONDAY, JULY 4, 2011 AT 10:12AM GILAD ATZMON Ray McGovern, former CIA officer, speaks to the situation on board the US You can watch the video at http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/ray-mcgovern-israel-extends-territorial-waters-greece-bends.html McGovern is extremely good at analysing political situations with his vast experience as an employee of the [...]
Tags: Gaza flotilla raid, Gilad Atzmon, Greece, Israel, Lauren Booth, middle east, Ray McGovern, United States
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July 6, 2011
JEFF GATES: THE REAL INSIDE JOB TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2011 AT 6:58AM GILAD ATZMON A popular documentary, Inside Job, captured kudos at the 2010 Academy Awards. Its hard-hitting analysis marked a milestone among filmmakers for shining light in the dark corners of Wall Street. Writer, producer and director Charles Ferguson provided a public service by exposing [...]
Tags: Business, Finance, Inside Job, Investing, National security, United States, University of Chicago, Wall Street
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July 6, 2011
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network, I’m Paul Jay on Wall Street in New York City. This is a report and commentary on the mass arrests at the Toronto G20 – held one year ago. You may be wondering why I’m doing the report from New York. The reason is [...]
Tags: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Integrated Security Unit, New York City, Ontario, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Real News, Toronto, Toronto Police Service
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July 6, 2011
This is yet another good article at the Gilad Atzmon site. That site can by reached at http://www.gilad.co.uk/. This article has an interview between Cattori and Plionis. I have has been mentioned on this page a few times that Israel has become like a new found friend for Greece. That raises a further interesting point. The [...]
Tags: Crete, Gaza, Gaza flotilla raid, Gilad Atzmon, Greece, Greeks, Israel, Palestinian people, Politics of Greece, United States
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July 6, 2011
Noam Chomsky to receive the 2011 Sydney Peace Prize 2 June 2011 ShareThis Professor Noam Chomsky was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for “unfailing moral courage”. The American linguist, social scientist and human rights campaigner Professor Noam Chomsky was last night announced as the 2011 recipient of the Sydney Peace Prize. The Peace Prize is [...]
Tags: Australia, Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Stuart Rees, Sydney Peace Prize, Sydney Town Hall, United State, University of Sydney
Posted in Chomsky, Chomsky and Islam and the US, Chomsky article, Chomsky on Bin Laden, Chomsky opinion | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
Sources: 10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq Play VideoBarack Obama Video:Obama marks July 4thReuters By LARA JAKES, Associated Press – Tue Jul 5, 6:37 pm ET BAGHDAD – The White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq next year, U.S. officials say, despite opposition from many Iraqis and key Democratic Party allies who demand that [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hampton Roads, Harry Reid, Iraq, Iraqi security forces, Jay Carney, President, United State, United States, United States Armed Forces, United States Congress, White House
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July 6, 2011
Militarism Is Not Patriotism by Ivan Eland, July 06, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Every July 4, the nation’s official birthday, many Americans conflate the U.S. military and what it does abroad with “patriotism.” This past weekend was no exception. Yet there are many things wrong with this line of reasoning. Let’s [...]
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July 6, 2011
Israel’s nuclear reactor at Dimona. (Photo by Getty Images) Despite being a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), since its 1979 revolution and especially over the past 10 years, Iran has come under unprecedented scrutiny by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Security Council over its nuclear [...]
Tags: Atoms for Peace, Enriched uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Nuclear facilities in Iran, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear program of Iran
Posted in Iran, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and withholding resources from the Arabs etc, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel media, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints, nuclear, Nuclear weapons | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
Morocco’s Peaceful Response to the Arab Spring John Glaser, July 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum As far as the Arab Spring goes, Morocco seems to be a model for how not to needlessly shed blood and inflame unrest as we’ve seen in many other Arab countries. Morocco’s overwhelming approval of [...]
Tags: Arab people, Arab world, Islamism, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Monarchy, Morocco, North Africa, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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July 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The longer U.S. soldiers were deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the more likely their children would be diagnosed with mental health problems, according to a study published Monday. The study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, analyzed medical records of 307,520 children of active-duty Army personnel, aged 5 to [...]
Tags: Active duty, Adolescent Medicine, Afghanistan, Mental disorder, Mental health, Operation Enduring Freedom, Reuters, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Posted in Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, War, War child victims, War creates misery and despair, War no reason needed, War on drugs | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
100 Iraqi lawmakers demand departure of U.S. troops English.news.cn 2011-07-05 17:33:34 FeedbackPrintRSS BAGHDAD, July 5 (Xinhua) — Up to 100 Iraqi lawmakers on Monday signed a document calling on the Iraqi government to demand departure of U.S. troops from the country as scheduled by the end of 2011, the Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported. “The [...]
Tags: Aswat al-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, Nouri al-Maliki, Politics of Iraq, U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, United States Armed Forces
Posted in Iraq, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US war crimes, War, War child victims, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on terror | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
British Drone Kills Four Afghan Civilians in Helmand Attack Is First Confirmed UK Drone Killing of Civilians by Jason Ditz, July 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum A British Reaper drone has killed at least four civilians and wounded two others in an attack in the Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, the first time [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, British Armed Forces, David Cameron, Helmand Province, Libya, NATO, United State, Warfare and Conflict
Posted in Afghan Youth, Afghanistan, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Predator Drone, Psycopaths, UK, UK fascism, UK Foreign Policy, UK Monarchy | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIA WATCHDOG SAYS ISRAEL CAN BE CALLED AN APARTHEID STATE Editor’s Note: This statement was released today and unequivocally sends a clear message to the Zionist lobby, that complaints of “discrimination”, “false propaganda” and “hate speech” whenever criticism of Israel is launched, is contrary to freedom of expression and political speech and that [...]
Tags: Anti-Apartheid Movement, Apartheid Israel, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, Israel and the apartheid analogy, Israel Boycott, Palestinian people, South Africa, South Africa under apartheid
Posted in Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian support for Zionism, Israel, Israel a Jewish State dealing in arms, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and withholding resources from the Arabs etc, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel media, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
Pipeline of Injustice: Greek Economy and Freedom Flotilla By Charlotte Kates It has been widely reported and speculated that the reason for Greece’s participation in the suppression of Freedom Flotilla Two may be found in its own economic situation – that the government of Prime Minister George Papandreou, pushing a devastating IMF/EU austerity plan on [...]
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July 6, 2011
Lifta. (PalestineRemembered.com) By Jonathan Cook – Lifta On a rocky slope dropping steeply away from the busy main road at the entrance to West Jerusalem is to be found a scattering of ancient stone houses, empty and clinging precariously to terraces hewn from the hillside centuries ago. Although most Israeli drivers barely notice the buildings, [...]
Tags: Golan Heights, Israel, Israel Land Administration, Jerusalem, Lifta, Meir Margalit, Palestinian people, United Nations
Posted in Israel, Israel a Jewish State dealing in arms, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and withholding resources from the Arabs etc, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel media, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
A Greek Tragedy: Seizing the Gaza Flotilla on Israel‘s Orders by MOHAMED KHODR on JULY 5, 2011 Spread it! 4Share| Share 1 inShare 1digg email print By Mohamed Khodr* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Greek coastguards stand in front of the Canadian boat Tahrir after forcing it back to port. Photograph: Reuters The odyssey and fate of eight ships, [...]
Tags: Gaza flotilla raid, Gaza Strip, Greece, Hellenic Coast Guard, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Israel, Politics of Greece, United States
Posted in Greec and Israel brothers in arms, Greece, Greece and the Arab Spring and Palestine Gaza, Greece and the Flotilla | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
Welcome to Palestine – if you can get in by SAM BAHOUR on JULY 5, 2011 Spread it! 3Share| 16Share 0 inShare 0digg email print Israel‘s threat to deny visitors entry to Palestine is as disturbing as it is shocking. Our protest will be a civil society tsunami By Sam Bahour* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz A Palestinian flag [...]
Tags: 1948 Palestinian exodus, Israel, middle east, Palestine, Palestinian people, Sam Bahour, Warfare and Conflict, Zionism
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July 6, 2011
James Hansen never expected to become a radical activist at the age of 65. He is a grandfather who loves nothing more than exploring nature with his grandchildren. He holds down a respectable job as the director of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. But he is 70 now, and he has a police record. [...]
Tags: Chlorofluorocarbon, Climate change, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, James Hansen, Naomi Oreskes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, United Nations, United States, United States National Academy of Sciences, World Bank
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July 6, 2011
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Pro-Palestinian activists hoping to sail to Gaza this week fully expected their flotilla to be blocked by Israeli marines. Instead, to their shock, the mission was holed even before they put to sea — by Greece. The diplomatic maneuvering that snarled the Gaza initiative pales in comparison with the behind-the-scenes tussles surrounding [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza, Gaza flotilla raid, Greece, Israel, Palestinian people, Palestinian territories, United Nations
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July 6, 2011
The government has not confirmed – or denied – a report this weekend by Spiegel news magazine that it has given the go-ahead for Riyadh to buy up to 200 Leopard battle tanks, in a deal estimated to be worth at least 1.7 billion euros (2.5 billion dollars). On Tuesday however, parliament agreed to hold [...]
Tags: Angela Merkel, Berlin, Germany, Guido Westerwelle, Hosni Mubarak, middle east, Saudi Arabia, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
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July 6, 2011
Tens of thousands of people have taken to Portugal‘s streets to protest against austerity measures [AFP] Portugal’s credit standing has been cut to junk by Moody’s Investors Service in the first such move by a credit ratings agency. Moody’s also warned on Tuesday that the country may well need a second round of rescue funds before it can [...]
Tags: Bond credit rating, Credit rating, European Union, Greece, International Monetary Fund, Moody's, Portugal, Standard & Poor's
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July 6, 2011
British Military ‘Lost’ Billions in Weapons, Equipment MPs Report Warns of ‘Security as Well as Financial Implications’ by Jason Ditz, July 04, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum A new report from British MPs has revealed that the military has lost over $800 million in firearms and over $10 billion total in equipment, [...]
Tags: British Armed Forces, David Cameron, Defense Ministry, Libya, Member of parliament, National Audit Office, United State, Yemen
Posted in Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, UK, UK fascism, UK Foreign Policy | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
Libya Govt: NATO Undermining Rebel Talks Insists NATO Trying to Block Peace Deal by Jason Ditz, July 04, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Speaking just one day after the East Libyan rebels publicly condemned the notion of the African Union ceasefire and peace talks, the Libyan government accused NATO of undermining its [...]
Tags: Africa, African Union, Government, Libya, NATO, United Nations, United State, Yemen
Posted in Imperial Project, Imperialism, Libya, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, NATO, oil, oil and gas resources | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
Obama Counterterrorism Strategy Lies and Fails John Glaser, July 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum When the Obama administration last week released their new National Strategy for Counterterrorism I naively expected some honest iteration of policy of the kind that slip through in declassified NSC reports. That wasn’t the case. Rather, [...]
Posted in Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Peak oil, Pentagon, Predator Drone, Propaganda, Protest, Psycopaths, Racism, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War child victims, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War criminals all types, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
This article exposes the true US attitude to the use of drones and the nature of the lies needed to justify their use anywhere. These awful killing machines masquerade as surveillance vehicles, soldiers guardian angels, tactical defence weapons and a never ending stream of lies and deceit to cover up what is happening. What they [...]
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Drone attacks in Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan, Police action, Somalia, Thomas E. Ricks, United States, Unmanned aerial vehicle, War
Posted in anti zion protests, antiwar.com, Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Atomics Corporation, Australia, Australia and Abu Grahib, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia and the imperial project, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in international war crimes, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian economy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Australian support for Zionism, Australian War Crimes, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Capitalism and debt, Capitalism for Zombies, CIA, civil liberty, Corporate greed and excess, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, disaster, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, elections, Elites, European Foreign Policy, Fascism, Foreign Policy, G8, Genocide, Greece and the Arab Spring and Palestine Gaza, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Obama, Obama warmonger, Pakistan, Pakistan and war and unrest, Peace Movement, people's protests, police, Police forces and Middle East, Police the public and oppression at work, Political psychopaths, Predator Drone, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, Racism, Regulating Democracy, Scientific madness, Scientific psychopaths, Special Ops, Spies, UK, UK fascism, UK Foreign Policy, UK Monarchy, UN, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War child victims, War Chomsky views, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War criminals all types, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks, Women and revolution, Women become tragerts, Women in the Middle East, Womens' views and action | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
Americans from Across the Political Spectrum Call for End to U.S. Militarism Angela Keaton, July 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 5th 2011 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Kevin B. Zeese KBZeese at Gmail.com, 518-543-6920 Americans from Across the Political Spectrum Call for End to U.S. [...]
Tags: BarackObama, Coleen Rowley, Daniel Ellsberg, Future of Freedom Foundation, President, Ralph Nader, Ronald Reagan, United State
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July 6, 2011
Israel‘s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip has led to an almost complete collapse of Gaza’s economy, making the people dependent on international aid [GALLO/GETTY] Earlier this year we watched with amazement as hundreds of thousands of Arabs charged into the streets of their cities demanding reform. The uprisings led to the departure of several [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Free Gaza Movement, Gaza flotilla raid, Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestinian people, United States, Yousef Munayyer
Posted in Arab democracy, Arab Jews, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Australia and Abu Grahib, Australia and crimes against the indigenous, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia and the imperial project, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in international war crimes, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Australian support for Zionism, Australian War Crimes, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Capitalism and debt, Capitalism for Zombies, Children in Palestine and Gaza, civil liberty, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, economic measures, Economics, elections, Elites, European Foreign Policy, Fascism, Fatah, G8, Gaza, Genocide, Golan Heights, Goldstone, Greece and the Arab Spring and Palestine Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Israel, Israel a Jewish State dealing in arms, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and withholding resources from the Arabs etc, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel media, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints, Leon Panetta, Lettiong the children suffer an Australian way, Manufacturing Consent, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Nakba, NATO, Political psychopaths, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, USA | No Comments »
July 6, 2011
News International: Hacking away at the truth The BSkyB merger simply doesn’t pass the commonsense ‘bad smell’ test. Mr Hunt should put the decision on ice Share24 reddit this Comments (100) Editorial guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 July 2011 23.29 BST Article history The revelation that a private investigator working for the News of the World hacked [...]
Tags: Andy Coulson, Guardian, Murder of Amanda Dowler, News International, News of the World, Press Complaints Commission, Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch
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