Anthem Video – By Leonard Cohen link http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31442.htm Posted May 28, 2012 Lyrics – “Anthem” The birds they sang at the break of day Start again I heard them say Don’t dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be. Ah the wars they will be fought again The [...]
Messing With Our Minds: The Ever Finer Line Between News and Advertising By Kingsley Dennis May 28, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — The manufacturing of consent is endemic within modern societies. Throughout history, the need to “persuade and influence” has always been manipulated by those people in power as a means to maintain [...]
Clinton’s $33m Raid on Pakistan Shows That, In The End, Hypocrisy Will Win The Long View: Are the Pakistanis being so dastardly when they lock up a national who has helped in a murder? By Robert Fisk May 28, 2012 “The Independent” – La Clinton hath spoken. Thirty-three million smackers lopped [...]
Surprise interruption … David Lawley-Walkin burst in through a secure corridor.Photo: AP ‘This man should be arrested for war crimes!’: protester bursts into Leveson courtroom to confront Tony Blair Karen Kissane May 29, 2012 – 6:34AM Read later Former British prime minister Tony Blair has denied being too close to Rupert Murdoch, as the Leveson [...]
Global Temperatures Rising on a Devastating Trajectory by Stephen Leahy Climate-heating carbon emissions set a record high in 2011, in a 3.2 percent increase over the previous year, the International Energy Agency reported this week. The main reason for this dangerous increase is that governments are failing to implement policies to prevent catastrophic increases of [...]
Hoping to “amplify previously unheard voices,” YouTube has launched a Human Rights Channel in partnership with the non-profit WITNESS and news gatherers Storyful. In making theannouncement, YouTube cited its pivotal role in Occupy and the Arab Spring, when 100,000 videos were uploaded from Egypt. Related articles A new human rights channel on YouTube YouTube launches new Human Rights channel with Witness.org and Storyful YouTube Comes [...]
Council tries to silence protest by threatening Rossport Solidarity Camp with eviction Fri, 05/25/2012 – 10:07 — AndrewNFlood Printer-friendly version In a new twist to the decade long struggle against Shell Rossport Solidarity Camp has revealed that Mayo County Council (MCC) has issued an eviction notice to the [...]
Tony Blair arrives at the Leveson inquiry. Photograph: Graeme Robertson Tony Blair is back at centre stage as he appears at the Leveson inquiry to be questioned about his relations with the media. The former British prime minister is likely to be asked about the nature of his and his government’s links with Rupert Murdoch’s media empire during [...]
NATO Airstrike Kills Six Afghan Children, Parents Afghan Govt. Announces Probe After Family Slain in Attack by Jason Ditz, May 27, 2012 Print This | Share This A Saturday evening NATO air strike against a village in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, has killed a family of eight, including six children. The strike is the latest [...]
A Bird’s-Eye View by Uri Avnery, May 28, 2012 Print This | Share This On May 15, the anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, its Arab citizens observed a day of mourning for the victims of the Nakba (“catastrophe”) — the mass exodus of half the Palestinian people from the territory that [...]
As long as coal plants are still being built, it doesn’t matter how many wind farms there are, argues author [EPA] San Francisco, CA - Coal is going down in the United States, and that’s good news for the Earth’s climate. The US Energy Information Administration has announced that coal, the dirtiest and most carbon-intensive conventional [...]
A political sign in Dublin depicting German leader Angela Merkel and calling for a “no” vote to Eu-driven austerity policies. (Photo: Crispin Rodwell) ‘All Pain, No Gain’: The Irish Backlash to Europe’s Austerity Plans And In One Small Irish Town, Loophole Allows for Return to Pre-Euro Currency – Common Dreams staff In the small town [...]
THE ROVING EYE How Osama re-elects Obama By Pepe Escobar A nuclear deal with Iran? An organized retreat from Afghanistan? The eurozone picking up a little bit of steam? Stable oil prices? Forget it. The crucial foreign elector recruited for Obama II at the White House is one Osama bin Laden. Call [...]
