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The Aduction of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

Mysteries in Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s ‘armed assault’ case

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Sign the Petition asking President Obama to save Mumia Abu-Jamal a Polictical Prisoner on Death Row

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PETITION FOR PRESIDENT BARACH OBAMA - “Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Global Abolition of the Death Penalty” Over 14,000 people have signed the petition in a… »»»

Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows

By David Reilly

Global Research, January 29, 2010

Bloomberg

The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the bailout of American International Group Inc., you have to wonder if those folks… »»»

Is Corporate Personhood the End of Democracy?

By Michael Cornell
Global Research
January 30, 2010
I suspect the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on corporate personhood has many of our founding fathers turning in their graves including Thomas Jefferson who wrote, “I hope we shall … crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial… »»»

Haiti and the seismic weapon

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1-26-2010
Videos
Haiti and the seismic weapon
by Thierry Meyssan*

The controversy that followed the publication on our website of an article entertaining the possibility that the earthquake in Haiti was caused artificially, calls for clarification. Yes, seismic weapons do exist and the United States, among others, have them. Yes, the U.S…. »»»

Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87

By Mark Feeney and Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff
1-27-2010
Boston.com
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and whose books, such as “A People’s History of the United States,” inspired young and old to rethink the way textbooks present the American experience, died today in Santa… »»»

Presidential assassinations of U.S. citizens

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 06:28 EST
By Glenn Greenwaldsalon.com

A.P.
A Yemeni anti-terrorist soldier.

(updated below - Update II)
The Washington Post’s Dana Priest today reports that “U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people.”  That’s no surprise, of course, as Yemen is… »»»

Wall Street Journal: Ivins Not the Anthrax Killer

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
washingtonsblog.com
I noted in August 2008:
According to the FBI, Ivins made the killer anthrax in his lab at Fort Detrick all by himself in something like 12 hours (pages 8-9).
Is that plausible?
Well, one of the handful of people who actually can produce the kind of high-tech weaponized anthrax used in the attacks said:
“In… »»»

Interview with Kirkpatrick Sale, America’s leading secessionist

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David Bacon on How Globalization Creates Immigration and Criminalizes Immigrants_on Economic Collapse Teachin

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‘Anti-War & I Have a Dream Speeches’–Dr. Martin Luther King_on Anti-War Teachin

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Obama and Civil Liberties — Webster Griffin Tarpley _on Guns & Butter

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Coming up today and every Monday at 7:00 pm Pacific - 10:00 pm Eastern - 03:00 GMT GUNS AND BUTTER with Bonnie Faulkner Obama and Civil Liberties — Webster Griffin Tarpley We discuss the possible… »»»

Bob Dylan - “Like A Rolling Stone”

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Video: Corrupt Government Forces Afghans To Spend More Than 1/3 Of Income On Bribes

1-21-2010 uruknet.de
rethinkafghanistan

January 21, 2010

Learn more at http://rethinkafghanistan.com.
A new report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals that bribery consumes an amount equal to 23 percent of the GDP of Afghanistan. Afghans are forced by corrupt government culture to pay more than a… »»»

Defense Secretary Robert Gates Confirms Blackwater in Pakistan

rebelreports 1-21-2010

By Jeremy Scahill
In an interview with the Pakistani TV station Express TV, Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that the private security firms Blackwater and DynCorp are operating inside Pakistan. “They’re operating as individual companies here in Pakistan,” Gates said, according to a DoD transcript of the interview. “There are rules concerning the contracting… »»»

Security “Red Zones” in Haiti Preventing Large Aid Groups from Effectively Distributing Aid

1-22-2010 democracynow.org

As thousands of well-equipped US soldiers pour into Haiti, there is an increasing concern about the militarization of the country, supporting the soldiers and not the people. Or, as one doctor put it, “people need gauze, not guns.” We take a look at aid distribution in Haiti and the effect on Haitians fighting… »»»

US plans to harness Internet to its hegemonic goals

World Socialist Web Site
wsws.org
Published by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)
The China-Google dispute
By Alex Lantier
23 January 2010
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s January 21 speech on internet freedom marks a major escalation of Sino-American tensions. Amid a censorship dispute between China and the search engine firm Google, Clinton unveiled a global policy of… »»»

Haitians dying by the thousands as US escalates military intervention

By Bill Van Auken
22 January 2010
wsws.org
Thousands of Haitians are dying every day for lack of medical care and supplies, according to a leading humanitarian aid group. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has announced that it is expanding the US military presence in the country, maintaining Washington’s priority of troops over humanitarian aid.
The US-based medical aid group Partners… »»»

Raj Patel on “The Value of Nothing_on Economic Collapse Teachin

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American “Holy Wars.” — Howard Zinn_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

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The Unknown Cultural Revolution — Dongping Han _on Guns & Butter

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Torture Murders at Gitmo Revealed

1-20-2010
democracynow.org
Casting Doubt on US Claims of Suicide, Attorney Scott Horton Reveals 3 Gitmo Prisoners Died After Torture at Secret Site
 New evidence has emerged suggesting three Guantánamo prisoners whom the US claims  took their own lives in June 2006 died not from suicide, but torture. A six-month investigation by Harper’s Magazine indicates the three prisoners were… »»»

FBI broke law for years in phone record searches

By John Solomon and Carrie Johnson
Special to The Washington Post and Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records, according to internal bureau memos and… »»»

Israel steps up arrests of grassroots activists

electronicintifada.net1-20-2010
Press release, Adalah-NY, CodePink: Women for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, 20 January 2010
The following press release was issued by Adalah-NY, CodePink: Women for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation on 19 January 2010:
Israel must end a… »»»

Prof. Douglas Rushkoff, author of ‘Life, Inc.’

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Haiti: Surgical Teams Work Around the Clock; Assessments of Other Affected Areas Planned

January 17, 2010
doctorswithoutborders.org

Haiti 2010 © Julie Remy
In Choscal hospital in Port-au-Prince MSF staff performed an amputation on a 12-year-old girl whose leg had been injured. Surgical staff have been working continuously since January 15.

On the fifth day of their response to the disaster in Haiti, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams on the ground… »»»

President Obama on Dr. King’s Legacy 1/17/2010

Source www.youtube.com
whitehouse
January 17, 2010
The President speaks about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the importance of persistence in achieving broader goals in remarks at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. J…
The President speaks about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the importance of persistence in achieving broader… »»»

Hip Hop artist Rayzer of The Welfare Poets _ on Backstage

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Go home US military: Haiti doesn’t need anymore pain!

The major media called, part 1 by Ezili Dantò/HLLN for Haitian Perspectives,
January 16, 2010
” Lè n ap badinen ak lou, fòk nou atann a kout grif nan plen figi” -
When you’re playing with a wolf, you must expect to be scratched in the face.
*
The major media called, a Black woman working for a major TV… »»»

Oil in Haiti - Economic Reasons for the UN/US occupation

OCTOBER 13, 2009
Ezili Dantò
open.salon.com

Oil in Haiti and Oil Refinery - an old notion for Fort Liberte as a transshipment terminal for US supertankers - Another economic reason for the ouster of President Aristide and current UN … »»»

Jesse Ventura-Conspiracy Theory-H.A.A.R.P. Parts 1-6

HAARP: Part 1
Jesse Ventura and his team head to Alaska to investigate the purpose of the HAARP installation
Source… »»»

The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?

by Michel Chossudovskyglobalresearch.ca

Haiti has a longstanding history of US military intervention and occupation going back to the beginning of the 20th Century. US interventionism has contributed to the destruction of Haiti’s national economy and the impoverishment of its population.
The devastating earthquake is presented to World public opinion as the sole cause of… »»»

Medical Worker Outside of Port-Au-Prince: We Are Waiting For Patients That Have Yet To Arrive

January 17, 2010
democracynow.org
Democracy Now! just received this email from a medical worker at Hopital Sacre Coeur in Milot, 75 miles north of Port-Au-Prince.
From Tim Traynor at Hopital Sacre Coeur in Milot:
I am sitting at Hopital Sacre Coeur in Milot, Haiti, 75 miles north of PAP waiting for patients that have yet to arrive. I have… »»»

First Video of Haiti’s Earthquake SECONDS AFTER IT HIT..( VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED)

Mexibunch1-14-2010

CNN has obtained exclusive video of the damage and suffering of the people after a massive 7.0 earthquake (VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED)
READ ENTIRE STORY… »»»

Video: The Moment Haiti Earthquake Hits Port-Au-Prince

newsbizarre
January 14, 2010
Shocking Moment at Earthquake Slams Hits Port-Au-Prince
Downtown Port-Au-Prince, Haiti flattened….Moment of disaster. Amazing video captures January 12 2010 Haiti Earthquake on tape…
Video below: Shocking moment a massive earthquake levels city of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Shocking video has emerged of the moment a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the heavily populated city of Port-Au-Prince in… »»»

Nir Rosen: Al Qaedas threat to US is a lie

RussiaToday
January 15, 2010

RT’s Anastasia Churkina sits down for an exclusive interview with journalist and film-maker Nir Rosen, who spends months ever year in the Middle East. Rosen talks about the truth behind Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the real reasons for America’s military involvement there.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLE… »»»

Obama Executive Order Seeks to “Synchronize and Integrate” State and Federal Military Forces

Saturday, January 16, 2010
antifascist-calling.blogspot.com
In the wake of the Flight 253 provocation, over-hyped terrorism panics, and last year’s Big Pharma and media-engineered hysteria over the H1N1 flu pandemic, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13528 on January 11.
Among other things, the Executive Order (EO) established a Council of Governors, an “advisory panel” chosen by the… »»»

Obama confidant’s spine-chilling proposal

Cass Sunstein wants the government to “cognitively infiltrate” anti-government groups

Glenn Greenwald
salon.com
Jan. 15, 2010 |

Salon/iStockphoto

Cass Sunstein has long been one of Barack Obama’s closest confidants.  Often mentioned as a likely Obama nominee to the Supreme Court, Sunstein is currently Obama’s head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs where, among other things, he is responsible for… »»»

Cindy Sheehan: CIA actions killing innocent people

RussiaToday
January 15, 2010

Long-time anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is now speaking out against drone activities in Pakistan. She sat down with Kristine Frazao to talk about how extrajudicial CIA actions are mostly affecting civilians in remote tribal regions.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLE… »»»

White Power USA

AlJazeeraEnglish
1-12-2010

Almost a year ago the inauguration of President Barack Obama was hailed as a turning point in US race relations. The country was said to be entering a new era of post-racial politics, on the path to a future of greater diversity and tolerance. But while crowds flocked to Washington to witness the swearing in,… »»»

US Supreme Court to meet to Decide If Mumia Should be Put to Death-Sign Petition to President Obama to Save Him

hiphopandpolitics.wordpress.com
Davey D
January 15, 2010

The Supreme Ct is soon meeting to decide if Mumia should be put to death

Yesterday there was a huge development in Mumia’s case.
According to a posting yesterday on the US Supreme Court’s website, the Court has scheduled a conference for this Friday, January 15, to discuss Mumia’s case. Specifically, they are looking… »»»

Tell Obama: Grant “Temporary Protected Status” for Haitian refugees

act.credoaction.com 1-14-2010
Tell Obama: Grant “Temporary Protected Status” for Haitian refugees
Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti — we should not compound their tragedy by denying them the legal protections needed to shield them from indefinite detention and forcible deportation.
In February of last year, President Obama’s Department of Homeland Security followed through… »»»

Haiti EarthQuake H.A.A.R.P. 2010- Did the government cause this earthquake?

1-13-2010 YouTube.com MALIKllllRAllllEL9
Government caused the 7.0 EarthQuake in Haiti.
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support a divine effort to liberate the minds of the people.
Ask your self why haiti, Haiti is a independent black nation, a threat to american imperialism, defeated the colonizers in the past, and has been an enemy to the government control structure… »»»

Teddy Pendergrass-”Wake Up Everybody” Rest In Peace and thanks for making this a better place with your singing

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes with Teddy Pendergrass singing lead
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Blackwater in Somalia planning false flag attacks?

Blackwater in Somalia?

13.01.2010
Source: Pravda.Ru
URL: http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/111632-blackwater-0

Reuters reports a spokesperson from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia claiming that the US mercenary group Blackwater/Xe Services is in Somalia, is recruiting and is planning a series of spectacular terrorist attacks against civilians to discredit his movement in Mogadishu.
The spokesperson is Sheikh Ali Mohammed Rage of the… »»»

Losing the Internet as We Know It

By Megan Tady, January 12, 2010 savetheinternet.com

How much have you already used the Internet today?
We don’t think twice about how much we rely on the Internet. Imagine not being able to map directions on Google or check the weather online. A business that doesn’t have a Web site? Forgettable. Or rather, unsearchable. Remember… »»»

Jesse Ventura-Conspiracy Theory-Manchurian Candidate (Mind Control) Parts 1-6

Part 1 of 6
Manchurian Candidate NEW!
Premiere On: Wed, January 6 at 10P
Watch Full Episodes @ http://www.ConspiracyTheoryJesseVentu…
Authors and experts warn that forces within the government have revived a program that uses mind control techniques to turn ordinary citizens into programmed assassins. This real-life Manchurian Candidate seems outlandish-until Jesse Ventura searches for the evidence and goes face-to-face… »»»

Iran blames Israel, US for nuke scientist murder

RussiaToday January 13, 2010

Iran has accused Israel and the US of killing a nuclear physics professor in Tehran, claiming his death was an effort to slow down the countrys nuclear program.
The country’s government blamed Tuesdays bomb blast on an armed Iranian opposition group reportedly following orders from Israel and the US. The US… »»»

9/11 Truth Researcher A.K. Dewdney

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Jesse Ventura-Conspiracy Theory-9/11 Parts 1-4

Conspiracy Theory 9/11 Jesse Ventura Part 1 of 4
Watch in Full at
http://www.ConspiracyTheoryJesseVentu…
Premiere On: Wed, December 9 at 10P
Jesse Ventura steps into America’s most controversial conspiracy by challenging the 9/11 Commission Report and searching for evidence that the September 11th attacks may have been an inside job. At the urging of victims’ families, he finds… »»»

Jesse Ventura-Conspiracy Theory-Big Brother Parts 1-6

This week, Jesse looks at a frightening world of government surveillance on U.S. citizens. He finds that under the guise of making us safer, officials in Washington DC may be trying to snatch away our civil rights. In his research, the Governor gets a peek at futuristic and ingenious products that can record an unsuspecting… »»»

Move your Money_on Economic Collapse Teachin

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Blackwatergate_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

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H1N1 Flu Is a False Pandemic, Health Expert Claims

Monday , January 11, 2010
foxnews.com
A leading health expert said the swine flu scare was a “false pandemic” led by drug companies that stood to make billions from vaccines, The Sun reported Monday.
Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, claimed major firms organized a “campaign of panic” to put pressure on the World… »»»

Campaign to Move Money From Giant Banks to Community Banks Is Going Viral

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Washington’s Blog
Arianna Huffington and Rob Johnson’s campaign for people to move their money from the giant “too big to fail” banks to local community banks and credit unions is quickly going viral.
Numerous financial writers have endorsed the campaign, including:

Justin Fox (Time)

Tim Fernholz (Newsweek)

Rolfe Winkler and Felix Salmon (Reuters)

Andrew Sullivan (The Atlantic)

Peter Rothberg… »»»

US pushing Pakistan into the abyss of oblivion

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

razia-razia.blogspot.com
By Zafar Bangash
We are supposed to hate suicide bombers, those grotesque creatures hell-bent on killing innocent people because of their “demented ideology”. There is no shortage of experts delivering sermons from every pulpit pontificating on the evils of terrorism. Government officials and their media sycophants join in this chorus but few bother… »»»

Scanning the Abdulmutallab story for more lies

Online JournalBy Jerry Mazza
Online Journal Associate Editor
Jan 7, 2010, 00:23
Returning to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt to blow up a Northwest airliner on Christmas day, let’s scan the body of evidence for government lies, the real explosive elements. Let’s give Umar a good dose of radiation with the knowledge that first reveals the 80 grams… »»»

The Welfare Poets - “Free Your Mind-Free Palestine”

The Welfare Poets
Free Your Mind-Free Palestine
Source… »»»

The Love Police - “Pirating the Open Spaces” with Charles Torres Veitch

The Love Police
Source… »»»

Salvador Option Fomenting Civil War In Pakistan

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
05 January, 2010
Countercurrents.org
It was a bloody beginning of the year 2010 in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. More than one hundred people were killed and another 22 injured in a car bomb attack on the packed volleyball ground in Laki Marwat.
At the time when the suicide bomber… »»»

Gaza Freedom March_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

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Barry Shainbaum–photographer, radio host, and motivational speaker

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Truth & Justice Musical Artist Bear Dyken of Clan Dyken _ on Backstage

This show was broadcast January 3, 2010.
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Compulsory Private Health Insurance: Just Another Bailout of the Financial Sector?

by Ellen Brown 12-21-2009 globalresearch.ca

Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is quoted as warning two centuries ago:
“Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an underground dictatorship. . . . The Constitution of this republic should make special privilege for… »»»

Kabul demands custody of occupation troops responsible for execution of children

Kabul demands foreign ‘killers’ handed over
By Sardar Ahmad (AFP) – 1 day ago
KABUL — The Afghan government demanded Thursday to take into its custody foreigners wanted over the alleged killing of 10 civilians, sharply escalating a war of words with its powerful Western military backers.
The National Security Council (NSC) made the demand at talks chaired… »»»

Iran’s opposition leaders Mousavi and Karoubi may have fled Tehran for their lives

from debka.com 12-30-2009 debka.com

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
December 30, 2009, 9:49 PM (GMT+02:00)

Iran’s opposition leaders fear for their lives
The huge pro-government demonstrations whipped up by the Iranian regime Wednesday, Dec. 30 shouted “Death to Mousavi, Karoubi and Khatami!” after they were promised “great events” in the course of the day. At nightfall, the waiting crowds… »»»

Afghan children ’shot dead’ by foreign forces

from uruknet.de By Sardar Ahmad (AFP) December 30, 2009
Afghan civilians ’shot dead’ by foreign forces
December 30, 2009
KABUL — Afghan government investigators on Wednesday accused foreign troops of dragging 10 people, including eight children, from their homes and shooting them dead.
Anti-US protests erupted in at least two cities over the alleged killings as President… »»»

Are America’s Mercenary Armies Really Drug Cartels?

December 30, 2009 Gordon Duff from uruknet.de
Did Bush/Cheney rebuild Reagan’s “Iran Contra” drug gang?
December 30, 2009
(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - News out of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India reports massive corruption at the highest levels of government, corruption that could only be financed with drug money. In Afghanistan, the president’s brother is… »»»

Iranian protest song

Source www.youtube.com
ahuramazda1992
December 29, 2009
ANTI AHMADINEJAD & ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN FOR IRAN PROTEST & ASHURA PROTEST
Tags: ashura protest iran protest iran army iran ahmadinejad khamenei protest 22 bahman kill in ashura protest police car police car explode motocycle explodes … »»»

Violent Clashes in Iran 12/27/2009

source… »»»

A view from an Iranian reader

from uruknet.de 12-29-2009

December 29, 2009
An Iranian reader sent me this (I cite with her permission): “I agree that social uprisings, like the current one in Iran, are generally unpredictable…The movement in Iran focuses on political goals rather than any particular parties or figures. The protesters have already… »»»

The Attempted Airplane Bombing — A Christmas-Day Black Operation?

from lordtsukasa.comoj.com 12-26-2009

The military has run a fearmongering black-op right in time for X-Mas!
A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida’s instructions, tried to blow up the plane Friday as it was landing in Detroit, law enforcement and national security officials said.
Source
Just like the United 93 tale, the heroic… »»»

Dred Scott Redux: Obama and the Supremes Stand Up for Slavery

by Chris Floyd Friday, 18 December 2009 chris-floyd.com
While we were all out doing our Christmas shopping, the highest court in the land quietly put the kibosh on a few more of the remaining shards of human liberty.
It happened earlier this week, in a discreet ruling that attracted almost no notice and took little time…. »»»

Obama Continues to Privatize America’s Imperial Wars

by Glen Ford blackagendareport.com 12-22-2009
By Glen Ford
Created 12/22/2009 - 18:54

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford

[1]
The Pentagon has methodically insulated its wars from most of U.S. civil society. “For the United States, war has devolved to a matter of contracts, a multi-trillion dollar cash cow for corporations, a self-perpetuating financial bubble… »»»

The Gaza Freedom March appeals directly to President Mubarak

gazafreedommarch.org 12-25-2009
In an open letter, the organizers of the Gaza Freedom March, representing 1362 individuals from 43 countries, are appealing directly to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to grant them passage into Gaza.
After being in communication with the Egyptian government for months, denying the March passage to Gaza, which was only communicated… »»»

‘Santa’ protests Israeli wall in Bil’in

uruknet.de 12-25-2009

‘Santa’ protests Israeli wall in Bil’in

Ma’an News

December 25, 2009
Bethlehem – Ma’an – Palestinians dressed as Santa Claus marched against Israel’s separation wall on Christmas day in the West Bank village of Bil’in, west of Ramallah.
Demonstrators carried a Christmas tree decorated with spent gas… »»»

Christmas in Iraq

Layla Anwar December 25, 2009 uruknet.de

The Christians of Iraq have had it REAL BAD since 2003. They have had it as bad as the Arab Sunnis, this group that has seen its population dwindle in Baghdad alone from 45% to around 15 % due to  ethnic cleansing, torture, arbitrary arrests, exile… »»»

Egypt, Saudis secretly draft Palestinian statehood motion for Security Council

debka.com 12-24-2009

Jerusalem today

DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources report that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf emirates and the Palestinian Authority are secretly drafting a UN Security Council motion granting Palestinian statehood within the pre-1967 war borders of the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem its capital. This group is working under tight wraps, using… »»»

Secret Prisons in the USA?

democracynow.org 12-24-2009
The Nation: Immigration Agents Holding US Residents in Unlisted, Unmarked Facilities

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is holding an untold number of people in secretively maintained detention facilities all over the United States. That’s according to an explosive report that’s the cover story of the latest issue of The Nation magazine. They also… »»»

Falk calls for economic sanctions against Israel to lift the Gaza siege

December 24, 2009 uruknet.de Palestinian Information Center

December 24, 2009
NEW YORK, (PIC)– Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on “the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,” has called for the swift implementation of the recommendations included in Goldstone’s report.
Falk in a statement on Wednesday evening on… »»»

Liberals and Conservatives Question Constitutionality of Healthcare Legislation

georgewashington2.blogspot.com 12-24-2009
Both progressives and conservatives question the constitutionality of the healthcare bill. Specifically, people from across the aisle say that the government cannot force people to buy private health insurance.
On the left, progressives such as law school professor Sheldon Laskin, anti-war activist David Swanson, and Miles Mogulescu are calling the bill authoritarian and unconstitutional.
On… »»»

Healthcare Mandate vs. the Constitution

By David Swanson afterdowningstreet.org 12-23-2009
Does the United States Constitution allow Congress to force people to purchase a product (health insurance) from a private corporation, and fine them or tax them if they refuse? The answer is a matter of debate, but there is little dispute that such an act of Congress would be… »»»

Death Squads in Honduras — Is the blood on Obama’s hands?

uruknet.de

Killing Activists in Honduras

by Joseph Shansky

Walter TrochezDecember 23, 2009

Walter Trochez

“As a revolutionary I will be today, tomorrow and forever on the front lines of my people, all the while knowing that I may lose my life.” - Walter Trochez, 25, murdered in Tegucigalpa on… »»»

Video: AMAZING SPEECH BY WAR VETERAN

uruknet.de December 23, 2009 ThePhaedrus83

Our real enemy is not the ones living in a distant land whose names or policies we don’t understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it’s profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it’s profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us… »»»

Australia set to censor the Internet

12-22-2009 abc.net.au By Rosanna Ryan
Net filter opponents plan web protests
Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:39pm AEDT

Nicholas Perkins says there’s a groundswell of opposition to the Government’s internet filter. (Benjamin Robinson)

More than 80 activists packed a Brisbane university classroom on Monday night, hoping to build on a social media campaign against… »»»

Rolf Lindgren on the Charges against the 911 Defendants

This show was broadcast December 22, 2009.
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Coming up Tuesday at 9:00 am Pacific - 12:00 Noon Eastern - 17:00 GMTWill be archived here after the broadcast by Tuesday evening. “THE KEVIN BARRETT SHOW” Tuesday–Live Interview with Rolf Lindgren on the Charges… »»»

Action in the Streets – Inaction Inside: Copenhagen_on Anti-War Progressive Teachin

This show was broadcast December 19, 2009. It is now archived here — Use Player
Every Saturday - Anti-War - Progressive Truth Teach-in at 9:00am Pacific — 12 noon Eastern — 17:00 GMT Will be archived here after the broadcast by Monday.12/12/09 Police broke the demonstration against the cop 15 in Copenhagen… »»»

Musical Artist Rusty Miller_on Backstage

This show was broadcast December 20, 2009. It is now archived here — Use Player
Coming up Saturday & Sunday at 3pm Pacific - 6pm Eastern - 23:00 GMTWill be archived here after the broadcasts. On BackStage: Teri Perticone interviews musical artist Rusty Miller Teri interviews Rusty Miller who has the hit… »»»

Action in the Streets – Inaction Inside: Copenhagen_on Earthbeat

This show was broadcast December 18, 2009. It is now archived here — Use Player
Coming up today and every Friday at 7:00pm Pacific - 10:00pm Eastern - 03:00 GMTEARTHBEAT — Action in the Streets – Inaction Inside: Copenhagen
Outside, massive street demonstrations and alternative forums outside the Bella conference center focus the energy… »»»

The day before 9/11 Osama bin Laden was in Pak military hospital

globalresearch.ca by Michel Chossudovsky 12-21-2009

September 11, 2001: America and NATO Declare War on Afghanistan

NATO’s Doctrine of Collective Security
by Michel Chossudovsky

Why are American and NATO troops in Afghanistan?
What is the justification for waging war on a country of 28 million people?
What justifies Obama’s military surge?
Both the media and… »»»

Funeral of Iranian cleric Montazeri turns into political protest

uruknet.de 12-22-2009
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE STREETS
“I don’t think there were demonstrations there of that size even during the revolution. The slogans people were chanting were indirectly against the Islamic regime and similar to what was chanted before the revolution against the Shah.”

Funeral of Iranian cleric Montazeri turns into political protest

Robert… »»»

CIA Tied to Mumbai terrorist siege

debka.com 12-18-2009
Indian-US ties soured by suspicion Chicago terror operative was US double agent
DEBKAfile Special Report
December 18, 2009, 10:02 PM (GMT+02:00)

David Headley of Chicago accused of terror

Courts documents in the criminal case against the David Headley, who was arrested in Chicago in October for suspected involvement in the Mumbai terrorist siege, suggest the Chicagoan US… »»»

Empire, Obama and America’s Last Taboo

rockcreekfreepress.com A Speech by John Pilger 8-30-2009

A Speach by John Pilger, Socialism 2009, San Francisco, July 4, 2009

Transcribed by Elaine Sullivan / RCFP
Two years ago I spoke at “Socialism in Chicago” about an invisible government which is a term used by Edward Bernays, one the founders of modern propaganda. It was… »»»

The murderous face of Obama’s surge

12-19-2009 Bill Van Auken wsws.org
“The surge has begun in earnest,” a Pentagon spokesman announced Thursday. While only a few advance elements of a single Marine battalion have arrived in Afghanistan, the escalation in killing and destruction that will accompany the deployment of an additional 30,000 US troops is already underway.
A series of events… »»»

One Billion Go Hungry because of personal profit of the global elite

uruknet.de December 19, 2009 by Nick Pell

One Billion Go Hungry

by Nick Pell

December 19, 2009
The UN reported that 1 billion people world wide are currently going hungry. This is the largest number of hungry people ever, up sharply from 2008. There is no food… »»»

Israeli doc admits harvesting organs

Mohammed Mar’i arabnews.com Sunday 20 December 2009
RAMALLAH: The chief Israeli pathologist and director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir, professor Yehuda Hiss, has admitted harvesting organs from the bodies of dead Palestinians without the consent of their families.
Hiss said that he and doctors who worked under him took parts… »»»

Let’s Talk About Torture!

Nick Pell uruknet.de December 19, 2009

December 19, 2009
“‘Mer’ca doesn’t torture.” - His Imperial Majesty, George Bush II
“I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn’t torture. And I’m gonna make sure that we don’t torture.” -… »»»

Cooper is Black and was framed for a multiple homicide he never committed.

uruknet.de by Stephen Lendman 12-19-2009
Kevin Cooper - Victimized by American Injustice
by Stephen Lendman
December 19, 2009
On November 30, the US Supreme Court denied Kevin Cooper justice by not reviewing his wrongful murder conviction despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. Cooper is Black and was framed for a multiple homicide he never committed. He’s imprisoned… »»»

Veterans Group Calls On Soldiers to Refuse Orders to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq

Monday 14 December 2009 by: Dahr Jamail truthout.org
In response to President Barack Obama’s announcement on December 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of Afghanistan, the organization March Forward!, comprising both veterans and active-duty members of the US military, has called on all soldiers to refuse their orders to deploy.
“March Forward!… »»»

“Obama declares war on Pakistan”–Webster Tarpley

This show was broadcast December 15, 2009.
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