June 2012
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To avoid counting civilian deaths, Obama... →
June 1, 2012, by Glenn Greenwald
Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims, American media outlets dutifully trumpet in
headlines that the dead were ”militants” – even though those media outlets literally do not have the slightest idea of who was actually killed. They simply cite always-unnamed “officials” claiming that the dead were “militants.”...
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Watch#occupybilderberg, June 1, 2012
Around 150 of the world’s elite approached the grounds of a suburban Virginia hotel on Thursday for the first day of the 2012 Bilderberg Conference, but also on hand were throngs of protesters who gathered to opposed the top-secret gathering.
Journalists and critics of the annual clandestine conference stationed themselves outside of a Chantilly, Virginia...
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"Black Dust" in Soma City Is Also Highly... →
May 31, 2012, by EXSKF
There’s a newspaper published by a citizen group in Soma City, Fukushima, urging the former residents, particularly mothers with children, to return to the city. Soma City is located just north of Minami Soma City where the “black dust” was first reported by Assemblyman Ooyama. It turns out (no real surprise, but…) that Soma City also has...
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Large Majority of Americans Now Believe There is... →
Friday, January 13, 2012, via @Glad2ShareLife
The wealthy and the poor in U.S. society are not getting along, according to a large majority of Americans. A new Pew Research Center survey revealed that 66% of the public believes there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between the upper and lower classes—an increase of 19 points since 2009. This increase was particularly marked among...
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Tikun Olam: Facebook Bans Israeli Graphic Artist... →
fivedee:
Looks like the folks at Facebook have more to worry about than their plummeting stock price (off 28% since the IPO last week). In recent days, Facebook suspended the account of the Israeli graphic artist, Mysh, about whom I wrote a post a few days ago. It seems that some of the brilliant political graphics I praised in that post must’ve offended the delicate sensibilities of the...
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Why Does #Iran Arouse So Much Hostility? →
via @Scarry
If we are going to stave off a U.S. war against Iran, we are going to have to have some very difficult conversations with other Americans. Some people are extremely hostile. It’s confusing and a bit frightening, but we’re going to have to confront it.
More on Scarry Thoughts: Why Does Iran Arouse So Much Hostility?
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May 2012
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Things to remember when you're taking photos at a... →
selchieproductions:
The United Kingdom
The police’s counter-terrorism powers cannot be used to stop people legitimately taking photographs or filming.
It is not an offence for a member of the public or a journalist to take photographs or film public buildings. They do not need a permit to photograph or film in a public space, and the police have no power to stop the photographing or filming of...
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Cambodia and U.S. war crimes →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
The Vietnamese National Liberation Front (NLF) and Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge at one time fought together against the U.S. invaders. With weapons and logistical support from the Soviet Union and China, they eventually drove the Pentagon out of Cambodia and handed U.S. imperialism its first military defeat.
On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge rebels toppled Lon Nol and...
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What Israel’s anti-African pogroms tell us about... →
nezua:
A week ago, on the night of Wednesday 23rd May, South Tel Aviv erupted, becoming the epicentre of an attack by an angry, violent mob against members of the city’s African migrant population, deliberately targeted because of no other reason than their ethnicity.
African-owned businesses and homes were destroyed and looted. There were no fatalities but many were injured. Social media was...
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Anon Quebec leaks video of Desmarais (Power corp)... →
None less than 5 ancient prime ministers at that party, even George H Bush in person. Financial elite and oligarchy take all their senses in this video. Sounds to me like a bunch of people having a great time. Until I wondered where the money to do all that probably came from. The comment on youtube states that “the recent wave of privatization of state owned businesses went mostly to...
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Cannabis and the Cancer Industry →
Citizens of the World,
There is a disease of which you are all aware, that has plagued humankind throughout the ages. It is a terrible affliction, called Cancer. As far back as we have been able to look into the past, we have found evidence of its existence. In recent history, this disease has become more prevalent and more notorious a killer. You may have heard someone say, “These days,...
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Flame malware, from genesis to the plot theory |... →
May 30th, 2012
In this article I desire to discuss about many personal doubts and beliefs regarding the Flame malware, first my idea that we are facing with a new powerful cyber weapon.
In the same hours the Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination CenterLab, CrySyS Lab and Kaspersky Lab have published news regarding the new malware that has been detected and that have hit...
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‘Flame’ Virus explained: How it works and who’s... →
May 29, 2012
Flame may be the most powerful computer virus in history, and a nation-state is most likely to blame for unleashing it on the World Wide Web.Kaspersky’s chief malware expert Vitaly Kamlyuk shared with RT the ins and outs of Stuxnet on steroids.
Iran appears to be the primary target of the data-snatching virus that has swept through the Middle East, though other countries have also...
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UN observer mission finds 13 bodies in eastern... →
The UN observer mission to Syria has said that 13 bodies have been discovered in eastern Syria with their hands tied. There were signs that some had been shot in the head at close range, the mission’s statement said. The bodies were found in Assukar, about 80 km from the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, on Wednesday. Major-General Robert Mood, who heads the mission, said he was “deeply disturbed...
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TOWARDS A WORLD WITHOUT #NATO: A World Without War... →
by Luis Gutiérrez Esparza, May 24, 2012
Original in Spanish at: http://www.excelsior.com.mx/index.php?m=nota&seccion= opinion&cat=11&idnota= 836055
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#ISPs Refuse to Block New Pirate Bay IP-Address... →
by enigmax, May 24, 2012
In recent days The Pirate Bay announced the addition of a new proxy-friendly version of their site supported by a new IP address. This means that customers of ISPs that had previously implemented a court-ordered blockade could now access the site again. In the Netherlands, anti-piracy group BREIN is already battling to have that censored too. However, it seems that some...
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#Syria: The Road to #War Continues →
by Devon DB, May 24, 2012
It has been revealed in recent days that the US and Turkey are in fact aiding the Syrian rebels and that the push for intervention is growing. It is important to realize the affects of this not only in Syria, but also for that of Iran and Russia, two of the most prominent and vocal backers of the Assad regime.
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Syria: The Road to War Continues
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An illegal demonstration of 250,000 shakes #Quebec... →
by Isa Al-Jaza’iri, 23 May 2012
Tuesday, May 22nd saw the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Between 250,000 and 350,000 youth and workers came out onto the streets of Montreal and openly defied the emergency law that requires police approval of protest routes eight hours in advance. A widely publicized “official route” was broken; the crowd turned away, following an...
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RT @petrakramer: Please spread: Dokter Co van... →
English translation below
Dokter Co van Melle (74) gearresteerd in Ter Apel.
Tijdens het uitvoeren van zijn werkzaamheden als arts is dokter Co van Melle gisteren in een ME bus geduwd en overgebracht naar detentiecentrum Groningen.
Omdat gedurende de dag de spanningen van de bewoners hoog opliepen en het erg warm was besloot de dokter op het terrein te blijven nadat was aangekondigd dat het...
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How the #US Deliberately Destroyed #Iraq's Water... →
by Prof. Thomas J. Nagy, May 23, 2012
Confirmed by documents of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), “the U.S. government intentionally used sanctions against Iraq to degrade the country’s water supply after the Gulf War. The United States knew the cost that civilian Iraqis, mostly children, would pay, and it went ahead anyway.”
Over the last two years, I’ve...
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Race To Oblivion: #Russia test fires #AMDpiercing... →
May 23, 2012
The Russian military have successfully launched a top secret advanced intercontinental ballistic missile. It is designed to counter the American antimissile shield currently being deployed in several regions.
The new weapon is an advanced version of the Topol-M and Yars missiles, already deployed by the Russian Strategic Missile Forces. The experiment was boosted off from the...
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Race To Oblivion: Top #Obama Officials, Secretive... →
May 22, 2012
US officials with firsthand knowledge of how the government determines who gets put on the CIA and Pentagon’s lists for ‘targeted killing’ have confessed concern over the implications and nature of the process. In conversations with the Associated Press, one official involved — who spoke with assurances of anonymity — said that some of those carrying...
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#indignados En Espagne, une génération en crise →
23 mai 2012
Alors que le taux de chômage a connu une hausse continue en Espagne durant huit mois, il atteint aujourd’hui 24,44% de la population active selon l’Institut national de la statistique (INE), soit le taux le plus élevé de chercheurs d’emplois dans le monde industrialisé. Un jeune espagnol sur deux est sans emploi. Les plus touchés sont les jeunes qui rentrent sur le marché du...
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#HulpTerApel D0X City council members that voted... →
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STOP ACTA | Aggregator of relevant links to Stop... →
via @Blonde_Phantom
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#WikiLeaks Announces 'New Encrypted Facebook' →
The WikiLeaks Twitter feed announced on 20 May 2012 that the WL Friends/Friends of WikiLeaks (FoWL) network is ready to launch an ‘encrypted Facebook’. This comes amidst growing concern for user privacy and safety at the Facebook website.
Facebook recently came out in support of CISPA, a proposed US law that infringes on privacy and freedom of speech. Facebook’s attitude...
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Who will drones target? Who in the US will decide?... →
theamericanbear:
John Brennan will:
White House counterterror chief John Brennan has seized the lead in choosing which terrorists will be targeted for drone attacks or raids, establishing a new procedure for both military and CIA targets.
The effort concentrates power over the use of lethal U.S. force outside war zones within one small team at the White House.
The process, which is about a...
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The Brazilian Congress has just passed a... →
The Brazilian Congress has just passed a catastrophic forestry bill that gives loggers and farmers free rein to cut down huge swaths of the Amazon. Now only President Dilma can stop it.
Fortunately, the timing is on our side — in weeks Dilma will host the world’s biggest environmental summit and insiders say she cannot afford to open it as the leader who approved the destruction of the...
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Women's oppression is not natural or age-old →
amodernmanifesto:
Women’s oppression is the most deeply entrenched oppression. It is seen as biological, psychological, universal and age-old.
This view impacts on how we understand and challenge oppression.
Marxists approach this subject from a materialist perspective. Frederick Engels explained, “According to the materialist conception, the determining factor in history is the production and...
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