Control of the preferred narrative is essential in today’s instant-news political culture. This has been particularly true since 9/11, as the United States government and the cooperative media have worked together to make sure that a series of enemies are
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Terrorist Stronghold Destroyed: Syrian government troops chasing armed extremists in the suburbs of Damascus
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January 02 2013
Terrorist strongholds were destroyed and dozens of mercenaries were killed and wounded during an operation in the Daraya, Diyabiya and Babilla neighborhoods, the Syrian television reports.
Fierce clashes continue in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus following an attack
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While the French press persists in announcing the “imminent fall” of Syria and the “flight of Bashar al-Assad,” the reality on the ground has turned around completely. Even though chaos is plaguing most of the territory, the “liberated zones” have …
We don’t need giant banks.
As we noted in July, small banks do much more lending than big banks:
…Do we need to keep the TBTFs to make sure that loans are made?
Nope.
USA Today points out:
On January 2, the UN News Center headlined “Data suggests death toll could be more than 60,000, says UN human rights office.”
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) commissioned the analysis. It covers the March …
There has been an intense debate among leading scientists, government agencies and publications over whether the bigger threat is global warming or a new ice age. As we’ve previously noted, top researchers have feared an ice age – off …
Last night, Congress passed a watered down fiscal cliff package that will raise taxes on everyone, but the worst is yet to come, and this “deficit cutting” measure contains some surprises.
Economist Jack Rasmus highlights Obama’s comments after passage which …
New reports about Chavez’s health raise concerns. He’s struggling to recover from complicated cancer surgery.
On October 7, Venezuelans overwhelmingly reelected him. They want no one else leading them. He transformed national politics responsibly. He established participatory democracy and social …
by Jahi Issa, Ph.D.
Despite the long and loud verbal commitment of the Black Misleadership class to HBCUs, the deference and dependence of black leadership to corporate ethics and on corporate donations has caused them to endorse policies that are …
The FBI and other federal agencies coordinated with banks and local authorities in reacting to the Occupy Movement, which was put in the category of a domestic terrorist threat despite the group’s advocacy of nonviolence, Dennis J. Bernstein reports.
By …
It was reported recently that Senator Harry Reid thinks that the fiscal cliff is coming, saying that Republicans would be to blame “if we go over the cliff, and it looks like that’s where we’re headed.”[1]
The media has been …
Image: Tartus naval base in Southern Syria
MOSCOW: The large landing ship Novocherkassk of the Russian Black Sea Fleet left the Novorossiysk naval base and is heading for the Syrian port of Tartus, a source from the General Staff of …
It is admittedly not hard to imagine how someone can predict a vision of hell in a country like Syria which has become a hornet’s nest of terrorism and which is tumbling into further chaos and bloodshed.
Lakhdar Brahimi, who …
This exclusive documentary by Russian TV station, Rossiya 24, is a “must watch” as it gives a very good insight on the events that have been taking place in Syria since 2011. It shows how both the Syrian Army and …
Syria: Atrocities committed against Christians by US Supported Rebels
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December 31 2012
A nun sounded the alarm that the Syrian conflict was becoming sectarian when she said that a Christian man was beheaded by Syrian rebels in the northern town of Ras al-Ayn on the Turkish border, and his body was fed
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by Ingar Solty
The 2012 student strike in Quebec is a lesson in successful struggle against austerity policies. The strike was sparked by the announcement by the governing Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ) of Premier Jean Charest that tuition fees
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The Arctic has become an important part of North American perimeter security. Recently, the U.S. and Canada signed two new agreements that will expand bilateral military training, security and defense operations in the region.
Genocide warnings for 2012 have focused on nation states resistant to Euro-American corporate expansion. Ancient divisions along racial, religious, ethnic lines are aggravated to their tactical use by foreign interests. An entire national group is placed at risk by de-stabilization …
Responsible governance isn’t rocket science. Nor is effective economic policy. Fiscal cliff resolution is as simple as doing the right thing. Both parties spurn doing so.
December 31 is a nominal deadline. Effectively it’s meaningless. New year legislation can be …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Official Communiqué
Through this message the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is fulfilling its responsibility to inform the Venezuelan public of President Chavez’s clinical progress following his surgical intervention, carried out in Havana, …
Iraq, An American Killing Field
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December 31 2012
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi was born to a Jewish mother and an Iraqi father.
She recently put her medical career on hold to visit with family members in Iraq, and recently returned from a three-month stay in Basrah and Baghdad. …
The Right to Bear … Drones?
Gun advocates say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms to prevent a tyrannical government from oppressing us.
They quote the Founding Fathers:
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms, disarm …
Coastal erosion is a slow process as winter high tides take a few more feet into the sea every year.
However, if climate change is not tackled we could see a sudden increase in the rate of coastal erosion in …
In a clear sign of a slowing economy, many employers in China, including foreign-owned factories and state-owned enterprises, have been unable or unwilling to pay their employees for months. Strikes and protests by workers have erupted to demand unpaid wages.…
How can the integrity of the Syrian nation be salvaged? The West continues to arm the terrorist-rebels, and attempts to justify its complicit role in the methodical demolition of a sovereign nation.
Congress plunged another spike into freedom. On September 12, the House passed HR 5949: FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2012. The measure carried 301 – 118. Seventy-four Democrats joined 227 Republicans.
Nancy Pelosi voted Yea. So did Steny Hoyer, Howard …
Anyone who questions the safety of GMOs is said to be indulging in “scare mongering”. What the GMO sector fails to grasp is that the onus is on them to prove that their products are safe. They have patently failed to do this.
Americans are living in an Orwellian state argue Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick, as they sit down with RT to discuss US foreign policy and the Obama administration’s disregard for the rule of law.
Both argue …
A lopsided US Senate vote Friday morning, conducted with virtually no media attention, renewed a law first adopted in 2008 that retroactively authorized illegal spying by the National Security Agency (NSA) on the e-mail and other Internet-based communications of tens …
After two years of escalating civil war, the people of Syria confront a humanitarian catastrophe, with an estimated four million people—roughly 20 percent of the population—lacking adequate food and shelter. Hundreds of thousands have left for refugee camps in neighboring …
Previous articles discussed how Washington reinvented the “evil empire.” On March 8, 1983, Ronald Reagan coined the term. He addressed the National Association of Evangelicals.
He called communism “the focus of evil in the modern world.” He said don’t “ignore …
During late 2012, the Obama administration announced that it would be dispatching additional military personnel to the African continent. The deployment of regular troops and Special Forces are purportedly tasked with fighting a growing threat from Islamists under the guise …
The proposal of a "transitional government" in the midst of what is in fact a foreign invasion, funded, armed, and perpetuated by foreign interests violates both Syria's sovereignty and the UN's own founding charter.
Russian Forces Protect Syria’s Chemical Weapons Stockpile against Terrorists: Report
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December 28 2012
According to the Israeli Intelligence News outlet, DEBKA, Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles are being protected by Russian forces.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s stated that “Syria has “consolidated its chemical weapons in one or two locations… and they are under …
Egyptian media pundit Tawfik Okasha, owner of the Egyptian opposition TV channel al-Fara’een, blamed the Mainstream Media of being complicit with the Muslim Brotherhood in feeding the Egyptian people lies about the Syrian crisis.
He calls for all free
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Last September, Lakhdar Brahimi replaced Kofi Annan as UN/Arab League Syrian envoy/mediator. He’s strongly pro-Western. He’s Washington’s point man on Syria.
Kofi Annan’s peace plan was one-sided. It provided imperial cover for war. Brahimi picked up where he left off. …
Recalling some of the stinkiest media moments of the year
They’re back: The P.U.-litzers, FAIR’s annual rundown of some of the stinkiest moments in American journalism.
As usual, there were more contenders than we could possibly consider. So think of …
US Special Forces Accused of Raping Afghan Women During Raid
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December 28 2012
Special forces of the US army raided houses of villagers and separated the men and women of 15 families living in this village. They then raped a number of these women.
According to a report in the political section of …
Well congratulations Messrs. Obama, Cameron and Hollande, and your Foreign Department sidekicks Hillary Clinton, Laurent Fabius and William Hague. Your terrorists in Syria have managed to use chemical weapons against government forces, something you were warning President Assad against doing. …
“Through a series of tragic events, contemporary Iraq has become an ideal place in which to test the thesis that severe insecurity leads to xenophobia.”[i]
Xenophobia, the fear of foreigners and strangers alike, has had an increasing influence on …
US preparing for “Possible Military Intervention” in Syria, Various Options Contemplated
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December 27 2012
A senior Israeli official says the United States is gearing up for a possible military intervention in Syria to prevent Syria’s alleged chemical weapons from being used against civilians or falling into wrong hands.
Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs Moshe …
This week’s elective conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa highlighted what has become an ever more apparent and painful reality to working people in that country and political observers around the world – the revolution …
Here we go again. President Obama is in round three of his ongoing efforts to cut our important social insurances, such as Social Security and Medicare. Whether he succeeds or not is up to us. We can create a stronger …
The Fiscal Cliff, A Self-Created Bi-Partisan Drama. The Need to Mobilize Resistance
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December 27 2012
The fiscal cliff is a self-created bi-partisan drama that demonstrates the failure of traditional politics and the need for mobilized resistance and a new independent political movement. The mass media and operatives from the Democratic and Republican parties have raised …
This month, the United States Conference of Mayors’ Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness released its yearly survey, which documented a sharp rise in the two social ills throughout the country.
The report was based on data collected between September …
Internal Federal Bureau of Investigation documents released last Saturday by a civil liberties organization show that FBI anti-terror units across the US targeted and spied on the Occupy Wall Street protests even before they got underway in September 2011.
The …
Propaganda alert compiled by Cem Ertür
As the United Nations Security Council passes a resolution for the deployment of foreign troops in Mali [1] and the United States announces its plan to deploy troops to 35 African countries in 2013 …
As Malaysia prepares for general elections, distrust of the political opposition and accusations of foreign interference have been major talking points.
A previous article said major surgery for any reason is daunting. Four times for the same illness in 18 months present special challenges.
Chavez struggles to recover. He hopes he’s cancer free. He’s undergoing difficult post-operative procedures. Reports suggest he’s …
Today’s Most Popular Stories on Global Research
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December 26 2012
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It’s Not a Tax or Spending Problem … It’s a Devolution Into Lawlessness
The “fiscal cliff” is a myth.
Instead, what we are facing is a descent into lawlessness.
Wikipedia notes:
…In many situations, austerity programs are imposed
by Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF)
FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) pursuant to the PCJF’s Freedom of Information Act demands reveal that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as …
Free and Accessible Transit Campaign, GTWA
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December 26 2012
by The GTWA Free Transit initiative
Transit is a critical issue for people in Toronto, as in all major urban areas. More is at stake than reducing traffic congestion and gridlock. Transit and general mobility are intimately related to larger …
The United States has carried out more drone strikes this year in Afghanistan than it has during its eight-year-long air war in Pakistan, launching 447 strikes and killing thousands while also reducing its air surveillance.
At a time when the …
Africa's rich in oil, gas, gold, silver, diamonds, uranium, iron, copper, tin, lead, nickel, coal, cobalt, bauxite, wood, coltan, manganese, chromium, vanadium-bearing titanium, and much more.
Terrorism is terrorism and it cannot be defined otherwise unless the interests of one party tilt the scale in disfavor of another and the dichotomization of the terrorists in Syria into good and bad by the West casts doubt on …
by Miguel A. Altieri and Fernando R. Funes-Monzote
When Cuba faced the shock of lost trade relations with the Soviet Bloc in the early 1990s, food production initially collapsed due to the loss of imported fertilizers, pesticides, tractors, parts, and …
By Yusuf Fernandez
In recent years, US Congress has been undermining US-Russian cooperation in several areas from Afghanistan to international terrorism.”
On December 6, the US House and Senate passed as a law the so-called “Magnitsky Act,” which was shortly
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The Origins of the First and Second World Wars currently hover like Twin Swords of Damocles over the heads of all humanity.
It is the Unlimited Imperialists along the lines of Alexander, Rome, Napoleon and Hitler who are now in …
It’s only December, but it looks like the Pentagon has all planned out how they’ll spend a good part of 2013. US officials now claim that the Defense Department is busy preparing a military operation in the nation of Mali.…
by Boris Pavlishev
“The Americans are actually not after stability or putting an end to terrorism in Afghanistan. They are after gaining a permanent strategic foothold in Southwest Asia. Providing advice and training will be no more than a disguise. …
The United States Army will be deploying troops to nearly three-dozen African nations in the coming year.
Soldiers based out of Fort Riley, Kansas’ 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division will begin training in March 2013 in order to prepare for
Propaganda Alert compiled by Cem Ertür
“Operation Enduring Freedom” is the official name used by the U.S. government for its war on Afghanistan (2001-present).
A Disturbing Fact
Renowned Hollywood movie stars continue to support the US-NATO military adventure which has …
Winter exposes the social decline in Berlin more revealingly than any other season, especially around Christmastime. Bitter conditions drive the homeless into the inner city to seek shelter. Special “winter buses”, operated by aid agencies, search the streets, bridges and …
Massive Growth of Social Inequality across America
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December 25 2012
By Nick Barrickman
A recent three-part investigative series by Reuters details the massive growth of social inequality in the United States. “The Unequal State of America,” largely based on US Census data spanning the last two decades on income distribution, …
by Amanda Mullins
In the last four years, the use of unmanned drones to engage in so-called “targeted killing” has escalated dramatically. In Pakistan alone, US drone strikes have increased five fold during the Obama administration, according to the Bureau …
Since taking office, Obama authorized numerous police state measures. They follow earlier ones under George Bush.
They’re heading America for full-blown tyranny. It’s already a hair’s breadth away. It could arrive any time full force. It’s been wrapped in the
The voices that reach us through the millennia and connect us to our culture are being silenced by "political correctness" and “the war on terror.”
US-NATO Supported Syria Rebels use Chemical Weapons against Government Forces
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December 24 2012
Militants fighting against the Syrian government have used chemical weapons against the army in Daraya near the capital, Damascus, military sources say.
According to a commander of the Syrian Presidential Guard, at least seven Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday …
“hotels – under threat of losing kashrut certificates – are prohibited by the rabbinate from decking their halls in boughs of holly or, putting up even the smallest of small sparkly Christmas tree”
CIA Withholding Overturned on Appeal by National Security Archive
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 407
Posted – December 14, 2012
Edited by Jeffrey T. Richelson
For more information contact:
Jeffrey T. Richelson/Thomas Blanton
202/994-7000 or [email protected]
Washington, DC, …
Failing to Prosecute White Collar Crime Guarantees a Weak and Unstable Economy … and Future Financial Crashes
The Departments of Justice and Treasury are pretending that criminally prosecuting criminal banksters will destabilize the economy.
The exact opposite is true.
Failing …
For those of us who have been arguing for years that senior officials and lawyers in the Bush administration must be held accountable for the torture program they introduced and used in their “war on terror,” last week was a …
The Torture Chronicle: CIA “Lying and Obfuscation” on the So-called War on Terror
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December 23 2012
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If there is one word missing from the United States government’s post-9/11 lexicon it is “accountability.” While perfectly legal though illicit sexual encounters apparently continue to rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, leading to resignations, no one
When most mainstream media outlets discuss conspiracy theories, it is usually to debunk the views of dissenting and critical thinkers who are routinely denounced as simplistic, paranoid or worse.
You have frequently seen the mantra questioning their motives and conclusions …
Washington, other Western countries, and regional rogues arm, fund, train and direct the Syrian rebels.
On December 21, Russia Today interviewed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Moscow isn’t “in the business of regime change,” he said.
He categorically rejects notions …
by Valentin Zorin
The US Senate has unanimously approved a $631bln defense budget for 2013. The draft budget has evoked no objections from the White House. As he ran for president four years ago, Barack Obama promised to cut defense …
“The American way of life is not up for negotiation. Period.” President George H. W. Bush, 1992, first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
With the re-election of President Barack Obama in the midst of Hurricane Sandy, some hoped …
The latest sweetheart settlement with a major international bank, in this case involving criminal activities that financial regulators describe as “epic,” has once again lifted the lid on the cesspool of corruption otherwise known as the world financial system.
UBS, …
by David Samel
It looks like the Obama Administration’s proudest achievement in the international arena – the execution of Osama Bin Laden – has caused the death of nine UN health care workers and will continue to take a heavy
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