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"We become slaves the moment we hand the keys to the definition of reality entirely over to someone else, whether it is a business, an economic theory, a political party, the White House, Newsworld or CNN." - B.W. Powe, Towards A Canada Of Light
"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power." - Henry A. Wallace
"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." - George Orwell
"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume." - Noam Chomsky
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Op-Ed Articles
When Will We Attack Syria?
By Rep. Ron Paul
We are about to engage in military action against Syria and at the same time irresponsibly reactivate the Cold War with Russia. We're now engaged in a game of "chicken" with Russia which presents a much greater threat to our security than does Syria.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31657.htm
Afghanistan: The Top Ten Lies that Recur in the Mainstream Media
By James O'Neill
Egypt's Impoverishing Choice
By Sean F. McMahon
Egypt's monopoly capitalist class, represented by Ahmed Shafiq, is battling the domestic capitalist class, represented by Muhammed ("the Spare") Morsi. The military is mediating the battle, in line with is own very real material interests, and the interests of the workers and peasants are being trampled.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31658.htm
Just What We Don't Need Now:
Hollywoods's New Hostage Thriller Glamorizes The Cia In Iran
By Danny Schechter
Julian Assange Seeks Asylum at Ecuadorean Embassy
By Donna Bowater
Julian Assange's Artful Dodge
By Ray McGovern
Julian Assange's Right to Asylum
By Glenn Greenwald
The US-Pakistani 'Client-master' Relationship
Julian Assange Interviews Imran Khan
Must Watch - Video
Obama Bars Congress from Obtaining Fast and Furious Papers:
By RT
President Obama once more departed from his campaign promise of a transparent presidency by granting executive privilege on behalf of Holder early Wednesday to keep Congress from obtaining documents involved in the gunwalking scheme.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31653.htm
Washington's 5 Worst Arguments for Keeping Secrets From You
By Spencer Ackerman
The Earth Cannot Be Saved by Hope and Billionaires
By George Monbiot
From Greece to Spain: The Spreading Crisis
By Mike Whitney
Why The Senate Won't Touch Jamie Dimon:
JPM Derivatives Prop Up U.S. Debt
By Ellen Brown
Super PACs and Secret Money Destroying America's Democracy
By Jim Hightower
In a nation of 313 million people and an electorate of 217 million, fewer than a hundred uber-wealthy individuals and corporations (a tiny fraction of a fraction of even the 1 percent) shaped the GOP presidential debate and nomination to their personal benefit.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31651.htm
Low-Wage Nation
Poverty and Inequality are Threatening our Democracy
By Peter Edelman
Police Brutality
Recording The Police Is Dangerous, But Necessary!
Video
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| Hard News
30 "Al-Qaeda" fighters dead in Yemen air raids: Thirty suspected militants were killed as Yemeni aircraft pounded Al-Qaeda positions between the southern provinces of Abyan and Shabwa on Wednesday, a local official told AFP.
http://is.gd/nWXhfO
Red Cross says staff member killed in Yemen airstrike: A 35-year-old Yemeni national Hussein Saleh was traveling with three other staff members in an unmarked vehicle in the north of Abyan province, where government forces are battling al-Qaida militants.
http://is.gd/yQDxGe
28 killed in two Afghan bombings: A suicide bomber attacked US and Afghan forces at a checkpoint today in eastern Afghanistan, killing 21 people, including three US soldiers, officials said.
http://is.gd/X7FyVX
Pakistan: 10 militants killed in Khyber Agency: Security forces killed ten militants in clashes that took place in Khyber Agency and destroyed five hideouts, Geo News reported Wednesday.
http://is.gd/rKX1Qo
28 soldiers among 39 dead in Syria: "rights group": Twenty-eight soldiers and a Shiite Muslim cleric were among 39 people killed in violence across Syria today
http://is.gd/YQ90Xs
Homs rebels: Army must leave, or we'll start killing civilians (Op-Ed): Syrian officials say up to 5000 civilians have been 'taken hostage' in Homs, the cradle of the Syrian uprising. The Syrian army refuses to bargain with the insurgents mingled with 'terrorists' in the city in Syria's west, and has not started an assault.
http://www.rt.com/news/homs-army-leave-civilians-311/
More Russian Ships On Way to Syria: The United States says the Russian military was preparing to dispatch three more ships to Syria after a separate transport carrying attack helicopters turned back when its U.K. insurer removed its coverage.
http://is.gd/44TVTv
Putin Rules Out Intervention to Stop the Syrian Rebellion: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said Tuesday that the fate of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria should be left to the hands of the Syrians, saying that no one country has the right to tell another people whom their leader should be.
http://is.gd/0BmZQl
'Tell Brits to remove Cameron and see what happens' - Assad's adviser: Colonial hegemony prevents the west from believing that Arab peoples are equal to westerners and have the right to choose their own system, Bouthaina Shaaban, political and media adviser to the Syrian president, told RT.
http://www.rt.com/news/syria-democracy-struggle-shaaban-259/
15,000 American forces stationed in Kuwait: Senate account: A US Senate report indicates that the United States has now nearly 15,000 troops in three bases across Kuwait- - triple the average number of American forces in the Middle Eastern country before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
http://is.gd/dZjihU
Turkey Hits Kurdish Targets In Northern Iraq:
Turkey's military says attack helicopters and warplanes have pounded Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq after a rebel attack on Turkish forces near the Iraqi border left eight Turkish soldiers dead.
http://is.gd/bLGdmi
148 killed in northern Nigeria, govt in trouble: At least 148 people have been killed and 200 others wounded in Nigeria since Sunday
http://is.gd/EoOzv3
Another Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrike in east Gaza: Another Palestinian has been killed in a fresh Israeli airstrike in the east of the Gaza Strip, bringing to nine the number of Palestinians killed over the past three days.
http://is.gd/P5rH0u
Rocket fire directed at Israeli military targets: The military wing of Hamas published a report Wednesday morning on its website, in which it states that "the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades continues to attack the enemy with rockets for the second straight day, and has launched 9 rockets at the Sofa military base."
http://is.gd/7WhbQT
Playing the Anti-Semitism Card: ADL chief Foxman: 30% of Americans think U.S. Jews more loyal to Israel:
In a wide-ranging interview ahead of this week's President's Conference in Jerusalem, Foxman told Haaretz that in the years since the publication of his controversial "The Israel Lobby," co-author John J. Mearsheimer has proven himself to be a true anti-Semite.
http://is.gd/C4YQib
Declassified document contradicts Cheney's claim of Iraqi connection to 9/11: A document declassified this week by the National Security Archive reveals that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) delivered a briefing to the Bush administration which directly contradicts former Vice President Dick Cheney's claim that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta visited an Iraqi intelligence official in Prague.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31655.htm
Julian Assange asylum move is 'a tragedy' for his accusers, says lawyer:
Lawyer representing two women who accuse WikiLeaks founder of sexual assault says he still expects extradition to go ahead
http://is.gd/wGn5Za
Lawmaker sets deadline for Holder to avoid contempt citation: U.S. House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said on Tuesday that he would move forward with a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder unless Holder turns over documents by Wednesday morning involving a botched operation to track guns smuggled to Mexico.
http://is.gd/wrlRCk
An Innocent Man's Tortured Days on Texas's Death Row:
Anthony Graves, spent years in solitary confinement on Texas' death row before being proven innocent in 2010.
http://is.gd/Ayr5zP
How does Walmart keep its prices so low? : - Video - A look inside the C.J.'s Seafood plant in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, where guestworkers on H-2B visas have been subjected to forced labor, threats against themselves and their families, constant surveillance, wage theft, and discrimination -- from which Walmart has profited.
http://is.gd/K67XYe
US Senate blocks bid to restore $4.5 billion for food aid: The US Senate has overwhelmingly rejected a bid to preserve some $4.5 billion in food stamps funding, as part of the massive farm bill.
http://is.gd/bsjLeI
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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| Cost Of War
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,807
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan :3,052
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,344,328,589,103
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