Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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News Stories September 1, 2012 August 31 Striking South African Miners Charged with Murder After Police Kill 34 Major challenge to ANC government after reports that many miners were shot in the back, and now murder charges against other miners, no police charged Go to story | Go to homepage Investors Seek To Profit From Privatizing Public Schools Activists at “People’s Education Convention” demand an end to excessive testing Go to story | Go to homepage The GOP Goes Hard Right Jeff Faux: Romney will try to mitigate the message, but people’s confusion about the crisis and Obama’s failures, presents right with historic opportunity Go to story | Go to homepage August 30 Gaza to be Unlivable by 2020 – UN Report Gaza may not be ‘‘a livable place’’ by 2020 unless intensive efforts are made to improve infrastructure and services in fields like energy, health, water, and sanitation, a United Nations report concluded this week Go to story | Go to homepage Romney and the European Authoritarian Right John Weeks: European right-wing governments prefer Obama for pragmatic reasons, but are closer to Romney in ideology Go to story | Go to homepage August 29 State Dep't Defines Israeli Settler Violence as Terrorism US State Dep't defines settler violence as terrorism while two violent attacks on Palestinians drive Israeli coverage last week Go to story | Go to homepage What Now for Ron Paul Libertarians? Matt Welch: Ron Paul supporters sidelined at convention as differences with Romney foreign policy are profound Go to story | Go to homepage August 28 Wilkerson on GOP Convention Lawrence Wilkerson: Failures of Obama administration opened door to far right revival Go to story | Go to homepage Syrian Conflict a Proxy War, Driven by Internal Struggle Rami Khouri: The rebellion against the dictatorship is the primary driving force, but all the global and regional powers trying to control the outcome Go to story | Go to homepage August 27 "Phantom Control": Israel's Secret Service and the Occupation Yael Berda's new book The Bureaucracy of Occupation sheds light on Israel's more invisible control over the Palestinians Go to story | Go to homepage “Nonsense Economics” and the Deepening Greek Crisis Costas Lapavitsas: Greece is being destroyed as all the players prepare for next stage of austerity measures Go to story | Go to homepage August 26 120 NAM Countries Head to Iran Despite Western Pressure Vijay Prashad: Syria will be the big issue in the Non Aligned Summit in Iran, with many heads of state visiting Tehran in spite of US/Israeli campaign to isolate Iran Go to story | Go to homepage Protests Grow Against Bahrain Arrest of Rights Advocate Reem Khalifa: Court overturns twitter conviction for Nabeel Rajab but he still faces three years in prison for allegedly encouraging protesters to clash with security forces Go to story | Go to homepage