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Leader of Syrian Rebel Group Calls For Attacks Inside US
Empire, Hypocrisy and Deflection
Exposing the Financial Core of the Transnational Capitalist Class
UN Report Accuses Both Sides in Syria of War Crimes
Giving New Meaning to the Day After 9/11: Why Saying No to Syria...
US Demands Syria Follow Int’l ‘Norms’ on Chemical Weapons… While Violating Them
US Demands Syria Follow International ‘Norms’ on Chem. Weapons… While Violating Them
What If Congress Says No on Syria?
Black Jihadist Flag Flies Over Christian Town of Maaloula
Key Event for the International Arms Trade: WMD For Sale at the London’s Arms...
The Greatest Illusion Ever Performed — 9/11 (new modified version)
The 40th Anniversary of Pinochet’s Rise to Power in Chile
More than a Decade After 9/11, Globalists Openly Embrace Al Qaeda
Shocking UN Report Reveals 1 in 4 Men Admit to Raping Women for ‘Fun’...
Time to Reveal US Intel on Syria
Rand Paul Blasts President’s Call for Syrian Intervention
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THE 9/11 READER. The September 11, 2001 Terror Attacks
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With Help From Rupert Murdoch, Rightwing Leader Takes Reins of Australian Gov’t
Former Bush and Clinton Administration Insider — Nobody is Asking the Basic Question
Cooking the Intelligence for War on Syria
Is Assad Being Tricked Into Sacrificing Syria?
Global warming computer models collapse
McCain & Graham Seize on ‘Peace’ Initiative to Push War
The UN Has Had Evidence That Syrian Rebels Have Been Using Chemical Weapons Since...
The UN Has Had Evidence That Syrian Rebels Have Been Using Chemical Weapons Since...
Did you know that the United Nations has had evidence that the Syrian rebels have been using sarin gas against Syrian government forces since May? This was reported by Reuters and other major news organizations around the world, but there has been an almost total blackout of this information by the big corporate news [...]
With Help From Rupert Murdoch, Rightwing Leader Ascends to Power in Australia
Fukushima workers told to cover detection devices with lead to downplay radiation levels
Fukushima workers told to cover detection devices with lead to downplay radiation levels
The Century-Long Challenge to Respond to Fukushima
Kidnapped Teacher: Rebels Said Assad Not Behind Chemical Weapons Attack
Obama in Desperate Propaganda Push For Attack on Syria
‘Flooding the Zone’ with Bullshit on Syria
Cornel West and the Fight to Save the Black Prophetic Tradition
Hague reiterates support for Syria war
The Conflict in Syria and Global Resistance: Why Humanity will Prevail
The Pivot to Africa
Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible?
Pro-Israel Lobby Pushes America into War. AIPAC Is A Grave Threat To World Peace
Warmongering Republicans Support Obama
Syria: Next Chapter of U.S. Shadow War in Middle East
“Islam threatens UK’s future security”
9/11 Truth: The Mysterious Collapse of WTC Seven
McCain Confronted on Syria at Angry Town Hall Meeting
Britain and Chile 40 Years After Pinochet’s Coup
Children and Women for Sale
Kaiser Obama
How Ahistorical Journalism Serves Power
Saudi Arabia’s “Chemical Bandar” behind the Chemical Attacks in Syria?
Video: Syrian Rebel Admits Using Chemical Weapons
Homeland Security’s Suspicious Activities Reporting: “If You See Something, Say Something”
10 Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn’t Want You to Talk About
Putin: Kerry’s lies ‘Pathetic’
Obama Seeks Congressional Approval For Strikes While Insisting That He May Attack Regardless Of...
Ten Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn’t Want You to Talk About
Alyssa Milano ‘Sex Tape’ Promotes Attack on Syria
2 Congress Members: We Shouldn’t Be “Al Qaeda’s Air Force”
Internet Hackers and the Real Threat They Expose
Jordan Invites US Targets for Syrian Retaliation
U.S.-NATO Should Not Be “Al Qaeda’s Air Force”
Radiation at Fukushima Soars to Highest Level Yet
Chinese official Yu Qiyi ‘drowned by investigators’
UK: More workers earning less than living wage
Timeline of Military-Intelligence Operation: U.S. Had Planned Syrian Civilian Catastrophe Since 2007
Supporting al-Qaeda a Week Before 9/11
India upper house passes cheap food plan
Duty to Warn: 9/11 and Cognitive Dissonance
Obama says US should attack Syria
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Bombshell: Syria’s ‘chemical weapons’ turn out to be sodium fluoride used in the U.S....
Obama’s Syria Attack Resolution Authorizes Boots on the Ground
Syria Countdown
Obama's War on Syria: Dissent in the Ranks
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The Unnatural Death of Dr. David Kelly: Template for “Legalised Cover-up” of Political Assassinations
Yes, the Syrian Rebels DO Have Access to Chemical Weapons
Syria, “Credibility” and Historical Amnesia
Syria, “Credibility” and Historical Amnesia
Obama in Sweden, the New “Old South”
The Banality of Empire
Cooked Up Evidence. Trying to Fool the Public over Syria
Truthdiggers of the Week: Skeptics of Obama’s Syrian Weapons Claims
UK Chancellor rules out Syria vote rerun
Jabhat al-Nusra Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons Attack
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Obama Reveals His Dictatorship – Paul Craig Roberts
Obama Reveals His Dictatorship – Paul Craig Roberts
Obama Reveals His Dictatorship the isolation of America Paul Craig Roberts Washington preens itself on being “the world’s greatest democracy.” Washington uses the claim that it is spreading democracy as a justification for its naked aggression–a clear and unambiguous war crime–against other countries. Washington cloaks its illegality in democratic rhetoric despite the obvious fact that…
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Kucinich: Strike on Syria Makes U.S. "Al-Qaeda Air Force"
Who benefits from US war on Syria?
French Public Opposes War Against Syria
UK TV host nabbed over child sex abuse
Who Benefits From A War Between The United States And Syria?
Cruise Missile Law Enforcement
Swelling Colombian Protests Against 'Free Trade' Met With Militarization
John Kerry: Negotiations to Continue Over Syrian Chemical Attack
Shocking Story That Could Derail Attack on Syria
New Victim of Climate Change Revealed: East Antarctic Ice
Why America cannot live without wars
UN Drone Investigation to Report in October
UK TV star charged with sex offences
252 Documented Examples of Barack Obama’s Lying, Lawbreaking, Corruption, Cronyism, etc.
The Politics of Death
Syria: Obama’s Pretext for War? The “Rebels” are in Possession of Chemical Weapons
Bombing for Peace
Fooling The Public Over Syria
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Countercurrents 28/8/2013 and Global Research 1/9/2013
"Attempts to bypass the Security Council, once again to create artificial groundless excuses for a military intervention in the region are fraught with new suffering in Syria and catastrophic consequences for other countries of the Middle East and North Africa." Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.
US Strikes on Syria Loom Large
Miniature ‘human brain’ grown in lab
War Media Conjures Weapons of Mass Destruction Ahead of Obama’s Syria Attack
How many ‘MIs’ did exist in the UK?
Spinning and Fabrications, Remember Curveball: Dangerous, Familiar Twaddle Precedes US Military Assault on Syria
Hypocrite Central: U.S., Britain and Israel have Used Chemical Weapons within the Last 10...
Massacres That Matter — ‘Responsibility To Protect’ In Egypt, Libya And Syria — Part...
All pieces in place for US strikes on Syria
US Requested Tens of Thousands of Facebook Users’ Data in Just 6 Months
The U.S., Britain and Israel have Used Chemical Weapons within the Last 10 Years
Attack on US consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan
Assad: Syria Is A Sovereign Country Fighting al-Qaeda
Dow falls 100 amid mounting worries over Syria, all S&P sectors lower
US military ‘ready to go’ if Syria attack ordered
US Attempts to Sabotage UN Chemical Weapons Investigation
Western Warplanes Begin Arriving In Cyprus
Anti-Syria-war calls intensify in UK
Anti-Syria-war calls intensify in UK
War on Syria and the West’s Skin-Deep Morality
Syria: We’ll Strike Israel If US Attacks
“Spinning Justice”: The Likely Violation of Dr David Kelly’s Rights Under Article 2 of...
Syrian Rebels Behind Sniper Attack on UN Inspectors?
6 Filthy Facts About the Rich
Official media censorship in UK: a look
Brazil’s Vinegar Revolution: Neoliberalism and the Economic Elites
Selling War on Syria
Syria And The Warmongering Peddlers Of Cheap, Skin-Deep Morality
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And here we go again. In
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.” Oscar Wilde in ‘An Ideal Husband’.
Colombia Nationwide Strike Against 'Free Trade,' Privatization, Poverty
Colombia on Strike Against 'Free Trade' Deal, Privatization, Poverty
Hamas calls for reopening of Rafah
U.S. Sets Syria Invasion in Motion Following Reported Chemical Attack
German MPs warn of neo-Nazi threats
There Is An Alternative: reflections on elements of an anti-austerity economic policy.
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- clearly, as a result of government bailout of banks, national debt has significantly increased. Nevertheless, as the PCS has already made clear a couple of years ago, the current national debt level is lower than between 1918 and 1961, when the British welfare state was established (PCS). In short, the gravity of the situation is exaggerated;
- tax justice – close tax loopholes by employing more inspectors: ‘figures produced for PCS by the Tax Justice Network show that £25 billion is lost annually in tax avoidance and a further £70 billion in tax evasion by large companies and wealthy individuals’ (PCS). Employing more staff at HM Revenue & Customs would allow the government to collect additional billions of Pounds every year;
- moreover, the PCS further calculates that if the so-called Robin Hood tax, ‘a 0.05% tax on global financial transactions – was applied to UK financial institutions it would raise an estimated £20–30bn per year (PCS). At the European level, it is the UK government which currently blocks moves towards a financial transaction tax;
- tax justice would also imply that unlike the current government, an anti-austerity policy would not lower the income tax rate for high earners;
- government investment into infrastructure projects such as the generation of green energy and especially social housing to create employment. This would also help to address the energy crisis as well as solve the housing crisis, with many people finding it impossible to secure affordable housing at the moment (BBC, 8 July 2013). While this would initially lead to larger national debts, the creation of jobs would result in higher demand levels, less government spending on jobseeker's allowances and an overall more positive economic outlook;
- small companies struggle to raise necessary finance (BBC, 17 September 2012). An anti-austerity policy would imply that the government gives more direction to state-owned banks towards finance for businesses and a more focused industrial policy;
- emphasising cuts to wages is counter-productive as it takes demand out of the economy. An anti-austerity policy would protect wage levels in line with inflation and productivity increase;
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- spending is always also about deciding on what are the key priorities. Do we actually need to replace Trident? ‘The government estimates renewal costs will be between £15bn and £20bn but anti-nuclear campaigners say the figure will be much higher’ (BBC, 16 July 2013). Is the British involvement in Afghanistan a societal priority? In addition to the loss of human lives, ‘the war in Afghanistan has cost Britain at least £37bn and the figure will rise to a sum equivalent to more than £2,000 for every taxpaying household, according to a devastating critique of the UK's role in the conflict’ (The Guardian, 30 May 2013). An anti-austerity policy would channel finance from war adventures to investment into schools, social housing, the health sector, etc.;
What is the real purpose of government austerity policy?
The government claims that austerity policies are necessary to reduce national debt. However, how much money do these policies actually save?
- it is highly likely that the new loan scheme in Higher Education will ultimately be more expensive for the state than the past system of financing university education via block grants (see The Great University Gamble). Perhaps the real focus is on opening the door to private providers?
- in secondary education, finance is moved from comprehensives to academies and free schools. Is this really about saving money, or is the goal ‘to incentivise’ private sector involvement (see Hands Off Our Schools)?
- the implementation of the bedroom tax is in all probability more expensive than what is actually saved in the process (see Nottingham Bedroom Tax Campaign). Is the real purpose an attack on social housing?
- NHS restructuring: is privatising the most profitable parts really about saving money and making service delivery more efficient, or is the objective to provide private investors with profitable investment opportunities (see also Broxtowe Save Our NHS)?
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And yet, alternative policies are available. Whether they are implemented is a matter of political will and, ultimately, a matter of the balance of class power in society.
Working-Man’s Death and Multitudinous Struggle
Report: War Looms: Hundreds of American Troops and CIA Operatives Have Entered Syria
As Fukushima Crisis Spirals, Expert Warns 'It's Much Worse' Than Claimed
As Fukushima Crisis Spirals, Expert Warns ‘It’s Much Worse’ Than Claimed
UK warned against Syria intervention
Expert: Chemical Weapons Victim Footage Appears “Set-Up”
Syria gas attack story has whiff of Saudi war propaganda
The Media Deception About the Terrorists Attacks in Lebanon
Climate Theories Crumble as Data and Experts Suggest Global Cooling
Syrian Opposition Accuses Assad of Chemical Attack
Experts: Syria Chemical Weapons Attack “Suspicious”
Guardian editor on Miranda detention: ‘Terror and journalism being aligned’
What Europe Could Learn From Latin America’s Independence
What Europe Could Learn From Latin America’s Independence
Ben Swann: NSA Using Copyright Claims To Crush Free Speech?
White House, Downing Street Had Advance Knowledge Of Miranda Detention
Resurrecting Osama: Musharraf arrest for Benazir Bhutto assassination reignites the Bin Laden question
WHO Is Delaying Release of Iraqi Birth Defect Data?
CIA Admits It Helped Overthrow Iran’s Democratically Elected President in 1953
Terrorist Attacks in Beirut: Western Media frames Civilian Areas as “Hezbollah Strongholds”
The People Take on Fracking Corporation in UK-Wide Actions
Egypt Update: Police Killed, Christians Attacked
CIA Admits It Hired People to Impersonate Enemies and Commit Terrorism in Iran
Britain’s MI5 & MI6 sabotage revisited
Are Europe's Carbon Sinks in Jeopardy?
Britain’s chief medic admits drug use
Egypt During the Reign of the Lunatics
'Profound Attack on Press Freedoms': Greenwald's Partner Detained
Egypt: Al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood Mobs Burn Christian Coptic Churches
Irish Mercenaries Training Syrian Death Squads
Villagers and Activists Unite in UK Fight Against Fracking
Lord Mountbatten: a rogue’s history
UK urged to impose arms embargo on Egypt
Probe urged into Scottish school abuse
Egypt crisis: Tense stand-off at Cairo mosque
Deadly bombings rock Baghdad
Spain can’t trust UK on Gibraltar
All Journalism Is ‘Advocacy Journalism’
MSNBC Connects Hate Groups to Alex Jones
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Death toll rises as Egypt declares state of emergency
The Obama Regime’s Fabricated “Terror Conspiracy” in Defense of the Police State
Abducted Afghan MP’s kids rescued
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Professor Richard Shepherd and the Unnatural Death of Dr David Kelly: Haemorrhage from Cutting...
Iraq’s Dysfunctional Elite
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Encircling Empire: Obama’s Scramble for Africa
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US Drones on Yemen: 'al Qaeda's Public Relations Officer'
Obama’s Russia Policy after Canceling Moscow Summit
US Drones on Yemen: ‘al Qaeda’s Public Relations Officer’
EU Debt Crisis: UK Wage Decline Among Worst in Europe
Wave of Bombings Rock Iraqi Capital
Battle of Balcombe: Opposition to Cuadrilla Resources UK Fracking Plans
Covert Drone War in Pakistan: The Return of Double-Tap Drone Strikes
U.S. Drones Kill More Than 30 in Yemen; School Targeted in One Attack
“The Salvador Option For Syria”: US-NATO Sponsored Death Squads Integrate “Opposition Forces”
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Syrian Atrocities, Deception and the Road to Nuclear War
California’s Fracking Regulatory Bill
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Yemen Says It Has Foiled al-Qaeda Plot
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Syria: US Supported Rebels Carry Out Another Massacre of Civilians
Syria: US Supported Rebels Carry Out Another Massacre of Civilians
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Explosion in Population of Israel's Illegal Settlements Outpaces Its Own Growth
Tsarnaev Narrative Change: Instead of a Radical Muslim, Tamerlan a Rightwing Extremist
Without Warning, US Bombs Yemen
Rolf Harris Re-Arrested Over More Sex Claims
Interview: ‘Ask the Wrong People About Drone Deaths and You Can be Killed’
Tories hire Obama campaign strategist
Boston Bomber Linked With Right-Wing, ‘Conspiracy Theories’
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Protesters to mark Quds Day in London
Granted Temporary Asylum, Snowden Has Left Moscow Airport
Granted Temporary Asylum, Snowden Has Left Moscow Airport
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Austerity and Resistance: The politics of labour in the Eurozone crisis.
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The true nature of the bailout programmes is visible in their conditionality, making support dependent on austerity policies including: (1) cuts in funding of essential public services; (2) cuts in public sector employment; (3) push towards privatisation of state assets; and (4) undermining of industrial relations and trade union rights through enforced cuts in minimum wages and a further liberalisation of labour markets. Hence, the real purpose of the bailout programmes is to restructure political economies and to open up the public sector as new investment opportunities for private finance. The balance of power is shifted further from labour to capital in this process. Employers, ultimately, use the crisis in order to strengthen their position vis-à-vis workers, facilitating exploitation.
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Professor: Robots to Patrol Cities by 2040
Professor: Robots to Patrol Cities by 2040
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America’s “Imperial-Left” and the Proxy War Against Syria
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The Grand Scam: Spinning Egypt’s Military Coup
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Writing your last article is always the most difficult
Record rise in sex abuses rocks UK
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Surveillance and the Police State: Let Us Hold It to Account
State Department Condemns China, Russia Over Human Trafficking
The Surveillance State: Let US hold IT To Account
“If you are a law-abiding citizen of this country, going about your business and your personal life, you have nothing to fear.” British Foreign Secretary William Hague, responding to the revelations of mass surveillance in theand the US (BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show on 9 June). UK
“We are dependent on being able to act and not being entirely at the mercy of the terrorists. And today, it’s on the Internet that communication takes place.” (6)
“You don’t have to follow conspiracy theories in order to suspect that data collected for fighting terrorism will also be used in other areas.” (6)
Whitehall that really runs the country with a close-knit Mafia-like clique… made up of a handful of powerful, but low-key, City brokers and financiers; the top brains at the Foreign Office, the Treasury, the Ministry of Defence and the Trade Department. Key figures in the security forces… and…at least one key member of the prime minister’s secretariat… the police and judiciary… through the Home Office… can certainly be manipulated. The Super-Establishment’s power is based upon its ability to manipulate the level below it – the individuals that most people believe are governing our country. The elected government is almost irrelevant… The world in which the Super-Establishment exists is a grey and murky world in which sensitive matters of state are planned and executed in gentlemen’s clubs. It is where manipulation plots are hatched, whether it is manipulation of a certain minister towards a certain viewpoint, or the wholesale orchestration of a Foreign Office ploy to bring down a foreign government… It is almost the divine "mission of the secret services to protect the status quo, and hitherto it has been their full intention to thwart anyone who tried to disrupt it. The actual existence of the Super-Establishment is not a flight of fancy. It is entirely manipulative and exercises a great deal of power behind the scenes. (9)
But don’t worry about any of this. There is no need. If that nice Mr Hague says we’ve nothing to fear, he must be right.