Notes and links of interest from today's postings in the Further Left Chat Room, Facebook, and Twitter are duplicated on the others and here. Updates are added at the top of this post as information develops.



Montana High Court Says 'Citizens United' Does Not Apply In Big Sky State http://movetoamend.org/publications-talks/montana-high-court-says-citizens-united-does-not-apply-big-sky-state

PressTV - Hamas calls on PA to cancel Israel talks http://dlvr.it/13Flb7

Censored News - Wikileaks revealed US espionage of Indigenous Peoples in 2011 http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/12/wikileaks-revealed-us-espionage-of.html

Informed Comment - Iran has US Surrounded, All Right http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/iran-has-us-surrounded-all-right.html

Guardian - Canadian government collapses in no-confidence vote http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/26/canadian-government-no-confidence-vote?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038

Peoples World: Ron Paul's recent hold on first place status in the Republican Iowa caucuses continued to slip in... http://bit.ly/vDco8I

Peoples' World - Bolivia is set to pass the Law of Mother Earth. http://bit.ly/s5NPKH

PressTV - 'Israel can cease to exist if #Iran attacked' http://dlvr.it/13Cywr

RT - 'War is hell: Iran far stronger than US would like to admit' http://on.rt.com/vd0jcb

Peoples World: The United States has illegally occupied 45 square miles around Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for 100 years. And, ... http://bit.ly/u3Yipx

Ma'an News - Hamas: Palestinian, Israeli talks 'reproducing failure' http://bit.ly/uKtGTn

Atlantic (via Sarah Salem) Interesting debate between Glenn Loury and John McWhorter about Ron Paul: http://bit.ly/vRoyFa

RT - Euro Doom: 10-year-old currency race against time http://on.rt.com/zswjor

Gilad Atzmon - Star of David & Islamophobia. [video]: Financial interests behind Islamophobia http://bit.ly/vPPJWs

YouTube - Houston USA - White cops beat black 15 year old while injured after arrest and then ban video - http://t.co/obQJR0ci

PressTV - With banners saying, “Zionists are not Jews. They are racists,” hundreds of angry protesters have demonstrated... http://fb.me/LTnrfOpG

RT - Obama just didn’t have the balls to follow with the right thing’ http://on.rt.com/uzrref

Electronic Intifada - Photos: More than 300 balloons released in downtown Chicago park, one balloon for each child killed in Gaza massacres http://ow.ly/8f55e

PressTV - US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney urges Washington to prepare options for a military strike against Iran. http://fb.me/LRADufao

RT - Obama’s change: From kidnapping and torture to assassination http://on.rt.com/zfovze

Turkey’s spy sat to zoom in on Israeli secrets http://on.rt.com/7rk4ot

PressTV - The Taliban have attacked the largest American military base in Afghanistan on the first day of the New Year... http://fb.me/1geDTLK3Q

RT - Nuclear benchmark: A rod for nuclear Iran http://on.rt.com/p6ed9e

CCTV - Five new members join UN Security Council http://t.co/S03k033E

RT - South Korea ready for nuclear talks with North http://on.rt.com/67jn3t