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2012-01-31T23:59:00.001Z

The Further Left Forum is one facet of a system of several mutually supporting sites. They share an international perspective directed to encouraging support for oppressed people striking at causes of concerns as they see fit. We welcome purpose furthering comments to posts of our Forum members according to style and standards of our posting guide. Our privacy policy is fully detailed. Left

Drug War Lies

2012-01-28T20:45:00.003Z

Active Duty Cop:‘The war on drugs is a war on people’ I did not get in law enforcement to destroy a person’s future because that person had marijuana or a pill in their pocket. Why would you want to destroy that person’s future and cause them great harm because of that? It’s not worth it.”An active duty police officer who asked not to be named threw down the gauntlet over the part of his job he

Amerikan Gulags

2012-01-27T03:28:00.003Z

Six Million People Are Under Correctional Supervisionin the U.S.—More Than Were in Stalin’s GulagsEstablishing The Police State January 26, 2012 (NEW YORKER) For a great many poor people in America, particularly poor black men, prison is a destination that braids through an ordinary life, much as high school and college do for rich white ones.More than half of all black men without a high-school

The US Military:

2012-01-26T22:53:00.002Z

A Global Force, But Not For Good By Bruce A. DixonFallujah, Iraq, January 25, 2012In official folklore, the US armed forces are the virtuous repositories of honor, probity and moral virtue. But the real history and culture of the US military, from invading Spanish Florida to prevent its being a refuge for escaped slaves, to Wounded Knee, to massacres in Haiti and Central America, to Fallujah and

Northern Lights

2012-01-26T01:09:00.003Z

Recognizing Palestine

2012-01-26T00:38:00.001Z

Dr Salim Nazzal Addresses Europe to Reconize Palestine

Hala Husni Fariz

2012-01-26T00:29:00.001Z

Palestinian Ambassador To Sweden

Castro Speaks

2012-01-24T02:06:00.002Z

World Peace Is Hanging By A ThreadBy Fidel Castro RuzGlobal Research, January 22, 2012Cuba Debate - 2012-02-14Yesterday I had the satisfaction of having a pleasant conversation with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I had not seen him since 2006, more than five years ago, when he visited our country to participate in the 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement of Countries in Havana. During the summit, Cuba

An Amerikan View

2012-01-23T01:16:00.002Z

There Are 1.4 MILLION Gang Members In The United States And More Pour Into The Country Every Single Day A vast army of heavily armed criminals has embedded itself in every major city in the United States. In fact, nearly every community in America is now affected by these thugs. Drugs, theft and brutal violence are all part of the every day lifestyle of the members of this army. They aggressively

Dead In The Water.

2012-01-22T00:41:00.002Z

The Sinking Of The USS Liberty During the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats. Israel claimed that the whole affair had been a tragic accident based on mistaken identification of the ship. The American government accepted the

Follow The Gold

2012-01-21T16:57:00.002Z

Venezuela, Iran, China and the “Axis of Piracy”: On Western MiscalculationsPosted: 21 Jan 2012 01:08 AM PSTRothschild’s Path“Follow the gold’s path and discover the true allegiances” is often a sound and reliable counsel. Yet, during transition times, one may witness confusing facts. Let’s take a look at Venezuela in early 2012. With roughly 373 metric tons, it has the 15th largest gold reserves

Culture of Terror

2012-01-17T00:46:00.004Z

1948By Dr Salim Nazzal15 January, 2012The title of the article might remind the reader of George Orwell book 1984. Orwell wrote about the totalitarian state and how the (big brother) controls every individual life. And since the soviet state was the assumed totalitarian state in Orwell mind it was a paradox that the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1990 which is 6 years after the title date. But if

Return Of Talk

2012-01-16T23:27:00.000Z

Chronicles of a Refugee 6: The Return of Talk from Adam Shapiro on Vimeo.

Notes Mon 16 Jan 12

2012-01-16T02:00:00.003Z

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.RT - Molotov cocktails vs tear gas: New wave of Romania violence http://youtu.be/nERnBGcPwKM‘Willful

Love Letter

2012-01-16T00:06:00.000Z

To The OvercommittedBy Cheyenna Weber, 16 December 2011, Beyond the Choir It usually starts with a lack of sleep. Then I notice I'm only eating carbohydrates, and mostly things which require less than 10 minutes to prepare. I find myself waking in the middle of the night to check my Blackberry, or worse, getting up to read and respond to emails at 3AM. Somehow my email will have strangely tripled

Notes Sun 15 Jan 12

2012-01-15T14:20:00.004Z

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.MaánNews - Committee agrees to separate PLO, PA parliaments http://www.maannews.net/eng/

Doomsday Clock

2012-01-15T13:44:00.001Z

Pushed Forward Amidst Fears Of Nuclear ConflictBy: Cory Collins, 11 January 2012, Peoples' WorldThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a Chicago-based magazine founded by nuclear scientists shortly after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has moved forward the time on its symbolic "Doomsday" clock. Created in 1947 to represent the relative closeness of the threat of nuclear disaster,

Notes Sat 14 Jan 12

2012-01-14T00:43:00.012Z

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.PressTV - US deploys 15,000 troops in Kuwait http://www.presstv.ir/detail/221028.htmlPakalertPress - Are

Amerika Strikes Again

2012-01-13T18:01:00.002Z

Russian Security Council:Real Danger of US Military Strike on Iran and SyriaPosted: 12 Jan 2012 08:26 PM PST“Nobody has proved the existence of a military component of Iran’s nuclear programme.””There is information that NATO members and some Arab states of the Persian Gulf, acting in line with the scenario seen in Libya, intend to turn the current interference with Syrian affairs into a direct

Notes Fri 13 Jan 12

2012-01-13T00:06:00.019Z

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.Israeli agents posed as CIA to recruit terrorists http://rt.com/usa/news/israel-cia-mossad-iran-763/US

Car Bomb Attack

2012-01-13T00:03:00.000Z

Kills Fifth Iranian Nuclear ScientistBy John Glaser, 11 January 2012, AntiWar.ComThis is only the latest in a string of targeted assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists suspected to be the work of the US and IsraelAn Iranian nuclear scientist who supervised a department at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility has been killed by a bomb placed on his car by two assailants in northern Tehran.

Notes Thu 12 Jan 12

2012-01-12T01:00:00.012Z

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.News24 - Zuma takes aim at UN over Libya airstrikes http://tinyurl.com/7m6ujzuFox Shut Out of Canada

The Money Masters

2012-01-11T22:37:00.002Z

The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching plan, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole...Their secret is that they have annexed from governments, monarchies, and republics the power to create the world's money..." THE MONEY MASTERS is a 3 1/2 hour

Notes Wed 11 Jan 12

2012-01-11T00:08:00.027Z

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.RT - GOP Primaries a dog and pony show? [VIDEO] http://youtu.be/BlprvpNey_EYou ever seen 100 people in

The Stolen War

2012-01-10T23:59:00.000Z

By Uri Avnery, 7 January 2012, AntiWar.ComIs there no limit to the villainy of Hamas? Seems there isn’t.This week, they did something quite unforgivable. They stole a war. For some weeks now, our almost new Chief of Staff, Benny Gantz, has been announcing at every possible opportunity that a new war against the Gaza Strip is inevitable. Several commanders of the troops around the Strip have been

Notes Tue 10 Jan 12

2012-01-10T00:16:00.005Z

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.Full-Blown Civil War Erupts On Wall Street – Financial Elite Start Turning On Each Other http://

Vote The Robot

2012-01-09T23:24:00.003Z

The Best President For The United StatesReflections of FidelA well known European agency transmitted the news the day before yesterday from Sydney, Australia. "A group of Australian investigators from the University of New South Wales announced the creation of a wire 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, with the same electrical current carrying capability of copper.""... Bent Weber, head of

Notes Mon 9 Jan 12

2012-01-09T12:10:00.012Z

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.RT - Castro urges Americans to vote for a robot http://on.rt.com/9lvdz6RT - China warns Barack Obama

Ron Paul's Racism

2012-01-08T23:59:00.000Z

Isn't the Worst Thing About HimBy Kenneth Quinnell, 29 December 201There are two important conversations going on about Ron Paul right now. The first is whether or not racist comments that came from old issues of the Ron Paul Report show that Paul is or was racist (they do). The other conversation is about whether or not progressives should support Paul because of his stances on the war, civil

Notes Sun 8 Jan 12

2012-01-08T00:12:00.025Z

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.Communist Party USA - Capitalism, climate and class power: While conservatives win political arguments

100 Year Old Cartoon

2012-01-07T11:19:00.002Z

Still As Accurate As Ever

Notes Sat 7 Jan 12

2012-01-07T01:45:00.011Z

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.World Socialist - Obama unveils war strategy focused on China http://dld.bz/aCSEaRT - Cyber strike

Libya: Gadaffi's

2012-01-06T18:10:00.002Z

Direct DemocracyNot what we have been told, is it.

Notes Fri 6 Jan 12

2012-01-06T02:26:00.008Z

Progressives & Paul

2012-01-06T00:20:00.000Z

By Glenn Greenwald, 31 December 2011, SalonAs I’ve written about before, America’s election season degrades mainstream political discourse even beyond its usual lowly state. The worst attributes of our political culture — obsession with trivialities, the dominance of horserace “reporting,” and mindless partisan loyalties — become more pronounced than ever. Meanwhile, the actually consequential

Notes Thu 5 Jan 12

2012-01-05T00:52:00.030Z

Jumping The Shark

2012-01-05T00:01:00.000Z

2011: The Year US Secrecy DidBy Trevor Timm, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 29 December 11 The US government has been using its secrecy system in absurd ways for decades, but 2011 was particularly egregious. Here are a few examples:Government report concludes the government classified 77 million documents in 2010, a 40% increase on the year before. The number of people with security clearances

Notes Wed 4 Jan 12

2012-01-04T00:01:00.016Z

Iraq Not Free

2012-01-03T18:09:00.003Z

Iraq: Not Free From Foreign DominationU.S. retaining thousands of troops, wants colonial relationshipBy Richard BeckerDecember 18, 2011“Our war there will be over. All of our troops will be out of Iraq,” President Barack Obama said in his Dec. 17 weekly radio address.But while combat troops are leaving, for now at least, the U.S. government is creating a staff of 16,000 for its newly constructed

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2012-01-03T00:01:00.029Z

Bolivia's Law

2012-01-02T20:44:00.003Z

Gives Nature Equal RightsBy Blake Deppe, 2 January 2012Bolivia is set to pass the Law of Mother Earth, (in Spanish La Ley de Derechos de la Madre Tierra) which will grant nature the same rights and protections as humans, according to PV Pulse.For the South American country's leaders, this legislation is part of an unprecedented move to promote a major shift in conservation attitudes aimed at

Notes Mon 2 Jan 12

2012-01-02T02:22:00.032Z

Facebook'll Get You

2012-01-02T00:14:00.001Z

If You Don't Watch OutThe video below appeared on the Further Left Forum last April. It is a satire with purpose of expanding a possibly true situation to the point of the ridiculous and by that cause consideration of veracity. What the video presents may or may not have been the case in April. Recent changes however indicate it will be for the future.Facebook itself now seems its own best satire

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2012-01-01T00:17:00.015Z

Merry Grossmess

2011-12-31T23:58:00.004Z

And Happy New Fear

Notes Sat 31 Dec 11

2011-12-31T00:11:00.035Z

Notes and links below are from today's postings in the Further Left Chat Room and associated Facebook and Twitter pages. Updates are added at the top as information develops.Narco News: After Four Months of Struggle in Mexico, a Lesson for the Cynics http://www.narconews.com/Issue67/article4477.html Glen

Quacks Like A Duck

2011-12-31T00:01:00.000Z

By Michael M. O'Brien, on December 28th, 2011The name Blackwater is widely known. The firm was the largest “security contractor” in Iraq, until half a dozen of its employees murdered 17 Iraqi civilians at a traffic circle in Baghdad named Nisour Square, on September 16, 2007. The event occurred as a direct result of the United States’ policy of using mercenaries instead of American troops in

Notes Fri 30 Dec 11

2011-12-30T00:15:00.040Z

Notes and links below are from today's postings in the Further Left Chat Room and its associated Facebook and Twitter pages. Updates are added at the top as information develops.RT - RonPaul was right about CIA drug deal (picks nose to illustrate?) http://on.rt.com/0yc458PressTV - Occupy Wall Street rejects US politics of war http://dlvr.it/12rcW7Irish Times: In the

US Silent War

2011-12-29T16:17:00.002Z

Loud Weapons On IranBy Ismail Salami, 27 December 2011, PressTVFrom silent war to loud weapons, from covert operations to overt operations, the US government has resorted and will resort to any possible means in an effort to incapacitate a nation whose sin is the very nature of its policy of no submission to force.In line with its silent war with Iran, a US court in Manhattan made a mockery of

Notes Thu 29 Dec 11

2011-12-29T00:09:00.025Z

Notes and links below are from postings in the Further Left Chat Room and associated Facebook and Twitter pages. Updates added to the top as information develops.Further Left - Let CIA sorts do their own work by setting Facebook page for new 'Timeline' form coming to you soon, like it or not. http://www.pcworld.com/article/246371/prep_for_facebooks_timeline_layout_6

Intimidation

2011-12-28T14:54:00.005Z

Confronting It For Justice In PalestineIlan Pappe 27 December 2011 in The Electronic Intifada If we had a wish list for 2012 as Palestinians and friends of Palestine, one of the top items ought to be our hope that we can translate the dramatic shift in recent years in world public opinion into political action against Israeli policies on the ground.We know why this has not yet materialized: the

Notes Wed 28 Dec 11

2011-12-28T00:01:00.000Z

Notes and links below are taken from postings in the Further Left Chat Room and associated Facebook and Twitter pages. They will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are added toward the bottom.RT Occupy activists nationwide link up through regular mass conference calls http://t.co/oovoPEaAPress TV Israeli airstrikes kill one in Gaza http://t.co/jl0KKDokRT America - Obama

5 Million A Day

2011-12-27T17:59:00.002Z

CIA’s Daily Menu: 5 Million Tweets!Published 27 December, 2011 by RT It has been a while since the US Central Intelligence Agency admitted it keeps an eye on everything that appears on Facebook and Twitter. A new report now says the CIA “vengeful librarians” have to follow up to 5,000,000 foreign tweets a day.In November, the CIA acknowledged a full monitoring of social networks. Almost

Notes Tue 27 Dec 11

2011-12-27T01:03:00.025Z

Notes and links below are taken from postings in the Further Left Chat Room and associated Facebook and Twitter pages. They will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are added toward the bottom.RT - Christmas Hell: Terror as cheap way to control Nigeria http://on.rt.com/vn6jp0CCTV - Hamas leader calls for Arab League's action to end blockade on Gaza http://tinyurl.com/

The Crisis

2011-12-27T00:43:00.002Z

Is CapitalismThe film "Capitalism Is The Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity" examines the ideological roots of the "austerity" agenda and proposes revolutionary paths out of the current crisis. The film features original interviews with Chris Hedges, Derrick Jensen, Michael Hardt, Peter Gelderloos, Leo Panitch, David McNally, Richard J.F. Day, Imre Szeman, Wayne Price, and many more

Notes Mon 26 Dec 11

2011-12-25T23:10:00.007Z

Notes and links below are taken from postings in the Further Left Chat Room and associated Facebook and Twitter pages. They will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are added toward the bottom.WikiLeaks - Congressman calls for banning Twitter accounts he doesn't like. Another idea from Senator 'kill Wikileaks' Lieberman http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/8972884

Words Matter

2011-12-25T23:02:00.004Z

What If We Occupied Language?By H. Samy Alim, New York Times Opinion, 21 December 2011When I flew out from the San Francisco airport last October, we crossed above the ports that Occupy Oakland helped shut down, and arrived in Germany to be met by traffic caused by Occupy Berlin protestors. But the movement has not only transformed public space, it has transformed the public discourse as

Notes Sun 25 Dec 11

2011-12-25T17:00:00.009Z

Notes and links below are taken from postings in the Further Left Chat Room and associated Facebook and Twitter pages. They will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are added toward the bottom.Press TV - 'US, al-Qaeda unite to terrorize Syria' http://dlvr.it/125BtMPress TV - Qatar to overthrow Saudi regime: http://dlvr.it/125cWcPress TV - 'Israel prime culprit in 9/11

What's The Plan

2011-12-25T16:55:00.000Z

If North Korea Collapses?Furtherleft ed. note: It was in the early 1950's that many learned the hard way just how many Chinese there are. Do imperialist memories save information for than half a century?(Reuters) - North Korea appears to be making an orderly transition after the death of leader Kim Jong-il last week, but the risk of collapse is higher than before and regional powers need to start

Notes Sat 24 Dec 11

2011-12-24T14:11:00.017Z

Notes and links below are taken from postings in the Further Left Chat Room and associated Facebook and Twitter pages. They will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are added toward the bottom.Press TV 'Crackdown turns US into fascist state' http://dlvr.it/11wsRyRT Cuba to grant amnesty to 2,900 prisoners – president Castro http://on.rt.com/spdpfePress TV US judge tosses

Is There A LImit?

2011-12-24T14:00:00.000Z

Black Agenda Radio report by Glen FordWhat if the First Black President eviscerated the rule of law, legalizing assassination and detention of U.S. citizens without trial? Would he still be considered a “credit to his race?” His supporters may convince themselves they are safe in Obama’s hands, but he has also “given President Gingrich or President Romney or President Palin those powers – the

Notes Fri 23 Dec 11

2011-12-23T00:47:00.010Z

Notes and links below are taken from those posted in the Further Left Chat Room and its associated Facebook and Twitter pages. They will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are toward the bottom.RT America - Iraq on the brink of civil war [VIDEO] http://on.rt.com/zpuvpnRT US troop suicide exceeds war deaths [VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb0QdBxbo5c&feature=

Towards The End

2011-12-22T18:39:00.003Z

Getting Worse: 40 Undeniable Pieces Of Evidence That Show That America Is In Decline#1 Back in 1985, 11 million vehicles were sold in America. In 2009, only 5.4 million vehicles were sold in America.#2 In 1990, the median age of a vehicle in the United States was just 6.5 years. Today, the median age of a vehicle in the United States is approximately 10 years.#3 The average price of a gallon of

Notes Thu 22 Dec 11

2011-12-22T13:43:00.022Z

Notes and links below are taken from those posted in the Further Left Chat Room and its associated Facebook and Twitter pages. They will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are toward the bottom.Manning Pre-Trial- Day 6 http://youtu.be/CqYW1PR5jPMCCTV - Most Finnish people against joining NATO http://tinyurl.com/778ew8sYouTube video >http://youtu.be/-IZ6729dih0?a Between

Dirty Truths

2011-12-21T14:38:00.002Z

By Michael Parenti“I’ve had grown men wet this floor with tears, begging for a job. We have to pray with some to keep them from killing themselves. So many say they just want to die,” says Charlie Tarrance, a director of a private social agency. His task is to deal with growing lines of despairing people looking for jobs, housing, and food. The place is Gadsden, Alabama, but it could be anywhere

Notes Wed 21 Dec 11

2011-12-21T01:34:00.029Z

Notes and links below were taken from those posted in the Further Left Chat Room, and associated Facebook and Twitter pages and will be updated throughout the day as available. Later additions are toward the bottom.YouTube video http://youtu.be/jdVdjoPR3Vk?a Glenn Greenwald: Obama Had Indefinite Detention Inserted In LawYouTube video http://youtu.be/A7IvLEpjPmc?a Recipe for a RevolutionCCTV

Getting Real

2011-12-21T01:15:00.000Z

While Still AbleBy Gilbert Mercier in NEWS JUNKIE POST, 18 Dec 19, 2011Some people are under the illusion that national borders still matter. If they do for the global 99 percent, borders have become completely obsolete for the 0.01 percent global corporate, governmental, and financial elite controlling world’s affairs. Currencies and products flow at lightning speed between all the markets.

Notes Tue 20 Dec 11

2011-12-20T23:59:00.006Z

Notes and links below were taken from those posted in the Further Left Chat Room, and associated Facebook and Twitter pages and will be updated throughout the day as available. They are ordered downward by time appearing.YouTube video from rt_america http://youtu.be/AnNAMxOY6Gk? as Kim Jong Il dies: son takes overYouTube video from rt_america http://youtu.be/eMcX3ObgZq8?a Occupy Wall Street:

A Christmas Video

2011-12-20T11:35:00.000Z

Notes Mon 19 Dec 11

2011-12-19T23:59:00.002Z

Notes and links below were taken from those posted in the Further Left Chat Room, and associated Facebook and Twitter pages and will be updated throughout the day as available. They are ordered downward by time appearing.N Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies at 69 http://dlvr.it/117QJW North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies – North Korean state television http://on.rt.com/no919aNew Yorkers carol against

US Murders Ghadafi

2011-12-19T18:07:00.002Z

Putin Accuses US In Murder Of Ghadafi.December 19, 2011Russia’s Vladimir Putin implicated Washington today in the killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and launched a tirade against Senator John McCain in an extraordinary attack on US policies.The Russian premier used his annual televised phone-in to unleash the type of no-holds-barred attack that characterised his 2000-2008 term as

Twelve Biggest Lies

2011-12-18T17:53:00.001Z

As 2011 draws to a close, an award-winning US magazine has handpicked a dozen of the most monstrous lies that Washington has delivered to the world over the past year. “I live in Washington where lying is an art form,” David J. Rothkopf wrote on the Foreign Policy website. Before enumerating the most egregious US lies of 2011, Rothkopf divides the fallacious statements uttered by Washington into

Danceupy

2011-12-16T17:35:00.000Z

Keep Truth Alive

2011-12-15T16:42:00.001Z

Subcomandante Marcos, of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation ( EZLN ) in Chiapas, Mexico, sent greetings and thoughts on communication to the Free Media Conference in New York City on 31.jan.1997. Here is the trancription of Marcos' words followed by their Spanish language English subtitled video.We're in the mountains of Southeast Mexico, in the Lancandon Jungle of Chiapas and we want to

The Take Over

2011-12-10T22:34:00.003Z

Each Star Marks a US Millitary Base

Sanders' Ammendment

2011-12-09T22:39:00.001Z

December 8, 2011WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - Warning that "American democracy in endangered," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today proposed a constitutional amendment to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that allowed unrestricted and secret campaign spending by corporations on U.S. elections. The first constitutional amendment ever proposed by Sanders during his two decades in Congress would reverse the

Evil Iranian Menace

2011-12-08T18:50:00.001Z

By Glenn Greenwald in Salon, 4 December 2011The U.S. has long had Iran virtually encircled as a result of the American occupation of Afghanistan on Iran’s Eastern border, its invasion of Iraq on its Western border, its NATO ally Turkey hovering on Iran’s Northwestern border, some degree of military relationship with Turkmenistan on Iran’s Northeastern border, and multiple U.S. client states

Self Parody

2011-12-04T23:32:00.002Z

Israel As A Spurned Facebook Friend The Worst Propaganda Video Ever? There was a Twitter comment someone should make a parady of the video below and then a response that it is already the best parody of itself. The video was found at Electronic Intifada and text taken from its 4 December 2011 accompanying article by Ali Abunimah.A new Israel propaganda video uses a Facebook motif to present

US Cop Jewification

2011-12-04T16:31:00.003Z

Israeli Occupation Forces and Bahraini Monarchy Guards Trained U.S. Police For Coordinated Crackdown On “Occupy” ProtestsMax Blumenthal investigative report, 2 December, 2011In October, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department turned parts of the campus of the University of California in Berkeley into an urban battlefield. The occasion was Urban Shield 2011, an annual SWAT team exposition

Three Evil Monkeys

2011-12-04T00:47:00.002Z

Netanyahu Shattering The Myth Of Israeli DemocracyBy Jonathan Cook in The Electronic Intifada, Nazareth, 3 December 2011As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of the Arab uprisings last week. It was, he said, an “Islamic, anti-western, anti-liberal, anti-Israeli, undemocratic wave,” adding that Israel’s Arab neighbors

Crimminal Bush

2011-12-03T21:53:00.002Z

Amnesty International Urges Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia to Bring George W. Bush to Justice(Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International urges the governments of Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to arrest former U.S. President George W. Bush during his expected visit to the region between December 1 and 5, 2011, for crimes under international law.Amnesty International considers that there is enough

Occupy Wall Street

2011-12-02T23:25:00.000Z

Live StreamAn experiment to determine if amerikans are really aliveor just some kind of killing machine.Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com

I Am Fishead

2011-12-02T21:51:00.001Z

The following introduction to this 11 September 2011 movie is taken from the developers' http://www.fisheadmovie.com/ website. The viewer might keep various current protest movements around the world while watching.It is a well-known fact that our society is structured like a pyramid. The very few people at the top create conditions for the majority below. Who are these people? Can we blame them

Where From?

2011-12-02T20:11:00.000Z

Contacts with the Further Left Chat Room, Library, and this Forum have been noted from 191 of the world's 194 nations, 64 colonies, and other claimed regions. Seychelles was added today.Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Antigua, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Barbuda, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda,

The Spyfiles

2011-12-02T01:40:00.003Z

Wikileaks, 1 December 2011Mass interception of entire populations is not only a reality, it is a secret new industry spanning 25 countriesIt sounds like something out of Hollywood, but as of today, mass interception systems, built by Western intelligence contractors, including for ’political opponents’ are a reality. Today WikiLeaks began releasing a database of hundreds of documents from as many

Whistleblower Letter

2011-11-29T15:11:00.003Z

This letter to the US government signed by more than 50 European parliament members expresses concern over Bradley Manning's treatment in custodyTo:US President Barack Obama, Members of the US Senate, Members of the US House of Representatives, US secretary of defence Leon Panetta, US secretary of the army John McHugh, US army chief of staff Raymond T OdiernoAs members of the European parliament,

World Fears US

2011-11-28T23:20:00.000Z

As A War-Hungry DrunkThe US is like a drunkard who charges to war with anyone who might pose a threat, ex-Senator and former US presidential candidate Mike Gravel says.

Waging War

2011-11-27T01:53:00.002Z

Final Ways The Bankster Occupied U.S. Government Is Waging War Against Americaby Saman Mohammadi Saturday, November 26, 20119Part I: 9 Ways The Hijacked Federal Government Is Waging War Against The American People.Part II: 9 More Ways The U.S. Government Is Waging War Against America.1. Ideology.There is a dictatorship of the mind and spirit in America. The official ideology of the U.S.

Day The Dollar Falls

2011-11-25T22:53:00.003Z

In Dutch with English subtitles. Note that this program contained a warning already issued in 2005, long before the "official" economic crisis we experience today when many were still in denial. No preparations and no precautions were made by the government to prevent the upcoming financial crisis.

God Bless Amerika

2011-11-25T01:36:00.003Z

Thanksgiving: From Noble Origins to Pig-Out FestTimothy Bancroft-HincheyPravda.RussiaHow many Americans, as they sit stuffing themselves stupid today around their Thanksgiving meal tables, insulting the noble principles of Christianity or Islam or Judaism by invoking God's name and then praising the US Armed Forces for their acts of murder overseas, know the origins of this festivity?The contrast

Unthanksgiving Day

2011-11-24T18:57:00.001Z

Officer Friendly

2011-11-24T01:43:00.013Z

Drug Cartels Rule

2011-11-23T01:38:00.003Z

Mexico and USA Ruled by Drug CartelsAnatoly Miranovsky Pravda.RuDrug cartels rule Mexico. Those criminal structures are like transnational corporations. They produce and distribute drugs in Mexico and enjoy their undivided reign in the country. Los Zetas cartel is a special phenomenon in Mexico. The cartel was literally created and developed by US special services.The unique criminal group

The War Business

2011-11-21T20:08:00.003Z

Ruin & Rebuild: Warfare worth $300bln Libya windfallLibya has big plans for its post-war future, hoping to be reborn as the next Dubai and having all the necessary sun and beaches, with oil reserves aplenty. British companies are likely to come out on top of those lining up for a piece of the action.It was France and the UK who initially led the effort to topple Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Britain,

Iran vs Israel

2011-11-19T02:19:00.000Z

What The Media Wants You To ForgetThe corporate media have been given their orders to throw the focus back on to Iran. Here is a recap of what they are trying to make you forget. 1. Rose Gottemoeller, an assistant secretary of state and Washington's chief nuclear arms negotiator, asked Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel refused. 2. The United Nations passed a resolution

Evil Evil Woman

2011-11-18T23:13:00.003Z

Hillary Clinton and the New American (Pacific) CenturySecret no more, US moves openly to block the rise of China.by Tony CartalucciNovember 16, 2011 - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently published in Foreign Policy magazine, "America's Pacific Century," a Hitlerian declaration of imperial intent for American "leadership" in Asia for the next 100 years. The piece, which could just as

We Are The Many

2011-11-15T00:43:00.001Z

Lyrics and Music by Makana, Makana Music LLC © 2011LyricsYe come here, gather 'round the stage The time has come for us to voice our rage Against the ones who've trapped us in a cage To steal from us the value of our wageFrom underneath the vestiture of law The lobbyists at Washington do gnaw At liberty, the bureaucrats guffaw And until they are purged, we won't withdrawWe'll occupy the streets

The Israel Lobby

2011-11-14T02:06:00.002Z

For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so? In March 2006 the American political scientists John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) and Steve Walt (Harvard) published the controversial article 'The Israel Lobby and US

Don't Believe

2011-11-13T18:51:00.001Z

What you Read, Hear, And SeeIn Papers, Radio, And TVMedia tricks for using what is to prove what isn't

The Global Struggle

2011-11-12T14:59:00.004Z

For Palestinian RightsOmar Barghouti of BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) speaks at Socialism 2011 in Chicago, USA