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The 'Foxification' of British News

22-12-2010 15:12 | Culture | Globalisation | Other Press | World

The tale of a large media congolmerate and its bid to take over the British media. Why does one man need to control this much?

Militarism and Economic Crisis - War Profiteers' News

20-12-2010 11:33 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Public sector cuts | World

http://wri-irg.org/epublish/19/409

It was between 9/11 and the ensuing war against international terrorism (in Afghanistan and Iraq) initiated by the USA, with the help of the majority of European countries, that the already sizeable military spending of the USA’s allied countries began to increase significantly. In this regard, the USA has spent $1100 billion. In Europe spending has not gone so far. However, these defence budgets have increased above their national GDPs, with an annual average 5% increase.

Afghan attack kills 6 US-led soldiers - Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:27AM

12-12-2010 11:41 | Globalisation | World

A militant attack has claimed the lives of six US-led soldiers in southern Afghanistan, bringing the death toll of foreign soldiers in the war-torn country closer to 700 so far this year

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Australia: WikiLeaks cables reveal secret ties between Rudd coup plotters and US

The latest batch of the several hundred leaked US diplomatic cables concerning Australia, provided by WikiLeaks to the Fairfax company’s Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age, provide further extraordinary evidence of Washington’s direct involvement in the anti-democratic coup against former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last June.

2005: The US and North Korea

08-12-2010 19:35 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Terror War | World

"The North [Korea]...wants to phase out its nuclear program, but through dialogue, since the U.S. is directly threatening the North with nuclear weapons."
"..the U.S. should come with sincerity and honest minds to resolve this issue...the current U.S. proposal that we [North Korea] dismantle our nuclear program, after which they will give assurances is not fair - the two gestures should occur simultaneously.."

Today in central metro station Athens - VIDEO

06-12-2010 21:50 | Globalisation | World

Today in central metro station Athens - VIDEO

Grolsch tax avoidance

01-12-2010 23:43 | Globalisation | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | World

Everyone has heard of the Vodafone £6 billion unpaid tax bill, a tax bill which if paid would mean the £7 billion welfare cuts would not have been necessary. Another tax avoider is SABMiller, owner of Grolsch (the beer in the fancy bottles).

And if there was a leak from the Chinese Embassy...

01-12-2010 20:49 | Analysis | Globalisation | World

While secrets from WikiLeaks were splashed all over the American newspapers, I couldn’t help but wonder: What if China had a WikiLeaker and we could see what its embassy in Washington was reporting about America? I suspect the cable would read like this:

Goodbye Irish Sovereignty

30-11-2010 21:02 | Globalisation | World

Now that Ireland is a vassal state of the EU, and its democracy as its citizens know it, is finished, it was only a matter of time before the EU's Economic Affairs counsel started telling Ireland what and how to conduct its affairs. Sure enough, it took all of 24 hours between the "bailout" and the first order. RTE reports that Olli Rehn "says it would not be advisable for any new government to try to renegotiate key aspects of the IMF/EU deal." In other words, the EU is promptly realizing that the new Irish government is likely to reneg in part or all of the just struck deal and is therefore interjecting itself in the process.

WikiLeaks Has Said It Holds Bank of America Documents

30-11-2010 20:58 | Analysis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

“We are sitting on 5GB from Bank of America, one of the executive’s hard drives,” Assange said in the Oct. 9, 2009, interview with Computerworld magazine, referring to five gigabytes of data. “To have impact it needs to be easy for people to dive in and search and get something out of it.”

WikiLeaks plans to release “either tens or hundreds of thousands of documents depending on how you define it,” Assange said in a Nov. 11 interview with Forbes, declining to identify the bank from which the documents came."

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Prince Andrew: UK "In the thick of playing the Great Game"

30-11-2010 15:18 | Globalisation | Terror War | Sheffield | World

¶9. (C) Addressing the Ambassador directly, Prince Andrew then turned to regional politics. He stated baldly that “the United Kingdom, Western Europe (and by extension you Americans too”) were now back in the thick of playing the Great Game. More animated than ever, he stated cockily: “And this time we aim to win!” Without contradicting him, the Ambassador gently reminded him that the United States does not see its presence in the region as a continuation of the Great Game. We support Kyrgyzstan’s independence and sovereignty but also welcome good relations between it and all of its neighbors, including Russia.

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Eurozone's Time Bomb Ωρολογιακή βόμβα στην Ευρωζώνη (by Latuff)

29-11-2010 07:16 | G20 London Summit | Analysis | Globalisation | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, originally produced for Greek newspaper Dromos, 27th of November issue: www.edromos.gr

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Wikileaks to publish diplomatic papers on global corruption

26-11-2010 15:15 | Globalisation | World

Wikileaks plans to release classified U.S. diplomatic cables revealing corruption allegations against foreign governments and leaders, says a Reuters report quoting sources. The whistle-blowing website said in Twitter messages early this week that it would soon release 2.8 million secret papers

Swedish court rejects appeal of WikiLeaks' founder

25-11-2010 09:38 | Globalisation | World

A Swedish court, the Svea Court of Appeal, said on Wednesday that it had rejected the appeal of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange against the international arrest warrant on him.

The empire fights back!

23-11-2010 22:07 | Globalisation | World

To survive europe must through of the domination of finance capital, particularly emanating from the city of London

"you can speak freely.. unless you speak against me .."

22-11-2010 00:42 | Globalisation | World

".. you can speak freely.. unless you speak against me .. "
That defines the limits of "freedome of speach " in US..

“al-Awlaki is the most dangerous ideologue in the world.
Unlike bin Laden and al-Zawahiri, he doesn’t need subtitles
on his videos to indoctrinate and influence young people in the West."
— Sajjan M. Gohel, Asia-Pacific Foundation -

Haiti Rebellion Against United Nations Occupation Forces Spreads to Capital

19-11-2010 10:08 | Globalisation | World

The protesters shouted slogans like: "Cholera: It's Minustah who gave it to us!" and "Minustah go home!" Cholera is present in all 10 of Haiti's regions. About 1,100 people have died from the disease since it emerged in the country last month. Most of the 38 deaths recorded in the capital have been in the slum district of Cite Soleil.

Global warfare: After NATO summit, U.S. to intensify military drive into Asia

Barack Obama, the latest rotating imperator of the first global empire, will arrive in Lisbon on November 19 to receive the plaudits of 27 North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies and secure their continued fealty on issues ranging from the war in Afghanistan to a continental interceptor missile system, the continued deployment of American tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, participation in the Pentagon’s cyber warfare plans and expanded military missions in the planet’s south and east.

G20 (by Latuff)

17-11-2010 21:12 | G20 London Summit | Globalisation | Public sector cuts | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, to be published in "Ideias em Revista", magazine of Sindicato dos Servidores das Justicas Federais no Rio de Janeiro, Nov/Dec edition.