World-News

Cary Fraser, Truthout: 'The recent decision by the Obama administration to spearhead the NATO effort to oust Muammar Qaddafi from power in Libya reflects the oft-evident American penchant for war as a substitute for intelligent diplomacy. It was this mindset during the George W. Bush administration which led the US into pursuing two expensive and indecisive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.'

http://www.truthout.org/war-politics-failure



America in the Hands of a Professional Military

Jeff Shear, Miller-McCune: 'Americans observe two anniversaries this year, neither one of them wanted. March marked eight years of combat in Iraq, and October, 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan. These are America's 'long wars,' a seemingly endless grind of combat. These long wars invite comparison, and some recall the eight years of US war in Vietnam, but there is a more compelling distinction. It was a conscript Army that flew its Hueys over the jungles of the Mekong Delta; it is an all-volunteer force that drives its Humvees along the Tigris and in the shattered urban landscape of Kabul.'

http://www.truth-out.org/america-hands-professional-military/1303275600



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US credit rating at risk

A downgrade would erode status as the world s most powerful economy and the dollar s role as dominant global currency.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/04/201141975314338743.html



China urges U.S. to protect creditors after S&P warning:

China s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the United Statesmust take 'responsible' measures to protect investors in its debt after Standard & Poor's threatened to lower its credit rating on the United States due to a bulging budget deficit.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/19/china-urges-u-s-to-protect-creditors-after-sp-warning/



Shock employment figures: Fewer than 46% of Americans have jobs

The percentage of Americans who have jobs has fallen to the lowest point in three decades and now hovers just above 45 percent of the total population, according to an analysis of labor data published by USA Today.

http://bit.ly/f9Felp


From Information Clearing House



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The attack allegedly left the victim badly hurt, covered in blood and with his jaw 'literally hanging off'. It was apparently recorded by one of the soldiers wearing a camera attached to his helmet.

http://bit.ly/hxefO3



They denied it was about Iraq s resources

Iraqis used to ask ironically if the rest of the world would have been quite so interested in the fate of their country if its main export had been cabbages.

http://ind.pn/dQ6llW


From Information Clearing House



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Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress: 'Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) and Peter Shumlin (D-VT) to testify in a hearing titled 'State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead.' Much of the hearing was spent probing Wisconsin s spate of anti-union restrictions it recently passed. At one point, Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) confronted Walker about his crackdown on public employee unions. The congressman referenced a provision Walker signed into law that would require union members to vote every year to continue their membership. Kucinich asked the governor how much money the state would save from the provision. Walker repeatedly dodged the question and eventually admitted that it actually wouldn t save anything at all.'

http://www.truthout.org/scott-walker-admits-union-busting-provision-doesnt-save-any-money-state-wisconsin/1302757200



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Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress: 'A Washington Post/ABC News poll released this morning finds that 44 percent, a plurality, of Americans think the economy is getting worse, rather than staying the same or getting better. With unemployment hovering around 9.6 percent while economic inequality is at levels not seen since the Depression, many Americans feel as if the economy is leaving them behind. The Wall Street Journal reports today that Corporate America certainly isn't doing its part to help bring America out of its economic malaise. The paper surveyed employment data by some of the nation s largest corporations - General Electric, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Chevron, Cisco, Intel, Stanley Works, Merck, United Technologies, and Oracle - and found that they cut their workforces by 2.9 million people over the last decade while hiring 2.4 million people overseas.'

http://www.truthout.org/top-us-corporations-outsourced-more-24-million-american-jobs-over-last-decade/1303196400

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Waiting for the Spark

By Ralph Nader

What could start a popular resurgence in this country against the abuses of concentrated, avaricious corporatism?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27926.htm



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Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout: "Four Ohio residents filed court papers last week seeking to compel the Ohio State Psychology Board to investigate Dr. Larry James, a retired Army colonel and former chief psychologist for the intelligence command at the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, who oversaw the brutal torture of detainees, including children. The motion was filed by Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of the four residents, which includes a psychologist, a veteran, a minister and a long-time mental health advocate.'

http://www.truthout.org/guantanamo-psychologist-led-rendition-and-imprisonment-afghan-boys-complaint-charges



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/19-12

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BP s Secret Deepwater Blowout

Greg Palast, Truthout/Buzzflash: 'Only 17 months before BP s Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP deepwater oil platform also blew out. You have heard and seen much about the Gulf disaster that killed 11 BP workers. If you have not heard about the earlier blowout, it s because BP has kept the full story under wraps. Nor did BP inform Congress or US safety regulators, and BP, along with its oil industry partners, have preferred to keep it that way.'

http://www.truthout.org/node/1239



BP Is Messing With the Wrong Woman

David Swanson, War is a Crime: 'A year ago BP began filling the Gulf of Mexico with oil. Last week BP blocked a woman from entering its annual meeting. Which will prove the bigger mistake? BP may have chosen the right country to hit with the worst oil disaster in world history. If there s any population that will take seeing its land and water destroyed for corporate profit lying down, it s got to be us. We are split between gratitude and indifference: should we thank BP or just stay out of its way?

http://www.truthout.org/bp-messing-wrong-woman/1303196400



A Year After Gulf Disaster, BP Still Being Awarded Lucrative Government Contracts

Jason Leopold, Truthout: 'BP continues to receive tens of millions of dollars in government contracts, despite the fact that the British oil company is under federal criminal investigation over the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and twice violated its probation late last year. Last week, the Defense Logistics Agency awarded Air BP, a division of BP Products North America, a $42 million contract to supply fuel to Dover Air Force Base for the next month and a half.'

http://www.truthout.org/bp-still-being-awarded-lucrative-government-contracts



Deforming the Reform: A Case Study in Oversight Perseverance

Dina Rasor, Truthout: 'I am continuing our series of solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD) with a look at how the government keeps track of companies that have engaged in misconduct when awarded lucrative government contracts. This is specifically a problem for the DoD, because when you look at the top 100 contractors, the majority with high numbers of misconduct are companies that work with the DoD. This is not surprising because procurement oversight in the DoD is weak, and many of the companies know that if they get caught doing something wrong, they can declare a national security need and will probably get a follow-on contract or other contracts in the future.'

http://www.truthout.org/deforming-reform-case-study-oversight-perseverance/1303282800



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/04/19

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West Exacerbates Libyans' Suffering

By Doug Bandow

The allies have joined the insurgents in a civil war against the previously recognized government. The path is war and all that entails: death, destruction, and chaos.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27921.htm



French want troops on ground in Libya

A senior French official says soldiers should be deployed on the ground in Libya to help guide NATO s air strikes in support of the Libyan opposition.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/73292/french-want-troops-on-ground-in-libya



Libya: blood bonanza for contractors

Libya might soon turn into a goldmine for private security firms. Reports say that the UK is already hiring mercenaries to protect the interests of the big corporations there.

http://mathaba.net/news/?x=626467


From Information Clearing House

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The energy vampires

Antiwar.com Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/20/11

To hear the 'humanitarian' interventionists tell it, the NATO alliance is currently bombing Libya in order to avert an alleged 'massacre' that may - or may not - happen if Moammar Gadhafi gets his hands on the rebels now holding the eastern province known as Cyrenaica. It s just a coincidence that Libya is a major oil producer, and that the NATO allies demanding the dictator s ouster are thirsty for the stuff. If you believe otherwise, well then you have fallen victim to a 'conspiracy theory,' as any number of unrepentant neocons will tell you...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/04/19/the-energy-vampires/



US military s footprint too big

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
by Charles Pena

04/19/11

The speed with which U.S. military forces were able to begin combat operations in Libya last month, following the president s order to intervene in the unfolding civil war, is a tribute to the professionalism and combat readiness of the U.S. armed forces. But it also should give us great pause. Unless the United States has been attacked, military intervention should be a very difficult, sobering decision requiring painstaking reflection. The trouble is: with U.S. forces now deployed all over the globe, military intervention has become too easy. If it wasn't so easy perhaps we would do less of it...

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/-296964--.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/19-0

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Bahrain s Secret Terror

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor

Desperate emails speak of 'genocide' as doctors who have treated injured protesters are rounded up.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27938.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/19-5



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/19

Best Way to Fight Deficits: Raise Taxes on the Rich
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/19-4

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Obama s Dirty Energy Fixation
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/19-5

National Organization for Women: It s 'Shock and Awe' for Women, the Middle Class and the Poor
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/04/19-12



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Derwesten.de

Auch in Halver ist 'Cybermobbing' keine Randerscheinung mehr. 'Ein Thema ist es auf jeden Fall', weiß Beate Kolb vom Jugendzentrum Halver; sie leitet dort ...

http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/halver/Mit-einem-Klick-am-Pranger-id4562797.html



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/maloney/maloney34.1.html

Food Riots and Social Revolution
http://www.lewrockwell.com/celente/celente66.1.html

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Sleepwalking into the Imperial Dark
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/19-7

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Refusing allegiance to the state

CounterPunch
by Thomas Naylor

04/19/11

Thoreau s philosophy of secession was based on the premise that an individual s moral principles have the first claim on his or her actions, and that any government which requires violation of these principles has no legitimate authority whatsoever. One can only imagine what Thoreau would think of the United States today - a nation which has lost its moral authority and is unsustainable, ungovernable, and unfixable...

http://counterpunch.org/naylor04192011.html



The debate that wasn t

In These Times
by David Moberg

04/19/11

The economic crisis of the past few years should have generated a much deeper debate about what has happened to American capitalism - now dominated by the financial sector and global mega-corporations ? and about what alternatives are possible. With the exception of some good books and the little-seen, Academy Award-winning documentary Inside Job, the debate over the proper government response continues largely as an inside job among politicians and officials, particularly Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who shares the mentality of the financiers who caused the collapse...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/7206/the_debate_that_wasnt/



Budget cuts are meaningless without Fed transparency

Campaign For Liberty Campaign For Liberty
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

04/19/11

Congress focused on issues surrounding government spending this week as talk of deficits, the national debt, and the debt limit saturated the airwaves. This is a positive development. In years past, there was very little concern over how much was spent here in Washington, how it was spent, or how much of our gross domestic product was being consumed by government...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1416


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Depleted uranium has been proven to cause serious damage to troops, civilians and the environment, but the US, France and Britain have blocked a UN ban proposal. In an interview with Press TV, Conn Hallinan, of Foreign Policy and Focus in Berkeley, California, discusses the West s awareness of the immense long-term danger of using depleted uranium in weapons, and its leaching impact, which poisons the environment and water supply for billions of years. Depleted uranium is being used in Libya in NATO weapons. Out of the 800,000 troops that served in the Gulf, about 107,000 of them are down with Gulf War Syndrome. There is no question that depleted uranium played a major role in the development of Gulf War syndrome. The main problem for the civilians is that depleted uranium is extremely heavy -- about the heaviest thing you can imagine, so when it misses a target and doesn't explode, then it goes very deep into the ground -- about 25-30 inches into the ground and when the rain comes that starts leaching into the environment, and possibly, the water supply. The UN sub-committee has called for a ban on depleted uranium in munitions in violation of the Geneva Convention and UN Charter. And that action was blocked by France, Britain and the US.

Conn Hallinan, Foreign policy and focus, Berkeley, Press TV

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?id=6162#newspost



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Campaign For Liberty Campaign For Liberty
by Robert F. Beaudine

04/18/11

Our founders understood that a free press was vital for the nation to preserve its other freedoms. In the First Amendment of The Bill of Rights, they endowed the press with its freedom, which could be used for both good and for evil. Our forebears knew when used for good, our public press would balance and limit the powers of government. The history that has led to today s brand of journalism is a long report...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1414


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/04/18-7



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Food & Water Watch
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/04/18-3

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A Year Later, BP s Oil Is Still Damaging the Gulf Coast

Sue Sturgis, Facing South: 'As the one-year anniversary of the BP drilling disaster nears, the American public has largely turned its attention away from the Gulf Coast. But for the people and other living creatures who make the region their home, the oil spill s impacts are still being felt acutely today. In an effort to correct the misperception that the BP disaster is over and the 200 million gallons of oil that spill into the Gulf of Mexico have magically disappeared, staff with the Louisiana-based Gulf Restoration Network last week took reporters on a tour of areas that are still heavily impacted by BP s oil.'

http://www.truthout.org/year-later-bps-oil-still-damaging-gulf-coast/1302591600



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=British+Petroleum
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=dispersant
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sue+Sturgis
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/18-6

US Nuclear Regulator a Policeman or Salesman?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/18-4

US Uncut: The New Movement against Austerity and Corporate Tax Cheats
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/17-6

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Internet shrugged: A Rand theme for today

Heartland Institute
by Bruce Edward Walker

04/15/11

Tax Day has arrived. Not coincidentally April 15 also marks the cinematic release of Atlas Shrugged - Part 1. The timing could not have been planned more appropriately, as our federal government hovered on the brink of a shutdown just last week, states are unable to balance their budgets, and a malaise not witnessed since the Carter administration seems to have gripped our nation...

http://tinyurl.com/3vku4qw


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=budget
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=austerity
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporate+tax
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brian+Tierney
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ben+Berkowitz
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Roberta+Rampton
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bruce+Edward+Walker
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Arrests and troop movements signal another government crackdown on protests in the tiny Gulf state.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/16/bahrain-arrests-repression


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=repression
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Supporters of anti-Occupation cleric Moqtada Sadr suggested there could be a rebel uprising if U.S. forces stay beyond December and tribal leaders in the northern province of Ninawa called recently for the departure of American forces.

http://bit.ly/gsfWna


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=occupation
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al+Sadr

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Classified U.S. diplomatic cables show that the State Department has funneled as much as $6 million to the group since 2006 to operate the satellite channel and finance other activities inside Syria.

http://wapo.st/fzASak


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Syria
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=embassy+cable
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wikileaks
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Thousands killed by U.S. unmanned drones (as the survivors are driven in to the arms of Al Qaeda).

http://bit.ly/eQwJG9


From Information Clearing House

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The Terminators: Drone Strikes Prompt MoD to Ponder Ethics of Killer Robots
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/18



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Central+Intelligence+Agency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Qaeda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+Norton-Taylor
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By Chris Hedges

The two most destructive forces of human nature-greed and envy-drive the financiers, the bankers, the corporate mandarins and the leaders of our two major political parties, all of whom profit from this system.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27919.htm



Lost in the American Undertow

By Joe Bageant

The United States has always maintained a white underclass - citizens whose role in the greater scheme of things has been to cushion national economic shocks through the disposability of their labor, with occasional time off to serve as bullet magnets in defense of the Empire.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27914.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=money+changer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=greed
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=underclass
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chris+Hedges
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Joe+Bageant
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By Mike Whitney

There s a big opening for the GOP to retake the White House in 2012 and implement the final phase of their nightmarish vision for America.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27915.htm

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GOP Wave Reshapes Nation s Agenda State by State
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/18-2

Sarah Palin: The Koch Brother s Union Maid
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/18-4

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Why are we suddenly winning?

Liberty Unbound Liberty Unbound
by Gary Jason

04/16/11

Several recent stories help us understand why rightist Republicans, usually pathetically lacking in anything remotely resembling electoral savvy and political street-smarts, are beginning to achieve some measure of success in enacting their agenda. The stories have to do with the looming approach of the public choice tipping point - the point at which rational ignorance ceases to be rational...

http://libertyunbound.com/node/538



Take the fight to the streets

In These Times
by Stephen Lerner

04/18/11

A new activism is emerging in the United States and abroad, where people, in unexpected places, are standing up to challenge the rich and powerful. ... After being battered and on the defensive, we have an opportunity in the United States to go on the offensive to transform the economy and politics of our country and create shared prosperity for all...

http://tinyurl.com/3bfzf2z



Everyday acts of resistance that changed the world

Yes Magazine
by Steve Crawshaw, John Jackson

04/01/11

Throughout history both recent and distant, ordinary people have found innovative and inspiring ways to challenge violent regimes and confront abuses of power: bringing down dictators, changing unjust laws, or simply giving individuals a renewed sense of their own humanity in the face of those who deny it...

http://tinyurl.com/3rpgjjl


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Palin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Koch+brothers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GOP
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republican
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rightwing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mike+Whitney
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ann+Sanner
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Calvin+Woodward
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mary+Bottari
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gary+Jason
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Stephen+Lerner
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Steve+Crawshaw
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By Brian Becker

The stage is now set for the imperialist invasion of Libya. - Britain, France and the United States-have committed themselves to the ouster of the Libyan government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27913.htm



Russia accuses NATO of violating UN resolution over Libya

Russia's permanent envoy to NATO said, 'Certain Western states have started speculating about the possibility of a ground operation, which would probably be introduced as an operation to secure humanitarian convoys,' Rogozin said here.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-192204.html


From Information Clearing House

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From Waco to Libya
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory210.html

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Armadillo, Kill Teams, and the Savagery of War
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/04/18



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Waco
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Armadillo
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=imperial
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=kill+teams
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brian+Becker
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/gregory
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Janus+Metz
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H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout: 'Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion, a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, killing and injuring thousands of people and crippling the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant. Though the likelihood of this catastrophic event was known, the plant was not designed to withstand the massive tsunami that disabled its backup power and cooling systems. Compounding the crisis, the plant's disaster preparedness plan and equipment were woefully inadequate for emergency response.'

http://www.truthout.org/how-many-chernobyls-we-get-it/1303110000

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Japan Reality Radiation Increase Augmentation Food Aliment Particle

CIA (Plutonium): Directorate of Intelligence - Direction des Renseignements

French Nuclear Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Program

Programme de Retraitement du Combustible des Réacteurs Nucléaires Français

http://www.cartoradiations.fr/

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Taxation with Radiation: Japan Consumers May Bail Out Nuke Plant Owner
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/19-7



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Fukushima
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chernobyl
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Patricia+Hynes
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'Wir leben in unruhigen Zeiten: Erdbeben, Tsunami und Atomkatastrophe in Japan, Aufstände gegen Unterdrücker-Regime in arabischen Staaten. Die anhaltende Spekulation auf den Rohstoff- und Kreditmärkten, Angriffe auf soziale Errungenschaften und gewerkschaftliche Rechte im Windschatten der Eurokrise bedrohen die Existenzgrundlagen der Arbeitnehmerschaft und der sozial Schwachen. In Teilen der Wirtschaft konnte die Krise dank des Einsatzes der Arbeitneh­merinnen und Arbeitnehmer gemildert werden ? der Respekt dafür ist bis heute ausgeblieben. Im Gegenteil! (?) Der 1. Mai ist unser Fest der Solidarität und kein Ort für alte und neue Nazis. Wir demonstrieren am 1. Mai in Deutschland und Europa für eine gerechte soziale Ordnung: mit guter Arbeit, fairen Löhnen und sozialer Sicherheit für alle! Wir wollen eine neue Ordnung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. DAS IST DAS MINDESTE!...' Siehe die Sonderseite des DGB zum 1. Mai 2011 mit allen aktuellen Terminen http://www.dgb.de/tag-der-arbeit

Siehe dazu:

Der 1. Mai - Plakate und Slogans seit 1950

Die Sonderseite beim DGB http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++3d82150a-1294-11df-40df-00093d10fae2


Aus: LabourNet, 18. April 2011

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http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10328/

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Guantanamo still in business today
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/1081.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=what+change
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=signing+statement
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Guantanamo
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jane+Mayer
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/gericke2.1.1.html

A Split in the Right Wing
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/tuccille7.1.1.html

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Hypocrites, left and right

Antiwar.com Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/18/11

The news that we have been lied into war yet again should hardly come as a shock. After all, our two-party system means that the different parties take turns doing the same thing. Yes, but how could the American public fall for it so soon after the Iraq debacle? Easy: you only have to fool some of the people most of the time, and with the Democrats in office, it s their turn to put one over on a different audience, their 'progressive' base...

http://tinyurl.com/3o4d6ma



Welfare and warfare are a renunciation of freedom

Future of Freedom Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

04/15/11

Perhaps the most damaging effect of public (i.e., government) schooling is the malleable mindset that it produces in American children, a mindset that defers to the authority of the government in important matters. Day after day, year after year, state officials mold the minds of the children into accepting popular, albeit false, doctrines. While some succeed in breaking free of the indoctrination (libertarians are the premier example), many people carry their molded mindsets for the rest of their lives...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-04-15.asp



Saving the warfare-welfare state

Foundation for Economic Education Foundation for Economic Education
by Sheldon Richman

04/15/11

Why does everyone think Washington is plagued by excessive partisanship? The contest over how to address the fiscal debacle says otherwise: Both divisions of the uniparty (Democrat and Republican) agree that the warfare-welfare state must be saved. It s the means not the end that divides them...

http://tinyurl.com/42ytr5e



On the tyranny of the majority

DFW Alliance of the Libertarian Left
by laicite

04/14/11

When it comes to practical issues, it may be perfectly sensible to go with majority rule. But I believe that the majority (or even a political or moral authority) should not be given that power when it comes to issues of personal liberty (as long as these liberties are not in violation of the harm principle). Allowing the majority to deny rights and freedoms to minority groups is no better than despotism...

http://tinyurl.com/3zewue3


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republican
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=nullification
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bipartisan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rightwing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=conservative
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hypocr
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=indoctrination
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=warfare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tyrann
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=despotism
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/gericke
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/tuccille
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=laicite
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/mason-a3.1.1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=support+troops
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/mason-a
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul734.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/paul
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Kim Barker, ProPublica: 'The oil spill that was once expected to bring economic ruin to the Gulf Coast appears to have delivered something entirely different: a gusher of money. Some people profiteered from the spill by charging BP outrageous rates for cleanup. Others profited from BP claims money, handed out in arbitrary ways. So many people cashed in that they earned nicknames - 'spillionaires' or 'BP rich.' Meanwhile, others hurt by the spill ended up getting comparatively little.'

http://truthout.org/spillionaires-profiteering-wake-bp-oil-spill/1302678000



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=oil+spill
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kim+Barker

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Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress: 'In his newly proposed budget, now-governor Walker appears to have already broken this pledge. While the budget would lower taxes overall - it includes $83.3 million in tax cuts 'primarily for businesses and investors' - it would make up for lost revenue by eliminating tax credits and exemptions that primarily benefit the poor and even some in the middle class.'

http://truthout.org/after-pledging-not-raise-taxes-walker-proposes-hiking-taxes-and-fees-poor-and-students/1302937200



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wisconsin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Scott+Walker
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=middle+class
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Zaid+Jilani
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Michael Nagler, Truthout: 'When is a whistleblower not a whistleblower? When he s a scapegoat. Pfc. Bradley Manning is an unfortunate - and challenging - case in point, and to understand why, we need to see his situation in context... If, as a society, we scapegoat them [Assange and Manning], we are only trying to shift our own burden of guilt onto their shoulders, and to think we can get away with that for very long is a dangerous delusion.'

http://truthout.org/breaking-chain-command/1303023600



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bradley+Manning
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Assange
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=whistleblow
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Nagler
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http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/t/3cb1d94ca280788e?hl=de



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=swine+flu
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pandemrix
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GlaxoSmithKline
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=narcolepsy


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http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/151.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=9/11
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=globalization
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=total+war
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Ostermarsch.Info

Die BRD-Karte mit allen Infos zu den Ostermärschen bundesweit bei Ostermarsch.Info. Weitere Infos unter dem Stickpunkt 'Terminliste 2011' abrufen. http://www.ostermarsch.info/


Ostermarsch-Aufrufe 2011 (Teil 1) aus Baden-Württemberg, Rhein-Ruhr und Nürnberg: Gegen die 'Bundeswehr im Einsatz' - Afghanistan-Krieg beenden! - Atomwaffen abschaffen - AKW abschalten

2011 finden in der Bundesrepublik wieder die traditionellen Ostermärsche statt. Sie können auf über 50 Jahre zurückblicken. In den Aufrufen werden vor allem der Afghanistan-Krieg, die Atomwaffen und die zivile Nutzung der Kernkraft sowie die Reform der Bundeswehr thematisiert. Aus der Fülle der

jeweils lokalen oder regionalen Aufrufe dokumentieren wir im Folgenden Aufrufe vom: Friedensnetz Baden-Württemberg; Ostermarsch Ruhr und Friedensforum Nürnberg. Dokumentiert bei der AG Friedensforschung an der Uni Kassel http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/Ostermarsch2011/aufrufe1.html


'Jeder Tag Krieg ist ein Tag zu viel'

Ostermarschierer wollen vor dem britischen Truppenübungsplatz Senne in Ostwestfalen demonstrieren. Ein Interview von Ralf Wurzbacher mit Hartmut Linne, Sprecher der Paderborner Initiative gegen den Krieg, die als Bündnismitglied im Aktionskreis Freie Senne für die Schließung des britischen Truppenübungsplatzes in Ostwestfalen- Lippe kämpft, erschienen in der jungen Welt vom 15. April 2011, gespiegelt bei der AG Friedensforschung http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/Ostermarsch2011/senne.html


Zeitung gegen den Krieg 31

Die neue Ausgabe der Zeitung gegen den Krieg ? ZgK 31 erscheint pünktlich zum Ostermarsch. Der Vertrieb beginnt am Donnerstag, dem 14. April 2011. Die Bestellungen müssten dann also auch am Beginn der Woche vor Ostern, ab Montag, dem 18. April 2011, vor Ort vorliegen.

Siehe dazu:

ZgK Heft 31 hat die folgenden Schwerpunkte

'Das atomare Desaster von Fukushima Oder: Atomenergie und Atom-Waffen sind nicht zu trennen'; 'Libyen (1): Stoppt den Nato-Krieg um Öl und Gas in Libyen'; 'Libyen (2): Offener Brief von Wolfgang Gehrcke an Uri Avnery'; ?Bundeswehr (1): Werbekampagne für den Job Soldaten ... an Schulen und anderen Ausbildungseinrichtungen ? und Aktivitäten dagegen'; 'Bundeswehr (2): Mit der Umwandlung in eine Berufsarmee wird verstärkt der Einsatz der Bundeswehr im Inneren vorbereitet'; ?Afghanistan: Die Entwicklung einer afghanischen Zivilgesellschaft / Vorbereitungen auf die Proteste anlässlich des 2. Jahrestag des Kundus-Massakers und des 10. Jahrestag der Petersberger Konferenz'; ?Arabische Revolte / Aufrüstung: Der Westen rüstet Nordafrika und den Nahen Osten zum Pulverfass auf?

Autorinnen und Autoren u.a.: Frank Brendle / Jürgen Grässlin / Joachim Guilliard / Wolfgang Gehrcke/ Xanthe Hall / Heike Hänsel / Ulrich Sander / Monty Schädel / Michael Schulze / Christian Stache / Jens-Peter Steffen /

Winfried Wolf /

cUmfang wie immer seit zehn Jahren: 12 Seiten Zeitungsformat. Bezugspreise zum ersten Mal seit acht Jahren leicht angehoben, aber weiterhin günstig wie folgt: - Bestellungen von 1 bis 50 Ex.: 30 Cent je Ex. - Bestellungen von 51 - 499 Ex.: 25 Cent je Ex. - Bestellungen ab 500 Ex.: 18 Cent je Ex. Jeweils zuzüglich Porto und Verpackung. Bestellungen ab sofort bitte an Zeitung-gegen-den-Krieg(at)gmx.de oder per Fax 030-227 76 179 oder per Telefon 030-22773179 (MdB-Büro Heike Hänsel)


Aus: LabourNet, 17. April 2011

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Ostermärsche üben Schulterschluss: Anti-Atombewegung in Gronau rechnet mit großem Zulauf - Rund 400 Demos geplant

'Friedens- und Anti-AKW-Bewegung stellten ihre Pläne für Ostern vor: Sie wollen getrennt und zusammen demonstrieren, über den Austausch von RednerInnen gemeinsam an ihre Themen gehen, aber die eigenen Schwerpunkte betonen?' Artikel von Bernhard Clasen im Neues Deutschland vom 20.04.2011 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/195881.ostermaersche-ueben-schulterschluss.html

Siehe dazu:

IG Metall unterstützt die Anti-Atom-Demonstrationen: Bundesweite Aktionen am Ostermontag

'Tschernobyl und Fukushima mahnen: Jetzt müssen wir den Atomausstieg durchsetzen und alle Atomkraftwerke abschalten, um unsere Gesellschaft vor einer Katastrophe zu bewahren. Die IG Metall ruft gemeinsam mit vielen anderen Organisationen zu den Anti-Atom-Demonstrationen am Ostermontag auf?? Meldung bei der Ig Metall vom 18.04.2011 http://www.igmetall.de/cps/rde/xchg/internet/style.xsl/ig-metall-ruft-zur-energiewende-auf-7402.htm


Alle Aktionsorte auf einem Blick

Bei ausgestrahlt.de findet man einen Überblick über alle Aktionsstandorte, nähere Informationen zu den einzelnen geplanten Aktionen durch Anklicken der einzelnen Orte. http://www.ausgestrahlt.de/mitmachen/t25/aktionsorte.html


Aus: LabourNet, 21. April 2011



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libyen
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tschernobyl
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According to the newspaper, the US authorities told Pakistan that neither drone strikes would be stopped nor an explanation would be given to the Asian nation for each attack.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-190553.html


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
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Wants MORE as Collapse Looms'

By RT - Interview with Chris Hedges

This year s planned military spending is $700 billion, while other areas including healthcare, education, and infrastructure are on the chopping block. Journalist Chris Hedges says the decision was made under severe pressure from some lobbying circles.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27909.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=budget
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+spending
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By Glenn Greenwald

Whatever one thinks about this war limited humanitarian intervention on the merits, this is not the mission that Obama cited when justifying Americas involvement. Its the opposite.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27908.htm



'US To Recoup Libya Oil From China'

Interview with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

By Press TV

Why US President Barack Obama needs to overthrow Qaddafi when no other US presidents did.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27904.htm



Libyan Rebels Say They re Being Sent Weapons

The rebel military leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah Younes, on Saturday said, that his forces had received weapons supplies from unidentified nations that support their uprising.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/world/africa/17libya.html


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts

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Eine drastische Warnung vor den katastrophalen Folgen der Gentechnik kommt nun aus dem 'Mutterland' dieser Risikotechnologie.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811880ms257



Scientist warns US and EU administrations of glyphosate-caused crisis in agriculture

This cover letter is provided to explain the reasoning and concerns that were conveyed in a letter which I sent to Secretary of Agriculture, Thomas Vilsack on January 17, 2011 (Attachment 1). The letter was not intended for public distribution; however, the letter was 'leaked' and subsequently posted on the internet from which it soon became public knowledge world-wide.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811887ms257

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Glyphosate Kills Rat Testis Cells

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/glyphosate_kills_rat_testis_cells.php



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gentechnik
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=glyphosate

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Erneuerbar statt atomar

Ein Atomkraftwerk, das nicht mehr zu kontrollieren ist, gleicht einer Atombombe. In Japan wurden 1945 die ersten beiden Atombomben in der Menschheitsgeschichte abgeworfen ? am 6. August auf Hiroshima und drei Tage später auf Nagasaki. In Hiroshima verglühten 140.000 Menschen in wenigen Tagen und in Nagasaki 80.000.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811837ms257



Fukushima ist überall

'Jede AKW-Kastastrophe irgendwo auf der Welt, ist eine Katastrophe für die ganze Welt', sagte Klaus Töpfer als er vor vielen Jahren Tschernobyl besuchte. Diese schlichte Erkenntnis wiederholt sich jetzt sogar bei vielen bisherigen Atomfreunden, die im Angesicht der Fernsehbilder aus Japan umzudenken beginnen. Manche Atompolitiker wollen jetzt Solarpolitiker werden.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811839ms257



Aus für Atomkraft

Nur noch 13 % der Bundesbürger sind für lange Laufzeiten von AKW bis etwa 2040 ...

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811859ms257



Mehrheit will Atomausstieg und Klimaschutz

90 Prozent sprechen sich dafür aus, dass die Bundesregierung jetzt die erneuerbaren Energien ausbauen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811872ms257



Bester Hebel gegen Atomkraftwerke

CDU/CSU-Atomkraftgegner: 'Verursacherprinzip beim Versicherungsschutz'.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811873ms257



Greenpeace legt Plan für Energiewende vor

Atomausstieg bis 2015, Kohleausstieg bis 2040.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811874ms257



BUND-Maßnahmenkatalog zum Sofortausstieg aus der Atomenergie

Der Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) hat Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel anlässlich ihrer für Freitag anberaumten Konferenz mit den Ministerpräsidenten aufgefordert, endlich die richtigen Entscheidungen für eine beschleunigte Energiewende zu treffen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811860ms257



Merkels neuer Atom-Kurs

Der mächtigste deutsche Stromverband will jetzt kürzere Laufzeiten der AKW im Lande. Vor einem halben Jahr war derselbe Verband noch für längere Laufzeiten. An der Spitze des Verbands steht Hildegard Müller, früher Bundesvorsitzende der Jungen Union und bis vor drei Jahren Kanzleramtsministerin bei Angela Merkel und eine ihrer Vertrauten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811838ms257



Film über die Atomkatastrophe in Tschernobyl

Kinostart am 21.4.: 'An einem Samstag'
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811843ms257



Atomstrom wirtschaftlich out

Ganz neu ist die These nicht, aber sie erfährt durch die Atomkatastrophe in Fukushima deutlichen Support ? Atomstrom ist nicht nur gesellschaftspolitisch nahe dem Absturz, sondern auch wirtschaftlich.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811881ms257



Greenpeace: Deutschland ist Erneuerbar

Projektion zum Atomausstieg auf das Berliner Kanzleramt wenige Stunden vor Beginn des Energiegipfels.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811854ms257



USA: Umdenken zur Atomenergie

AKW-Katastrophe in Japan verändert Einstellung der Amerikaner zur Kernenergie.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811877ms257



Die Welt-Energie-Wende

Ob das glaubwürdig ist? Was heißt Fukushima für Aktionäre?
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416811876ms257

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Fukushima und die Atombombe - Logische Einheit: Harrisburg, Tschernobyl & Fukushima

'Seit dem 12. April 2011 wird das Atomunglück in Fukushima ebenso klassifiziert wie dasjenige von Tschernobyl: mit der bisher größtmöglichen Gefahren-Stufe 7. Das heißt: Es handelt sich um eine atomare Katastrophe mit massiven gesundheitlichen Schäden ? ein GAU. Dabei stehen wir in Japan erst am Anfang. Mehrere AKW in der Fukushima-Sendai-Region befinden sich in einem kritischen Zustand. Es gibt neue Erdbeben. Bereits heute müsste man bei Anwendung der bisher in Deutschland geltenden Grenzwerte die Evakuierungszone deutlich ausweiten. Doch Millionen Menschen können nicht evakuiert werden. Nach Fukushima gibt es nicht mehr die Ausrede, wonach der Tschernobyl-GAU nur auf 'unzureichende sowjetische Sicherheitsstandards' zurückzuführen war. Fukushima war Atomkraft vom Feinsten. General Electric plus Toshiba plus Hitachi. Und wie sieht das Krisenmanagement vor Ort in Japan aus? Mindestens so alt, so hilflos, so verlogen wie dasjenige seinerzeit in Tschernobyl?' Artikel aus der 'Zeitung gegen den Krieg 31' http://www.labournet.de/krieg/zgk_31_fukushima.html


Aus: LabourNet, 17. April 2011



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sueddeutsche.de

Das Cybermobbing hat stark zugenommen, es macht die emotionale Verwundbarkeit von Jugendlichen noch größer und ist oft Auslöser für seelische und soziale Krisen. Mittlerweile gehört es zum Standard bei stationären Aufnahmen, auch die Aktivitäten im...

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/karriere/cybermobbing-in-der-schule-gemein-sein-bis-der-arzt-kommt-1.1085828



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Hartz IV Urteil: Rechtswidriger Ein-Euro-Job verursacht Tariflohn

Immer wieder werden Hartz IV Betroffene in sogenannte Ein-Euro-Jobs (Arbeitsgelegenheiten, AGH) gedrängt, obwohl der Arbeitgeber eigentlich eine reguläre Arbeitsstelle schaffen müsste. Nun hat das Bundessozialgericht in Kassel zu mindestens in einem Fall dieser Praxis einen Riegel vorgeschoben. Wird ein Arbeitslosengeld II Bezieher durch das Jobcenter in einen Ein-Euro-Job vermittelt, der rechtswidrig, also im Sinne des Gesetzgebers nicht 'zusätzlich' ist, hat der Betroffene einen Anspruch auf einen regulären tarifrechtlichen Lohn. Allerdings wird der Lohn dann wieder als Einkommen angerechnet. Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-rechtswidriger-ein-euro-job-tariflohn-4764.php



Sanktionierten alleinerziehenden Müttern droht Kindesentzug

Mütter, die im Hartz IV-Bezug stehen und mindestens eine 30 Prozentige Sanktion bekommen, werden vom Jobcenter Zwickau und seinen Außenstellen dem Jugendamt gemeldet. Das erfuhr die Erwerbslosen-Initiative 'Gegenwind e.V.' bei einem Beistandsbesuch vom Arbeitsvermittler. Auf eine Nachfrage beim Jobcenter teilte die Teamleiterin des Servicebereiches mit, dass es eine Vereinbarung zwischen dem Jobcenter und dem Landkreis diesbezüglich gäbe. Lesen Sie weiter:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-sanktionierten-droht-kindesentzug-961.php

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19. April 2011

Sanktionen sind eine Schande

Zur heute von der BILD-Zeitung veröffentlichten Sanktions-Statistik erklärt, Katja Kipping, stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE:

Wieder mal bläst die BILD-Zeitung zur Jagd und entfacht erneut eine Hetzkampagne auf Erwerbslose. Das ist eine Kampagne, um von der katastrophalen neuen Gesetzgebung und Umsetzung der Hartz-IV-Regelungen abzulenken. Erinnert sei an den verfassungswidrigen Regelsatz und das Desaster beim Bildungs- und Teilhabepaket. Die Fakten sprechen für sich:

Sanktionen sind massenhaft rechtswidrig: Fast 38 Prozent der Widersprüche gegen Sanktionen wurde im Jahr 2010 voll stattgegeben. Rund 55 Prozent der Klagen gegen Sanktionen wurden gewonnen. Sanktionen grenzen aus statt zu integrieren: Viele Betroffene - insbesondere Jugendliche - verschwinden aus der Statistik, was zudem noch als Erfolg gewertet wird. Sanktionen gelten als Drohkulisse: Mit Sanktionen soll für jeden schäbigen Niedriglohn-Job oder für rechtswidrige Arbeitsgelegenheiten gefügig gemacht werden. Über die Hälfte der Ein-Euro-Jobs sind laut Bundesrechnungshof keine zusätzlichen Tätigkeiten im Interesse der Allgemeinheit bzw. stehen in Konkurrenz zu ungeförderten Unternehmen. Wegen Nichtannahme solcher Jobs sanktionierte Hartz-IV-BezieherInnen sollten also als Rechtsbrecher und Arbeitsplatzvernichter eingesetzt werden.

Fazit: Sanktionen gegen Erwerbslose, also Leistungskürzungen, verstoßen gegen das Grundrecht auf ein Existenz- und Teilhabeminimum.

Die Forderung der Partei DIE LINKE lautet: Weg mit den grundrechtswidrigen Sanktionen und Leistungskürzungen! Sanktionen sind ein Schande!

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/sanktionen-sind-eine-schande/



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Karl Grossman, Truthout: 'As a candidate for president, Obama knew about the deadly dangers of nuclear power. 'I start off with the premise that nuclear energy is not optimal and so I am not a nuclear energy proponent,' Obama said at a campaign stop in Newton, Iowa, on December 30, 2007. 'My general view is that until we can make certain that nuclear power plants are safe .... I dont think that's the best option. I am much more interested in solar and wind and bio-diesel and strategies [for] alternative fuels.' However, as president, he hired a nuclear power proponent out of the national nuclear laboratory system, Steven Chu, as his energy secretary.'

http://www.truth-out.org/obamas-wrongheaded-stance-nuclear-power-after-japan-disaster

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Iodine 131 and a classic magicians' distraction technique
http://groups.google.com/group/omeganews/t/d5bf233080e398f0?hl=de

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Honest updates re Japan Nuclear fallout in N. America
http://enenews.com/


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Atomic Deserts

A Survey of the World s Radioactive No-Go Zones

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,756369-14,00.html


From Information Clearing House



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Raed Jarrar, Truthout: 'April 9 marked the eighth year of the fall of Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis marched in the streets of Iraqi cities - from Mosul to Basrah, from Baghdad to Fallujah - to protest the ongoing military occupation. Although Americans often regard March 19 as the day marking the wars beginning, Iraqis, in general, dont think much of that date.. From their perspective, the war did not start in March of 2003...

http://www.truthout.org/playing-fire-iraq



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Shahid Buttar, Truthout: 'The PATRIOT Act has inspired widespread resentment across the political spectrum. It passed with a single dissenting vote even though most members of Congress have never actually read it. Provisions previously set to expire have been reauthorized three separate times, despite an equal number of Justice Department reports revealing massive and ongoing systemic abuses, including new ones invented during the Obama administration. And over 400 cities, plus eight states, have passed resolutions opposing the federal policy. Yet, it remains in place.'

http://www.truthout.org/unpatriotic-why-our-government-wont-protect-our-rights-and-what-we-can-do-about-it



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Richard Wolff, Truthout: 'Aiming at the 2012 election, both parties used the deficit and budget debates purely to impress their voters. Basic numbers tell the true story. The current (Fiscal Year 2011) budget spends about $3.5 trillion while receiving $2.0 trillion in tax revenues. The difference of $1.5 trillion (the equivalent of $1,500 billion) is this years deficit. The US Treasury must borrow that from whoever will lend to the US government.. After much hot air, Republicans and Democrats reached a 'historic compromise,' namely a spending cut of $38 billion.'

http://www.truth-out.org/budget-battles-sound-fury-and-fakery



A Primer on Tax Day Activism

Peter Rothberg, The Nation: 'Because of its symbolic power and resonant history, Tax Day has always occasioned grassroots protests from both the left and right. For decades, the American Friends Service Committee and the War Resisters League have organized volunteers to distribute informational flyers detailing where your tax money really goes and Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn famously organized a tax strike in 1968 to protest US involvement in Vietnam. These days the Tea Party likes to use the day to express what its members argue is excessive federal spending and government run amok.'

http://www.truth-out.org/primer-tax-day-activism/1302764400



Opposition to Paying for Capitalisms Crime: A Global Movement

Video

Deep budget cuts ... disproportionately affect the poor and working class while the top one percent of Americans continues to amass wealth at a record pace. Professor Richard D. Wolffs academic work and public lectures warning of a crisis of capitalism preceded the current disaster. In this event, Wolff discussed the fallout of the economic collapse and the ongoing struggle over who will bear the massive costs.

http://www.truthout.org/opposition-paying-capitalisms-crime-global-movement-video/1301468400



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Youth Environmental Movement Frustrated With Obama http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/15-8

What if Your Presidents Just Not That Into You?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/15-11

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In Campaign Mode Now

Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post Writers' Group: 'The official announcement came the week before, but President Obamas deficit speech marked the real launch of his re-election campaign - with the odd spectacle of leaders of the opposition party sitting front and center listening to the candidate. I am not suggesting the speech was a mere exercise in political posturing. The president, in my view, is sincere about wanting to deal with the debt. But he is also realistic about the slim chances of forging a comprehensive agreement before the election, and, you might say, not unmindful of the impending campaign.'

http://www.truth-out.org/campaign-mode-now/1302850800



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British diplomats in Washington made immediate attempts to limit the political damage following the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act reveal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/15/bp-oil-spill-british-diplomatic?


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The U.S. spent an astounding $698 billion on the military last year, an 81% increase over the last decade.

http://bit.ly/eErdUQ


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The flood of WikiLeaks documents being publicized in Haaretz has revealed some intriguing information about foreign leaders and, of course, our very own politicians.

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/the-power-of-words-once-spoken-1.356143


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http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/tea-party-boiling-over-budget-compromise.html

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US House Passes GOP Budget Plan that Erases Medicare, Cripples Medicaid
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/15-7

Most House Democrats Reject Obamas Austerity Budget Deal With GOP
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/15-0

The Pentagons Secret Plan to Slash its Own Budget
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/15-2

On Tax Day, Remember the Tax Dodgers
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/15

Koch-Fueled Controversy Lands in Washington
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/15-4

Tell the Corporate Tax Cheats How You Feel!
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/04/15

Fix the Budget with a Wall Street Tax
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/04/15-0

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The Corporate Hijacking of Public Education

Crystal Sylvia, Left Turn: 'The premises of corporate education reform are: the main impediments to improving public schools are teachers' unions because they rigidly defend bad teachers; schools need to be run like businesses to make them less bureaucratic and more dynamic; educational experience is not required to be a teacher, principal, or chancellor; the corporate education reform model is the only way public education can be transformed; and success can be measured through data-driven outcomes, with the most important data being student test scores.'

http://www.truth-out.org/corporate-hijacking-public-education/1302498000



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north968.html

The Most Expensive 'Obstruction of Justice' Conviction in U.S. History
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/roots7.1.1.html

Your Country Calls
http://www.lewrockwell.com/akers/akers150.html

Stop Treating Me Like I am a Criminal
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep2/jesse-ventura-on-tsa-abusers.html

An Ounce of Prevention
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/tyner8.1.1.html

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Complaining About TSA Molestation Will Get You Profiled as a Terrorist

http://www.infowars.com/complaining-about-tsa-molestation-will-get-you-profiled-as-a-terrorist/


From Information Clearing House



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Nordkurier

Die schwerwiegenden Erscheinungsformen des Cyber-Mobbing s können insbesondere die Straftatbestände der Beleidigung, üblen Nachrede, Verleumdung, Nötigung, Bedrohung, der Körperverletzungsdelikte, der Straftaten gegen die sexuelle Selbstbestimmung, ...

http://www.nordkurier.de/index.php?objekt=nk.nachrichten.deutschland_welt&id=808418



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TINY

Bahrain, a vital American ally in the Gulf region, is reimaging itself as a classic Cold War police state in the aftermath of the democracy uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa.

http://bit.ly/ggPcEd


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By Mike Whitney

Even though things were scarier under Bush, most people still believed we could turn things around at the ballot box. Now they know they cant.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27898.htm



End the Empire

By Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

Obama has taken a page from the Bill (and Hillary) Clinton playbook and governed as a right-leaning centrist. While trying naively to ingratiate himself with an opposition bent solely on his defeat, he has repeatedly turned his back on those who put him in office.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27897.htm



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By Will Graff

Most of the guys I went through intel school with, who went to Iraq with me, are either dead, killed themselves, are in a long-term care institution or completely disabled.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27901.htm



Is The US Press Waking up?

State Dept Grilled About Bradley Manning

Video

Reporter grills U.S. Department of State, pointing out the hypocrisy of the U.S. releasing their Human Rights report giving themselves a squeaky clean image, and at the same time denying the U.N.s Special Rapporteur access to evaluate the condition of Pfc. Bradley Manning.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27900.htm



Ex-CIA Officer: Obama is Fooling Himself, Muslims See US Bombing Libya

RT talks to former CIA counterterrorism analyst Michael Scheuer.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/10/xGLeMFJx9s0


From Information Clearing House



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By Spencer Ackerman

You would think that an op-ed from three world leaders titled
'Libyas Pathway to Peace' would spell out how the western bombing campaign against Moammar Gadhafi will end. Instead, it lays out a demand, and expands the war in the process.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27896.htm



France, Britain, US say Kadhafi cannot stay

France, Britain and the US say it is 'unthinkable' for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to stay in power. The UN should consider a new resolution to address Kadhafis future, according to France's defence minister.

http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110415-france-britain-us-say-kadhafi-cannot-stay



Libya letter by Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy

Full text

President Barack Obama of the US, Prime Minister David Cameron of the UK and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France have written a joint letter to The Times of London, the International Herald Tribune and Le Figaro, vowing to keep up the pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and pledging to maintain Nato military pressure on his forces.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13090646



US senators unveil resolution against Libya conflict

US military strikes on Libya are 'not in the vital interests of the United States' and further action should require congressional approval, under a symbolic senate resolution unveiled Thursday.

http://bit.ly/hrFO8s



Russia asks for immediate ceasefire in Libya

'Today we can state that in a series of cases, military action has exceeded the mandate conferred by the United Nations Security Council,' said Sergei Lavrov.

http://bit.ly/gQEe4s



No UN mandate for Libyan ground operations, regime change: Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 does not provide a mandate for ground operations in Libya, nor should NATO be aiming for a regime change.

http://rt.com/politics/nato-russia-berlin-lavrov-rogozin/



Russia concerned over abused mandate of UN resolution on Libya: Medvedev

Russia is strongly concerned over an abused mandate under the UN Security Council resolution on Libya, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told reporters here on Thursday.

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16152634&PageNum=0


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