World-News

Mark Karlin, Truthout: ''There is no end game here. The United States is using all its vast powers to do what urban police do in American cities: chase the corner drug dealers out of one area and into another, through the use of temporary intensive 'enforcement'and then chase them back again at a later date.... Meanwhile, in the United States, controlling the demand side appears to be interpreted as throwing people, particularly minority men, in jail for drug offenses, leading to the highest incarceration rate in the world.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8371-the-us-war-on-drug-cartels-in-mexico-is-a-deadly-failure



Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War

Eduardo Porter, The New York Times News Service: ''If there is one number that embodies the seemingly intractable challenge imposed by the illegal drug trade.... That is the retail price .... of one gram of pure cocaine.... This number contains pretty much all you need to evaluate the Mexican and American governments' 'war' to eradicate illegal drugs from the streets of the United States. What it says is that the struggle on which they have spent billions of dollars and lost tens of thousands of lives over the last four decades has failed.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10216-numbers-tell-of-failure-in-drug-war

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How the 'Drug War' creates collateral damage
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-bogus-drug-war/how-the-drug-war-creates-collateral-damage.html

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The Drug War, And The Isolation Of The U.S.

By Noam Chomsky

Latin Americans may yet again inspire progress in human rights in the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31302.htm



US officials at Mexican border accused of widespread human rights abuses

Civil rights body accuses Customs and Border Protection agents of using excessive force against US citizens and immigrants.

http://bit.ly/Kq2XSN


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/151758

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Wirtschaftslobby nennt EEG sozial ungerecht

Die wirtschaftsnahe ''Initiative Neue soziale Marktwirtschaft'' stößt die Diskussion über das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) neu an.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814932ms316



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Einige Auguren wollen wissen, ein israelischer Luftschlag stehe noch in diesem Jahr bevor. Neue Informationen über eine Verwicklung von Aserbaidschan in die Kriegsplanungen bestätigen diese Befürchtungen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36701/1.html



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Naturland Mitgliederversammlung Bayern fordert einen Systemwechsel in der Landwirtschaft.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814778ms313



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Q-Cells ist insolvent, Phoenix Solar stürzt an der Börse ab, Odersun kann seinen Mitarbeitern keine Gehälter mehr zahlen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814773ms313



Pumpspeicherwerk Atdorf vor dem Aus

Während die Energiewirtschaft die Notwendigkeit von Stromspeichern beschwört, spricht die Ökonomie gerade eine ganz andere Sprache.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814775ms313



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Das Jahr 2011 hat den österreichischen Gletschern stark zugesetzt, das machen die Ergebnisse des aktuellen Gletscherberichts deutlich.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814756ms313



Jagd nach Rohstoffen gefährdet letzte intakte Ökosysteme

Der European Biodiversity Summit zeigt den Weg zur ressourceneffizienten Wirtschaft.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814757ms313



Die Energiewende ist machbar und zahlt sich aus

Dies ist das zentrale Ergebnis einer umfangreichen wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung renommierter Forschungsinstitute.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814760ms313



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Landessozialgericht NRW macht den Weg frei für eine Entscheidung der Karlsruher Richter am Bundesverfassungsgericht

Bereits am 24. Januar diesen Jahres hatte Hartz 4-Plattform-Sprecherin Brigitte Vallenthin beim Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) die Verfassungsbeschwerde im Eilverfahren zweier nordrheinwestfälischer Klägerinnen gegen das sogenannte Bildungspaket in Karlsruhe persönlich übergeben, zunächst erst einmal zur Parkstation des Allgemeinen Registers (Az: AR 595/12). Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-bildungspaket-vorm-verfassungsgericht-900643.php



Bildungspaket verhindert Schulessen

Ein Bericht aus der Praxis

Es ist schön, dass Bundesarbeitsministerin Frau von der Leyen sich freut, dass das Bildungspaket so gut ankommt. Leider nur bei ihr und nicht bei den berechtigten Empfängern. Wir sind eine Schule für Lernhilfe und bieten Mittagessen an, da es Teil unserer pädagogischen Betreuung und auch Teil unseres Konzepts ist. Nachdem wir zuerst Gelder einer Stiftung völlig unbürokratisch bekommen haben (ich glaube dort waren nicht mehr als 4-10 Mitarbeiter beschäftigt), ist durch die Umstellung alles sehr, sehr kompliziert geworden. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-bildungspaket-verhindert-schulessen-900469.php



Recht auf einen Beistand

Das Recht, sich im Verwaltungsverfahren wie in gerichtlichen Verfahren durch einen Bevollmächtigten oder durch einen Beistand vertreten zulassen gehört zu den allgemeinen Persönlichkeitsrechten des Art. 2 Abs. 1 Grundgesetz. Die Rechtsnorm findet sich in § 13 SGB X. Begleitungen zu Behördenterminen (''Beistände'') und die Vertretung durch Vollmacht sind durch das Rechtsdienstleistungsgesetz vom 12. Dezember 2007 (RDG) erleichtert worden. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-das-recht-auf-beistand-900671.php



Bildungspaket-Gelder versickern in Millionenhöhe in den kommunalen Haushalten

Wie bereits Kritiker des Bildungspakets vorausgesagt haben, haben die Kommunen offenbar Gelder aus Mitteln des sogenannten Bildungs- und Teilhabepaket für Kinder aus Hartz IV-Familien für andere kommunale Bereiche in Millionenhöhe zweckentfremdet. Das berichtet die Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) und beruft sich dabei auf Angaben der Bundesarbeitsministerin Ursula von Leyen (CDU)... Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/bildungspaket-gelder-millionenfach-zweckentfremdet-9001093.php



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Heise Newsticker

Bürgerrechtler der American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) haben im vergangenen Jahr von über 200 US-Polizeibehörden Informationen zum Beschatten von Handy-Nutzern auf Basis des ''Freedom of Information Act'' abgefragt. Die Resultate in Form von über 5500...

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Zunehmende-Mobilfunkueberwachung-in-den-USA-in-der-Kritik-1517279.html



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Maria Armoudian, Truthout: ''What would happen, for example, if the so-called 99 percent ignored the 1 percent and began to build a new economic model from the ground floor up? What if masses of people stopped trying to reform an increasingly unworkable system and instead focused on constructing an economy of shared institutions that were fundamentally fair, just, respectful and sustainable? Perhaps, as important as the questions, the fact that the answer is beginning to peak out from underneath the veneer is even more inspiring. This is one of the gifts in 'America Beyond Capitalism'.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8344-the-seeds-of-a-quiet-economic-revolution-a-review-of-gar-alperovitzs-america-beyond-capitalism-reclaiming-our-wealth-our-liberty-and-our-democracy



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http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/america-elite-rest-of-us-poor.html



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A unified missile defense system comprising the United States and six Arab states is a signal that a military strike on Iran could be on the horizon, says the Chairman of the State Duma s International Affairs Committee.

http://bit.ly/HiXZrL



China ups the pressure to prevent a strike on Iran s nuclear facilities

A senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday an attack on Iran would invite devastating retaliation that would envelop the region and destabilize the global economic recovery, and added that the international community had to restrain itself from war.

http://bit.ly/HrUeya



U.S. Defines Its Demands for New Round of Talks With Iran

The Obama administration and its European allies plan to open new negotiations with Iran by demanding the immediate closing and ultimate dismantling of a recently completed nuclear facility deep under a mountain, according to American and European diplomats.

http://nyti.ms/HnQiAv


From Information Clearing House

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Thinking the Unthinkable on Iran
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/06-1



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By Jeff Nielson

Western wages have plummeted so low that a two-income family is now (on average) 15% poorer than a one-income family of 40 years ago.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31010.htm



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By Robert Reich

Imagine that the richest people in this country use some of their vast wealth to routinely bribe politicians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31003.htm



Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History And Why Taxpayers Shouldn t Stand for It Any More

By Bill McKibben

Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31006.htm



''Too big to fail'' banks even bigger now

According to Bloomberg, the five banks that held assets equal to 43% of the US economy in 2007 before the financial crisis and the bank bailout now control assets that equal 56% of the US economy.

http://bit.ly/IREFOI



America Is A Seething Cesspool Of Filth And Corruption

Do you believe that America is a seething cesspool of filth and corruption? If not, you might change your mind after reading this article.

http://bit.ly/HMdMuH


From Information Clearing House

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The Best Congress the Banks Can Buy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/06

Scott Walker Is Dismantling Women s Rights
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/22-1

There Is a Plague Loose Upon the Land
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/04-1

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Meet the ALEC Staffers Who Help Corporations Write Our Laws

Zaid Jilani, Republic Report: ''ALEC is accustomed to hiding its agenda and its legislation behind closed doors. At secretive conferences and over e-mail chains the public never sees, the organization allows its corporate donors to manufacture bills and then send them to be passed in state legislatures without the public ever knowing about their origin. But these ALEC staffers can t hide who they are, and what they do for an organization that harms almost every area of American life.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8390-meet-the-alec-staffers-who-help-corporations-write-our-laws



To Whom Much Is Given: Why We Need to Tax Inheritance

Jeffrey Mikkelson, Truthout: ''Roughly half of the wealthiest Americans inherited all or much of their wealth, and the United States ranks near the bottom of rich countries in terms of intergenerational mobility. What s more, the vast majority of inherited wealth goes entirely untaxed. Under current law, heirs can inherit an estate of up to $5 million without paying a cent in federal taxes. In fact, it s likely that a sizable portion of that income was never taxed in the first place.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8316-to-whom-much-is-given-why-we-need-to-tax-inheritance



Arizona Is the ''Petri Dish'' for ALEC s Corporate-Influenced Legislature

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: ''Arizona, with 49 out of 90 legislators with membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council, is a darling of the bill drafting body and home to several bills modeled on the council s legislation targeting workers compensation, unions and public education.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8555-arizona-is-the-petri-dish-for-corporate-influenced-legislature



ALEC ''Sharpens Focus on Jobs''

Mary Bottari, PR Watch: ''ALEC has a sweeping anti-union agenda that would cripple labor s ability to serve as an effective counterweight to corporate CEOs.... On collective bargaining, ALEC s 'Public Employee Freedom Act' declares that 'an employee should be able to contract on their own terms' and 'mandatory collective bargaining laws violate this freedom.' This ALEC bill and the 'Public Employer Payroll Deduction Policy Act' prohibit automatic payroll deductions for union dues, a key aspect of Walker s collective bargaining bill struck down by a federal court judge.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8625-hang-onto-that-paycheck-alec-sharpens-focus-on-jobs



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By John Pilger

One independent little country astride lucrative natural resources and strategic sea lanes is of serious concern to the United States and its ''deputy sheriff'' in Canberra.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31007.htm



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BBC Video

He has been held for eight years in a UK jail without charge or trial, during which time he has been fighting extradition to the United States under controversial ''war on terror'' legislation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31015.htm



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Liberty For All
by Mark Hinkle

04/05/12

Last month, the joint war on liberty by Republicans and Democrats continued, when Attorney General Eric Holder informed surprised students and faculty at Northwestern University Law School that President Obama can kill anyone in the world without charge or trial. This, of course, is just acceptance of the Unitary Executive Theory which President George W. Bush utilized to ignore the courts during his administration. Needless to say, both Presidents, Bush and Obama, assured us that they would be careful to only use their unlimited powers for the benefit of their subjects...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=7467


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa/?cl=1703452828&v=13514

The end of Internet privacy
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa_corporate_global/?cl=1735478510&v=13705

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CISPA (aka SOPA 2.0) Pushed Forward by For-Profit Spying Lobby

Lee Fang, Republic Report: ''A cyber security bill moving swiftly through Congress would give government intelligence agencies broad powers to work with private companies to share information about Internet users. While some critics are beginning to organize online against the legislation, defense contractors, many already working with the National Security Agency on related data-mining projects, are lobbying to press forward.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8538-cispa-aka-sopa-20-pushed-forward-by-for-profit-spying-lobby

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SOPA Redux: Groups Push Back Against Cyber Spying Act
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/18-4



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http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36718/1.html



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A painful part two of the slump looks set to unfold: Many more U.S. homeowners face the prospect of losing their homes this year as banks pick up the pace of foreclosures.

http://reut.rs/I2WrjH



New attacks on unemployment benefits in the US:

While the Obama administration trumpets the allegedly good news that the official US jobless rate has fallen to 8.3 percent, millions of unemployed workers are facing new attacks on their unemployment benefits, in the form of tightened eligibility standards and cuts in the duration of benefits.

http://wsws.org/articles/2012/apr2012/unem-a05.shtml



Report estimates 8 million children hurt by foreclosures

One in 10 U.S. children has been or will be affected by the nation s surge in foreclosures, a new report says.

http://usat.ly/ImDbNv



Wells Fargo Insiders Detail Foreclosure Fraud Practices

'It s Exactly Like An Assembly Line': The nation s largest mortgage servicer often improperly foreclosed on homeowners who weren t past due or owed little interest while pushing the files out the door as fast as possible.

http://bit.ly/I1Vdmk


From Information Clearing House

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Austerity USA Decimating Health, Safety, and Education
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/05-0

Where Are Our Jobs Going to Come From?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/06-4

Wells Fargo Profiting From For-Profit Prisons
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/21

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88 Million (That s One in Three Americans) Are Invisible to Government Employment Statistics
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo104.html



Mortgage and Securitization Fraud: Where Is the Task Force?

Dean Baker, Truthout: ''A serious investigation would start at the bottom and work up. It would find offices where many of the especially bad mortgages were issued. The investigators would question the mortgage agents about how so much false information ended up on loan forms. After scaring some number of mortgage agents into talking, they would then talk to the branch managers ... This practice could lead to the top levels of the bank.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9277-mortgage-and-securitization-fraud-where-is-the-task-force



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2012/04/05/268-ron-paul-has-won-the-future/



An Open Letter to Ron Paul
http://lewrockwell.com/raimondo/raimondo167.html



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When Western forces helped topple Libya s Moamer Kadhafi they forced hundreds of well-armed Tuareg fighters to flee home to Mali, tipping another fragile African state into chaos, experts say.

http://bit.ly/HNsHX7



Bosnia to Libya: 20 years of NATO 'peacemaking'

The war eventually saw NATO s first-ever peace mission in its history, setting a template for incursions into foreign troublespots. Anti-NATO activist Rick Rozoff believes the Alliance s current interventions make it hard for nations to resolve their conflict themselves.

http://bit.ly/I7dDky



U.S. Hands Off Mali!

Recent developments in the West African Republic of Mali are raising serious concerns about the possibility of yet another U.S. intervention.

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2012/mali050412.html


From Information Clearing House



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By Jeff Nielson

These swindles involved nothing less than the destruction of entire European economies, solely so that the banksters could profit on approximately $100 trillion in bets they had placed on the debts of these economies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30991.htm

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In Barcelona, Austerity With an Iron Fist

Peter Gelderloos, Truthout: ''Criminalizing public meetings, expanding police powers and weaponry, and applying anti-terrorist measures to street protests: it sounds like Spain in the Franco years, but all of these measures have been proposed in Spain in just the last couple of weeks. Far from being a throwback to the years of dictatorship, these repressive developments go hand in hand with the current economic crisis. Considering the connection between the 15M plaza occupation movement and the subsequent Occupy movement that spread to several countries around the globe, between the March 29th general strike in Spain and the upcoming May 1st general strike called in the United States, between the brutal austerity measures implemented already a year or two ago by the government in Madrid and the increasing signs of shakiness from more stable EU countries such as France, Spain is, if anything, ahead of the curve.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8516-in-barcelona-austerity-with-an-iron-fist

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Bankster Power
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul804.html



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By Robert W. Merry

Does the United States interfere in the internal affairs of nations to subvert regimes by using NGOs to funnel cash to the opposition to foment uprisings or affect elections?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30989.htm



The United States as Number Two

By Dean Baker

Political leaders in the U.S. will no doubt catch up with the reality of the new U.S. position in the world, probably about the time that they accept global warming and evolution.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30993.htm



Standing Up to the Dream Killers

By Van Jones

The mortgage crisis and the growing numbers of indentured students undermine what s left of the American dream. In the spirit of Dr. King, we cannot allow this to stand.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31000.htm



American Homicide Abroad

Petition to All Pastors

In the name of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we ask that you forthrightly and unequivocally condemn this blowing apart of our brothers and sisters and their children all around the world just as King condemned it.

http://kingcondemneduswars.blogspot.mx/


From Information Clearing House



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By Cynthia L. Cooper

Lying to the U.S. Congress is a federal crime under Section 1001 of the federal code, and working in concert with others to lie to Congress is prohibited by conspiracy laws under Section 371.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30996.htm



Newly Declassified 2006 State Dept Memo Says Bush Interrogation Program Violated Convention Against Torture

Yesterday the National Security Archive released a newly declassified February, 2006 memo from then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice s top aide, Philip D. Zelikow. ''All copies of the memo...were thought to have been destroyed,'' the Archive writes.

http://bit.ly/HkEFsx



''Merchant of Death'' Sentenced to 25 Years; Trial Ignored His Ties to U.S., Dick Cheney

By Democracy Now!

Former United Nations arms trafficking investigator Kathi Lynn Austin, says the case allowed American companies to avoid exposure of their collusion with with the U.S. government and private companies linked to Dick Cheney during the Iraq war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31031.htm



The Unclassified Zelikow Torture Memo as Evidence of Crimes

By Michael Collins

Zelikow s charge that the Bush administration hid and tried to destroy his memo shows a conspiracy to withhold evidence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31054.htm



Declassified document contradicts Cheney s claim of Iraqi connection to 9/11

A document declassified this week by the National Security Archive reveals that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) delivered a briefing to the Bush administration which directly contradicts former Vice President Dick Cheney s claim that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta visited an Iraqi intelligence official in Prague.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31655.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The lawless roads: America s ever-expanding torture matrix

Empire Burlesque
by Chris Floyd

04/07/12

''Obama has adamantly refused to prosecute clear, credible and copious allegations of war crimes by his predecessor. He is now applying acknowledged torture techniques to the general American population ... Obama is still carrying out torture on a massive, systematic scale in the gulag he commands, despite the pervasive progressive myth that he has formally ended 'torture' in the American system...

http://bit.ly/HosoRK


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By James Petras

Washington and Tel Aviv claim and appear to believe that their planned assault on Iran will be a ''limited war'', targeting limited objectives and lasting a few days or weeks, with no serious consequences.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31001.htm



Iran War Would be Quick Victory, Long Defeat

By Charles Gray

An attack on Iran, no matter how often we are assured that it will be self-contained, will set into motion powerful forces that we can neither foresee nor control.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31002.htm



Our Men in Iran?

By Seymour M. Hersh

''The M.E.K. was a total joke,'' the senior Pentagon consultant said, ''and now it's a real network inside Iran. How did the M.E.K. get so much more efficient?'' he asked rhetorically. ''Part of it is the training in Nevada.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31013.htm



We Want War, And We Want It Now

By Pepe Escobar

Isn t democracy wonderful when US-allied Persian Gulf monarchies can buy a mercenary army for peanuts? Isn t it great to be a revolutionary with an assured paycheck?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31011.htm



U.S. Trained Terror Group

By Glenn Greenwald

If this report is true, it means the U.S. Government actively trained a group that the U.S. Government itself legally categorizes as a ''foreign terrorist organization,'' a clear felony under U.S. law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31012.htm



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- Nicole Lambert: ''L'activité de communication autour de l'hypersensibilité électromagnétique. Eléments de constitution d'un problème public.'' Mémoire de master 2 recherche en Sciences de l'information et de la communication Institut de la Communication et des Médias Université Stendhal Grenoble 3.

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''Einleitende Bemerkung: Das Makro-Konsortium von IMK u.a. hat mit der Bezeichnung für den Fiskalpakt, dass er ''eine Belastung für den Euro-Raum'' darstelle, schon die ökonomisch katastrophale Entwicklung vorgezeichnet, Ich dagegen halte es, darüber hinaus gehend, für ökonomisch nicht nur vertretbar, sondern sogar erforderlich, auch mit den Prognosen des IMK/WIFO/OFCE-Reports (S. 17 bis 27) , mit Gerhard Illing es deutlicher zu formulieren: ''Der Fiskalpakt birgt das ökonomische Scheitern des gesamten europäischen Projektes in sich''. Bei der Gesamtbetrachtung kommt es mir jedoch nicht allein auf dieses ökonomische Scheitern an, sondern ebenso auf das gesellschaftliche soziale ''Fundament'' für diese Entwicklung in diesem Deutschland mit seinem "Export/Überschuss-Lohndumping-Modell, eine enorme ''soziale Spaltung'' der Gesellschaft ausgehend von Deutschland?'' Eine umfassende, kommentierte Presseschau von Volker Bahl vom 04.05.2012 http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/wipo/fiskal_bahl1.html


Werkvertrag als neues Sklavenmodell

''Dreiklassen-Belegschaft'': Werkverträge in der Arbeitswelt

[Auszug]: Werkverträge sind ein Instrument zur Regelung wirtschaftlicher Austauschbeziehungen zwischen Unternehmen und Personen. Seit Jahrzehnten werden auch Serviceleistungen und Reparaturaufträge an Fremdfirmen vergeben. Unternehmen nutzen Werkverträge, um sich kurzfristig und flexibel Kompetenzen bei anderen Unternehmen oder bei Einzelpersonen einzukaufen, die betriebsintern nicht verfügbar sind. Viele Kleinselbständige erbringen ihre Leistungen im Rahmen von Werkverträgen?'' Eine Zusammenstellung von Reinhold Schramm vom 04.04.2012 (pdf) http://labournet.de/diskussion/arbeitsalltag/allg/werkvertrag_rws.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 5. April 2012

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Bündnis um Attac organisiert Bürgerprotest gegen Fiskalpakt. Online-Aktion gegen Selbstentmachtung der Parlamente und weitere soziale Spaltung

''Attac fordert gemeinsam mit zahlreichen anderen Organisationen die Bürgerinnen und Bürger auf, bei ihren Bundestagsabgeordneten gegen den geplanten europäischen Fiskalpakt zu protestieren. Entsprechende E-Mails, Briefe und Faxschreiben können von der Webseite www.fiskalpakt-stoppen.de aus verschickt werden. (?) Statt weiter die öffentliche Daseinsvorsorge zu beschneiden, fordert Attac, die staatlichen Einnahmen zu erhöhen und die Verursacher der Krise an den Kosten zu beteiligen. Nötig sind eine europäisch koordinierte Vermögensabgabe, die Wiedereinführung einer Vermögenssteuer, höhere Steuern auf Kapitalerträge sowie die Einführung der Finanztransaktionssteuer. Die Aktion ''Den Fiskalpakt stoppen, keine Selbstentmachtung der Parlamente!'' wird getragen von Attac, Weed, der Verdi-Jugend, den Naturfreunden, der Katholischen Arbeitnehmer-Bewegung (KAB), DIDF, Kairos Europa, dem Forum Neue Politik der Arbeit und der Linksjugend/Solid.? Pressemitteilung vom 18.4.2012 http://www.attac.de/startseite/detailansicht/datum/2012/04/18/buendnis-um-attac-organisiert-buergerprotest-gegen-fiskalpakt/?no_cache=1&cHash=199afa41cee5ffc9e0b7e83c578aa86e

Siehe die Aktionsseite https://www.fiskalpakt-stoppen.de


Aus: LabourNet, 20. April 2012



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Adele Stan, AlterNet: ''Mitt Romney won the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary by a mere 4-point margin over Rick Santorum ... He outspent Santorum on television ads by a margin of 4-to-1 during the Wisconsin, all for a weak finish. And of Romney s top Wisconsin endorsers, four are solid allies of the state s muscular Koch machine, a political apparatus comprising a particularly aggressive state chapter of the Koch-founded Americans For Prosperity, as well as a handful of think tanks and associations.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8325-did-the-koch-machine-put-romney-over-the-top-in-wisconsin



The Choice in 2012: Social Darwinism or a Decent Society

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: ''[Obama] kicked off his 2012 campaign against Mitt Romney with a hard-hitting speech centered on the House Republicans' budget plan which Romney has enthusiastically endorsed. That plan, by the way, is the most radical reverse-Robin Hood proposal propounded by any political party in modern America. It would save millionaires at least $150,000 a year in taxes while gutting Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, transportation, child nutrition, college aid, and almost everything else average and lower-income Americans depend on.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8323-the-choice-in-2012-social-darwinism-or-a-decent-society



Why the Kochs Matter

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava, Brave New Foundation: ''Let s say everything that we progressives say about these guys is true. Is there anything that can or should be done about two men participating in the political process? When it comes to the kind of influence the Koch brothers wield, the answer is yes.... The Kochs, who use their wealth to perpetuate and expand their own fortunes, aren t just exercising their rights as humble citizens; they are keeping others from doing the same.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8161-why-the-kochs-matter



Filmmaker Robert Greenwald Tells Truthout How the Koch Brothers Endanger Democracy and Our Health

Mark Karlin, Truthout: ''BuzzFlash at Truthout first got to know Robert Greenwald when he and Earl Katz were trying to get a film about the theft of the 2000 presidential election, 'Unprecedented,' off the ground. Greenwald went on to form the extraordinarily innovative Brave New Films. Most recently, Greenwald launched the distribution of 'Koch Brothers Exposed,' a DVD that features the best of Brave New Films' videos, revealing the dark side of the Koch family empire.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8479-filmmaker-robert-greenwald-tells-truthout-how-the-koch-brothers-endanger-democracy-and-our-health



Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: ''With the recent publication of additional American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) documents, new questions are being raised about the source of certain provisions in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker s controversial collective bargaining legislation. Some of those provisions may be adopted by ALEC for introduction in other states.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8884-koch-funded-mackinac-center-brings-wisconsin-act-10-provisions-to-alec

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Obama by Default

By Robert Scheer

With Ron Paul out of it and warmongering hedge fund hustler Mitt Romney the likely Republican nominee, the GOP has defined itself indelibly as the party of moneyed greed and unfettered imperialism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31004.htm

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Mitt Romney Flip-Flops His Way to the Top
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/06-3

Countering the Rightwing Policy Machine with a Deeper Progressive Bench
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/10-9

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Why are the Kochs after Cato?

National Review
by Gene Healy and Jerry Taylor

04/09/12

Five weeks ago, Charles and David Koch filed suit against the Cato Institute, seeking to gain majority control of the institute under a shareholders? agreement that had lain dormant for nearly three decades. Immediately all hell broke loose. Did the Kochs have a moral right to commandeer the Cato Institute? Could an institute literally owned by Charles and David Koch have any credibility with the general public? Did the Kochs intend to plug Cato into a vertically integrated, right-wing political machine? Those questions persist because the Kochs have offered shifting and contradictory rationales for their lawsuit, rationales that have increased the heat without adding much light...

http://bit.ly/IuHvLm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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An eyewitness report on the Koch-Crane power opera
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/napolitano-cato.html

The Think-Tank Mentality
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/oliva2.1.1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/04-2



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/04-5



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Im Interview mit Telepolis erklärt der Experte für Strafrecht und Strafverfahrensrecht Tobias Singelnstein, warum die heimlichen Ortungsmaßnahmen quer zur bundesdeutschen Rechtsetzung liegen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36655/1.html



Lizenz zum ungehinderten Lauschen und Sammeln

Britische Regierung will umfassendes Lauschgesetz durchboxen und setzt auch bei den Olympischen Spielen auf Sicherheit.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36712/1.html

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As the currency weakens many countries that use the dollar are searching for alternatives. China is expected to be the top world economy in a matter of years. To add insult to injury, the BRICS countries have decided to lose the dollar and use their own currencies. So what does this mean for the US dollar?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBCanYwazWs


From Information Clearing House

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Invisible Empire

A New World Order Defined.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-secret-government/invisible-empire-.html



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Despite the fact that the US's final military presence in the country is to grow into a 2,500-person Marine Air Ground Task Force, Australia s defense minister Stephen Smith insisted Wednesday morning that the marines and their entourage cannot be qualified as a military base.

http://rt.com/news/usa-australia-darwin-china-185/


From Information Clearing House



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'Enthusiastically,' Vehicles Hitting Civilians: One video shows a contractor randomly and ''enthusiastically'' firing an AK-47 from the turret of an armored vehicle and another shows a private guard yelling obscenities at passers-by and other armored cars smashing into civilian vehicles.

http://bit.ly/HodtFt



US Contractors Randomly Killing Civilians

Video

Employees of the US military contracting group Academi (formerly Xe, Blackwater USA and Blackwater Worldwide) are seen in new leaked video shooting their machine guns at random while driving through the streets of Baghdad, crashing into other cars and even running over a pedestrian without hesitation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31019.htm



Blackwater guards again charged by US over Iraqi civilian deaths

Four former guards of the notorious private security firm Blackwater face new manslaughter charges from the US DoJ over a 2007 shooting in Baghdad. The original charges were dropped in 2009, a month before a scheduled trial.

http://rt.com/news/blackwater-guards-iraq-trial-364/


From Information Clearing House

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Videos Show Blackwater in Iraq Running Over Woman, Firing into Traffic
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/05-1

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Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry: KBR Held the Government Hostage

Dina Rasor, Truthout: ''This is the first part of a three-part series that will show self-dealing by leaders in the Army, who arranged for this favorable treatment of KBR, at the time a subsidiary of Halliburton. We will lead you through the actions and the consequences of these actions and the effects on the troops and the Army budget.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8324-self-dealing-and-the-war-service-industry-part-i



Protecting Psychologists Who Harm: The APA s Latest Wrong Turn

Roy Eidelson, Truthout: ''Shortly after learning about the American Psychological Association's (APA) late February announcement of its new Member-Initiated Task Force to Reconcile Policies Related to Psychologists' Involvement in National Security Settings, I found my thoughts turning to the School of the Americas, Blackwater and perhaps even more surprisingly, the Patagonian toothfish. Those may seem like a strange threesome, but they share one important thing in common. All have undergone a thorough repackaging and renaming in a marketing effort aimed at obscuring, but not altering, some ugly truth.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8296-protecting-psychologists-who-harm-the-apas-latest-wrong-turn



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Why I Am Leaving Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Thanks, Fukushima Japan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6ZCxzW8K4&feature=email


From EMR-Updates

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Government Plans for the Worst: Forced Evacuation of Tokyo
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo102.html

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Fukushima Daiichi site:  Cs-137 is 200 times greater than at Chernobyl
http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/04/682.html
 

David


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Widespread radioactive contamination throughout northern Japan, including Tokyo

http://emfacts.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fde0125885d9f7d82a3668e7d&id=021068e924&e=50655bac52



The Worst Problems In The World

http://emfacts.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fde0125885d9f7d82a3668e7d&id=2c08c86aa2&e=50655bac52

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Farmers still feeling the effects of Chernobyl

http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/farmers-still-feeling-the-effects-of-chernobyl/38561.article#commentsubmitted



Kagedo/Update on Fukushima

http://theperiledsea.ning.com/forum/topics/subject-kagedo-update-on-fukushima?xg_source=activity


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network



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By David Korten

How we can call out the myths, restructure the banking system, shut down the con game, and take back America.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30972.htm

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Red and Blue and Broke All Over
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/krey5.1.1.html

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US Continues World Bank Domination With Kim Appointment
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/16-5



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By Bill Van Auken

These new sanctions, which go into effect on June 28, aim to impose a warlike blockade of the Iranian economy by penalizing any government or private entity that carries out financial transactions with the country s central bank.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30971.htm



The US is Arming the Gulf. Against Whom?

By Volkhonsky Boris

Why the regime changes in several Arab countries where the revolutions succeeded have not led to a triumph of democracy, but rather to a triumph of ''Islamists''.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30970.htm



What Our Media Don t Tell Us About The Middle East

By Antony Loewenstein

US government officials requested that an American private security firm contact Syrian opposition figures in Turkey to see ''how they can help in regime change...''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30969.htm



True Democracy Still Far Off

By Gibson Nyikadzino

Any talk of ''democracy'', ''rule of law'' and ''human rights'' is packaged to promote and protect the interests of the wealthy in their exercise of power.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30976.htm

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Uncle Sam Is Choking on Data
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1118.html



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