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70 Prozent der Anfragen auf der vor zwei Jahren gestarteten Plattform http://www.juuuport.de betreffen Mobbing. Ergänzt wird die Beratung nun um eine weitere Plattform, auf der Jugendliche eigene Projekte zu Themen wie Cyber-Mobbing, Abzocke oder...

http://www.bild.de/regional/hannover/hannover-regional/schueler-leiden-unter-mobbingattacken-im-23997198.bild.html



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Immer mehr Menschen können die teuren Stromrechnungen nicht mehr bezahlen. Ganz besonders betroffen: Rentner und Bezieher von Hartz IV Leistungen. Allein im letzten Jahr sind die Strompreise um rund 10 Prozent gestiegen. Die Folge: Immer mehr Stromabschaltungen. Den ganzen Artikel lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/bei-hartz-iv-oder-rente-droht-stromsperre-900815.php



Wieder vier Todesopfer nach Stromabschaltung

Immer häufiger können sich verarmte Haushalte die hohen Stromkosten nicht mehr leisten. Die Folge ist eine Stromabschaltung, wenn laufenden Kosten nicht mehr bezahlt werden können. Die Sozialgerichte urteilten unlängst, dass ein Darlehen für Hartz IV Bezieher aufgrund von Stromschulden seitens des Jobcenters nur dann in Frage kommt, wenn die Situation nicht ''selbst verschuldet'' verursacht wurde. Strom muss von den regulären Hartz IV Regelleistungen getragen werden...Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/wieder-vier-todesopfer-nach-stromabschaltung-9001180.php



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Laut aktueller Angaben der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) sei die Zahl der Arbeitslosen erstmals seit Dezember 2011 im April 2012 wieder unter die Drei-Millionen Grenze gefallen. Insgesamt seien laut BA derzeit rund 2,963 Millionen Menschen arbeitslos. Was die BA wiedereinmal nicht mitteilt, ist die Tatsache, dass die Zahlen wie in jedem Monat mit ein paar Tricks geschönt sind. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/arbeitslosigkeit-die-geschoenten-ba-statistiken-900819.php



''Jobwunder'' nur durch Hartz IV Aufstockung möglich

Der von der Bundesregierung propagierte Beschäftigungsboom liegt im überwiegenden Maße an einem Aufschwung in der Dienstleistungsbranche. Gerade aber in diesem Sektor ist die Bezahlung aufgrund fehlender Mindestlöhne so gering, so dass die meisten Beschäftigten mit Hartz IV-Leistungen aufstocken müssen. Das ergeht aus einer Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine kleine Anfrage der Fraktion ''Die Linke''. Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/beschaeftigungsboom-durch-hartz-iv-aufstockung-900817.php



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The Crushing Burden of Student Debt

David Graeber, Mike Konczal, Brian Kalkbrenner and Sarah Jaffe, n+1: ''One of my favorite moments of Occupy Wall Street was the second or third night. There's this guy, he s playing a carnival barker, and he says, 'Step right up! Write down what you owe to the bank; write down what you're worth to the 1 percent!'... and people were writing down what they owed and what type of debt. And I thought, this is a radical moment, because we are articulating this number out loud, and we are putting it in a political context, and this is the moment I have been waiting for.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8901-the-crushing-burden-of-student-debt



The Big-Lie Coup d'Etat

Robert Reich, RobertReich.org: ''JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BP, Chevron, WalMart, and billionaires Charles and David Koch are launching a multi-million dollar TV ad buy Tuesday blasting President Obama over the national debt. Actually, I don t know who s behind this ad because there s no way to know. And that s a big problem.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9622-the-big-lie-coup-detat



Escalating Delinquency Rates Make Student Loans Look Like the New Subprime

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Like buying a house, getting a higher education was part of the American dream, a way to invest and to build a secure future. Reckless lending and the costly efforts to socialize the losses are turning both into American nightmares.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13156-escalating-delinquency-rates-make-student-loans-look-like-the-new-subprime

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Social Security Garnished for Student Debts

By Ellen Brown

Congress has removed nearly every consumer protection from student loans, including not only standard bankruptcy protections, statutes of limitations, and truth in lending requirements, but protection from usury (excessive interest).

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31309.htm

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The Student Debt Bomb
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/17-2

Student Loan Debt Explodes, Climbing 275% Since 2003
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/31-8

Senator Bernie Sanders: Statement on Student Loans
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/06/29-6

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The debt ceiling is coming again

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

05/21/12

Just as I have repeatedly predicted since the last debt-ceiling debate, statists are already gearing up for another lifting of the debt ceiling. A good example comes in a New York Times editorial, which is already trying to pressure Republicans into lifting the new debt ceiling when it comes due, which is expected to happen soon after the November elections...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2012-05-21.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Subprime Student Loan Bubble
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner552.html

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College Debt Crisis Growing
http://www.realecontv.com/videos/us/college-debt-crisis-growing.html



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Suzanne Merkelson, Republic Report: ''Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is facing a recall election after he pushed through legislation last year that limited public workers' bargaining rights. And now a special Wisconsin state law that allows recall targets to raise unlimited amounts of money in the early days of the campaign has helped Walker raise an unprecedented amount of money... Unlike in the presidential election, not one of Walker s opponents has come close to raising the millions he s made off his ties to corporate donors.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8899-wisconsin-recall-election-a-preview-of-2012-big-money-to-come



Major Super PACs Spent Big on Deceptive Ads

Theresa Riley, Moyers & Co.: ''According to a new report from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, four super PACs spent over half of their advertising budgets on deceptive ads in the Republican presidential primary. Spending estimates from Kantar Media CMAG and research by FactCheck.org reveals that 23.3 million (56.7%) of the 41.1 million dollars was spent on '19 ads containing deceptive or misleading claims.'''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8915-major-super-pacs-spent-big-on-deceptive-ads



Caught on Tape: Governor Walker Plans for a Single-Party State

Mary Bottari, PR Watch: ''Video was obtained and released less than a month before the June 5th recall election for Wisconsin governor that shows newly elected Governor Scott Walker in a frank conversation with one of his biggest supporters. 'Any chance we ll ever get to be a completely red state and work on these unions and become a right-to-work?' [billionaire Diane] Hendricks continued. 'What can we do to help you?' ... 'The first step is we are going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.'''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9079-caught-on-tape-walker-plans-for-a-single-party-state



Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Potential Fraud

Kim Barker, ProPublica: ''When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries, her credit card was declined. Her credit card company had flagged an earlier purchase as potentially fraudulent. The problem? A $5 donation to Friends of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor s campaign committee. There have been other reports recently about insecure campaign-donation websites and the potential for fraud ? Restore Our Future, the super PAC supporting Republican Mitt Romney, was using a collection system that made online donors' credit card information accessible to even amateur snoopers.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9245-donations-to-scott-walker-flagged-as-potential-fraud



Wisconsin Recall Roundup: Members of Congress Raise Questions About Governor Walker s 2011 Testimony

Mary Bottari, PR Watch: ''Three Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he obtain clarification from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker of his testimony before the Committee on April 14, 2011, in light of a new videotape that surfaced recently that appears to contradict his statements.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9305-wisconsin-recall-roundup-may-22-2012



Wisconsin Recall Roundup: Gov. Scott Walker Was Closely Involved With Previous Recall Campaigns

PR Watch's Roundup on the Wisconsin Recall: Scott Walker was closely involved with previous recall campaigns, Republicans are outspending Democrats in the recall and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Bice revealed the existence of potentially explosive emails uncovered as part of the John Doe criminal investigation.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9440-wisconsin-recall-roundup-may-29-2012



Win or Lose on June 5, Advocates Agree Wisconsin Progressive Movement Must Continue

Mark Karlin, Truthout: ''Gone are the massive throngs of protesters teeming around the capitol in Madison. The recall election of Gov. Scott Walker is coming up on June 5, and now it isn t about assembling large crowds with grievances; it is about getting out the vote. 'Republican turnout is pretty consistent from election to election,' Norm Stockwell, operations coordinator for WORT listener-sponsored radio in Madison, said. 'It is the Democratic vote that is up and down in Wisconsin. What will decide this election is Democratic turnout.'''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9518-win-or-lose-on-june-5-advocates-agree-wisconsin-progressive-movement-must-continue



Citizens United Unleashed in Wisconsin Recall

Will Dooling, PR Watch: ''Recent campaign filings show Governor Scott Walker raising over $30 million to defend himself against recall versus $3.1 million raised by his challenger Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Since the U.S. Supreme Court s decision in the Citizens United case, an array of outside groups are playing a major role in elections and Wisconsin is no exception. Here is a brief look at the five biggest outside interest groups spending in Wisconsin s 2012 recall.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9512-citizens-united-unleashed-in-wisconsin-recall



Confidant Contradicts Walker, Claims Governor Is Not Cooperating With Corruption Investigation

Annie-Rose Strasser, ThinkProgress: ''Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has been guarded, to say the least, about a corruption investigation going on in Wisconsin of which he may or may not be a part. He has transferred money from his campaign into his legal defense fund, but simultaneously insists that he has no need, as of yet, for that fund.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9591-confidant-contradicts-walker-claims-governor-is-not-cooperating-with-corruption-investigation



Five Things to Consider in the Walker Recall Vote

Robert Borosage, Campaign for America s Future: ''That Scott Walker survived the recall in Wisconsin is a tragic setback for the stunning citizen s movement that challenged his extremist agenda in Wisconsin. Its implications are likely to be exaggerated by the right, and underplayed by progressives. Here are some thoughts on its meaning.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9615-five-things-to-consider-in-the-walker-recall-vote



The Kochs' Double Whammy

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation: ''If any doubt was left about the power of big money in our politics, the Wisconsin election destroyed it. Charles and David Koch goosed Gov. Scott Walker s campaign with $10 million through their front group Americans for Prosperity, $1 million through the Republican Governors Association, and more from members of the 'million-dollar donor club' of financial titans that meet regularly at Koch-hosted secret summits?. Is it any wonder that Walker climbed steadily in the polls and ultimately won?''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9687-the-kochs-double-whammy



ALEC Accused of Violating Its Tax-Exempt Status; Will the IRS Take Action?

Jason Leopold, Truthout: ''Will the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launch an investigation into the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate-backed 'nonpartisan' 'stealth business lobbyist' group that has been accused of flouting civil and criminal tax laws?''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10159-alec-accused-of-violating-its-tax-exempt-status-will-the-irs-take-action

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Barrett to Face Walker in Historic Wisconsin Recall Election
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/09-5

Center for Media and Democracy: ALEC Exposed in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/05/17-2

Sneak Attack on Teachers? Collective Bargaining Rights in Pennsylvania
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/25-1

In Wisconsin, An Ominous Crucible of US Politics
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/06-9

'Big Money' Thwarts 'People Power' in Wisconsin Recall
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/06

Scott Walker Spent 88% of the Money to Get 53% of the Vote
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/06-0

Accountability in Defeat: On a Whupping in Wisconsin
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/08-8

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Where the big money comes from
http://www.realecontv.com/videos/social-costs/where-the-big-money-comes-from.html

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Is STILL Unfit for Office
http://www.ecoearth.info/blog/2012/05/earth_meanders_wisconsin_gover.asp

Wisconsin Embraces Fascism
http://drglenbarry.tumblr.com/

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Behind the Crack-up of the Right
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan248.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/04-5

The Shredding of Constitutional Liberty Still Goes On
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/04-6



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Deutscher Wetterdienst und IEA fordern Anpassung an den Klimawandel.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/151922

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Klima-Pressekonferenz des DWD: Der Klimawandel macht sich deutlich bemerkbar

Fazit der Klima-Pressekonferenz des Deutschen Wetterdienstes: Kein Land wird vom Klimawandel verschont bleiben, auch Deutschland nicht.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814971ms317



Klimakonferenz Bonn

Nichtregierungsorganisationen warnen vor unwiederbringlichen Verlusten durch den Klimawandel.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815136ms320



Klimaschutz erfordert Schrumpfen oder Wandel

Wirtschaft wichtigster Faktor für Veränderung der CO2-Konzentration.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814961ms317



Artenvielfalt für Produktivität von Pflanzen nötig

Verlust so gefährlich wie Klimawandel und Umweltverschmutzung.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814960ms317



Palmöl aus Torfböden bedroht Weltklima

Indonesische Plantagen zunehmend auf Kohlenstoff-Bunkern.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416814993ms317



Oxfam stellt neue interaktive Weltkarte ''Menschen im Klimawandel'' vor

Menschen in armen Ländern tragen am wenigsten zum Klimawandel bei, sind aber am stärksten betroffen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815148ms320



Hungerfaktor Klimawandel

Die Erderwärmung wird die Lebensmittel-Wirtschaft gehörig durcheinander bringen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815153ms320



Frau Bundeskanzlerin, packen Sie jetzt mal richtig an!

Umweltschützer fordern von Kanzlerin Merkel mehr Engagement beim Klimaschutz.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815388ms322

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Bitte helft, die Palmöl-Mafia zu stoppen!
http://www.regenwald.org/aktion/873?mt=1373



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Das Pentagon hat einige Dokumente, die in Osamas Haus gefunden wurden und einen gewissen Einblick in seine Kommunikation ermöglichen, veröffentlicht.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36871/1.html



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Der Zentralbankrat der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) hat am Donnerstag mitten im Krisenherd Spanien getagt, Reisefreiheit, Freizügigkeit und weitere Freiheiten blieben auf der Strecke.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36875/1.html



''Alle Zentralbanken sind dabei, sich in Bad Banks zu verwandeln''

Interview mit Ernst Lohoff und Norbert Trenkle über die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise: Teil 1

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37365/1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Finanzkrise
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http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/50.html



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Der FDP-Chef ist in der Wählergunst so tief gesunken wie nie zuvor...

http://www.gmx.net/themen/nachrichten/deutschland/5493wza-ard-umfrage-roesler-tiefpunkt-waehlergunst



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rösler
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According to a new report by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families released in March, the child poverty rate in the state is 26.8 percent and has grown 2 percent in the last 10 years.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/may2012/hung-m03.shtml



The Poor are Getting Poorer. Is It Time to Raise the Minimum Wage?

Income inequality is here to stay, unless something radical changes that will give working class families a larger slice of the pie.

http://yhoo.it/IJFpYm



A teen with a job becomes a rarity in US economy

Only about 25 percent of 16- to 19-year-olds currently are working, a drop of 10 percentage points from just five years ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://bit.ly/IYlyUF



House GOP Plans To Cut 25 Percent From Programs 'Directly Benefiting The Poor' To Protect Military Budget

The Republican-led House this week will takes up legislation to slice $261 billion from food stamps, Medicaid, social services and other programs for struggling Americans over the next decade to stave off more than $50 billion in military spending cuts scheduled to take effect next year.

http://nyti.ms/IHYLPN



100 Million Working Age Americans Do Not Have Jobs

The federal government considers those Americans to be ''not in the labor force'' so they are not included in the unemployment rate. In fact, this is one of the key ways that the government manipulates the unemployment numbers.

http://bit.ly/KMpDcF



The 86 million invisible unemploye: Chart

Young people between 16 and 24 make up another fifth. More than half don t have a college degree and more than two thirds are white.

http://cnnmon.ie/K1M8wi



Many Fortune: 500 Firms Pay Less in Income Taxes Than You

American citizens collectively pay higher income tax rates than General Electric, Boeing, DuPont, and countless other companies.

http://aol.it/Lxcxp4



House Votes to Cut Food Stamps to Avoid Defense Reductions

The U.S. House voted to cut food stamps, federal workers' benefits and other domestic programs to avoid scheduled reductions in defense spending.

http://bit.ly/J4czyx



Preying on the Poor

How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks

By Barbara Ehrenreich

The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal, and almost impossible to trace to individual perpetrators.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31357.htm


From Information Clearing House

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How CEO Compensation Is Fueling Inequality
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/03-4

GOP, Dems 'Play Chicken' with Student Loan Rates in US Senate
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/08-0

No One Hears the Poor
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/28-0

UNICEF: US Among Highest Child Poverty Rates in Developed Countries
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/30-6

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The Battle Over CEO Pay: When the Top 1 Percent Take on the Top 0.01 Percent

Salvatore Babones, Truthout: ''By all accounts, America s corporations are doing better than ever. Corporate profits are at all-time record highs. Corporate taxes are at record lows. So, why are the top 1 percent so angry? It may be because America s ever-rising inequality has finally caught up with them.... They are not used to making sacrifices. As the top 1 percent start to share at least some of the indignities suffered by the other 99 percent, it is likely that their quiescence about rising inequality will start to change.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9135-the-battle-over-ceo-pay-when-the-top-1-percent-take-on-the-top-001-percent

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Duped by Congressional Lies
http://lewrockwell.com/williams-w/w-williams128.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+economy
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Barbara+Ehrenreich
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kathy+Kelly
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/williams-w
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Giant US military-industrial company Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) is in the running to win a slice of a controversial £1.5 billion (US$2.43 billion) contract to transform the West Midlands and Surrey police forces in Britain, The (London) Times reported.

http://bit.ly/K3kD6w


From Information Clearing House

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A Spoiled KBR Demands More and More From the Army

Charles M. Smith, Truthout: KBR s rejection of any fixed price to perform ''close-out'' activities for its Iraq contract is a classic example of defense contractors' entitled, childlike behavior: Every government concession is met with more demands.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17481-a-spoiled-kbr-demands-more-and-more-from-the-army



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Charles+M.+Smith
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US Ranks Lower Than Iraq, Afghanistan On This List

By Jennifer Bixler

New study ranks preterm birth rates around the globe. The United States comes in at 131 on the list of 184 countries.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31237.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jennifer+Bixler
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By RT

Russia has concerns that the ultimate aim of America s global ABM shield in the works is the gradual depreciation of Russia s nuclear arsenal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31234.htm

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Russia warns of pre-emptive strike against NATO missile defences
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-is-a-racket-1/russia-warns-of-pre-emptive-strike-against-nato-missile-defences-.html

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NATO: A Twenty-First Century Failure
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/04-0



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Russia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=missile+shield
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Renee+Parsons
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Pact Won t End War Or SOF Night Raids

By Gareth Porter

The Obama administration s success in obscuring those facts is the real story behind the ostensible story of the agreement.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31236.htm



About 25,000 Troops May Be Needed In Afghanistan After 2014, Planners Say

American military officials say that the planning figure is 25,000 troops, commanded by a three-star general. They would include trainers as well as thousands of Green Berets and other special operations troops who would work with Afghans on counter-terror missions.

http://n.pr/JDcxlj



A Decade of War-for What?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

The Taliban have shown themselves willing to persist against huge odds, to fight and die in considerable numbers for the kind of country they wish to live in-and the kind of regime they wish to live under. Our allies have not remotely matched their zeal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31247.htm



US Kills 5 Afghan Kids

By Glenn Greenwald

The way in which the U.S. media ignores such events speaks volumes about how we perceive them.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31275.htm



Afghanistan: US airstrikes kill at least 14 civilians

NATO officials confirmed on Monday that an airstrike launched late Friday in the Sangin district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan resulted in the death of one mother and five children.

http://bit.ly/Jal5P7


From Information Clearing House

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Leaving Afghanistan by Staying

David Swanson, War Is a Crime: ''Obama is full of praise for U.S. troops, as if they have benefitted Afghanistan. And he is full of concern for the suffering of U.S. troops and U.S. citizens.... 'Neither Americans nor the Afghan people asked for this war,' Obama said, forgetting that one of those two countries had invaded the other one and occupied it for over a decade. 'The reason America is safe is because of you,' Obama told U.S. troops, forgetting that the war has made our nation more hated around the world.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8945-leaving-afghanistan-by-staying



A Dumb War

Alan Grayson, Truthout: ''To little fanfare, President Obama announced last week that he signed an agreement to extend the US military occupation of Afghanistan for twelve more years. No one noted the irony of this, since under our Constitution, President Obama can be president for no more than another four and a half years.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9041-a-dumb-war

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Take Responsibility for Civilian Deaths, Group Tells NATO
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/14-0



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mainstream+media
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gareth+Porter
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=buchanan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Swanson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Alan+Grayson
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Merkels Kaminrunde mit den Konzernvertretern hat wenig greifbares ergeben. Einige Äußerungen lassen vermuten, dass es künftig Subventionen für fossile Kraftwerke geben wird.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/151918



Merkel mag keine Erneuerbaren

Von Gutsherrenmentalität, verlorenen Mädchen und einem EU-weiten Bürgerbegehren.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36866/1.html



Studie belegt Wirtschaftlichkeit der Erneuerbaren Energien

Die von der Regierung bevorzugten Offshore-Windkraftwerke schneiden vergleichsweise schlecht ab.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36930/1.html

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Erneuerbare Energien sind EU-weit auf dem Vormarsch

Jetzt auch in Frankreich: Hohe Unterstützung für verstärkte Nutzung regenerativer Quellenm Zweifel an Atomenergie in EU-Staaten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815091ms319



Erneuerbare Energien: enorme Ausbaupotentiale im Mittleren Osten und Nordafrika

Sonne und Wind können Basis der Wirtschaftsentwicklung in der Mittelmeerregion werden.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416815096ms319



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Energiewende
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Atomenergie
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Merkel
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb
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Die Ministerin wehrt sich gegen die Vorwürfe, Quellen in ihrer Dissertation nicht sauber angegeben zu haben.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/10/151920



Schlimmer als ein Plagiat

Forschungsministerin Schavan und die Fremdwörter.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/10/152107

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Verliert Schavan ihren Doktortitel?
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/plagiatsvorwurf-opposition-fordert-aufklaerung-von-ministerin-schavan-a-861227.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Plagiat
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Schwarz-Gelb
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Gareth Porter, Truthout: ''It is now clear that CIA officials were blatantly misrepresenting both bin Laden s role in al-Qaeda when he was killed and how the agency came to focus on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In fact, during his six years in Abbottabad, bin Laden was not the functioning head of al-Qaeda at all, but an isolated figurehead who had become irrelevant to the actual operations of the organization. The real story, told here for the first time, is that bin Laden was in the compound in Abbottabad because he had been forced into exile by the al-Qaeda leadership.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8866-finding-bin-laden-the-truth-behind-the-official-story

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Bin Laden, al Qaeda, and how government always wins the war on terror

Reason
by Lucy Steigerwald

05/04/12

It s been nearly 11 years since September 11 and the man responsible for the death of 3,000 Americans is gone at last, but we are still not safe enough. This vaguely-defined effort continues to be a perfect example of government power which exists only to sustain itself. There s always a threat which demands government action, be it drugs or financial collapse or the potential for 10 percent unemployment. The cost of not intervening is always presumed to be worse. How can you disprove it?

http://bit.ly/INII2D



Hillary Clinton Admits the U.S. Government Created al-Qaeda

Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31276.htm



Americans Love a Good Killer

By John Grant

President Obama knows how much Americans love a good killer, and he s bragging about being the man who ''took out'' Osama bin Laden with a SEAL Team.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31303.htm



E-mails say no sailors watched bin Laden s burial at sea after SEAL raid

Internal e-mails among U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden s burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony.

http://is.gd/BEbGhs


From Information Clearing House

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Did Obama Really Kill Osama?
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/cinque9.1.1.html

Osama bin Laden Is Really, Really Dead
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/bin-laden-really-dead.html

Is Osama bin Laden a Myth?
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts377.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Hillary
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=financial+collapse
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gareth+Porter
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lucy+Steigerwald
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/cinque
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/roberts
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The Raw Story

05/02/12

In an interview with GritTV s Laura Flanders, author and MIT professor Noam Chomsky discussed the potentially bleak future facing both the United States and the European Union. Both, he said, are facing historic crises and are going about trying to resolve them in exactly the wrong ways. According to Chomsky, we are currently living in a period of 'pretty close to global stagnation' but that the world s great powers are reacting to the lack of growth in exactly the wrong manner. 'The United States and Europe are committing suicide in different ways, but both are doing it'...

http://tinyurl.com/c4yr59c


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/08-1

Words From Beyond the Grave on a Darkening Future
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/08-0



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=stagnation
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Laura+Flanders
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tom+Engelhardt
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Here s How We Change It

Rinaldo Brutoco and Sam Yau, World Business Academy: ''Reformation that cracked the centralized control of the Catholic Church right down the middle and ended its dominance as the unchallenged organizer and controller of western civilization ... A similar global mind change awaits us. In the Second Renaissance, we value the subjective experience of every human being and return the human to the center of our world, but in harmony with the planet and all its other living inhabitants.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8858-from-current-business-paradigm-to-second-renaissance



Help Occupy Help You

Sarah Page, Truthout: ''Occupy is growing as a movement of people working together to recover from the ills of unregulated capitalism and to help each other lead healthier, more equitable and meaningful lives. Whatever your perspective is ... Occupy needs your voice! One of the strengths of Occupy is its openness, anyone can participate, and the more diverse voices that join the movement, the better chance we have of developing workable solutions to these problems and succeeding in our mission to create a better world.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8744-why-you-should-help-occupy-help-you



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rinaldo+Brutoco
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sarah+Page

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Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: ''Since 9/11, the war on terror and the campaign for homeland security have increasingly mimicked the tactics of the enemies they sought to crush. Violence and punishment as both a media spectacle and a bone-crushing reality have become prominent and influential forces shaping American society.... The metaphysics of war and associated forms of violence now creep into every aspect of American society.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8859-violence-usa-the-warfare-state-and-the-brutalizing-of-everyday-life



The United States Military a Crusader Force?

Michael L. Weinstein, Truthout: ''Countless armed forces members have reached out to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) to express their dire concern regarding the proliferation of literature, imagery, insignia, and much more which indicates that, indeed, some do see themselves as the Christian extremist counterparts of their Islamic fundamentalist, Salafi-Jihadist foes. This extremely dangerous Islamophobia, inextricably intertwined into the very fabric of the US armed forces, has reached such a dire level of toxicity that it caused America s highest-ranking soldier to actually DO something about it just last week.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8873-the-united-states-military-a-crusader-force

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War on Terror: Greatest Covert Op
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/valentine11.1.html

A Decade of War for What?
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan236.html

Washington s Hypocrisies
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts350.html

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Heights of Hypocrisy: The Universal Use of 9/11 in Politics
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/03-11

US Military Taught Hiroshima Tactics For Total War On Islam
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/10-4

Combating Islamophobic Violence
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/09-10

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Renewed String Of Anti-Islam Attacks Threaten U.S. Muslims During Ramadan

This year s Ramadan has been overshadowed by an uptick in Islamophobic attacks against American Muslims in their schools, homes, and places of worship.

http://is.gd/K7KF8B


From Information Clearing House



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Gespräch mit Kathrin Hartmann über Hartz IV, Super-Gentrifizierung und die Politik der Tafeln.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36823/1.html



Stephen King schreibt Horror für Republikaner und FDP

Der Schriftsteller ruft dazu auf, ihn und andere Reiche deutlich stärker zu besteuern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/151906



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Auch in Deutschland wächst der Widerstand gegen den Sparkurs der Regierung.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151912



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/05/02-0

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Morning in America
http://lewrockwell.com/lazarowitz/lazarowitz43.1.html

Forget Retirement and Retirement Savings
http://lewrockwell.com/berwick/berwick46.1.html



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By Jooneed Khan

Confronted with a declining World Order it can no longer control, does the West want to re-assert its will through a new world war, which this time would be really global?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31226.htm



Pentagon encircles Iran: Victory would take 3 weeks

As the US beefs up its military presence in the Persian Gulf region, Pentagon strategists estimate that they would need less than a month to defeat Iranian forces should a military conflict take place.

http://rt.com/news/us-military-presence-iran-419/



Map: US bases encircle Iran

Dozens of US and allied forces' military installations dot the region, from Oman, UAE and Kuwait to Turkey and Israel.

http://aje.me/Ip1xXl


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May Day, 2012 (big photo gallery)

Eine Fotogallerie von 1.Mai Demonstrationen weltweit, zusammengestellt von Xeni Jardin auf boingboing http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/may-day-2012-big-photo-galle.html


Women Protest Worldwide Mayday 2012

Eine Fotogallerie von 1.Mai Frauen-Demonstrationen weltweit auf Cryptome http://cryptome.org/2012-info/women-mayday-2012/women-mayday-2012.htm


May Day rallies around the world in pictures

Protests have been held around the world on International Workers' Day. Rallies in Asia demanded wage increases, and marches in Europe opposed austerity measures. Thousands of workers protested in the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan. In Moscow, about 100,000 people, including the president, Dmitry Medvedev, and president-elect, Vladimir Putin, joined the main May Day march through the city centre. Eine Zusammenstellung auf dem Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2012/may/01/may-day-rallies-pictures


Michael Sommer: 419.000 Menschen demonstrieren für Gute Arbeit

''Am heutigen 1. Mai, dem Tag der Arbeit, haben sich 419.00 Menschen an über 420 Veranstaltungen und Kundgebungen des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes beteiligt. Die diesjährigen DGB-Kundgebungen standen unter dem Motto: Gute Arbeit in Europa, Gerechte Löhne, Soziale Sicherheit?? DGB-Pressemitteilung vom 1.5.2012, dort Links zu den Reden http://www.dgb.de/presse/++co++b9d9accc-9386-11e1-44e1-00188b4dc422

Siehe dazu:

Gewerkschaften in Deutschland

1. Mai 2012: Richtige Gewerkschaftskritik und falsches Lob

Gewerkschaften: Zum 1. Mai nichts als leere Worte zur Krise

Sie bekennen sich zu sicheren Arbeitsplätzen, zu Mindestlöhnen, zu Tarifautonomie und sozialer Sicherung. Aber um das Elend in Südeuropa haben sich die Arbeiterführer bisher nicht geschert. Kommentar von und bei Günther Lachmann, zuerst erschienen in Die Welt online vom 01.05.12 http://guentherlachmann.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/zum-1-mai-nichts-als-leere-worte

Aus dem Text: ''? Was für ein Theater! Wo haben sie sich denn in den vergangenen zwei Jahren um Europa bemüht? Sie haben die Occupy-Bewegung und all die anderen Protestgruppen ebenso allein gelassen wie jene Bürger, die vor das Bundesverfassungsgericht zogen, um die Rechte der Steuerzahler einzuklagen. Sie haben die Europäische Finanzstabilisierungsfazilität (EFSF) ebenso stillschweigend gutgeheißen wie sie nun den Europäischen Stabilitätsmechanismus (ESM) stillschweigend gutheißen, wohl wissend, dass die Regierungschefs damit die demokratischen Rechte der Völker aushebeln. Ein ums andere Mal goutierten sie die Milliardenzahlungen, die fadenscheinig als ''Hilfspakete für notleidende Südländer'' auf den Weg gebracht wurden, tatsächlich aber auf den Konten der großen Banken landeten. Keiner der ''großen Arbeiterführer'' kann sich damit herausreden, er habe es nicht gewusst. (?) Feine Gewerkschafter sind das, die nicht einmal in Zeiten größter Not zu einem Funken Solidarität und Hilfe in der Lage sind. Sie fabulieren über ein Europa der Arbeitnehmer und gerechte Löhne, scherten sich aber nicht im Geringsten um das, was in Griechenland, Portugal und jetzt in Spanien passierte. (?) Diese Schlaumeier. Und nun, da sich die politische Stimmung in Europa dreht, da Frankreich im ersten Gang der Präsidentschaftswahlen mehrheitlich gegen die deutsche Sparpolitik votiert hat, da die niederländische Regierung darüber zerbrach und sogar der Chef der Europäischen Zentralbank, Mario Draghi, aus purer Verzweiflung ein Wachstumspaket fordert, drehen auch die Gewerkschaftsführer ihr Fähnlein nach dem neuen, frischen Wind??


Ergänzende Gedanken zum 1. Mai: Warum droht der Tag der Arbeit in der Bedeutungslosigkeit zu verschwinden?

''Ohne Frage fällt es den Gewerkschaften heute ausgesprochen schwer, zum Tag der Arbeit viele Menschen zu mobilisieren. 1. Mai Kundgebungen vor 40 Jahren und heute, das ist schon wie Tag und Nacht. Es wäre billig festzustellen, an diesem Niedergang seien die Gewerkschaften schuld. Ganz unschuldig sind sie nicht. Ich habe mir den Aufruf des ´ zum 1. Mai 2012 und ein aktuelles einblick-Interview mit Michael Sommer, dem DGB-Vorsitzenden, angeschaut. Dazu und ergänzend ein paar Anmerkungen. Vielleicht findet der/die eine oder andere Redner/in darin noch Anregungen zur kritischen Anreicherung seiner/ihrer Reden zum 1. Mai?? Artikel von Albrecht Müller in den Nachdenkseiten vom 30. April 2012 http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=13057


Oh je, oh je! Demonstrieren für Europa: Auf der Reeperbahn!

1. Mai-Flugblatt der KollegInnen vom Jour Fixe der Gewerkschaftslinken Hamburg (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/real/mai2012jf.pdf

Aus dem Text: ?? ''Gute Arbeit für Europa'', lautet die DGB-Parole. Ein Europa mit ''gerechten Löhnen und sozialer Sicherheit''? Träumt ihr Vorständler vom DGB, Verdi oder IGM eigentlich? Die Realität in unserer Arbeitswelt sieht doch ganz anders aus. Enormes Anwachsen der Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa, besonders unter den Jugendlichen, größte soziale Unsicherheit durch die Angst um den Verlust des Arbeitsplatzes, Verarmung und Verelendung großer Schichten, vor allem bei den Rentnern, immer mehr Wanderarbeiter, die von Land zu Land getrieben werden. So sieht das Europa von heute und morgen aus! Es ist das Europa made by EU, made by Troika (EU-Kommission, EZB, IWF). Dieses Europa kann nicht unser Europa sein! Und dafür sollen wir, so möcht?s der DGB, ''gut arbeiten''? Sollen wir lachen oder weinen?...''


''Gerechte Löhne'' statt hohe? ''Gute Arbeit für Europa'' statt für Geld?''Soziale Sicherheit'' für prekäre Existenzen, die wohl immer dazu gehören? Die verkehrten Forderungen des DGB Flugblatt des GegenStandpunkts zum 1. Mai und zur Kritik an den DGB-Forderungen (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/real/mai2012gs.pdf


Arbeitnehmervertretung: Respekt, Kollegen. Die Gewerkschaften treten wieder selbstbewusst auf, das ist gut für den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland.

''Liebe Kollegen von den Gewerkschaften, Euch wurde unrecht getan, auch von der ZEIT. In den vergangenen zehn Jahren wurde über alles Mögliche geschrieben, aber kaum über Gewerkschaften und nicht ein einziges Mal war der Tenor positiv. In der breiten Öffentlichkeit wurden Arbeitnehmervertreter lange Zeit als »Betonköpfe« beschimpft, als »Bremser« und »Gestrige«, die man nicht mehr brauche. Es ist höchste Zeit, dieses Bild zu korrigieren?'' Artikel von Kolja Rudzio in Die Zeit online vom 01.05.2012 http://www.zeit.de/2012/18/01-Gewerkschaften

Aus dem Text: ''? In der vergangenen Krise zeigte sich noch ein Vorteil kollektiver Vereinbarungen: Da musste nicht mit jedem Arbeitnehmer einzeln verhandelt werden, wie sich vielleicht Jobs retten ließen. Stattdessen griffen Arbeitszeitkonten und tarifliche Regeln für den Notfall. Neben der gesetzlichen Kurzarbeit half vor allem das, den Sturz abzufedern, wie Studien belegen. Auch Gewerkschaftern und Betriebsräten hat es Deutschland also zu verdanken, dass es so glimpflich davonkam.Überhaupt steht die deutsche Wirtschaft gerade dort, wo die Gewerkschaften stark sind, unglaublich gut da. (?) Das zeigt: Durchsetzungsfähige Arbeitnehmer und wettbewerbsfähige Firmen sind kein Gegensatz. Im Gegenteil, große Gewerkschaften können sogar leichter auf die wirtschaftliche Lage Rücksicht nehmen. Sie müssen sich nicht mit extremen Forderungen profilieren, wie manche Splittertruppe. Und sie wissen, welches Gewicht ihre Lohnabschlüsse haben. Wenn sie überziehen, steigen die Kosten auf so breiter Fläche, dass Jobs in Gefahr geraten. Machtvolle Gewerkschaften spüren diese Verantwortung. Das haben sie bewiesen??


Euromayday Ruhr 2012

Gelungener Mix aus Straßenparty und politischer Demonstration beim »Euromayday Ruhr«

Abschluss-Pressemitteilung auf der Aktionsseite http://euromayday.noblogs.org/post/2012/05/01/abschluss-pm-gelungener-mix-aus-strasenparty-und-politischer-demonstration-beim-euromayday-ruhr/


Euromayday Ruhr: Techno against Capitalism

Bericht von Martin Niewendick vom 1.5.2012 bei den Ruhrbaronen http://www.ruhrbarone.de/euromayday-ruhr-techno-against-capitalism/


Bilder von Super-Euromayday bei bo-alternativ http://www.bo-alternativ.de/2012/04/30/bilder-von-super-euromayday/ und in Gunwalts Blog http://www.gunwalt.de/blog/blog/2012/05/euromayday/


Über 3000 Prekäre feiern den Euromayday in Hamburg Siehe die Fotogalerie http://www.flickr.com/photos/aanjita/sets/72157629577307778/


Mayday-Aktion von ''Occupy Wall Street'': Rückkehr der Kapitalismuskritiker

''Im Winter war sie abgetaucht, viele hatten die Occupy-Bewegung für erledigt erklärt. Doch nun melden sich die selbsternannten 99 Prozent zurück. In New York marschierten Tausende zur Wall Street, um gegen die Macht der Banken zu demonstrieren. Wurde die Bewegung am 1. Mai tatsächlich wiederbelebt?...'' Artikel von Matthias Kolb, New York, in der Süddeutschen Zeitung vom 02.05.2012 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/mayday-aktion-von-occupy-wall-street-rueckkehr-der-kapitalismuskritiker-1.1346134

Siehe dazu:

May Day 2012

''We celebrate a holiday for the 99%. Today, we come together across lines of race, class, gender, and religion to challenge the systems that create these divisions. New Yorkers join with millions throughout the world, workers, students, immigrants, professionals, houseworkers. We take to the streets to join in a General Strike against a system which does not work for us. With our collective power we are beginning to build the world we want to see. Another world is possible! We call on everyone to join us: No work! No school! No shopping! Take the streets!? Die Seite zum 1. Mai 2012 in New York http://maydaynyc.org/


Aus: LabourNet, 2. Mai 2012

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Internationales Manifest vor weltweitem Protesttag veröffentlicht

''Parlamentarische UN-Versammlung soll G8 und G20 ersetzen, internationale Institutionen wie der IWF sollen demokratisiert werden. Während hunderttausende Menschen in aller Welt sich darauf vorbereiten, im Zuge eines global koordinierten Protesttages für globalen Wandel auf die Strasse zu gehen, hat eine internationale und bewegungsübergeifende Versammlung aus Unterstützern der Occupy-Bewegung, von Take the Square sowie von lateinamerikanischen, afrikanischen, asiatischen und nahöstlichen sozialen Gruppen ein Manifest veröffentlicht, das konkrete Vorschläge macht, wie dieser globale Wandel aussehen sollte?'' Dossier von Friedrich Brandi in telepolis vom 11.05.2012 http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/151982

Aus dem Text: ''? Obwohl das Manifest Anfang des Monats von den Teilnehmern der internationalen Versammlung im Konsens angenommen wurde, wurde besonders hervorgehoben, dass es nicht für alle in den verschiedenen Bewegungen spreche und dies auch nicht beansprucht werde. In einer heute veröffentlichten Pressemitteilung sagte Alvaro Rodriguez von der spanischen Indignados-Bewegung, der an dem Manifest mitschrieb, es spiegele nicht die Position der lokalen und regionalen Versammlungen wider. Vielmehr bestehe der nächste Schritt darin, ''das Statement den Versammlungen in aller Welt vorzustellen, damit sie es als Teil eines gemeinsamen Dialogs aller Bewegungen des globalen Frühlings diskutieren und Änderungen vorschlagen können''?''

Siehe dazu: MAY 12TH GlobalMay Statement

''We are living in a world controlled by forces incapable of giving freedom and dignity to the world s population (if, indeed, they ever were). A world where we are told ?there is no alternative? to the loss of rights achieved through the long, hard struggles of our ancestors?'' Das Statement bei InterOccupy http://interoccupy.org/may-12th-globalmay-statement/


Berlin: 5000 beim ''Marsch der Empörten''

''Am 12.05.2012 haben in Berlin um die 5.000 Menschen an einem Sternmarsch gegen die Auswirkungen der deutschen Krisenpoltik und für eine grundlegende Neugestaltung des globale Wirtschafts- und Finanzsystem teilgenommen. Auf verschiedenen Routen zogen tausende Globalisierungsgegner, Kapitalismuskritiker und Umweltaktivisten zum Alexanderplatz in Mitte. Die Beteiligung blieb trotzdem hinter den Erwartungen zurück?'' Bericht von ARAB vom 13.05.2012 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2012/05/329933.shtml


Aus: LabourNet, 14. Mai 2012



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Brennan said the strikes had been certified as complying with US law by US Attorney General Eric Holder, among other top officials.

http://bit.ly/IrL9XG



Drone victims' defender speaks

If you want to see how President Obama s drone war efficiently turns America s friends into adversaries, meet Pakistani attorney Shahzad Akbar.

http://bit.ly/IoIC0i



What You Need to Succeed is Sincerity And If You Can Fake Sincerity You Have Got It Made

By William Blum

Barack Obama knows there is something he can do about man s endless capacity for cruelty. He can add to it.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31232.htm



The Real Cost of Killing Bin Laden

In a message released in November 2004, Osama bin Laden declared, ''We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31223.htm



Not Explaining the Why of Terrorism

By Ray McGovern

John Brennan, President Obama s chief adviser on counterterrorism, has again put on public display two unfortunate facts: (1) that the White House has no clue as to how to counter terrorism; and (2) (in Brennan s words) ''the unfortunate fact that to save many innocent lives we are sometimes obliged to take lives.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31240.htm



Honoring a 'Terror War' Architect

By Ray McGovern

Brennan is widely known for his advocacy of kidnapping-for-torture (aka ''extraordinary rendition'') and killing ''militants'' (including U.S. citizens) with ''Hellfire'' missiles fired by ''Predator'' and ''Reaper'' drone aircraft.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31306.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Waking up to the drones

Antiwar.com
by Kelley B. Vlahos

05/01/12

Look at these photographs. See the eager faces among the children at the school, they could be anyone s kids at any moment in America. And the baby, so precious and new, reflecting the light of his proud parents, the hope of everyone around him. Now imagine that the school is attacked by Predator drones launching Hellfire missiles directly into the classrooms. ... According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, there have been upwards of 350 U.S. military and CIA drone strikes on Yemen and Pakistan since 2004, with the majority in Yemen (20 to 36) occurring in the last two months. As if their children were less valuable than our own, most Americans either ignore or remain passive-aggressively ignorant of the civilian carnage associated with these so-called 'targeted strikes'...

http://original.antiwar.com/vlahos/2012/04/30/waking-up-to-the-drones/



The Osama-Obama drama

The Nation
by Robert Dreyfuss

05/01/12

Let s unravel this a bit: Why did the White House yesterday tell John Brennan, the president s counterterrorism adviser, to speak publicly about drone strikes? ... There s a lot of reason to question the accuracy of nearly everything [stated] ... But let s leave those questions aside. Really, what s going on is politics, led by Obama s desire to present himself as King of the Antiterrorism World...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/167650/osama-obama-drama



Since bin Laden s death

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

05/01/12

In the wake of Osama bin Laden s summary execution one year ago, many predicted that the War on Terror would finally begin to recede. Here s what has happened since then ...

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/01/since_bin_ladens_death/singleton/



The limbo of death row

CounterPunch
by Ron Jacobs

06/02/12

The death penalty is a fact of life in the United States. Despite the actions of many well-intentioned people, these premeditated murders continue to take place at a shameful pace. The fact that the death penalty does exist has brought many young people to question the morality of a system that supports and even champions execution. Unlike the other form of murder carried out by the state, war, the death penalty is harder to rationalize for many people.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/01/the-limbo-of-death-row/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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USA: Attack of the Drones
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/offensive-technology-1/attack-of-the-drones---usa-.html

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The Ghost of Osama bin Laden
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/02-7

What Did We Get for 381 US Dead Since the Death of bin Laden?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/02-3

John Brennan Should Tell the Whole Truth About the Drone Strikes
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/04-2

How Many Has the US Wrongfully Executed?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/05/18

Obama Re-Defines ''Militant'' and the Media Eats It Up
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/29-7

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Anatomy of an American Execution

Josh Rushing, Al Jazeera: ''In 2010, while making an episode of Fault Lines on the death penalty in the US, Josh Rushing interviewed death row inmate Michael Selsor. It was the only interview Selsor ever granted. Two years later, Rushing returned to watch Selsor die. In this special report, he takes an unflinching look at an American execution.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9051-anatomy-of-an-american-execution

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Holder s Chutzpah
http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell92.1.html



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''The government of Pakistan strongly condemns the US drone attack that occurred in North Waziristan,'' a Foreign Ministry statement said. ''Such attacks are in total contravention of international law and established norms of interstate relations.''

http://bit.ly/Jnv68w



U.S. kills innocent girls

Hard on the heels of Khar-Grossman talks in which Pakistan turned down the US request to let Nato supplies pass through, the US ended its month-long hiatus in drone warfare and claimed that it had killed four suspected militants and wounded two others holed up in a girls' school in North Waziristan on Sunday. The truth is that the attack left four young girls dead.

http://bit.ly/JcGN4i



U.S. Kills Ten People In NW Pakistan

At least 10 people were killed and one was injured in a U.S. drone strike early Saturday morning in Pakistan s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local Urdu TV channel Express.

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/2022435.html



2 Pakistani lawsuits pressure government to deal with CIA drone strikes

Although Pakistan s leaders have complained bitterly about CIA drones targeting militants on their country s soil, they seem powerless to stop them. Now attorneys for drone strike victims want to know why the government has failed to act.

http://wapo.st/JOJifW



Pakistan: 'US planning to usurp our independence'

Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that the imprudent rulers had lost a golden opportunity of reviving national honor and adopting an independent foreign policy by deciding to restore NAO supplies in haste.

http://bit.ly/K1NlnM



US 'kills four' in Pakistan s North Waziristan

The attack is the third since March, when Pakistan s parliament called for the use of drones to cease.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18171499



US attacks mosque; 10 killed

''The drone fired two missiles and hit the village mosque where a number of people were offering Fajr (morning) prayer,'' local tribal elder Roashan Din told NBC News.

http://on.msnbc.com/Jt9XfT



US kills 11 people in Pakistan

US drones carried out two strikes in North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing 11.

http://bit.ly/MYMncY



US kills four in Pakistan

Four people were killed in a US drone strike Saturday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, said a security official here.

http://is.gd/yPwtPK



U.S. Again Bombs Mourners

By Glenn Greenwald

The Obama policy of attacking rescuers and grieving rituals continues this weekend in Pakistan.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31496.htm



Jeremy Scahill Calls President Obama A Murderer

Video

Weighing in on President Obama s targeted drone strikes in the Middle East, journalist Jeremy Scahill did not mince words.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31497.htm



US Kills 15 people in Pakistan

US drones targeted ''Taliban militants'' gathered in a house in the South Waziristan tribal region Sunday, killing at least 10 of them in the latest in a series of attacks carried out by CIA-operated spy planes despite protests from Pakistan government.

http://is.gd/DB45cY



Pakistan 'trashed' and insulted, Kayani won t meet US official

''You cannot trash our sovereignty, threaten us, announce intensified drone attacks, kill our soldiers, refuse to apologise when you do the same in Kabul, hold back our money (from the Coalition Support Fund), threaten to cut off all aid and then pretend that it is business as usual,'' the official added.

http://is.gd/S97oGm



US kills 4 people in Pakistan, officials say

Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed four ''suspected militants'' after firing two missiles at a vehicle in which they were riding near the Afghan border.

http://is.gd/0rosKq


US attack kills 4 in Pakistan

At least four people were killed Thursday in a US drone strike in Pakistan s northwest tribal region, media reports said.

http://is.gd/92bzAY


From Information Clearing House

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The president s private war

Fox News Forum
by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

05/03/12

Did you know that the United States government is using drones to kill innocent people in Pakistan? Did you know that the Pakistani government has asked President Obama to stop it and he won t? Did you know that Pakistan is a sovereign country that has nuclear weapons and is an American ally? Last week, the Obama administration not only acknowledged the use of the drones; it also revealed that it has plans to increase the frequency and ferocity of the attacks...

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/03/president-private-war



U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 8 suspected militants

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald

05/06/12

An American drone fired a volley of missiles into a house close to the Afghan border on Saturday, killing eight suspected militants and indicating U.S. resolve to continue with the attacks despite renewed Pakistani opposition, officials said. The strike in North Waziristan was the second American drone operation in Pakistan this week...

http://www.thonline.com/news/national_world/article_883c067e-6a0c-58f0-9f53-e918aefcdc8b.html



Drone attacks in Pakistan kill 14 in two days

Deutsche Welle [Germany]

05/24/12

An easing of tensions between the United States and Pakistan does not appear to be in sight, with suspected US drones killing 14 people in two days. Ten alleged militants were killed in a drone attack Thursday in Pakistan near the country s border with Afghanistan. According to Pakistani security officials, the unmanned aircraft fired two missiles in the village of Khassokhel in the North Waziristan tribal area. It is believed the attacks came from US drones and comes a day after a similar attack killed four suspected militants in the same region...

http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15973289,00.html



US drone 'kills six' in Pakistan s tribal north-west

BBC News

05/28/12

A US drone strike has killed at least six people in north-west Pakistan, officials say, the latest in a barrage of strikes on a restive tribal region. ... Officials say those killed were foreigners, but they were unable to identify their nationalities...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18232018



US drone strikes again, kills five militants in Pak

Hindustan Times [India]

06/03/12

A US drone targeted a house in the restive South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Sunday, killing five [alleged] militants in the latest in a series of attacks by the CIA-operated spy planes. The drone struck in Barmal area of South Waziristan Agency, TV news channels quoted officials as saying. Five bodies had been pulled out of the house, which caught fire after several missiles slammed into it...

http://bit.ly/KI6CfU



US drone strike ''kills at least five''

Agence France-Presse

06/26/12

A US drone strike targeting a militant compound in Pakistan s northwestern tribal district killed at least five militants late Tuesday, security officials said. The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on the compound in the Shawal area, some 50 kilometres southwest of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district, near the Afghan border. The area is considered to be a hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda activity...

http://bit.ly/LNI3eP


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Time to Put an End to US-Pakistani 'Client-Master' Relationship
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/06/19



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The Associated Press has learned it does not report insider attacks in which the Afghan wounds or misses his U.S. or allied target. It also doesn t report the wounding of troops who were attacked alongside those who were killed.

http://nydn.us/Jx6opc


From Information Clearing House

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Renewed Violence Follows Obama s Afghanistan Visit
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/02



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By Max Rivlin-Nadler

If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political action possible.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31222.htm



''I Just Got Tear Gassed!'' And Other Tales From Occupy May Day: Photos, video, and dispatches from our correspondents in New York, DC, Oakland, and San Francisco.

http://bit.ly/INwOkS


From Information Clearing House



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By Paul Craig Roberts

Washington has pressured the Philippines, whose government it owns, into conducting joint military exercises in the South China Sea.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31220.htm



US Resource War Against China

Further U.S. Militarization of The African Continent

By Nile Bowie

Public opinion in the United States is now being mobilized in favor of a greater military presence in Africa.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31343.htm



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http://lewrockwell.com/eddlem/eddlem58.1.html

Winning by Losing
http://lewrockwell.com/orig10/mcclanahan8.1.1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/01-6

Imperialism Didn t End. These Days It s Known as International Law
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/01-2

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Empire of Capital

Colonialism never ended, it continues by different means.

By George Monbiot

The conviction of Charles Taylor sent two messages: if you run a small, weak nation, you may be subject to the full force of international law. If you run a powerful nation, you have nothing to fear.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31216.htm



Syria, Yemen, and America's Quest for Imperial Dominance

By Eric Draitser

Neo-Imperialism by Faux-Democracy, Terrorism, and Propaganda. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31424.htm



The Power Principle: Documentary About U.S. Foreign Policy

Video

A gripping, deeply informative account of the plunder, hypocrisy, and mass violence of plutocracy and empire; insightful, historically grounded and highly relevant to the events of today.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31417.htm

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Our Anti-Imperialist Heritage
http://lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard290.html



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Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: ''Big money and big media have coupled to create a ?Disney World' of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as the volume is being turned up. The result is a public certainly more entertained, but less informed and personally involved than they should be, says Marty Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center and an entertainment industry veteran. Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8820-marty-kaplan-on-big-moneys-effect-on-big-media

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Corporate Power and Cooperative Potential
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/05/01-0

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So Long, US Dollar

The Media Won t Touch This Story About The End Of The US Dollar

By Marin Katusa

The world doesn t need to revolve around US dollars anymore and the longer the US tries to pretend that the dollar is still and will remain dominant, the more often its international actions will backfire.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31219.htm



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The Worst Yet to Come?

Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb

By Brad Jacobson

It s a scenario that would literally threaten Japan s annihilation and civilization at large, with widespread worldwide environmental radioactive contamination.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31263.htm

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Socializing Risks, Privatizing Profits
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/16-7

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Recent Forum on Ionizing Radiation

The abstracts are especially interesting.

The Scientific and Citizen Forum on Radio protection, organized by Independent WHO, which took place in Geneva 12-13 May, discussed the health consequences of the external radiation and internal radioactive contamination created by the explosions in the reactors at Chernobyl and Fukushima. The purpose of the Forum was also to exchange knowledge and experience among experts from both regions and others, including Dr. Christopher Busby, Dr. Youri Bandajevsky, Dr. Eisuke Matsui, and two members of the European Parliament.

Press release:
English: http://independentwho.org/en/2012/05/17/press-release/
French: http://independentwho.org/fr/2012/05/14/forum-geneve/

Abstracts of presentations
English: http://independentwho.org/media/Documents_IW/Forum_Radioprotection_English_Abstracts_IW_2012.pdf
French: http://independentwho.org/media/Documents_IW/Forum_Radioprotection_Resumes_IW_2012.pdf

Meris


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Chernobyl Deaths Top a Million Based on Real Evidence
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Chernobyl_Deaths_Top_a_Million.php

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A victory for the vets would destroy the current ionizing radiation risk model and open the floodgates for more claims

http://tinyurl.com/q9fbbx8



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Counting the costs of war

CounterPunch
by Eric Pomeroy

06/05/12

Nothing is more firmly burned into my mind than the images from hours upon hours spent counseling soldiers and listening to servicemen and servicewomen tell story after devastating story of their experiences over in the desert and how their lives are forever changed in countless ways in many cases for the worse. Are these devastated lives and in some cases lost lives really worth the ends that they are so carelessly sacrificed for?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/05/counting-the-costs-of-war/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Stop the Legal Harvesting of Endangered Sea Turtles in Grenada
http://ow.ly/bhywP



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The Empire Strikes Back: Attack of the Drones
http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead43.1.html

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US official acknowledges drone strikes, says civilian deaths ''exceedingly rare''

MSNBC

04/30/12

White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan on Monday spoke openly, and at great length, about what has long been one of the government s most controversial official secrets: the use of remotely piloted drones to kill suspected terrorists. In doing so, he became the first U.S. government official to acknowledge that the drone strikes sometimes kill innocent people, though he characterized such deaths as 'exceedingly rare'...

http://tinyurl.com/cu998zg


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Drones for ''urban warfare''
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/offensive-technology-1/attack-of--the-drones-w-jason-bermas.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=counterterror
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=ACLU
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/whitehead
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La Minga
http://www.commondreams.org/vdeo/2012/04/30

Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/01/29-0



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=farming
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wenonah+Hauter
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/30-3

Austerity Death Knell Echoes Across Europe
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/07-3

The Day After: Europe Rejects Austerity
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/07-9

US Senator Bernie Sanders: Austerity on the Defensive
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/05/07-5

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Argentina s Model, an Alternative to Austerity

Argentina s record levels of employment and massive reductions in poverty have little to do with exports.

http://bit.ly/L8clfA



IMF Chief: It s ''Payback Time'' For Greek Workers

By Stefan Steinberg

The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, vented her class hatred for the workers of Greece, denouncing them as tax scofflaws and ruling out any respite from the austerity measures that have devastated the country.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31453.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Austerity as a Bridge to Nowhere

Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group: ''Economic austerity is a dangerous, self-defeating intellectual fad. Perhaps I should say that s what it was, given Sunday s election results in Europe. Perhaps I should also say good riddance. Voters in France, Greece and even Germany, a hotbed of the austerity cult, told their political leaders, in no uncertain terms, that boosting economic growth is more important than cutting government spending.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8983-austerity-as-a-bridge-to-nowhere

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US Austerity in the Face of a 'Fiscal Cliff'
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner544.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Greece
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Eugene+Robinson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/bonner
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Stefan+Steinberg
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US-Soldaten werden zunehmend mit Psychopharmaka kriegstauglich gemacht und dann öfter auch mal für mental unzurechnungsfähig erklärt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36804/1.html



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