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Canadian Native Leaders and Activists Oppose Tar Sands Pipeline
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/09/29

Green Group says TransCanada, State Dept. Emails Show 'Pro-Pipeline Bias'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/10/03-5

Friends of the Earth: Shocking New Keystone XL Documents Reveal Bias and Complicity in State Department Review of Proposed Oil Pipeline
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/10/03

Koch Bros. Company Declared 'Substantial Interest' in Keystone XL Pipeline
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/10/05-6

Green Groups Sue US to Halt Work on Tar Sands Pipeline
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/10/05-5

Green Groups: Lawsuit Challenges State Department Decision Allowing Work to Begin on Controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Even Though Project Not Approved
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/10/05-3



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/09/28

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Sirte civilians accuse NATO of genocide

CIVILIANS pouring out of the besieged city of Sirte accused NATO of committing genocide yesterday as revolutionary forces reinforced their numbers and prepared for a new attack on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi s home town.

http://bit.ly/poCnwj



Ethnic cleansing, genocide and the Tawergha

HRI has grave concerns, not only for dark-skinned people in Libya generally, but also for pro-Gaddafi tribes including the Gaddafa. We also have particular concern for the Tuareg of southern Libya who are being accused of being 'mercenaries' and under attack from NATO and rebel forces. But the greatest concern is perhaps for the Tawergha.

http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/09/26/libya-ethnic-cleansing-tawargha-genocide/



Analysis: Libya adrift

Gaddafi himself is still free, probably hiding somewhere inside the country, and urging his followers to fight to the end. None of his sons have been captured. Heavy bombardments from NATO s planes are killing civilians in areas controlled by his forces.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=239686&R=R3



A Questionable Form of Freedom for North Africa

For years, American and British intelligence agencies hunted Abdel Hakim Belhaj, the commander of the Libyan rebels' Tripoli brigade, believing him to be a terrorist and ally of then al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,788397,00.html



Using Human Rights Organizations to Launch Wars

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

The U.S. has used NATO to continue the occupation of post-Second World War Europe. It will now use AFRICOM to occupy Africa and create an African NATO.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29255.htm



Libya: Mass killing and humanitarian disaster in NATO siege of Sirte

Refugees from the Libyan coastal city of Sirte report that thousands have died as a result of relentless NATO bombardment and shelling by the the Western-backed 'rebels.'

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/liby-s29.shtml



Civilians urge NTC to control Libyan militias

Libyan civilians rallied in central Tripoli today to press the Nato-backed NTC regime to rein in its heavily armed militias, which they accused of intimidating residents and raiding homes with impunity.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/110173



US Empire: Marines in support of AFRICOM establish task force in Sigonella

Marines began moving into their barracks this week at a U.S. base in Sigonella, Italy, which will serve as the new home to a special task force of reconnaissance troopers tasked with training African militaries fighting Africa-based terror groups.

http://1.usa.gov/nmfEFl


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Smart, Savvy, and Aiming to Emulate Wall Street Protests
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/28-5

What s Behind the Scorn for the Wall Street Protests?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/28-9

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Occupy Wall Street: Creating political change?

In These Times
by Emily Manuel

09/28/11

On September 17th, activists converged in the heart of New York s financial district, intent on occupying Wall Street. They were rebuffed by the police from that goal, and have instead began occupying the nearby Zuccotti Park, now renamed Liberty Plaza. The movement, called Occupy Wall Street, was sparked by the Canadian group Adbusters, and has captured the imagination of many on the Left hopeful for signs of an American version of the Arab Spring. Yet much of the media have dismissed the Occupy Wall Street protests as out-of-touch hippies...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Both Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois have both hosted demonstrators in the days since the first protest kicked off in New York, and now dozens of more locales across America are expected to be swarmed upon by citizens sick and tired of corrupt corporations.

https://rt.com/usa/news/occupy-wall-street-spreads-505/



Thousands Line Up In Philadelphia For Food Stamps

Thousands of people in Philadelphia are waiting in long lines for aid due to losses caused by Hurricane Irene; however, there is a lot of confusion over who exactly qualifies.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/09/27/thousands-line-up-in-philadelphia-for-food-stamps/



Record numbers seeking government aid, Sacramento welfare chief says

One in four county residents is served by the county s welfare agency, Wagstaff said.

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/27/3943224/record-numbers-seeking-government.html



Protesters plan to occupy London Stock Exchange

A group of protesters are organising an occupation of the London Stock Exchange to bring attention to what they see as unethical behaviour on the part of banks, following a similar demonstration on Wall Street.

http://tgr.ph/nB0LDU



Thinking about Revolution

By John Spritzler and Dave Stratman

John Adams wrote in 1815 that the American Revolution was not the revolutionary war. The war was only 'an effect and consequence of the Revolution in the minds of the people, from 1760-1775.' This is the Revolution that we are here attempting to achieve.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29261.htm


From Information Clearing House

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'The Dream Is Collapsing'
http://lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w231.html

Saving the Country by Changing Minds
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2011/09/27/225-saving-the-country-by-changing-minds/

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Occupy Wall Street: Police Brutality, Arrests, MSM Blackout
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/09/27-1

What the Media Aren t Telling You About American Protests
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/27-2

Wall Street Protests Reveal Slice of America s Barely Tamed Brutality
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/27-7

Community-Labor Groups Urge Super-Committee Members to Create Jobs, Make Wall Street Pay
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/09/27-2

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Corporations Couldn t Wait to 'Check the Box' on Huge Tax Break

Jeff Gerth, Megan Murphy and Vanessa Houlder, ProPublica: 'A simple rule meant to cut paperwork for U.S. companies has grown into one of the biggest multinational tax breaks around, costing the United States and other governments billions of dollars in lost taxes each year.'

http://www.truth-out.org/corporations-couldnt-wait-check-box-huge-tax-break/1317130121



Police Brutalize Peaceful Wall Street Protesters

Video

Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC: 'This weekend a few troublemakers turned a peaceful protest against Wall Street greed into a violent burst of chaos. The troublemakers carried pepper spray and guns and were wearing badges.'

http://www.truth-out.org/lawrence-odonnell-police-brutality-occupy-wall-street/1317150171



Onward to Wall Street

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: 'In case you haven't heard, there is an ongoing protest taking place on Wall Street. There is no shame in being ignorant of the event; the 'mainstream' news media has gone out of its way to ignore what is happening down there, Yahoo s email service was recently busted for blocking messages having to do with the protest, and Twitter - that bastion of protest messaging for the people who organized the Arab Spring movements - has reportedly been quashing Wall Street protest-oriented tweets out of hand. If a tree falls in the forest and the 'mainstream' news doesn t report it, did it happen? Of course it did. Ask the tree.'

http://www.truth-out.org/onward-wall-street/1317230850



The Revolution Begins at Home: Join the Wall Street Occupation

Arun Gupta, Truthout: 'At some point, the number of people occupying Wall Street - whether that s five thousand, ten thousand or fifty thousand - will force the powers that be to offer concessions. No one can say how many people it will take or even how things will change exactly, but there is a real potential for bypassing a corrupt political process and to begin realizing a society based on human needs, not hedge fund profits. After all, who would have imagined a year ago that Tunisians and Egyptians would oust their dictators?

http://www.truth-out.org/revolution-begins-home-join-wall-street-occupation/1317230496



The One Answer: Tax the Rich

Robert Parry, Consortium News: 'It is curious that the American Right, which waxes nostalgic for the happier days of the 1950s when the United States was supposedly more moral and more united, ignores one of the central reasons behind that middle-class era: very high taxes on the rich. Granted, some on the Right may love the Fifties because it was a time of racial segregation and second-class status for women. But what arguably made the era work was the fact that the U.S. tax structure 'disincentivized' greed by ensuring that excess wealth was mostly recycled back into the Treasury for use building the nation and supporting research and development.'

http://www.truth-out.org/one-answer-tax-rich/1317216395

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Politics as rich man s sport

C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by David D'Amato

09/25/11

Presumably, that is, judging from the terms of the debate, we re all supposed to implicitly recognize that politicians are corrupt to the bone, susceptible to purchase and sale like the judges and politicians Don Corleone carried in his pocket. Nevertheless, despite both this acknowledged fact and all of the eager cries for reform, for preventing corporate greed from shaping public policy, no one ever questions the hallowed assumption that we need people in positions of power and influence at all...

http://c4ss.org/content/8473



Is the United States a police state?

EconLog
by David Henderson

09/27/11

A police state, as I understand it, is not necessarily the same thing as a totalitarian state. A totalitarian state is necessarily a police state, but not vice versa. I think of a police state as one in which the government can find a charge to put you in prison even though you did nothing wrong...

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/09/is_the_united_s.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Police Brutality During Occupy Wall St. Protest
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/law-enforcement-corruption--abuse/police-brutality-during-occupy-wall-st-protest.html



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'Governments don t rule the world; Goldman Sachs rules the world'

Video

In a scary and painfully frank interview a freaked out BBC interviewer is visibly shaken when market trader Alessio Rastani predicts that the 'Market is Toast.' Apparently there is nothing Euro governments can do.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29233.htm



US consolidated domination of global arms market in 2010

The United States consolidated its domination of a shrinking global arms market in 2010, signing 21.3 billion dollars in new weapons orders with foreign countries, according to the latest edition of an annual report on conventional weapons transfers by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/201463.html


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By John B. Quigley

Negative reaction to our drone attacks has been strongest in Pakistan, where drones are regarded as a terror weapon.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29236.htm



'A True Cult of Imperialism'

By Thaddeus Russell

Obama literally would not exist without the Central Intelligence Agency.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29234.htm



Pakistan PM warns US on 'negative messaging'

Yusuf Reza Gilani tells Washington to desist from levelling accusations that stokes anti-Americanism in his country.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/20119271442393564.html



US kills 3 people in Pakistan

A non-UN-sanctioned US drone strike has killed at least three people in Pakistan s South Waziristan s tribal region on the Afghan border, local intelligence officials say.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201479.html


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Über 80 Prozent der Amerikaner sind mit dem Weißen Haus und dem Kongress unzufrieden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150529

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By Paul Craig Roberts

Americans are getting by, maintaining living standards, by consuming their capital. Even those with a cushion are eating their seed corn. The path that the US economy is on means that the number of Americans without resources to sustain them will be rising.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29215.htm



This Economic Collapse is a 'Crisis of Bigness'

By Paul Kingsnorth

Leopold Kohr warned 50 years ago that the gigantist global system would grow until it imploded. We should have listened.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29222.htm

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Financial planning for apocalyptic times
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Jim Hightower, Other Words: 'The unregulated energy hucksters behind the infamous Enron scandals of a decade ago created an array of dummy financial funds to evade public scrutiny and perpetrate fraud. To disguise the scams, they dubbed these phony funds names like Chewco and JEDI. While Enron s house of cards did of course collapse, 'Enron accounting' lives on in corporate America today.'

http://www.truth-out.org/corpoate-takeover-2012-presidential-election/1317060065

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How dark money is redrawing the political map

Mother Jones
by Olga Pierce, Jeff Larson, and Lois Beckett

09/26/11

Corporations and other big donors are spending huge sums to influence the redistricting process. Is your state next?

http://bit.ly/ooYxeJ


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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