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Sunday, November 30, Ferguson, Missouri. The governor of Missouri declared a state of emergency on November 17, and this is what’s been happening in Ferguson and St. Louis County, Missouri:
You drive past a major traffic and commercial intersection like
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Argentina and Belgium have separately accused HSBC bank’s Geneva branch of setting up a network of offshore accounts to help their citizens avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. The Belgian charges were filed Monday and the Argentine charges were …
With the refusal of a grand jury in St. Louis County, Missouri to bring any charges against the white police officer who gunned down unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, President Barack Obama has revealed his incapacity to address
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“Vimes knew how you could own a pub, but he wondered how you could own a trout stream because, if that was your bit, it had already gurgled off downstream while you were watching it, yes? That meant that somebody …
Despite the international media attention focused on the latest and most widespread Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, there are contradictory reports on whether the three countries most severely impacted have met the goals for treatment set up by the World
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Few, if any, of the correct questions were asked in the grand jury hearing to decide whether policeman Darren Wilson would be indicted for killing Michael Brown.
The most important unexamined question is whether police are trained to use force …
A flu vaccine manufactured by Novartis is killing people in Italy, with the death toll now rising to 13 people according to a reports from The Age, News.com and WAtoday.com.au. [1] [2] [3]
“The number of people who have died …
Swiss National Bank has conducted a fierce campaign in Switzerland to persuade the people that gold repatriation, keeping state’s assets in gold and ban on further sales of gold, was a bad idea, which resulted in a No-vote this Sunday …
The Frankenstein monster devised the United States and Saudi Arabia, now calling itself the Islamic State, has nuclear material and will build a dirty bomb, according to reports circulating in the corporate media.
The weapons of mass destruction meme prompted …
The anthrax attacks that followed those of 9/11 have disappeared from public memory in ways analogous to the pulverization of the Twin Towers and World Trade Center Building 7. For the towers, at least, ghostly afterimages persist, albeit fading like
A previous article said Israel finds new ways to prove its pariah state status. Abuses repeat with disturbing regularity.
Including repressive laws. Racist by any standard. An accompanying article compared them to Nazi Germany’s Nuremberg Laws.
Yariv Levin is a …
It looks as if another COMEX expiration has come and gone without any “fireworks”. I must say, I in no way expected what has occurred, the longs evaporated unlike any time past AND with the knowledge that physical supplies are …
Eye witnesses spoke to ANF about the suicide attacks the ISIS gangs carried out in Kobanê after crossing into the town from the Turkish side of the border yesterday.
ISIS gangs targeted Kobanê with multiple suicide car attacks using Turkish …
A UN anti-torture panel that is investigating the United States said on Friday it was deeply concerned by what it described as the high incidence of police brutality and shootings – especially against African-Americans – in the US.
The most …
Nov. 8, 2014, was the 20th anniversary of the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda, and the court celebrated itself with a new legacy website and video tribute. CIUT-Ontario radio host Phil Taylor called the video contemptible self-promotion …
Western countries occupy almost all powerful and big-budget posts in the organisation, and sadly developing countries, despite their numbers, have allowed the bias to persist
Ask it quietly, but ask it we must. Is the United Nations racist, either deliberately …
As world climate talks open in Peru today, new research shows how fracking is likely to further accelerate climate change, destroy water sources and infringe on communities’ rights worldwide unless urgent action is taken to stop the ‘dash-for-gas’.
The report, …
Mexican authorities say they have found five beheaded bodies inside of a van in the indigenous community of Chilapa. (Photo: teleSUR)
The five bodies were found not far from where 43 teachers students went missing, but authorities have concluded that …
Elected President Tabare Vazquez gestures during a celebration rally in Montevideo after knowing the results of a runoff election, November 30, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)
Former president and candidate of the leftist Broad Front coalition, Tabare Vazquez has won the run-off
imperialism: noun – A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonization, use of military force or other means.
— Oxford Dictionary
Betsy Ward, president and CEO of the USA Rice Federation, was fuming recently when the Iraqi …
Egyptian anti-government protesters on Saturday pull on barbed wire separating them from security forces guarding Tahrir Square in central Cairo. (Photo: AP)
Egyptians enraged by Saturday’s court decision to drop murder charges against Hosni Mubarak took to the streets of
Are the United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia on a mad spiral leading to yet another war in Europe? Is it inevitable? Far from it.
The US-propelled vassal currently starring in the oligarch dance in Ukraine, Petro …
David Cameron finds himself in dire straits. There are impressions in a nervous Tory Party that the British prime minister is going soft in response to the firm stance taken by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the school boy assertions …
In late October, New York’s Cooper Union hosted a two-day conference on “Techno-Utopianism and the Fate of the Earth: Why Technology Will Not Save the World.” [2] The event, convened by the International Forum on Globalization, featured more than 50 …
GR Editor’s Note
The following is a selection of articles by ENEnews pertaining to Hanford, “the most contaminated nuclear site in the western world.”
According to Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR): Hanford’s radioactive and toxic wastes pose serious health and …
The Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments on a case that may determine the future of free expression on the internet.
The case centers on remarks posted on Facebook by Anthony Elonis. The would-be rapper said he wanted to …
“The Fed’s ‘need’ to take on an even more active role as foreigners further slow the purchases of our paper is to put the pedal to the metal on the currency debasement race now being run in the developed world …
Has Malaysia been left out of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the MH17 crash because the country would not point fingers at Russia, asks the International Movement for a Just World (JUST) today.
Its president, prominent Malaysian scholar Dr …
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has announced plans to call a special session of the Missouri General Assembly this week in order to allocate additional funding for the National Guard occupation of the St. Louis Area. The move comes amid continued …
Taliban insurgents have launched an offensive against the US-backed regime in Afghanistan, invading a major military base in Helmand province in the south, hitting targets in the south, east and north of the country, and staging attacks in several parts …
For the third time in two months, the Australian Senate has signed off another “counter-terrorism” bill that grants unprecedented powers to the intelligence and military apparatus.
The latest laws, rubberstamped this week, allow the government to designate individuals and “classes” …
Recent media reports confirm Canada’s Conservative government is preparing to significantly expand the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF’s) role in the new US-led war in the Middle East.
According to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC) report, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s …
When Osama bin Laden was killed in cold blood in Pakistan and many demanded to see his death-photos for verification, President Obama refused and said, “That’s not who we are,” which begs the question:
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Who are the Americans?
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The Israeli cabinet voted by 14-7 majority to define Israel as an ethnocentric nation-state of the Jewish people, institutionalising Jewish law as the source of legislations.
This is the same definition Benjamin Netanyahu had maintained for years that the Palestinian
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Nigella sativa — more commonly known as fennel flower — has been used as a cure-all remedy for over a thousand years. It treats everything from vomiting to fevers to skin diseases, and has been widely available in impoverished communities …
On July 23, two days after the Russian Ministry of Defense presented a radar track of a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter climbing to within three kilometers of MH17, the BBC’s Russian service aired a report by correspondent Olga Ivshina.
The …
Ecuador’s new Superintendent of Information and Communication, veteran journalist Carlos Ochoa, is no passive bureaucrat. He makes very clear the political considerations behind the 2013 Communications Law, which his office was created to enforce.
The theme is that ‘communication is …
“I think the US especially is keen on encircling Russia and overthrowing the Putin regime and bringing back a kind of satellite government they had in the nineties under Yeltsin.” -James Petras
It was about one year ago, that the …
You know the fix is in when a suspect who shot an unarmed man voluntarily provides four hours of un-cross examined testimony to a grand jury without taking the Fifth.
On August 9, Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson gunned …
There are 7.2 billion people on this planet but the United States fears only one man — Vladimir Putin. That’s because on virtually every front of the new Cold War, the Russian president is walloping the collective challenge of the …
The world is watching what is happening in Ferguson, Missouri. After the announcement by the grand jury that Officer Darren Wilson was acquitted for the shooting death of Michael Brown, angry residents took to the streets of Ferguson and other …
When the editor of the Washington Independent Review of Books invited me to review a recent narrative book about vaccines, I said yes. It was a natural fit, since I’ve been researching vaccines for the past fifteen years, participating …
A former head of GCHQ has urged the government to publish legal guidance governing intelligence sharing arrangements with the US, amid concerns that the UK might be complicit in targeted killing by American drones.
In a letter to foreign secretary …
Reply to London-based Writer on Middle East Politics and the Jewish World
Having just read your above piece, entitled ‘What does the world want from us?’ – I am saddened by the all too obvious inconsistencies and omissions.
You …
This article deals with the question of political and human/minority rights in the region of Kosovo & Metohija ten years after the „March Pogrom 2004“ and fifteen years after the NATO’s military aggression on Serbia and Montenegro and occupation of …
On November 25th, French President Francois Hollande announced that France, which has already missed two deadlines to deliver to Russia two completed Mistral helicopter-carriers to Russia, won’t deliver either ship until Washington has no further complaints about Russia’s support of …
Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) published a video report of immense implications – possibly the first national broadcaster in the West to admit that the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) is supplied not by “black market oil” or “hostage ransoms” …
It was a Malaysian jet, carrying Malaysian passengers, flown by Malaysian pilots, yet after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014, Malaysia has been systematically blocked from participating in the investigation, leaving an overwhelmingly pro-NATO
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Canada’s parliament is currently embroiled in a rather weird partisan sex scandal that makes all parties look like moral disasters (listen to Harper quote “Canadian values” now). While that has attracted all the attention of the media, a small news …
Sam Noumoff has passed away. His legacy will be remembered. The following text was first published by GR in May 2003
“We stand on the shoulders of those who preceded us” This statement holds as much truth today, as when …
Fully qualifying claims that the so-called “Occupy Central” or “Occupy Hong Kong” movement is little more than US-backed political subversion dressed as “pro-democracy,” mobs remained in the streets, creating chaos as police worked to reopen streets and return order to …
Eleven decapitated bodies were found on Thursday, November 27. The bodies had been dumped near Colula, Guerrero.
The discovery took place as Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto was presenting a nationwide project to combat crime that would further militarize Mexican …
The United Nations Committee Against Torture issued a lengthy report today assessing the performance of the 156 countries whose governments have ratified the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which took effect two decades …
Did the New York Times publish a photograph of Palestinian children killed by Israeli bombs because it was “trying to arouse pity for the Palestinians”? (photo: Tyler Hicks/NYT)
One of New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan’s recommendations …
Tony Blair with Abdulfattah al-Sisi, the leader of the July 2013 military coup that toppled Egypt’s first democratically elected president. (APA images)
Save the Children is trying to tamp down coverage and “contain” the damage from the award …
For many generations of students who studied politics at McGill University, Sam Noumoff was an iconic figure. He taught courses in political theory and comparative politics that you would be hard pressed to find on the curricula of universities in …
Editor’s Note
We bring to the attention of our readers this important text drafted by the Asia Europe People’s Forum. While we endorse the main thrust of this Call to Action, we are nonetheless concerned that the AEPF initiative is …
The UN vote against the glorification of nazism and nazi figures was a watershed insight into understanding what is going on inside western governments today. Eric Zuesse’s article labeling the no vote by the US, Canada, and Ukraine at the
Pickets, strikes, and protests are slated to sweep across the United States on Black Friday. (Photo: TwitPic/@WorkingAmerica)
“Last year Walmart made $16 billion in profits. The company’s controlling family, the Waltons, is the richest family in America with
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At least three Egyptian protesters have been killed and scores of others injured after security forces clashed with anti-government demonstrators in the capital city of Cairo.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Cairo on Friday calling for ouster …
66 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, even the most ubiquitous term employed to describe the political nature of Israel as a “Jewish democratic state” is no longer valid. The Netanyahu government and its right-wing coalition partners …
Ottawa lockdown after Parliament shooting on Oct. 22. Courtesy The Independent
Originally published by WhoWhatWhy
In a bygone, saner era, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau’s murder of Canadian soldier Nathan Cirillo and subsequent shooting rampage inside the Parliament would have been treated as …
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin, released an alarming 396-page report that details how Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail banks have quietly, and often stealthily through shell companies, gained ownership of a stunning amount …
In June, Emily Chow, Alberto Cuadra and Craig Whitlock reported in the Washington Post that more than 400 large U.S. military drones crashed in major accidents worldwide between Sept. 11, 2001, and December 2013. The Washington Post identified 194 drone …
It should come as no surprise that President Obama has secretly extended the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan. Empires do not retreat unless they are defeated. This is especially true of U.S. imperialism, which, like no other empire in history, …
In mid-October, the leader of the Five Star Movement announced that in November his party would launch a petition supporting a referendum on Italy’s exit from the eurozone.
A majority of Italians is likely to vote in favor of leaving
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Tomorrow, Saturday, marks the first anniversary of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, where then Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union. One year later Ukraine is embroiled in a civil war that …
The Committee then took up a text on combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (document A/C.3/69/L.56/Rev.1).
Speaking before the vote, the representative of Ukraine…
Cleveland police released a video Wednesday of the shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy killed by a police officer this past weekend. The video clearly shows that a police officer shot Rice within two seconds of pulling up to …
Is the US planning the occupation of Syria by training an unconventional insurgent invasion force?
Think regime change in Syria is off the drawing board? Think again. The bombing of the ISIL or ISIS in Syria is part of a …
Illegal drone killings continue in Pakistan and Yemen. Reuters reports that a U.S. drone killed five suspected militants in northwest Pakistan yesterday. The information came from a militant and a government official. The intensity of air strikes has grown as …
A new study finds highly malignant mumps infections in those successfully vaccinated against the virus…
A provocative new study titled, “Epidemic of complicated mumps in previously vaccinated young adults in the South-West of France,” reveals that the MMR …
Many mainstream media websites helped a fake video go viral this month. The video showing a young Syrian boy running through sniper fire to save a little girl, was exposed as a fake when the Norwegian producer Lars Klevberg made …
Do the cameras that now surround us, helping governments keep continual track of our lives, also offer a benefit? Can they help educate us, show us a reality obscured too long by fears created for us by the elites and …
According to the FBI’s newest Uniform Crime Report (UCR), released this week, 461 people were killed by police in “justifiable homicides” in 2013. This number has gotten some media attention, both because it’s considered by some to be the …
originally published by WhoWhatWhy
The Boston Marathon bombing is much more important than has been acknowledged, principally because it is the defining domestic national security event since 9/11—and has played a major role in expanding the …
Note: We are republishing this essay by S. Brian Willson describing the true history of genocide in the United States which stands in stark contrast to the myth of Thanksgiving because of its popularity with readers and its educational value.…
As family excitement builds over Thanksgiving, you would never know November was Native American History Month. President Barack Obama publicly announced the month, but many more Americans will be paying much greater attention to his annual declaration of thanksgiving with …
Giant Banks Take Over Real Economy As Well As Financial System … Enabling Manipulation On a Vast Scale
Top economists, financial experts and bankers say that the big banks are too large … and their very size is threatening the
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Vladimir Putin answered questions from Hubert Seipel of the German TV channel ARD. The interview was recorded on November 13 in Vladivostok. President Vladimir Putin presents his views on the Ukraine crisis and defends Russia’s actions.
HUBERT SEIPEL (retranslated from …
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