Friday, October 29, 2010

"Russia calls on US to probe WikiLeaks documents," Daily Star (Lebanon)/AFP, October 29, 2010.

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[You won't find this article in the North American free press, but the Daily Star (Lebanon) is a pretty good rag. --jlt] MOSCOW: Russia ...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

"The Hurt Locker producers to sue illegal file-sharers," BBC, June 2, 2010.

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[The BBC's bias on this story is clear from the headline. The file-sharers are "illegal" period--not "alleged," no q...
Saturday, May 08, 2010

Richard Pithouse, "South Africa: Freedom not yet," Pambazuka News, April 29, 2010.

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‘Freedom only for the supporters of the government, only for the members of a party – however numerous they may be – is no freedom at all.’ ...
Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Debate free trade vs fair trade at The Economist

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Fair trade must be threatening someone's bottom line. Starting today, The Economist is hosting an online debate. The proposition: ...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

"Gush Shalom removes Intercosma from settlement boycott list," April 27, 2010.

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Press Release Gush Shalom removes the cosmetics company "Intercosma" from the settlement boycott list. We checked and can affirm ...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Emily J Kirk, John M Kirk, and Norman Girvan, "Selective Commendation, Selective Indignation," Counterpunch, April 16-18, 2010.

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[We might be well-advised to ask Cuba for help with the Canadian health care system. -jlt] The January 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused some ...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Uri Avnery, The Big Gamble, Gush Shalom, April 10, 1010.

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I MET Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister, two weeks ago, and was again impressed by the calm and modesty he radiates. Generally, I...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Amy Goodman, "Holding corporations accountable for apartheid crimes," Truthdig, January 12, 2010.

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[This will be interesting to follow. Does "too big to fail" really mean, "above the law"? -jlt] A landmark class action ...
Saturday, January 02, 2010

Şener Aktürk and Mujeeb R. Khan, "How Western anti-Muslim bigotry became respectable," Zaman, January 3, 2010.

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As scholars who work on the centuries-old Islamic presence in Europe and the continent’s first post-Holocaust genocide against, not coincide...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Robin Forestier-Walker, "Trouble brewing in Tajikistan," Al Jazeera, July 16, 2009.

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Mirzo Ziyoyev's battle-hardened lieutenants watched us closely from the fields of his farmstead, as we drove up in our four-wheel drive ...

Mark Weisbrot, "Who's in charge of US foreign policy," The Guardian, July 16, 2009.

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The coup in Honduras has exposed divisions between Barack Obama and his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.    It turns out that two of the...
Saturday, July 18, 2009

Pepe Escobar, "Kashmir: Ground zero of global jihad," Asia Times, July 17, 2009.

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[Further evidence that US/NATO "strategy" in Afghanistan is really "shooting in the dark." If our leaders know why the w...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Emily Chung, "Bell reveals internet throttling details to CRTC," CBC, July 15, 2009.

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Bell Canada slows certain types of downloads to as little as 1.5 to 3 per cent of their advertised speed during 9½ hours of the day, but not...

Tyler Hamilton, "$26B cost killed nuclear bid," Toronto Star, July 14, 2009.

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[The new Conservatives, in line with traditional neoliberal dogma, are looking to privatise AECL (Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd), the nation...

Henry Aubin, "Mini-fluorescent light bulbs and mercury vapor," Montreal Gazette, July 14, 2009.

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I used to think I was making a better world for my grandchildren by using compact fluorescent bulbs. Now I'm not so sure. It's not t...

Connie Woodcock, "Hydro lights us up," Sun, July 15, 2009.

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[In a weakly regulated market, distinguishing between poor judgement and fraud becomes increasingly difficult. What foreign adventures will ...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Mazin Qumsiyeh, Gaza under seige and more," July 11, 2009.

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[ Mazin Qumsiyeh calls himself a bedouin in cyberspace. I have reproduced the whole of his newsletter. You can subscribe to it here => ...

Sisule F. Musungu, "Obama's Africa Policy - A response to the Ghana speech," Ideas in Development, July 11, 2009.

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It was another eloquent and powerful speech. That was President Barack Obama’s speech, laying out his Africa policy, delivered to the Parlia...

"Leaner GM emerges from bankruptcy," BBC, July 10, 2009.

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[BBC correspondent says, "It's easy to dismiss, even ridicule these changes. But they're more than purely cosmetic." He...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Heather Scofield, "Ricardian Equivalence makes comeback," Globe and Mail Report on Business, July 6, 2009.

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A long-forgotten theory suggesting that stimulus spending is doomed to failure draws attention nearly 200 years later. Stimulus is supposed ...

Roger Pulvers, "Double standards fly high when it comes to bombing of civilians," Japan Times, July 5, 2009.

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Sad to say, every generation for the past century has known its own war — wars that have touched so many millions through the loss or trauma...

"Scores killed in China protests," BBC, July 6, 2009.

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[This is not a new conflict. There is a history of violence on both sides . Why now? Is the Beeb playing a role in this, do you think? -jlt]...