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Jean Bricmont Global Research 28 April 2018 Commemorating the May 1968 civil rights movement, reflecting upon the “progressive Left”. This article was first published in August 2013 Once upon a time, in the early 1970′s, many people, including myself, thought that all the “struggles” of that period were linked: the Cultural Revolution in China , the guerrillas in Latin America, the Prague Spring and the East European “dissidents”, May 68, the civil rights movement, the opposition to the Vietnam war, and the nominally socialist anti-colonial movements in Africa and Asia. We also thought that the “fascist” regimes in Spain, Portugal and Greece, by analogy with WWII, could only be overthrown through armed struggle, very likely protracted. None of these assumptions were correct. The Cultural Revolution had nothing to do with the anti-authoritarian movements in the West, the Eastern European dissidents were, in general, pro-capitalist and pro-imperialist, a...

Masud Wadan Global Research 28 April 2018 The very giants that bomb and reduce alleged enemy nations to rubble are unfortunately the major destinations for the refugees fleeing wars. With the facts behind global aggressions unfolding, the incursions and preemptive strikes under different pretexts are no longer deceptive to the understanding of global observers. Despite the mainstream media scrambles to conceal atrocities committed by warmongers, more protests and outcries are being staged in the corners of the world to criticize the multidimensional harms of the armed conflict. No external interventionist holds the right to cause the peaceful inhabitants of a jurisdiction to displace, unless it comes forward with legitimate reasons. Syria , Afghanistan and Iraq’s Diaspora worldwide are struggling with the skepticism of the migrant host states over whether they “deserve admission into their societies or not”. By comparison, some European countries as well a...

Chris Murray TruePublica 26 April 2018 This transcript of an Israeli General on an  Israeli radio station (begins 6.52 in)  defending the latest killing by Israeli army snipers of a  14 year old  boy who posed no threat of any kind, is much more powerful if you just read it than any analysis I can give. *** Brigadier-General (Res.) Zvika Fogel  (image below) interviewed on the Yoman Hashevua program of Israel’s Kan radio, 21 April 2018. Ron Nesiel:  Greetings Brigadier General (Res.) Zvika Fogel. Should the IDF [Israeli army] rethink its use of snipers? There’s the impression that maybe someone lowered the bar for using live fire, and this may be the result? Zvika Fogel:  Ron, let’s maybe look at this matter on three levels. At the tactical level that we all love dealing with, the local one, also at the level of values, and with your permission, we will also rise up to the strategic level.  At the tactical level, any per...

Noel Hunter Mad in America 27 April 2018 Actor Verne Troyer sadly passed away on April 21. He suffered for many years with alcohol abuse, relationship troubles, and suicidality. A statement posted to his social media accounts states “Depression and suicide are very serious issues,” followed by an appeal to be kind to one another and consider the pain others may be in. This heartfelt plea is sorely needed, though this statement runs the risk of morphing into the tired, empty narrative that too often follows such losses. Again and again after an incident like this occurs, the media bombard the public with calls to bring about greater awareness of “mental illness” and the importance of “treatment” that is generally described in a narrow way. There is little discussion about why the person may have been suffering in the first place. Everyone immediately jumps to trying to understand what was wrong with him, while few step back and wonder what happened to him. While T...

Ne News 28 April 2018 Throughout the world (well, at least in the Western World), there has been a lot of coverage of late involving the British Royal Family. A couple of days ago, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their new-born son into the world. And coverage of the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meaghan Markle will be happening on 19 May 2018. And no doubt there was a lot of excitement on this 'news' story of the new prince, who will be raised in privilege and will inherit his position, which is UNELECTED, and will be an unelected 'head of state' in 16 countries, including Australia. It is worth noting that none of this royal 'news' affects the world we live in. However, yesterday something happened that WILL AFFECT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. Yesterday, Kim Jong-un (the leader of North Korea) and Moon Jae-in (the President of South Korea) met, and at around 17:00 KST (18:00 AEST), news came through that the Korean War, which has been going ...

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Global Research 27 April 2018 Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep . . . It starts at 6:30 AM and, together with numerous other stressful construction noises, goes through breakfast, lunch, cocktail hour and dinner. In south Walton county, construction crews are permitted to work from 7 AM until 7 PM six days a week Monday through Saturday. Residents miss the white construction crews. They didn’t get going until 8 AM, knocked off at 3:30 PM, and didn’t work on Saturdays. But the Mexican construction crews produce non-stop construction noise 72 hours a week. Construction noise is relentless. OSHA has added to it with beep-beeping machines. The noise, all penetrating, is very stressful. Many years ago on a large construction site a heavy equipment operator backed over a workman who, like the operator, was not paying attention. OSHA (Occupational and Safety Health Administration) mandated beep-beeps on all construction and earth moving equipment,...

Dr. Peter R. Breggin Mad in America 26 February 2018 In late September 2016, a few days after Nikolas Cruz  (Parkland, Florida shootout) turned 18 and became old enough to buy a gun, the Department of Children and Families sent one or more investigators to Cruz’s home. The Department had been alerted by  posts on Snapchat  where the young man talked crazily about cutting himself and asked for help in getting a gun. Among the many missed opportunities widely discussed in the media, here is one on the local level where the Department of Children and Families actually went to his home to investigate. The department intended to  evaluate Cruz  for “possible detainment under the Baker Act, which allows authorities to hold individuals against their will for up to 72 hours.” What did the investigator find?  NBC News  quotes the official report: “Mr. Cruz stated that he plans to go out and buy a gun… It is unknown what he is buyin...

Todd Miller TomDispatch 24 April 2018 At first, I thought I had inadvertently entered an active war zone. I was on a lonely two-lane road in southern New Mexico heading for El Paso, Texas. Off to the side of the road, hardly concealed behind some desert shrubs, I suddenly noticed what seemed to be a tank. For a second, I thought I might be seeing an apparition. When I stopped to take a  picture , a soldier wearing a camouflage helmet emerged from the top of the Stryker, a 19-ton, eight-wheeled combat vehicle that was regularly used in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He looked my way and I offered a pathetic wave. To my relief, he waved back, then settled behind what seemed to be a large surveillance display mounted atop the vehicle. With high-tech binoculars, he began to monitor the mountainous desert that stretched toward Mexico, 20 miles away, as if the enemy might appear at any moment. That was in 2012 and, though I had already been repo...