World-News

Boston Globe
by Jeff Jacoby

09/14/11

Was the 9/11 decade a disaster for individual freedom? Within hours of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the noted libertarian activist John Perry Barlow warned that the night of totalitarianism was about to descend on American liberty. ... Barlow?s voice was only the first in what would eventually be a deafening chorus denouncing the government s reaction to 9/11 as an assault on fundamental freedoms...

http://tinyurl.com/3uqkmjj


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Missiles, Bombs, Cover-Ups?
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/jesse-ventura-storms-pentagon.html



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The loss of 8.75 million payroll jobs since the recession began should be a national emergency. But it s not, and the question is why. Why has deficit reduction taken precedence over job creation?

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2011/09/13/Why-a-Working-Class-Revolt-Might-Not-Be-Unthinkable.aspx


From Information Clearing House



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These operations allegedly include the rendition of suspected jihadists seized in East Africa and spirited to an underground CIA interrogation center in Mogadishu and using mercenaries to train Somali assassination teams to hit al-Shabaab, the main insurgent group and which is linked to al-Qaida.

http://bit.ly/raRVMF


From Information Clearing House

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Al Qaeda was never an 'existential threat'

Cato Institute
by Gene Healy

09/13/11

In May 2010, after the Times Square bomber s jerry-rigged contraption of gas cans, firecrackers and fertilizer ruined his Pathfinder s upholstery, Attorney General Eric Holder proclaimed 'the most dangerous impression we can draw is that this threat no longer exists.' But by convincing ourselves that the threat is 'existential,' we have wasted trillions and built a surveillance state that refuses to recede with the waning al Qaeda threat...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13663



The enemy that barely exists

CounterPunch
by Patrick Cockburn

09/12/11

What was the most devastating attack by al-Qa?ida in the past few months? Despite all the pious talk this weekend about combating 'terrorism,' few will have heard of it. It happened on 15 August when bombers killed 63 people in 17 cities up and down Iraq in the space of a few hours. Such carnage is ignored because the US and Britain see al-Qa?ida only in relation to themselves, and because all the victims were Iraqis...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/12/the-enemy-that-barely-exists/



Going to war ?

Liberty For All
by Charles Tilly

09/14/11

Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort from its accumulated reserves and current revenues. Almost all war-making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat -- including men - from reluctant citizens who have other uses for their resources...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=6591


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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What happened to the residents of Tawergha appears to be another sign that despite the rebel leadership s pledges that they ll exact no revenge on supporters of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya s new rulers often are dealing harshly with the country s black residents.

http://bit.ly/rhlOJ8



Black migrants barred from fleeing Libya

Libya s National Transitional Council (NTC) wants to screen some 3,000 migrant workers, most of whom are of sub-Saharan origin, to identify Gaddafi mercenaries among them. They will not be allowed out of the country until the process is completed.

https://rt.com/news/libya-black-migrants-abuse-737/


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
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Endemic poverty in parts of Afghanistan is forcing many poor families to sell their children in order to survive.

http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan_children_being_sold_into_forced_labor/24326343.html


From Information Clearing House



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By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

Lobbyists working for lawmakers working for lobbyists: it's not exactly what the founding fathers had in mind.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29128.htm



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Video

Former four star general and NATO commander Wesley Clark talks about the neocon plan to invade seven countries in five years.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29129.htm



Why Are Some Americans So Shockingly Cruel?

By John Thorpe

I am embarrassed, saddened, and yes, disgusted, by the behavior and beliefs of the majority of Americans.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29127.htm



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http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/bowman-joel6.1.1.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1033.html

The 13 Signs of a Societal Collapse
http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/pennington8.1.1.html

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The Decline and Fall of the American Middle Class
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/14-3

A Declaration of Interdependence
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/09/14

Worldwatch Institute: US Must Commit to Sustainability to Overcome Mounting Economic and Ecological Strains
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/09/14-2



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/14-0

Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/15-7



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/14



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/14-3

Protesters Rise Against Italy s Austerity Push
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/14-5

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UK unemployment increases to 2.51m

According to the official figures published on Wednesday, the rate of unemployment in Britain has faced its largest increase in nearly two years.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/199149.html



UK Unions Plot a Winter of Discontent

Unions Ballot More Than a Million Workers for Biggest General Strike Since 1926.
http://bit.ly/oAiTBN


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/14-13

Common Cause: 'Super Committee' Fundraising Is Invitation to Corruption
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/09/15-7



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Moody s stuft französische Großbanken herunter und Fitch droht mit der weiteren Abstufung Spaniens.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150463



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Der 62-Jährige will mit diesem Schritt dazu beitragen 'die zunehmende Kluft zwischen der Bevölkerung und der politischen Klasse zu überwinden'.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35483/1.html



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Nach den neuen Daten der US-Statistikbehörde ist 2010 das durchschnittliche Haushaltseinkommen gesunken und die Zahl der Menschen, die unter der Armutsgrenze leben und arbeitslos sind, weiter gestiegen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35488/1.html



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