World-News

William B. Daniels, Truthout: 'The private money corruption machine that dominates American politics is composed of private funders, lobbyists and members of Congress, and it runs on addiction. The private-money corruption machine controls legislative behavior by reinforcing the compulsion to acquire campaign contributions?. Members of Congress spend between 30 and 70 percent of their time campaign fundraising. Unavoidably, they get hooked on loyalty to funders rather than the public they are elected to serve.'

http://www.truth-out.org/fundraising-addiction-and-private-money-corruption-machine/1322597101



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Derrick Jensen Speaking at Occupy Oakland
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/12/02-0

Durban Diary: #Occupy the COP
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/02-10

We Are Not Occupying America - They Are
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/02

Global Rebellion: The Coming Chaos?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/02-3

'Craigslist Killer' Case Highlights the Plight of America s Jobless
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/19-6

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Occupy Production: A Vision for Democracy at Work

Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: 'As the Occupy movement keeps developing, it seeks solutions for the economic and political dysfunctions it exposes and opposes. For many, the capitalist economic system itself is the basic problem. They want change to another system, but not to the traditional socialist alternative (e.g. USSR or China). That system, too, seems to require basic change.'

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-production-vision-democracy-work/1322836081



OWS 'Truth-Force' Obliterates New York Police Department Barricade at Lincoln Center Plaza

Jayashri Wyatt, Truthout: 'Last night, I saw the power of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) at Lincoln Center Plaza, a public space that activists were barricaded by the New York Police Department (NYPD) from entering. From behind a police-patrolled barrier, I witnessed the power of the people first hand and had a taste of authentic democratic practice.'

http://www.truth-out.org/ows-truth-force-obliterates-new-york-police-department-barricade/1322849027



Unemployed and Liberal Groups to Hold Protests in DC

Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers: 'Roughly 3,000 unemployed workers from around the country are expected in the nation s capitol next week for four days of protests with labor, religious and social justice groups that say Congress cares more about America s wealthiest 1 percent than it does the masses of struggling middle-class families. Piggybacking on the Occupy Wall Street movement, the three-day 'Take Back the Capitol' protest will open Monday with construction of a 'Peoples Camp' on the National Mall as a base of operations.'

http://www.truth-out.org/unemployed-and-liberal-groups-hold-protests-dc/1322927006



Jobless In Wonderland

Dick Meister, DickMeister.com: 'Finding a job is hard enough for the many millions of unemployed American workers. But, believe it or not, the fact that they are jobless keeps many employers from hiring them?. Many employers are saying, in effect, that workers who are laid off by other employers, or who can t get other employers to hire them, must automatically be considered bad workers who they don t want to hire either.'

http://www.truth-out.org/jobless-wonderland/1322924550

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Misunderstanding Capitalism
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner522.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/02-11

Fukushima Fuel Rods May Have Completely Melted
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/02

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From Hiroshima to Fukushima, 1945-2011
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/03/28/from-hiroshima-to-fukushima-1945-2011/


From EMR-Updates

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Nagasaki further voices protest against ''new'' type of nuclear test by U.S.

Japan s southwestern city of Nagasaki expressed its outrage and protest against a new type of nuclear test conducted for the sixth time in August by the United States, local press reported on Tuesday.

http://is.gd/mo7OQA


From Information Clearing House



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Nach neuen Berechnungen geht die Nettolohnquote gegenüber Gewinn- und Vermögenseinkommen weiter zurück.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35985/1.html



Falsche Diagnose der Finanzkrise?

Der Chefvolkswirt der UNCTAD, Heiner Flassbeck, ist erstaunt, dass die Aktienmärkte auf das Fluten der Geldmärkte euphorisch reagieren.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150948



Demokratie oder Rating-Regierung?

Der ehemalige Verfassungsrichter Siegfried Broß über Folgen der Privatisierung - Teil 2.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35984/1.html

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Der ehemalige Verfassungsrichter Siegfried Broß über die Folgen der Privatisierung

Der Rechts- und Verwaltungswissenschaftler Siegfried Broß ist Honorarprofessor an der Universität Freiburg und Vorsitzender des Präsidiums der Deutschen Sektion der Internationalen Juristen-Kommission. Von 1998 bis 2010 war er Richter am Bundesverfassungsgericht. Seit den Nuller Jahren kritisiert Broß die Privatisierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur in Deutschland und warnt vor negativen Folgen. Interview von Peter Mühlbauer in telepolis:

Teil 1 vom 01.12.2011: Wie Gewährleistungsstaat und Rechtsstaat zusammenhängen http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35975/1.html

Teil 2 vom 02.12.2011: Demokratie oder Rating-Regierung? In Teil 2 des Interviews spricht Siegfried Broß darüber, wie sich die Privatisierung zu einer Gefahr für die Demokratie entwickeln konnte und über ein von ihm entwickeltes Fondsmodell, das die Netze der Öffentlichen Hand belässt. http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35984/1.html


Öffentlich-private Partnerschaft lohnt sich für die Wirtschaft

'Rechnungshöfe von Bund und Ländern stellen beschworene Kostenvorteile durch Projekte in öffentlich-privater Partnerschaft in Frage. Rein staatliches Engagement wäre vielfach günstiger?' Artikel von Ralf Wurzbacher vom 8. Dezember 2011 bei Hintergrund http://www.hintergrund.de/201112081823/politik/inland/oeffentlich-private-partnerschaft-lohnt-sich-fuer-die-wirtschaft.html


Aus: LabourNet, 13. Dezember 2011



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Waterboarding? Verdammt, ja!

Amnesty International fordert, dass George W. Bush, der gerade Afrika bereist, dort wegen Freiheitsberaubung und Folter festgenommen wird.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35988/1.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/orig10/marshall14.1.html

The History of the Rockefeller World Empire
http://lewrockwell.com/featherstone/featherstone83.1.html

Rockefeller Global Tentacles Exposed by the Soviet Union
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/madsen2.1.1.html

David Rockefeller s Trilateral Commission
http://lewrockwell.com/rappoport/rappoport30.1.html

Mini Bilderberg? Bill Gates, Bloomberg, and World s Richest Meeting on Gated SC Island
http://lewrockwell.com/orig14/gucciardi9.1.1.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul784.html

One Clear Choice
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2011/12/06/239-one-clear-choice/



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Video

Keith Olbermann interviews Alan Grayson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP362CWj2fo&feature=player_embedded



Americans fall through the safety net as slump lingers

Only 48 per cent of the US jobless are receiving cheques, while 75 per cent were receiving benefits early last year.

http://bit.ly/tm4t4h


From Information Clearing House

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$7.7 Trillion to Wall Street - Anything to Keep the Banksters Happy!

Thom Hartmann, Truthout: 'Do you know who Elizabeth Duke is? How about Donald Kohn or Kevin Warsh? No? Well - you should. Because while Congress was debating back in 2008 whether or not to bailout banksters with a $700 billion blank check - these guys and girls were just doing it. They were funneling $7.7 trillion to Wall Street under the table - without one constituent phone call - without worrying about one election - without having to give one explanation.'

http://www.truth-out.org/77-trillion-wall-street-anything-keep-banksters-happy/1322841741

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Bailout data sprung from Fed mandates breakup of big banks
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10728/

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Dante s Divine Comedy: Banksters Edition
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/16-7

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The Truth about TARP
http://www.realecontv.com/videos/us/the-truth-about-tarp.html



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The Chinese Foreign Ministry described the U.S. growing military presence in the Pacific 'a return to the Cold War strategy'. The announcement came following an agreement signed between Washington and Canberra to station up to 2,500 U.S. marines in Australia's northern city of Darwin.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/02/61376749.html


From Information Clearing House



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Sanctions against Syria and looming prospects of an intervention into the country are drawing ever more parallels with the war in Libya. But as it turned out, the 'facts' used to wage a 'humanitarian war' on Tripoli, underwent almost no verification.

http://rt.com/news/lybia-gaddafi-war-evidence-833/



Syria Would Cut Iran Military Tie, Opposition Head Says

A Syrian government run by the country s main opposition group would cut Damascus s military relationship to Iran and end arms supplies to Middle East militant groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, the group s leader said, raising the prospect of a dramatic realignment of powers at the region s core.

http://on.wsj.com/usGKzh



Putin Accuses US In Murder Of Gaddafi

By AFP

Russia s Vladimir Putin implicated Washington today in the killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and launched a tirade against Senator John McCain in an extraordinary attack on US policies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29991.htm


From Information Clearing House

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ICC prosecutor: Gaddafi death may be war crime

New Orleans Times-Picayune

12/15/11

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Thursday there are 'serious suspicions' that the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was a war crime. Luis Moreno Ocampo told reporters after briefing the U.N. Security Council that he sent a letter to the head of the National Transitional Council asking what the government s plans are to investigate alleged war crimes by all parties, including the rebels...

http://tinyurl.com/86xlk8h


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Michael Hudson

Turning international finance into a new mode of warfare. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29875.htm



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By John Pilger


The role of respectable journalism in western state crimes - from Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Libya - remains taboo.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29872.htm



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By George Galloway
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29873.htm



Kayani declares war on 'Nato aggressors'

The Chief of the Army Staff issued these orders on Wednesday night. According to which, the Pakistani military officer in the area will be responsible for retaliation against any aggressors in that particular area and he will be provided all kind of assistance that he will ask for.

http://bit.ly/uwj9xj



Pakistani soldiers cleared to retaliate without orders

The Army hardened its stance by permitting the rank and file to respond to any attack without awaiting directions from the command.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2681711.ece



Pakistan: Countrywide protests continue against Nato attack

Khateebs in Friday sermons condemned the blatant Nato aggression while leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami and other religious parties addressed protest rallies and called for a resolute stand against the aggressor.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=10730&Cat=13



Pakistan Says They are 'Temporarily' Leaving Liaison Centers in Wake of NATO Attack

The decision highlighted current problems with coordination because U.S. military officials seemed to think it was another retaliatory move by Pakistan for the NATO strikes. The officials feared it would hamper efforts to liaise with Pakistani forces and increase the risk something could go wrong again.

http://fxn.ws/vrssjW


From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan Orders Troops to Return Fire if Attacked on Afghan Border

Saeed Shah, McClatchy Newspapers: 'Pakistan s top military commander has issued orders to the country s troops to return fire should they come under attack again from U.S.-led coalition forces in a move likely to increase tensions after last week s American-led raid on two border outposts that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.'

http://www.truth-out.org/pakistan-orders-troops-return-fire-if-attacked-afghan-border/1322839237



Rejecting Apology, US May Hasten End of Pakistan as Client

Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "President Barack Obama has sided with U.S. military and Defence Department officials in rejecting a proposal by the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan for a U.S. apology for last weekend s attack on two Pakistani border posts, and approving an investigation into the attack that won t be completed until Dec. 23 at the earliest. The White House and the military bloc are gambling that the lengthy investigation into the attack that killed 25 Pakistani troops will defuse popular Pakistani anger.'

http://www.truth-out.org/rejecting-apology-us-may-hasten-end-pakistan-client/1323009367



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By Josh Gerstein

The Senate on Thursday evening essentially blessed the indefinite detention of American citizens who join up with Al Qaeda.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29869.htm



Congress is Repealing the Constitution

From: RTAmerica

American citizens could be detained without a court hearing anywhere in the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29874.htm
[ http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts332.html ]



The Rebirth of Social Darwinism

By Robert Reich

What kind of society, exactly, do modern Republicans want? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29885.htm



Senate Moves to Limit Right to Trial

According to the Act, the military is allowed to hold any person suspected of aiding al-Qaeda, the Taliban or an associated force without trial until the hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force, enacted just after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are declared over.

http://bit.ly/rqfXMX


From Information Clearing House



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