The Functions of Fascism
What is hateful...is not rebellion but the despotism which induces
the rebellion; what is hateful are not rebels but the men, who,
having the enjoyment of power, do not discharge the duties of power;
they are the men who, having the power to redress wrongs, refuse
to listen to the petitioners that are sent to them; they are the
men who, when they are asked for a loaf, give a stone : Sir Wilfrid
Laurier
= The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us
rise. : James Larkin - Source: Statue on O'Connell Street, Dublin,
Ireland.
= "This focus on money and power may do wonders in the marketplace,
but it creates a tremendous crisis in our society. People who have
spent all day learning how to sell themselves and to manipulate
others are in no position to form lasting friendships or intimate
relationships... Many Americans hunger for a different kind of
society -- one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual
sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is
just as intense as their need for economic security." : Michael
Lerner
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,284,105"
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged)
In America'sWar On Iraq 4,209 http://icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs $577,278,428,473
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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"We Let The Crooks Take Over"
The plot to shift taxes from wealthy and on the wage earners.
Guns and Butter Interview with Dr. Michael Hudson
The United States Has become a pariah in the world financial economy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21395.htm
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Whenever I'm in Tajikistan, My Mobile Phone Says I'm in Dubai
By Robert Fisk
Just look how we've forgotten the CIA's secret prisons. In Afghanistan,
a Fisk source who has never b ever b been wrong, tells me that there
are at least 20 of these torture centres still active in the country,
six in Zabol province alone. But we don't care about Afghans.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21398.htm
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Drawing the Future From the Past
By Channapha Khamvongsa
For nearly three decades, the U.S. secret war in Laos and the impact
of the most massive bombing campaign in the world was nearly
forgotten. For those who remembered, the events seemed surreal.
They witnessed the reckless destruction of a people and their land,
and careful efforts by the U.S. government to conceal it.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21397.htm
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The History Of The Spanish American War
And The Rise Of US Imperialism By Michael Parenti - Audio
Michael Parenti uses the history of the Spanish American War to
answer several very intriguing questions.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21393.htm
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Empire Vs. Democracy
Video (2005)
Internationally renowned Political Scientist Michael Parenti to the
UW Oshkosh campus, Parentis discussion focused on the topic: Empire
Vs Democracy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21394.htm
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The Functions of Fascism
Michael Parenti - Audio
Many of the measures enacted by fascists were frighteningly similar
to those enacted today: They include the privatization of state
owned enterprises, reduction of corporate taxes and inheritance
taxes, defeat of unions, and the suspension of civil liberties.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21392.htm
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"Contrary Notions"
Video - Michael Parenti
Scholar and Political Ideological Surgeon, Michael Parenti, lays
the truth down on the intentionality of today's ruling elite and
its harmful consequences. Discussion on Michael's latest book,
"Contrary Notions".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21391.htm
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The Radicalization Of An American Prisoner
By George Peter Jr.
My "radicalization" has been incubated and nurtured by this cesspool
you call a penal system, and every day your brutality adds yet
another name on the rolls. At what point will you sit up and take
note?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21396.htm
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14 Killed In Pakistan:
At least one soldier and 13 Taliban militants were killed on Saturday
in clashes between security forces and Islamic militants in Pakistan's
north-western Swat valley, a military spokesman claimed.
http://tinyurl.com/56ls7k
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US attack kills six in northwest Pakistan:
A suspected US pilotless aircraft Friday targeted a militant hideout
in Pakistan's restive tribal region along the border with Afghanistan,
killing six people, Pakistani intelligence official said.
http://tinyurl.com/6gyj94
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Death toll from Pakistan car bombing rises to 29:
The death toll from an overnight car bombing rose to 29 in northwest
Pakistan, unnerving a region already dangerously on edge following
the attacks on Indiabs commercial capital, police and doctors said
Saturday.
http://tinyurl.com/6m462f
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Unnamed Sources Demonizing Pakistan:
Ex-U.S. Official Cites Pakistani Training for India Attackers :
A former Defense Department official said Wednesday that American
intelligence agencies had determined that former officers from
Pakistanbs Army and its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency
helped train the Mumbai attackers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/world/asia/04india.html?em
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Rice tells Pakistan to act bor US willb:
The US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, is reported to have
told Pakistan that there is birrefutable evidenceb of involvement
of elements in the country in the Mumbai attacks and that it needs
to act urgently and effectively to avert a strong international
response.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/06/top14.htm
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Indian terror suspects linked to Mumbai plot:
One of them, Faheem Ahmed Ansari, was carrying a fake Pakistani
passport and a list and maps of nine targets in southern Mumbai,
including the Taj Mahal hotel and other sites attacked last week,
the officer said.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5292508.ece
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Muslims condemn terror, say India's their motherland:
Indian Muslims are feeling that their patriotism is being questioned
again following the Mumbai terror attacks by Pakistan-trained
terrorists.
http://tinyurl.com/5mwodn
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Seven including three Canadian soldiers killed in Afghan attacks:
Three Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led security forces in
Afghanistan and four Taliban militants were killed in the country's
south, while Afghan authorities were investigating the deaths of
eight prisoners in country's largest prison, officials said Saturday.
http://tinyurl.com/6jlgj6
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Two civilians killed in southern Afghanistan:
It was not immediately clear how the civilians were hurt, but local
media said the casualties were the result of a foreign military air
strike.
http://tinyurl.com/5hqagd
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Eight killed, five wounded in attacks around Iraq - Summary:
Eight people were killed and five wounded on Saturday in separate
attacks in the Baquba, Kirkuk and Babel regions.
http://tinyurl.com/5g8vxr
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'US in charge of Iraqi shores' security':
Iraq 'has signed an agreement' to put the US in charge of the
security of its shores along the Persian Gulf without parliament's
approval.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=77683§ionid=351020201
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Referendum seen as way to "correct" U.S.: Iraq pact:
A referendum next year on a newly minted U.S.-Iraqi security pact
will give Iraqis the chance to "correct and reform" an agreement
that has stirred controversy, a senior official in Baghdad said on
Saturday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081206/ts_nm/us_iraq_pact
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Bush: America will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon:
"For the safety of our people and the peace of the world, America
will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon," Bush said at the
Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1044024.html
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Head of nuclear watchdog calls efforts against Iran 'a failure':
Mohamed ElBaradei urges dialogue between the West and Tehran. He
says Obama has given him 'lots of hope.' http://tinyurl.com/62cu9s
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'US condescension not to solve Iran issue':
"To continue to pound the table and say, 'I am not going to talk
to you,' and act in a sort of a very condescending way -- that
exaggerates problems," the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
chief added.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=77663§ionid=351020104
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13 dead as insurgents seize Somalia town:
The hardline Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab has taken control
of a central Somali trading town after fighting that killed at least
13 people and wounded dozens of others, residents said on Saturday.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/499184/-/147j04uz/-/index.html
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Jewish "settlers" shoot Palestinians:
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has released graphic footage
of a shooting incident that took place after yesterday's forced
evictions http://tinyurl.com/6lqxfj
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Video: PA police: Settlers set fire to Palestinian home in Hebron:
Jewish settlers torched a rooftop enclosure of a Palestinian man's
home in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday, a Palestinian
police spokesman said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1043992.html
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UN condemns Israeli settler clashes:
The UN Security Council has condemned a rampage by Israeli settlers
against Palestinians in Hebron, which came after they were evicted
from a disputed building in the West Bank city.
http://tinyurl.com/59rh4p
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IDF soldier assaults Haaretz photographer in Hebron:
An Israeli photographer on assignment for Haaretz was assaulted by
an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron on Saturday. The
photographer, Tess Scheflan, suffered light head injuries and was
taken by an ambulance to hospital.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1044039.html
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Gaza banks on brink of collapse: World Bank:
The World Bank urged Israel on Saturday to allow cash into the Gaza
Strip to pay the wages of civil servants, warning that the liquidity
crisis could bring down the besieged territory's banking system.
http://tinyurl.com/6q5wpp
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Pentagon expanding number of foreigners recruited:
The Defense Department already draws from aliens living in the
United States on green cards and seeking permanent residency. But
under a trial program, it will now look to also recruit from pools
of foreigners who've been living in the states on student and work
visas, with refugee or political asylum status and other temporary
visas.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/05/national/w114140S
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US auto aid plan wins support:
The amount is far less than the $34bn in loans requested this week
by General Motors, Ford Motor, and Chrysler, but it would keep them
going into next year.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/12/20081264451844648.html
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Investment banks set to cut 30,000 jobs:
Up to 20,000 jobs look set to be lost as a result of the imminent
merger of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America, as a further 10,000
job losses were announced across the investment banking fraternity.
http://tinyurl.com/5kaya9
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One in 10 American on food stamps:
With 3.2 million more Americans unemployed than 12 months ago, the
need for food assistance has risen. Last month saw the evaporation
of 533,000 jobs, the biggest one-month loss since 1974.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=77565§ionid=3510203
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Record 10% of U.S. homeowners in arrears or foreclosure:
A record 10% of the nation's mortgage-burdened homeowners fell
behind on their loan payments or were in foreclosure during the
third quarter, according to a survey released Friday by the Mortgage
Bankers Assn., which said California and Florida were the biggest
contributors to the worsening picture.
http://tinyurl.com/63rx5e
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Retail Sales Are Weakest in 35 Years:
The nationbs retailers turned in the worst sales figures in at least
a generation on Thursday, starting the holiday shopping season with
double-digit declines across a broad spectrum of stores.
http://tinyurl.com/5gfalk
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Let us work towards Peace and Joy
Tom Feeley