One killed in Honduras, Zelaya landed in El Salvador + Honduras under siege

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PressTV
Mon, 06 Jul 2009 P06:58:07 GMT
At least one person has been killed and several others injured in clashes between Honduran soldiers and supporters of deposed President Manuel Zelaya.
Thousands of pro-Zelaya supporters gathered outside Tegucigalpa’s airport to welcome the ousted leader while the military did not allow his jet to land in Honduras.
After a short [...]

Military Using “Brutal” Force Against Anti-Coup Protests in Honduras + Father Roy Bourgeois

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Democracy Now!
July 1, 2009
The ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is expected to meet with US diplomats in Washington today before attempting to return to Honduras Thursday, five days after being deposed by a military coup. Meanwhile, the streets in Honduras remain tense, and the crackdown on the media has reportedly not been lifted. We [...]

Pentagon Rebrands Protest as “Low-Level Terrorism” by Tom Burghardt

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Crossposted at Thomas Paine’s Corner thanks, Jason.
by Tom Burghardt
Thomas Paine’s Corner
Antifascist Calling…
June 18, 2009

You have to hand it to Pentagon securocrats and their corporate cronies, they never miss an opportunity to demonize, vilify or otherwise slander domestic political dissent as “terrorism.”
The American Civil Liberties Union reported June 10 that “Anti-terrorism [...]

Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a “CMU”

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Democracy Now!
June 25, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a “CMU”
In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the [...]

Ignorance is Strength By Paul Craig Roberts

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By Paul Craig Roberts
June 24, 2009 “Information Clearing House“
The American media’s one-sided and propagandistic coverage of the Iranian election has made an American hero out of the defeated candidate, Mousavi.
This leaves one wondering if anyone anywhere in the US media or US government knows that Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who served as prime minister of the [...]

Passing Propaganda by Cindy Sheehan

By Cindy Sheehan
Featured Writer
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Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox
June 23, 2009

“The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief.”
Jacques Ellul, philosopher

One day in July of 2006, I was on Hardball and the host was Norah O’Donnell who was filling in for Chris Matthews. I [...]

Big Brother in Basel: Are We Trading Financial Stability for National Sovereignty? by Dr. Ellen Brown

Updated: June 23, 2009; revised
by Dr. Ellen Brown
Featured Writer
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webofdebt.com
June 22, 2009

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Buried on page 83 of the 89-page Report on Financial Regulatory Reform issued by the U.S. Administration on June 17 is a recommendation that the new Financial Stability Board strengthen and institutionalize its mandate to promote global financial stability. Financial stability is a [...]

What The Media’s NOT Telling You About Iran’s Police Brutality

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LeeCamp2
June 22, 2009

more about “What The Media’s NOT Telling You Abou…“, posted with vodpod
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Are the Iranian Election Protests Another US Orchestrated ‘Color Revolution’? By Paul Craig Roberts
Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away by Chris Hedges
RNC – St Paul-Minneapolis MN
DNC – Denver CO
Police State on Dandelion Salad
Police BrutalityActivism – Protests – [...]