Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? By Michael Hudson

by Michael Hudson
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http://michael-hudson.com
Dec. 2, 2011

*This article appeared in the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung on December 2, 2011.

Book V of Aristotle’s Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves into hereditary aristocracies – which end up being overthrown by tyrants or develop internal rivalries as some families decide to “take the multitude into their camp” and usher in democracy, within which an oligarchy emerges once again, followed by aristocracy, democracy, and so on throughout history.

Andrew Gavin Marshall: The transformation of America from an ‘isolationist’ society to a ‘globalist’ society

by Andrew Gavin Marshall
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http://andrewgavinmarshall.com
Nov. 29, 2011

The following is a podcast interview I did on the Boiling Frogs Show, hosted by radio host Peter B. Collins and former FBI agent-turned-whistle-blower-and-activist Sibel Edmonds.

Originally Posted at Boiling Frogs Post.

This is part I of our interview series on the New World Order.

Romney’s Billionaire Threatens BBC Investigative Reporter by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast
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www.gregpalast.com
For Truthout/Buzzflash
December 2, 2011

Palast is the author of Vultures’ Picnic: in Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Carnivores. See Palast live on stage in New York, DC and other cities.

Last Monday, a call came in to BBC Television Centre, London, from the office of Mitt Romney’s billionaire backer and “advisor” Paul Singer.

Singer, top donor to the Republican Senate Campaign Committee had a message for the news chiefs at the prestigious broadcaster:

Rejecting Apology, U.S. May Hasten End of Pakistan as Client by Gareth Porter

by Gareth Porter
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crossposted at IPS
Dec. 3, 2011

WASHINGTON, Dec 3, 2011 (IPS) – 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 and that final report will allow the Obama administration to return to a more aggressive policy toward Pakistan in 2012.

On the 64th Anniversary of UN Resolution 181 Lebanon’s Palestinians Continue Their Descent by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb
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Embassy of Palestine, Tripoli, Libya
November 29, 2011

Every year on November 29, as part of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Palestinians in Libya as well as approximately a quarter million Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the descendants of more than 129,000 who were forced into Lebanon during the 1947-48 Nakba, commemorate the infamous United Nations Resolution 181.

Michel Chossudovsky: My recommendation is regime change in the United States of America (2005)

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Chossudovsky: The Dangers of Nuclear War and Threats Against Iran

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GlobalResearchTV on Dec 5, 2011

Professor Michel Chossudovsky gives a speech at the Perdana Global Peace Forum in 2005.

Chossudovsky states that “Osama bin Laden and the Taliban were identified as the prime suspects of the 9/11 attacks, without a shred of evidence” and that “amply documented, the war on terrorism is a fabrication.”

Bahrain: Car Bomb in Capital Follows Appointment of American and British Police Chiefs to Lead ‘Reforms’ by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham
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East Africa
5 December 2011

A car bomb explosion near the British embassy in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, points more to a propaganda stunt by the Western-backed regime than to a “terrorist attack”.

Notably, the apparent attack in the capital’s Diplomatic Area in the early hours of Sunday came the same weekend it was announced that two former police chiefs from the US and Britain were appointed by the autocratic rulers to “reform” the Persian Gulf Kingdom’s security forces.

Where Were You When They Crucified My Movement? by Chris Hedges

[Note: See video of Chris Hedges’ speech in Liberty Square on Dec. 3, 2011. ~ DS]

by Chris Hedges
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Truthdig
Dec. 5, 2011