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Australia: Cancer Council concerned Monsanto concealing Roundup cancer links
Monsanto might have "more information than what they're letting on" – Cancer Council Australia CEO, Prof Sanchia Aranda
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Pat Buchanan: A Cancer On The Papacy
Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org:
“Priests who prey on parochial school children and altar boys are not only sinners, they are criminal predators who belong in penitentiary cells not parish rectories….”
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Bayer's weed-killing future targeted in appeal of EPA approvals
Groups say US regulators ignored warnings on dicamba herbicide
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Lawyers Petition for 9/11 Grand Jury
Corbett Report Extras – August 31, 2018 Today we’re joined by Mick Harrison (and David Meiswinkle) of the Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry to discuss their recent petition to the U. S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York to convene a special grand jury into the unprosecuted federal crimes relating to the destruction […]
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Suicide rate said to spike among Ahwazis
Ahwazi rights groups worried about the suicide trend; highest rate was among Ahwazis aged 18-25. Several workers at a sugar processing plant in the Haft Tepe district, located about 15 km south-east of Susa city in the northern Ahwaz region, have attempted to commit suicide by dousing themselves with Benzene and setting themselves on fire. Their colleagues intervened, rescuing them[Read More...]
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Midnight Meme Of The Day!
Two Funerals And A Weddingby NoahOf course, we already knew what Trump is. I can't imagine he was any different when he was 3 years old, if only because he's still basically a 3 year old. But, you have to go an extra mile or so when you are a president and people go out of their way to say you are not wanted at funerals and weddings.
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Looking Back at the Vietnam War
Last year marked 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War. At least that’s what it’s called in the United States, the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, it’s called the American War to distinguish the phase involving the United States from those involving other aggressors and colonizers — China, France and Japan most notably. The occasion has been marked by[Read More...]
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Rohingya run and imperialism
The long Rohingya run is passing more than a year in its current phase – a huge number of the Rohingyaas in Bangladesh. Amidst diplomatic dialogues, and imperialist intrigues the Rohingyas staying in Bangladesh are passing difficult days. The Rohingyaas’ days are harsh and hard, very difficult to bear. Their days are uncertain and undignified also. Living on doles is[Read More...]
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Trump Threatens WTO Exit
Introduction U-S President, Donald Trump, has threatened to withdraw from the World Trade Organization. Trump, in an interview with Bloomberg News, said he will pullout from the organization if it QUOTE does not shape up. The U-S president warned that he could even take action against the WTO. Trump has complained that the US is being treated unfairly in[Read More...]
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Syria: A False Flag Operation Thwarted?
An organised expose by the Syrian and Russian governments over a 3 day period starting 27th August may have thwarted a British backed plan to stage a “false flag” chemical weapons attack in Idlib province that would have forced the US to launch a missile and air assault on Syria. According to Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson, Igor Konashenkov, a militant[Read More...]
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Uniform Civil Code Neither Necessary Nor Desirable, Says Law Commission
In a strong setback to the backers of right wing ideology, the Law Commission of India has said that a uniform civil code “is neither necessary nor desirable at this stage” in the country.. the Commission said secularism cannot contradict the plurality prevalent in the country. The Commission, led by former Supreme Court judge Justice B.S. Chauhan, said “cultural diversity[Read More...]
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The Legalities of the Police Firing on the Civilians
“An unarmed, peaceful protest procession in the land of `salt satyagraha’, fast-unto- death and `do or die’ is no jural anathema” –Krishna Iyer A valuable aspect of political life in India is a tradition to express grievances through direct action or peaceful protest and a distinguishing feature of any democracy is the space offered for legitimate dissent. One cherished Organized,[Read More...]
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Reminiscing ABVA’s Struggle for Gay Rights in the Twentieth Century – A Brief History of That Time
ABVA organizes the first ever gay rights protest in India at Police Head Quarters, New Delhi; 11 August, 1992 As the Supreme Court of India is on the verge of decriminalizing adult consensual homosexual sex in India an attempt to capture ABVA’s struggle for gay rights in India in the twentieth century is in order. The struggle was unique as[Read More...]
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Trump and Understanding the Root Causes of Violence in Palestine/Israel
Conflict is like everything else – people get labels assigned to them based on their supposed political party, even though those parties do not represent the best interests of their base. Therefore, in the light of the meltdown over Palestine, and the number of Jewish-loving born again Christians, especially in the United States, it is high time to take a closer look at what the roots of the current violence is—not an easy undertaking. -
Wake Up India: Essays for Our Times – Part 2
Chapter 2 – Poverty and Class analysis with reference to 2014-2018 BJP rule (I Part on Water) Coming to water next – an issue so pressing that all governments should suspend themselves and concentrate on solving this if they are to make any sense in India for the 2019 election. “A few numbers from the World Bank highlight the plight[Read More...]
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India: Drop the charges against human rights defenders
I am writing to voice my deep concern about the the arrests of Sudha Bharadwaj, Gaurav Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Varavan Rao, as I strongly believe that they are directly linked to their peaceful and legitimate work in defence of human rights.
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Where is Baba Ramdev Ji?
I know well in advance that the followers of Baba Ramdev would not like this piece of writing. I also know that there would be a strong criticism and disapproval by the Babas loyalists. People will blame me as if I am writing like a party man. I am a political man. Rather I am a common man who is[Read More...]
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Esoteric demystification of Love, Concupiscence and Celestial Orgasm
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes. Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall and a preserving sweet.” ~ William Shakespeare The Philosophy of Love is considered as the field of social philosophy, which is specifically focused[Read More...]
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An Online Vigil in Defense of Julian Assange With Daniel Ellsberg, Craig Murray, Bill Binney and Ray McGovern
Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, on Saturday helped moderate a daylong chain of interviews in defense of WikiLeaks and its publisher Julian Assange, including a discussion with Daniel Ellsberg. A #Unity4J online vigil was held on Saturday to defend the WikiLeaks…Read more →
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Democracy Under Siege !
A Statement Issued by New Socialist Initiative (NSI) on the recent arrests of human rights defenders and public intellectuals With Ground Slipping Fast Beneath Its Feet, BJP government Resorting to Draconian Measures ! 1. New Socialist Initiative strongly condemns the arbitrary and malicious manner in which the Pune Police, at the behest of its saffron masters, raided the houses of[Read More...]
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Open letter to Pune Police Commissioner
Dear Shri K. Venkateshan I feel terribly sorry about your future career. You missed a chance of winning a police medal – or even a Padmashri. Even though you got custody of the five rights activists (Varvara Rao Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira) – you failed to bump them off in a false `encounter’, the oft-repeated [Read More...]
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Iran Just Moved Ballistic Missiles to Iraq, Within Easy Striking Distance of Israel
UPDATE: Iraq and Iran Deny ‘Ridiculous’ Reuters Report of Ballistic Missiles Being Moved (ZHE) — In what is sure to be a realization of one of Netanyahu’s worst nightmares, and deeply awkward for US advisers to Baghdad, Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to Shia proxy forces in Iraq, according to Western and Iraqi intelligence sources cited in a new Reuters report. […]
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US Strategy in Syria: ‘Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want’
(ANTIWAR.COM) — In 2013, top Obama Administration officials described their policy in the Syrian War as one of keeping the war going. The administration wanted a big seat at the table for a political settlement, which officials clarified meant ensuring that the war kept going so that there was never a clear victor. The Trump Administration seems to […]
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Friday Night Sing-Along- Trumpty Dumpty
Phil Festa is happy to have a life outside the corporate music business. You can tell from his most recent music. "It's great" he wrote, not to have a record company in charge of your ability to be heard." I know what he means. Enjoy!
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The Unlikely Force Behind US Prison Reform
If a conservative is a liberal who gets mugged, then a prison reformer is a conservative who goes to prison, as John Kiriakou explains. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News Prison and sentencing reform have long been an important…Read more →
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FBI Arrests Five New Mexico Compound Suspects Days After All Charges Dropped
(ZHE) — Five suspects who were arrested in a raid on a northern New Mexico compound have been taken into custody by the FBI after local prosecutors botched their case, resulting in the release of three of the individuals. “The defendants, Jany Leveille, 35, a Haitian national illegally present in the United States, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, Hujrah Wahhaj, […]
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494 Killed in Iraq During August
At least 494 people were reported killed in Iraq during August.
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McCain as Confederate
The day after John McCain died, I happened to visit a memorial to Confederate prisoners of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. Flying a Confederate flag overhead, the monument seemly ironically features a quote at the base from Maya Angelou. I realized there the way I felt about the soldiers commemorated there was decidedly similar how … Continue reading "McCain as Confederate"
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The Tip of the Radiation Disaster Iceberg
By John Laforge | CounterPunch | August 31, 2018 The World Nuclear Association says its goal is “to increase global support for nuclear energy” and it repeatedly claims on its website: “There have only been three major accidents across 16,000 cumulative reactor-years of operation in 32 countries.” The WNA and other nuclear power supporters acknowledge […]
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August 31, 2018: Russian Navy To Hold Large Drills Near Syria
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-august-31-2018-russian-navy-to… If you’re able, and if you like our content and approach, please support the project.
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Corbyn and the Jewish Question
By Gilad Atzmon | August 31, 2018 It doesn’t take a genius to detect the present volatile state of British Jewish institutions. To the outside observer, some of the actions of Britain’s so-called Jewish ‘leaders’ may seem to be a form of collective insanity. Yet, the Brits do not seem to be at all impressed. […]
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Details of ‘Secret Meeting’ in Damascus Reveal US Officials Wanted ‘Oil Guarantees’
21st Century Wire says…
According to Syriana Analysis, a secret meeting between senior Syrian and American security officials took place earlier this summer in Damascus. In the meeting, US officials reportedly issued their specific demands in exchange for complete withdrawal of troops from Syria. -
Israel threatens to use nuclear weapons to ‘wipe out’ its enemies
MEMO | August 31, 2018 Standing next to a secretive Israeli atomic reactor earlier in the week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to “wipe out” his enemies. In a speech that many will see as the Jewish state breaking its long silence over the possession of nuclear weapons, the Likud leader warned that it has […]
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Political reformers will wallow in futility until they take aim at the real enemy
By Greg Felton | August 31, 2018 According to the Russian proverb, “Repetition is the mother of learning.” This positive message of perseverance and practice is doubtless known to every Russian schoolchild; however, it is a lost on reform-minded American politicians. Those who promise and fail to bring about fundamental reform show little capacity to […]
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‘Equality Over Apartheid’: American Pop Star Lana Del Rey Cancels Concert in Israel
(MEE) — American pop star Lana Del Rey cancelled on Friday a concert in Israel, citing her inability to perform for Palestinian fans. Del Rey had faced criticism from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement over her decision to perform in Israel. She initially resisted the pressure while acknowledging grievances of Palestinian rights supporters. “It’s important […]
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Erasmus: Of a Soldier’s Life
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Erasmus: Selections on war
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Desiderius Erasmus
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PBC News & Comment: Funerals for Aretha, McCain Mark Summer’s End
In Detroit, Aretha Franklin gets the accolades she deserves, while Washington’s farewell to McCain excludes Trump and Palin, distorts history….--as usual McCain’s obit omits many dark chapters
--Max Blumenthal reveals the truth about the “maverick” in this report at ConsortiumNews, and this expose on National Endowment for Democracy -
Iran’s Long-Range Missile Defense System to Be Operational Soon: Commander
Al-Manar | August 31, 2018 The commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base (the central headquarters of Iran’s Air Defense) said a domestically made long-range missile system will come into service by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2019). “(Iran’s) air defense industry is completely self-sufficient today,” Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi […]
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#PumpUpThaVolume: August 31, 2018
Media Monarchy plays Kristin Hersh, Tash Sultana, Gina Chavez and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for August 31, 2018. ♬
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Is the Next US Aggression on Syria Already Scheduled?
Photo credit: Atılgan Özdil, Anadolu Agency The Saker • Unz Review • August 31, 2018 The things that please are those that are asked for again and again Horace Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran John McCain President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price… Donald Trump It is difficult […]
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NBC Threatened to ‘Smear’ Journalist Who Was About to Break Harvey Weinstein Story: Report
(ANTIMEDIA) — NBC News attempted to shut down journalist Ronan Farrow’s reporting on sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, according to sources cited in the Daily Beast and claims made by Farrow’s producer in the New York Times this week. Citing “multiple sources familiar with the matter,” the Daily Beast reported that NBC News’ General Counsel Susan Weiner “made a series of phone calls to Farrow, threatening to smear him if he […]
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US-British Neo-Imperialism and its Modern Day ‘Missionaries’
The worst sort of deception is that perpetrated by those who pose as defending the most vulnerable when in reality, are leveraging their circumstances, exploiting their suffering, and in many cases, playing a direct role in perpetuating both.
This is an apt description of Washington, London, and Brussels’ global-spanning human rights racket – used repeatedly as a pretext for political meddling and even war. -
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