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UK: Buses may not be sexy, but they are a lifeline for our poorest citizens

Published on Left Foot Forward, by MARTIN ABRAMS, Sept 26, 2013. … On Tuesday the Office of National Statistics published statistics showing this is precisely what happened to bus services last year....

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Military Tatoos

Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2013: Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo 2013 Full Vision, 86.58 min, uploaded by gare2016, August 22, 2013; Tattoo Parade Basel 2013, Freie Strasse (full) Switzerland,...

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in german: EUPOLY

Film in german: Ein europäischer Alptraum, Offizielle Version, 142.23 min, von Jens B am 17. September 2013 hochgeladen; Trailer: EUPOLY – Ein europäischer Alptraum, 5.19 min,  von Jens B am 28. April...

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Egypt: The right gamble

The interim government is trying hard not to alienate the poor … but more daring actions are needed to revive the economy – Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Sherine Abdel-Razek, Sept 25, 2013....

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The USA and Saudi Arabia: a monstrous relationship

Published on Intrepid Report, by John Stanton, Sept 27, 2013. According to Dave Ottoway, writing for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, “There is practically no civil society in Saudi Arabia. The...

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Index September 2013

2013-09-01: Snowden leaks: NSA conducted 231 offensive cyber-ops in 2011, hailed as active defense; 2013-09-02: Syria: If Britain is unwilling to help the rebels, it should open its doors to Syrian...

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Wall Street to Planet Earth: We Don’t Mind and You Don’t Matter

Published on Dissident Voice, by Chris Williams, Sept 27, 2013. … As the entire planet is an interlinked set of ecosystems which together form the biosphere, changes in the composition of the earth’s...

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Ms. Kalashnikov: The Women Rebels of Congo

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Johannes Korge, Sept 30, 2013 (16 Photos in the Gallery: Women in Africa’s Militias). They murder, rob and kidnap, just like their male comrades. Some...

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West may fail to bring Syrian opposition to Geneva talks in time – Lavrov

Published on Russia Today RT, October 1, 2013. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed doubts that the West will be successful in getting the Syrian opposition to take part in the...

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Chaos in Rome: Berlusconi Tricks Spark Fear in Europe

Published on Spiegel Online International, by Gregor-Peter Schmitz in Brussels, September 30, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi has plunged Italy into another political crisis. It’s a wake-up call for Europe and...

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The resource curse, or the paradox of poverty from plenty

Published on openDemocracy (first on Tax Justice Focus, the newsletter of the Tax Justice Network), by Nicholas Shaxson, Sept 23, 2013. Is finance like crude oil? Countries rich in minerals are often...

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Diplomatic Meddling? President Maduro takes action against the U.S. State...

Published on Council of Hemispheric Affairs COHA.org, by COHA staff, October 3, 2013. U.S.-Venezuela relations continue to skid at a precipitous pace; Venezuela is likely to replace Cuba as...

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farmlandgrab.org’s weekly newsletter

excerpts – published on Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab, by different organizations, Oct 2, 2013: Video: Seeds of discontent, 22.32 min, by Transnational Institute, Oct 2, 2013: A powerful new...

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American exceptionalism as exemplified by US international lawlessness

Interview with UK MP George Galloway – Published on Russia Today RT, Oct 5, 2013. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa equated US ideas of its own exceptionalism to Nazi ideals of a superior race this...

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From Pension Fund Socialism to Pension Fund Capitalism?

Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies, session 1 (Toronto) – Watch the video, 31.20 min, published on Socialist Project, Sept 27, 2013. Peter Drucker’s famous 1976 warning that the growth...

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Demokratischer Kapitalismus?

Wortmeldung von Rico Albrecht auf Demonstration, 57.40 min, von WissensmanufakturNET am 15. Mai 2012 hochgeladen. Webseite: Wissenschafts Manufaktur.net.

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United Nation’s calendar of all conferences and meetings

Published on UN’s Calendar of Conferences and Meetings. View Meetings: by Date, by Venue, by Year. The calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations is prepared by the Meetings Management...

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Sudanese women: you can beat us but you cannot break us

Published on Pambazuka News, by Hala Alkarib, Oct 03, 2013. Political Islam in Sudan remains very strong and manifests itself in floggings of Sudanese women that are justified by the constitution in...

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On Shutdown, Waning US Influence, Syrian Showdown

Interview with Noam Chomsky, published on truthout, by Harrison Samphir, Oct 8, 2013 (also on ZNet). Noam Chomsky gives his perspective on the US government shutdown, the Syrian civil war, capitalist...

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MA in Human Rights Education

Published on USF/School of Education, not dated. The Master of Arts in Human Rights Education (HRE) Program provides a unique opportunity to understand and address deep-rooted social and educational...

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