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27Apr

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Politics, World, ZIO-NAZI

Vatican rejects chosen people claim, calls on I$raHell to end occupation

NOVANEWS A high-ranking Israeli official on Sunday slammed a statement from Catholic bishops, who called for international organizations to lead the cause of Palestinian statehood. Greek-Melchite Archbishop Cyrille Bustros sparked an interreligious firestorm when he suggested that Israel was “using Scripture” to continue its occupation of Palestinian territory. "The Holy Scriptures cannot be used to justify the return of Jews to Israel and the displacement of the Palestinians,” Bustros said at the close of a two-week conference in Rome, Italy, “to justify the occupation by Israel of Palestinian lands.” The Archbishop then questioned the biblical idea of a “promised land” set aside by a specific group of people. "We Christians cannot speak of the promised land as an exclusive right for...

18Apr

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Politics, World

GLOBAL RESEARCH WEEK IN REVIEW

NOVANEWS By Global Research Global Research Here is a selection of the most popular articles published on Global Research this week. Among other stories James Tracy summarizes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “inspired and detailed analysis of the extent to which the powerful pharmaceutical cartel has effectively captured the nation’s scientific, regulatory, and law-making processes.” Eric Zuesse examines the project of a ”group of residents in the region of Odessa, one of Ukraine’s largest cities… trying to break away from the Ukrainian government that was formed after the coup in Kiev in February 2014.” Paul Craig Roberts questions Washington’s idea that “450 nuclear ICBMs on ‘hair-trigger alert’” is making us safe. For the complete list of the most popular articles click here. Robert F...

13Apr

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Politics

Mainstream Media’s Schizophrenic Attitude Towards “Conspiracy Theories”

NOVANEWS By Seppo Ilmarinen Global Research Late February the Finnish publication Iltalehti published a sensational news headline about conspiracy theories: Now it is proven: conspiracy theorists are fools living in a bubble The internet is the information highway for both good and bad, because on the net all content is equal and trustworthy content competes for attention among all kinds of misinformation. Among other things, conspiracy theories and the peddling alternative media, are spread widely within the depths of the net. Rumors, propaganda, and other net-loopers have become such a serious problem, that the World Economic Forum, committed to monitoring the state of the world, named it as one of modern societies greatest threats alongside terrorism and cyber crime. This Iltaleh...

7Apr

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Politics, World

Don't Missed These Stories

NOVANEWS Some of our special stories in March focused on the nuclear-war dangers implicit in the Ukraine crisis, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s U.S. intervention to kill talks on Iran’s nuclear program, the role of propaganda past and present, and the way the national-security state influences public debate. “Playing Chicken with Nuclear War” by Robert Parry, Mar. 2, 2015 “The Rise of a ‘Democratic’ Fascism” by John Pilger, Mar. 2, 2015 “Neocons Want ‘Regime Change’ in Iran” Jonathan Marshall, Mar. 2, 2015 “Congress Cheers Netanyahu’s Hatred of Iran” by Robert Parry, Mar. 3, 2015 “Netanyahu’s False Narrative” by Marjorie Cohn, Mar. 4, 2015 “Curbs on Surveillance State Urged” by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Mar. 5, 2015 “Gen. Petraeus: Too Big to Jail” by Ray McGovern...

25Mar

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Human Rights, Politics

“Nobody” Should Fear Prison For Speech

NOVANEWS "Every day thousands of people die. But still the world moves on. Just due to one politician dead, a natural death everyone just goes crazy.. they should know." By Alex Freeman Profile Picture of Shaheen Dhada New Delhi, India (TFC) – The Supreme Court of India has stricken a controversial internet censorship law written 15 years ago. The law was enforced in 2012 when Saheen Dhada posted a comment against the death of politician Bal Thackeray. Her original post said: Every day thousands of people die. But still the world moves on. Just due to one politician dead, a natural death everyone just goes crazy.. they should know. We are resilient by force not by choice. When was the last time did anyone show some respect or even a 2mins silence for Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Azad, Sukhd...

13Mar

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Campaigns, Politics

We Deserve 'Better': Lackluster UN Declaration on Women's Rights Draws Ire

NOVANEWS Gender-equality declaration, formally adopted Monday, criticized as 'a bland reaffirmation of existing commitments' that 'threatens a major step backward' by: Deirdre Fulton A young woman from a fishing community in West Bengal in eastern India. She comes from a village that is known for high levels of trafficking of women and girls to other major cities. (Photo: UN Women-Anindit Roy- Chowdhury/flickr/cc) A political declaration from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, aimed at achieving global gender equality by 2030, "lacks ambition," according to nearly 1,000 women's rights and feminist organizations from around the world. In the document, which was formally adopted on Monday, world governments pledge to: bolster implementation of laws relat...

12Mar

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Politics

The City and the City: An Essay-Story

NOVANEWS K is for capital. Kapital and capital. The first is the blood and the second is the heart of the world. The city and the city. This is their story. As we know, Das Kapital strives to produce urban landscapes favourable to its own evolution. As David Harvey says, this is natural in the sense that even jaguars in the Amazon and termites in Africa do it. They all build firmer grounds that ground their reproduction. Why wouldn’t capital do it? The problem is that Kapital’s grounds are always shifting and unstable. Consider the daily chaos, the ebb and flow of entrepreneurial corporate activity that reproduces the immense wealth of the few, the super-rich. Consider also the building of cities, nations and empires stable enough to order that chaos through the exercise of their power o...

12Mar

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Politics

Are Inter-Capitalist Rivalries Intensifying?

NOVANEWS By: Jack Rasmus U.S. President Barack Obama looks on as he takes part in a EU-US summit in Brussels As the global economic stagnation continues, economic blocs appear to be becoming more combative to maintain their share of the economic pie Capitalism is by nature based on intense, and often destructive, competition. Not only between capital and labor, but between capitalists themselves. But not all competition is the same. There is competition when the global economic pie is growing; and there is competition when it is stagnating or declining. And in recent months signs are growing that new forms of more intense, aggressive inter-capitalist competition are emerging as the global economy continues to slow in general, and even stagnant and slide into r...

12Mar

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Politics

Specialists in the Arena of Political Organizing

NOVANEWS By: Vincent Emanuele As the White House declares Venezuela a threat, an opportunity arises to explain imperialism to U.S. citizens This moment provides an opportunity to contemplate when and how specialists could and should be used to educate citizens about very complex issues. In recent months and weeks, it has become common-knowledge among leftists around the world that the United States is, once again, attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government of Venezuela. Reports vary, yet it's clear the U.S. and its lapdog allies have been ramping-up the ongoing and never-ending cycle of economic and counterrevolutionary warfare against the Latin American nation. For those who study Venezuela, or are routinely exposed to information regarding th...

12Mar

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Politics

The Ruling Class Never Lost Its Way – or Its Power

NOVANEWS By: Paul Street Income inequality continues to grow in the United States “Homeland” disparity is now so great that the 400 richest Americans possess as much wealth between them as the 150 million poorest. “Sun-Washed” Days Former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert’s recent book “Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America” is one of many recent liberal volumes to pine for the supposedly “golden time” and place that was the post-World War II United States. In the U.S. between 1945 and 1971, Herbert fondly recalls, economic inequality declined, a vast middle class arose, great Civil Rights victories were achieved, jobs were plentiful, the middle class swelled, “high-consumption lifestyles” spread, economic growth took off, the welfare state expan...