VOLATILE OIL PRICES: The Geopolitics of Speculation: Oil-price makers and takers
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Prof. Ali KadriEvery market is a process of social and power relationships. In every market there are price makers and price takers.
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THE CRIMINALIZATION OF "GLOBAL JUSTICE": Freedom Rider: The ICC is Criminal
• globalresearch.ca, by Margaret KimberleyThe New World Order under U.S. dominion turns international law on its head and puts criminal-bought flunkies on the judicial bench.
Media Disinformation and the “Arab Spring” Color Revolutions
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Prof. James TracyOn April 10 Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdul Kouddous received the I.F. “Izzy” Stone award “for outstanding achievement in independent media.”
Need a job, young man? Choose mining!
• MSNBCThe prospect of a fast-tracked career and a hefty starting salary has students flocking to mining schools. The Colorado School of Mines, gets more than 11,000 applications each year and accepts less than 1,000 students.
CIA TORTURE: The Zelikow Memo: Internal Critique of Bush Torture Memos Declassified
• globalresearch.ca, by National Security ArchiveDocument Sheds Light on Disputes over Treatment of Detainees
What's Left: The United States’ Barbarous Policy on Iran
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Stephen Gowans"Sanctions,” New York Times’ reporter Rick Gladstone writes, have subjected “ordinary Iranians” to “increased deprivations” in order to “punish Iran for enriching uranium that the West suspects is a cover for developing the ability to make nuclear we
OBAMA'S SYRIA DESTABILIZATION CAMPAIGN
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Scott CreightonAs the UN Ceasefire Agreement in Syria reaches it’s forth day, the so-called “rebels” and “activists” are continuing their destabilization campaign now with the help of “non military aid” provided by the Obama administration and paychecks for the ter
ARE TURKEY AND NATO CONTEMPLATING A MILITARY INTERVENTION AGAINST SYRIA ?
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Rick RozoffOn April 11 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters accompanying him to China that Turkey is considering asking the 28-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization to invoke its Article 5 collective military assistance clause against Syr
The Obama Administration Wants You To Stop Worrying and Love the Bailouts
• http://motherjones.com, By Nick BaumannThe Obama administration wants Americans to realize what a good job they and the Bush administration did saving the economy from a second Great Depression.
Will Scott Walker's Recall Give Tom Barrett His Revenge?
• http://motherjones.com, By Andy KrollThe Milwaukee mayor may have the best chance of beating Wisconsin's controversial governor, but Barrett and Walker share a common foe—the state's biggest unions.
Santorum's Choice
• http://motherjones.com,Conservative movement leaders want Santorum to be their flag-waver, but is he willing to be a rightwing watchdog focused on Romney?
WTF, GOP?
• By Monika Bauerlein and Clara JefferyDear Republicans: You shoulda had this election in the bag. But then you took a long detour to Crazytown.
Welcome to America: Connecting Indigenous Autonomy and Immigration
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Devon G. PeñaA recent poster prepared by Michigan State University assistant professor and artist, Dylan Miner, asks that we “decolonize immigration through indigenous and migrant solidarity.”
Obama Administration Must Say No to Industry Loopholes in Natural Gas Fracking Standards
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Frances BeineckeEnergy companies have drilled more than 75,000 wells in the past five years, many of them on farmlands, near public schools, and in people’s backyards
Blasts Rock Afghanistan, NATO in Taliban 'Spring Offensive'
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffFighting continues in one of the biggest attacks since 2001
Obama approves non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels
• http://www.rawstory.com, By Agence France-PresseUS President Barack Obama has approved non-lethal US aid, including communications equipment and medicines for Syria’s rebels, and plans to increase the package over time.
Top Scientist: Fluoride Already Shown to Cause 10,000 Cancer Deaths
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mike BarrettWater fluoridation is a highly controversial topic, with many individuals voicing massive concern over the practice.
Activists plan week of protests against new House cybersecurity legislation
• http://thehill.com, By Brendan SassoIn an attempt to re-create the backlash that killed anti-piracy legislation earlier this year, activists are planning a "week of action" beginning on Monday to protest the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
Egyptian presidential candidates barred
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Al JazeeraJust as in the US, the establishment hand picks the presidential candidates in “post-revolutionary” Egypt.
RED ALERT: Buffet Rule Is Criminal Scam
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Alex JonesThe same criminal mega banks that pulled off the banker bailout heist are set to run an even bigger scam.
China’s mysterious Internet outage; speculation over a ‘kill switch’
• http://www.zdnet.com, By Hana Stewart-SmithTemporary blackouts leave China’s Internet users unable to access many Chinese Web sites as well as other unblocked foreign sites.
Worrisome Security Council Syrian Resolution
Stephen LendmanWiggle room for greater intervention
China's North Korean Thorn
• arclein"China has pressured North Korea to abandon (the launch) because it adds new variables and gives the United States an excuse to return to Asia," the source with ties to the leadership told Reuters, requesting anonymity to avoid repercussions.
The Truth About Wisconsin
• arcleinFirst, Walker ended the unions’ automatic collection of dues from members’ paychecks, cutting off a major source of union funds. Next he required state workers to contribute a modest 5.8 percent of their salaries toward their pensions and to cover 12
Going Beyond Vimy with David Frum
• arcleinThose battles — collectively known as the Hundred Days — have been brilliantly summarized in a short book that, if it were up to me, would be assigned to every high school student in Canada: Shane Schreiber’s Shock Army Of The British Empire.
Israel Criminalizes Travel
Stephen LendmanAirlines complicit with Israel
Former Reporter Files Suit Against Cop Who Deleted Her Footage
• Photography Is Not a CrimeA news reporter caught Albuquerque police officer Stephanie Lopez on camera roughing up a teenager outside a nightclub last year, so Lopez did what came natural to her. She confiscated the reporter’s camera, took it home with her, scanned through
Obama: ‘I don’t mind debate’ but no to legalizing drugs
• RawstoryPresident Obama continued his opposition towards legalizing drugs, including marijuana, this weekend ahead of the Summit of Americans in Colombia. In an interview with Univision’s Enrique Acevedo for Al Punto, Obama said that although he was open t
Obama concludes Summit of the Americas on the defensive about inviting Cuba
• Washington PostPresident Obama concluded a contentious hemispheric summit on the defensive Sunday as it ended without agreement on whether Cuba’s Communist leaders should be invited to the next meeting, something the United States firmly opposes.
NYPD Issues Warning About Explosive ‘Drano Bombs’
• CBS NewsSome people are using a popular household cleaning product to make explosives, according to the NYPD. Police put out an alert earlier in the week that warned of so-called “Drano bombs.”
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