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On Sunday, June 1, 2008, on the National Mall, in Washington, DC, a ceremony was held to commemorate—The Catastrophe—know as “Al Nakba.” It represents the forceful expulsion, in 1948, of 750,000 Palestinians from their ancestral homeland to “make way for the state of Israel.” Ms. Dina Shan’ak shared her views about “Al Nakba.” She was raised in a UN refugee camp in Lebanon. Her family was expelled, via “ethnic cleansing,” from their ancient village of Taytaba, in the District of Safad, in (…)

Australia has now withdrawn one third of Australian forces from the Iraq War, withdrawing 550 but leaving 1,000 to continue Australian participation in the Iraqi Holocaust, the Iraqi Genocide (2 million post-invasion Iraqi excess deaths, 4.5 million Iraqi refugees).
War criminal, anti-Arab anti-Semitic, racist White Australia remains committed to indefinite military occupation of Iraq - as if a whole ethnically cleansed continent and half of Antarctica were not enough for this greedy, (…)

Lots of good stuff here. Very timely. Seems like the battle over politicization of the EU has really heated up.
Jim Corr talks about the NWO in a post on the irish bulletin. Definately worth listening through. Hear the youtube audio posted here:
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By Nicola Nasser*
Firing home-made primitive rockets at Israeli targets from the Gaza Strip, the mass sweeping through the Palestinian – Egyptian border crossing of Rafah in January and the series of ongoing peaceful demonstrations at Gaza’s crossing points with Israel are not an aggressive demonstration of self-confidence, but more a show of defensive despair and weakness against the tight Israeli military siege, as much as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ threats to resign are (…)

May 29 2008: 111 countries agreed on a treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs, except the USA, Israel, India and China. (+ videos)
Nader.org Friday, May 30, 2008
Presidential candidate Ralph Nader wants to know why Senators McCain, Obama and Clinton have not signed onto legislation, S. 594, introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein, that would serve as a de facto ban on the use and export of nearly all of the one billion cluster bombs in the U.S. Stockpile.
The bill has 21 Senate (…)

“The military judge in the Omar Khadr trial in Guantanamo Bay has been relieved of his duties, a move that Mr. Khadr’s defence counsel implied is a result of the judge siding with the defence on a number of evidence-disclosure issues in the controversial military tribunal case.”
Omar Khadr is the Canadian child soldier that the United States government has been holding captive in Guantanamo Bay for the last six years.
“Mr. Khadr’s U.S. military defence lawyer, Lieutenant Commander Bill (…)

Countercurrents.org 30 May, 2008
What factors are causing the zooming price of crude oil, gasoline and heating products? What is going to be done about it?
Photo: J. Pénochet 2004
Don’t rely on the White House—with Bush and Cheney marinated in oil—or the Congress—which has hearings that grill oil executives who know that nothing is going to happen on Capitol Hill either.
Last week the price of crude oil reached about $130 a barrel after spiking to $140 briefly. The immediate cause? (…)

CounterPunch May 23, 2008
Another Stimulus Package for the Pentagon
The US Senate has voted $165 billion to fund Bush’s wars of aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq through next spring.
As the US is broke and deep in debt, every one of the $165 billion dollars will have to be borrowed. American consumers are also broke and deep in debt. Their zero saving rate means every one of the $165 billion dollars will have to be borrowed from foreigners.
The “world’s only superpower” is so (…)

On Friday, May 30, 2008, Ralph Nader, an announced presidential candidate in the ‘08 election, met with volunteers in his campaign at a Dundalk, MD restaurant. The purpose of the get together was to launch a statewide effort to officially place the “Independent Party” on the ballot for the November election. Ten thousands signatures, under state law, are required to secure that objective. After a luncheon, I asked Mr. Nader, the legendary advocate for the consumers and corporate gadfly, (…)

On May 29, 2008, on Capitol Hill, Professor John Mearsheimer shared his views, at a public forum, on the the powerful Israel Lobby, particularly its leading element, AIPAC; Christian Zionists; the late Rep. Tom Lantos; Rep. Henry Waxman; Rep. Howard Berman;and the U.S. Congress, among other matters. Bottom line for Professor Mearsheimer: “The Israel Lobby’s undue influence...on our foreign policy...isn’t good for the country...or for our democracy...Congress isn’t doing its job...And, that (…)