Award-winning journalist John Pilger investigates the discrepancies between American and British claims for the ‘war on terror’ and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington, DC. [youtube]hI6DRJXUYOQ[/youtube]
Environment
Source: wwf.org.nz State-owned coalminer Solid Energy has released figures that show its planned lignite to liquid fuel operation is likely to produce double the greenhouse emissions of standard diesel in New Zealand. In November 2010, the company initially refused WWF-New Zealand’s Official Information Act (OIA) request for their comparison of […]
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Media & the Israel-Palestine Conflict provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in Palestine, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [youtube]ycgi0hUihCs[/youtube] This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political […]
Deep beneath Las Vegas’s glittering lights lies a sinister labyrinth inhabited by poisonous spiders and a man nicknamed The Troll who wields an iron bar. But astonishingly, the 200 miles of flood tunnels are also home to 1,000 people who eke out a living in the strip’s dark underbelly. Some, […]
[ Might wanna order some pizza and settle in for this one … ] From the mystery religions of ancient Egypt to the Zionist role in 9/11, “Ring of Power ~ Empire of the City – 4,000 Years of Suppressed History” puzzles together the missing pieces of our human story. […]
Over the past few days, journalists working for Egyptian state media have orchestrated a remarkable uprising of their own: They have begun reporting news that casts the embattled government in a negative light. Whether the change is a sign of a weakened regime that is losing control or the result […]
Paul J. Balles explains why the 60 million right-wing Christians in the USA who expect a “second coming” of Jesus Christ into the Holy Land are in for a shock. Read the rest here
It may turn out to be the most important bank you’ve never heard of. Amagerbanken was taken over by the Danish government today. As with the Irish banks, Amagerbanken suffered huge losses on loans to property developers and investors in commercial real estate. But the rescue comes under new regulations […]
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