What is the NDAA? | P.A.N.D.A. People Against The NDAA

What is the NDAA? | P.A.N.D.A. People Against The NDAA

What is the NDAA?

Whether you are talking to a friend, speaking at a convention,
confronting your representative or just want some facts about the NDAA,
you've come to the right place. 



 

Transparency in Europe now!

Transparency in Europe now!

Outraged
at the lack of transparency in TTIP and CETA? Co-sign this OPEN LETTER
to Juncker, Malmström, etc. calling for electronic publication of all
TTIP documents and for a transparent negotiation process! Send a clear
sign to Brussels: Citizens want a transparent European Union now! ‪#‎let_light_in‬



 

Obama’s Fakery, ‘News’ Media’s Suckery

Obama’s Fakery, ‘News’ Media’s Suckery



 #‎Obama‬'s
push to strengthen the grip of international corporations and to make
supreme stockholders' 'rights' above and beyond the national rights of
mere voters and citizens and taxpayers of any signatory country, is
tragically real; his rhetoric and even 'regulations' against such
things, is tragically fake.

Read more: 

The Striking Similarities Between ISIS & Israel's Middle East Agendas

The Striking Similarities Between ISIS & Israel's Middle East Agendas



 Must Watch: Zionism And ISIS are just two sides of the same coin. Mnar A. Muhawesh like emoticon
explores the striking parallels between groups like ISIS and Zionists
in their quest to secure politico-religious control in the Middle East,
expand their territory and implement exclusionary policies.



 

About the author



Mnar Muhawesh

Mnar Muhawesh is founder, CEO and editor in chief of
MintPress News, and is also a regular speaker on responsible journalism,
sexism, neoconservativism within the media and journalism start-ups.

In 2009, Muhawesh also became the first American woman to wear the hijab
to anchor/report the news in American media.

Muhawesh is also a wife and mother of a rascal four year old boy,
juggling her duties as a CEO and motherly tasks successfully as
supermom.

Follow Mnar on Twitter at @mnarmuh

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Mnar Muhawesh

Turkey's Links With Islamic State: New Evidence Provided by Russia

Turkey's Links With Islamic State: New Evidence Provided by Russia





The ‪#‎BrusselsBombings‬ have accelerated ‪#‎US‬ efforts to close off the last remaining Islamic State (‪#‎ISIS‬) route out of ‪#‎Syria‬ through ‪#‎Turkey‬, which officials suspect was the main thoroughfare for militants who carried out deadly attacks in ‪#‎Belgium‬ and ‪#‎France‬.


Read more: The #BrusselsBombings have accelerated #US efforts to
close off the last remaining Islamic State (#ISIS) route out of #Syria
through #Turkey, which officials suspect was the main thoroughfare for militants who carried out deadly attacks in #Belgium and #France.

Read more:  http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/03/29/turkey-links-with-islamic-state-new-evidence-provided-by-russia.html

On Dark Money, Mr. President, The Time for Action Is Now | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

On Dark Money, Mr. President, The Time for Action Is Now | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community



 "We, the People, know the richest corporations and individuals have more
control over how the country is run than millions of everyday
Americans. We don't know which corporations pay to have legislation
written in their favor, how much this one paid to get the no-bid
contract, or that one paid to get that special rider in the budget bill.
But we know that we are being shut out of the process and that many
citizens are blocked from voting by restrictive voting laws."

In December, more than a million signatures were delivered to the White House calling on President Obama to issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose their political spending. (Photo: Public Citizen/flickr/cc)

The US Military: Back on the Battlefield in Iraq

The US Military: Back on the Battlefield in Iraq





The ‪#‎US‬ public may not have known that their soldiers were back in ‪#‎Iraq‬ defending a fire base, but ‪#‎ISIS‬ certainly had observed the arrival of the Marines and the artillery

Read more:  http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/03/30/the-us-military-back-battlefield-iraq.html

Putin & Assad Have Liberated Syria from The US-&-Jihadist Alliance

Putin & Assad Have Liberated Syria from The US-&-Jihadist Alliance



 #‎Syria‬ ‪#‎Russia‬ ‪#‎ISIS‬

The pro-Syrian alliance, under Russian air-power, are now making final preparations to finish the job.

Read more:  http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/03/30/putin-assad-have-liberated-syria-from-us-and-jihadist-alliance.html



 

Tony Blair: West Must Prepare To Send Ground Troops To Crush ISIS

Tony Blair: West Must Prepare To Send Ground Troops To Crush ISIS



 Tony Blair (aka Bliar) is back on the scene to promote dropping bombs, bombs, and more bombs on Iraq.



 



President George W. Bush and former British
Prime Minister Tony Blair nudge each other in the East Room of the White
House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, during a ceremony where
the president presented Blair with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History

By Felicity Arbuthnot

Since terrorism’s tragedy is again in the news, it is timely to revisit perhaps one of the biggest acts of terrorism in modern history – the illegal invasion and destruction – ongoing – of Iraq.

March 20th marked the thirteenth anniversary of an action resulting in the equivalent of a Paris, Brussels, London 7th July 2005, often multiple times daily in Iraq ever since. As for 11th September 2001, there has frequently been that death toll and heart break every several weeks, also ongoing.

America and Britain have arguably engaged in and generated the legacy of one of the longest recorded attacks of terrorism since World War Two.

There are no minutes silences or Eiffel Tower bathed in the colours of the Iraqi flag – or indeed those of the other ongoing Western engineered catastrophes, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, or for the US-UK complicity in the human carnage in Yemen, or for the forty three dead and two hundred and thirty nine injured in Beirut in November, reportedly by ISIS, the day before the Paris attack.

The Eiffel Tower did not display the Russian colours after ISIS claimed the October 2015 crash of a Russian airliner after leaving from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh airport, the result they stated of a bomb they placed, killing all two hundred and twenty four passengers. ISIS mass murders in Africa are mostly ignored.

 

 

Anatomy of False-Flag Events…

Anatomy of False-Flag Events…



 Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, London 7/7 bombings, Madrid train bombings,
Osama bin Laden Capture/Death, 2011 Norway Attacks, Charlie Hebdo,
Boston bombing, Sandy Hook, JFK, RFK, MLK, Pearl Harbor, Lusitania, USS
Maine, Gulf of Tonkin, USS Liberty, Aurora, CO shooting, Charleston
church shooting, Tucson, AZ shooting, Port Arthur, AUS, all very real
illusions.



 

CIA Caught Taking Naked Photos of Detainees BEFORE Torturing Them to Prove They Weren’t Tortured

CIA Caught Taking Naked Photos of Detainees BEFORE Torturing Them to Prove They Weren’t Tortured



 A new report from the Guardian says the “CIA took naked photographs of people it sent to its foreign partners for torture.”



 

The Liberation Of Palmyra: US Narratives And NATO Terrorists Defeated In The Syrian Desert

The Liberation Of Palmyra: US Narratives And NATO Terrorists Defeated In The Syrian Desert



 About ten months ago, the World Heritage Site, the city of Palmyra, fell
under control of the so-called “ISIS” or “ISIL,” a network of
terrorists that would not even be in existence were it not for the
support of the United States and the “U.S.-led coalition.”



 

USDA Deregulates New Monsanto-Made GMO Corn Strain | Natural Society

USDA Deregulates New Monsanto-Made GMO Corn Strain | Natural Society

USDA Deregulates New Monsanto-Made GMO Corn Strain

The herbicides have been linked to cancers and more

 

 

Tariq Ali on Lahore Bombing: Is the Pakistani Government Turning a Blind Eye to Taliban Violence? | Democracy Now!

Tariq Ali on Lahore Bombing: Is the Pakistani Government Turning a Blind Eye to Taliban Violence? | Democracy Now!



 "Unless and until [Pakistan's] social structure improves and people see
an alternative—both on the level of education, health facilities,
housing—there is going to be huge vacuum which some of the Islamist
groups fill." - Tariq Ali on ‪#‎Lahore‬ bombing



 

WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Government Planned To “Retaliate & Cause Pain” On Countries Refusing GMOs | Collective-Evolution

WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Government Planned To “Retaliate & Cause Pain” On Countries Refusing GMOs | Collective-Evolution



 Why are there secret classified documents pertaining to our food?



 

Yemen: Tens of Thousands Protest U.S.-Backed, Saudi-Led Offensive on 1st Anniversary | Democracy Now!

Yemen: Tens of Thousands Protest U.S.-Backed, Saudi-Led Offensive on 1st Anniversary | Democracy Now!



 Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets Saturday to protest the
ongoing U.S.-backed, Saudi-led offensive against Houthi rebels in
Yemen.



 

Violence de la mondialisation, par Jean Baudrillard (Le Monde diplomatique, novembre 2002)

Violence de la mondialisation, par Jean Baudrillard (Le Monde diplomatique, novembre 2002)



 Pour la puissance mondiale, tout aussi intégriste que l'orthodoxie
religieuse, toutes les formes différentes et singulières sont des
hérésies. A ce titre, elles sont vouées soit à rentrer de gré ou de
force dans l'ordre mondial, soit à disparaître.

EU To Burundi: Regime Change Trumps Anti-Terror Help | Oriental Review

EU To Burundi: Regime Change Trumps Anti-Terror Help | Oriental Review



 Regime-change juggernaut coming to Black ‪#‎Africa‬?
‪#‎HybridWarfare‬ ‪#‎Burundi‬



 

Deregulation - Putting the fox in charge of the henhouse - TruePublica

Deregulation - Putting the fox in charge of the henhouse - TruePublica

Deregulation – Putting the fox in charge of the henhouse

30th March 2016 / United Kingdom

The whole point of government regulation is to intervene in
the conflict of interest that companies and individuals have between
their own financial benefit and the public interest.


Most people seem to get that, but not here. We’ve documented a long process of
UK government prioritising business interests in policy-making and
creating new processes that give businesses more say in what gets
regulated and how.


The latest capitulation to business is over animal welfare standards.
From next month the poultry industry itself will write the guidance on
what counts as compliance with animal welfare regulations. For example, poultry farmers will typically trim the beaks of their chickens to prevent them injuring one another – current guidance
advises that this should be limited to beak blunting performed by
trained professionals to very high standards. The industry will now
decide on this guidance itself.  As this is the current guidance, as
commentators have rightly pointed out, when it comes to self-regulation
of standards the only way is down.


The fact this move was slipped out quietly indicates an awareness of
just how out of sync it is with  public attitudes, which view
environmental and social protections very favourably. When they tried to
crowd source online suggestions from the public for regulations that
should be scrapped they mostly ended up with suggestions for more regulation, not less.


The consequences are very real. The Volkswagen scandal, in which the
car company deliberately flouted rules about what fumes its vehicles
could emit, showed that weak regulation and enforcement can lead to
corporate abuse and, ultimately, deaths. Last week it emerged that the UK government stopped spot-checking cars to check compliance with pollution regulations five years ago.


The only way our government can convince us that all of this is good
for us is by misconstruing social and environmental protections as pesky
‘red tape’. Decisions taken by and for businesses are shrouded in
language of entrepreneurialism and freedom from bureaucracy.


But is lessening the pain for battery farmed chickens really a case
of red tape? Or trying to protect children from air pollution created by
cars? Not in my books.


This handover of welfare guidance starts with the poultry and will be
extended to other meat industries. But the wider story is about more
than just our food. This is one more step in a long road of deregulation that threatens the democratic principle of government itself – the state should make decisions in the interest of society overall, not just businesses.


By neweconomics.org – economics as if people and the planet mattered

Russian Withdrawal Means Different Things to Different Actors | New Eastern Outlook

Russian Withdrawal Means Different Things to Different Actors | New Eastern Outlook



 Recent days have witnessed some serious developments taking place with
regard to international efforts at peacefully ending the war in...



 

Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches of Isis? | Voices | The Independent

Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches of Isis? | Voices | The Independent

Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches of Isis?

In the end, it was the Syrian army - and its Hizballah chums
from Lebanon, and the Iranians, and the Russians - who drove the Isis
murderers out of Palmyra

• 
  Robert Fisk
  
• 
  @indyvoices
•  
•  

  
  

  
  Palmyra's historic monumental arch. Bernard Gagnon

  
  

Project Fear: RT unravels the latest scare tactics to keep Britain in the EU --- -- UK — RT

UK — RT



 Project Fear: RT unravels the latest scare tactics to keep Britain in the EU 

Brexit scaremongering is international. Spain has threatened
to cut off access to Gibraltar if Britain quits the EU, essentially
leaving it lonely and isolated under the belly of Europe. RT unpicks
other recent doomsday predictions from Project Fear. 

(L-R) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime
Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and Cyprus
President Nicos Anastasiades attend a European Union leaders summit over
migration, in Brussels, Belgium, March 17, 2016. © Yves Herman /
Reuters

General Wesley Clark explains ISIS was created by U.S. Allies - YouTube

General Wesley Clark explains ISIS was created by U.S. Allies - YouTube: 

General Wesley Clark explains ISIS was created by U.S. Allies 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojcoKnTGf4s

 

General Wesley Clark: Wars Were Planned - Seven Countries In Five Years - YouTube

General Wesley Clark: Wars Were Planned - Seven Countries In Five Years - YouTube

General Wesley Clark: Wars Were Planned - Seven Countries In Five Years 

 Originally published in March 2007
General Wesley Clark:
Because I
had been through the Pentagon right after 9/11. About ten days after
9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and
Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some
of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the
generals called me in. He said, "Sir, you've got to come in and talk to
me a second." I said, "Well, you're too busy." He said, "No, no." He
says, "We've made the decision we're going to war with Iraq." This was
on or about the 20th of September. I said, "We're going to war with
Iraq? Why?" He said, "I don't know." He said, "I guess they don't know
what else to do." So I said, "Well, did they find some information
connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda?" He said, "No, no." He says, "There's
nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with
Iraq." He said, "I guess it's like we don't know what to do about
terrorists, but we've got a good military and we can take down
governments." And he said, "I guess if the only tool you have is a
hammer, every problem has to look like a nail."

So I came back to
see him a few weeks later, and by that time we were bombing in
Afghanistan. I said, "Are we still going to war with Iraq?" And he said,
"Oh, it's worse than that." He reached over on his desk. He picked up a
piece of paper. And he said, "I just got this down from upstairs" --
meaning the Secretary of Defense's office -- "today." And he said, "This
is a memo that describes how we're going to take out seven countries in
five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya,
Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran." I said, "Is it classified?" He
said, "Yes, sir." I said, "Well, don't show it to me." And I saw him a
year or so ago, and I said, "You remember that?" He said, "Sir, I didn't
show you that memo! I didn't show it to you!"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC1Mepk_Sw&app=desktop

 

Member state offices in Brussels: wide open to corporate lobbyists | Corporate Europe Observatory

Member state offices in Brussels: wide open to corporate lobbyists | Corporate Europe Observatory





Corporate Europe Observatory



Only four of the seventeen
governments approached for information on their national offices' lobby
contacts in Brussels provided significant information. Indeed, ALTER-EU
found that many kept no records of lobby meetings and some shockingly
refused to disclose this basic information. There is an urgent need for a
legally-binding EU lobby register which includes all EU institutions
and permanent representations. Full transparency around the development
of rules and regulations that ultimately affect the lives of 500 million
European citizens is crucial! See the report here:http://corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2016/03/member-state-offices-brussels-wide-open-corporate-lobbyists



 

I Do Not Care to Finish Reading This Mediocre Kissinger Biography By Niall Ferguson

I Do Not Care to Finish Reading This Mediocre Kissinger Biography By Niall Ferguson



 "Henry Kissinger is a special, special princess who must not be criticized," writes Barrett Brown.



 

Henry Kissinger’s “mad and illegal” bombing: What you need to know about his real history — and why the Sanders/Clinton exchange matters - Salon.com

Henry Kissinger’s “mad and illegal” bombing: What you need to know about his real history — and why the Sanders/Clinton exchange matters - Salon.com

Henry Kissinger’s “mad and illegal”
bombing: What you need to know about his real history — and why the
Sanders/Clinton exchange matters

 

Greg Grandin

10 Ways the Media and Political Establishment Have Tried to Orchestrate the Democratic Primary | Alternet

10 Ways the Media and Political Establishment Have Tried to Orchestrate the Democratic Primary | Alternet

10 Ways the Media and Political Establishment Have Tried to Orchestrate the Democratic Primary

They wanted to declare it over before actual voters could vote.

By RoseAnn DeMoro
/ AlterNet

 

 

Even if Sanders wins the popular vote, Clinton could still get the nomination | US news | The Guardian

Even if Sanders wins the popular vote, Clinton could still get the nomination | US news | The Guardian

Even if Sanders wins the popular vote, Clinton could still get the nomination

The Democratic party decides its nominee in a massively undemocratic
way – and is a ticking time bomb for the party and its voter base if
Bernie keeps winning



 

The Democratic party’s nomination will ultimately be decided by more
than 4,700 delegates – and Bernie Sanders is losing the superdelegate
race.
Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Washingtonians Hound Superdelegate Who Supports Clinton After Constituents Favored Sanders - Truthdig

Washingtonians Hound Superdelegate Who Supports Clinton After Constituents Favored Sanders - Truthdig

Washingtonians Hound Superdelegate Who Supports Clinton After Constituents Favored Sanders 

 

Bernie Sanders crushed Hillary Clinton in Washington’s caucuses
Saturday, yet state Rep. Rick Larsen, a superdelegate, is ready to vote
for her anyway. Sanders backers flooded Larsen’s Facebook account,
demanding that he honor the will of his constituents.



“Superdelegates,” explained
The Guardian’s Trevor Timm in February, are roughly 700 members of
Congress, governors, mayors and other party elites “who aren’t elected
by anyone during the primary process and are free to vote any way they
want at the [nominating] convention.”



Washington voters overwhelmingly favored Sanders
over Clinton, 72 percent to 27 percent, in Saturday’s Democratic
caucus. The Vermont senator carried every county in the state—and voters
in Whatcom County, where Larsen keeps an office, chose Sanders by 81
percent.

    Rep. Rick Larsen of Washington state’s 2nd Congressional District. (Online Guide to House Members and Senators)

 

Hillary Emails Reveal True Motive for Libya Intervention | Foreign Policy Journal

Hillary Emails Reveal True Motive for Libya Intervention | Foreign Policy Journal



 Hillary Emails show UK, French, Egyptian special forces were secretly in Libya providing arms to "protestors"  <<  http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/01/06/new-hillary-emails-reveal-true-motive-for-libya-intervention/



 

Libyan
leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, murdered by Western-backed rebels on October
20, 2011, planned to create a gold-backed African currency to compete
with the dollar and euro. (Photo: Jesse B. Awalt/US Navy)

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization



 FELICITY ARBUTHNOT: Since terrorism’s tragedy is again in the news, it
is timely to revisit perhaps one of the biggest acts of terrorism in
modern history – the illegal invasion and destruction – ongoing – of
Iraq.



 

If Edward Snowden Is Right About Clinton's Emails, Bernie Sanders Will Win a Landslide Victory

If Edward Snowden Is Right About Clinton’s Emails, Bernie Sanders Will Win a Landslide Victory

 

Surviving on the Battlefield in the Information War | New Eastern Outlook

Surviving on the Battlefield in the Information War | New Eastern Outlook



 There is undoubtedly an information war raging. There are intentional
liars, people who witlessly repeat these lies, poor research, and...



 

Admiral Harris revives the “Initiative of Four” | New Eastern Outlook

Admiral Harris revives the “Initiative of Four” | New Eastern Outlook



 One of the most significant events that directly involve the complex
situation unfolding in Southeast Asia (SEA) and the Indian...

 

The Global Refugee Crisis: Humanity's Last Call for a Culture of Sharing and Cooperation

The Global Refugee Crisis: Humanity's Last Call for a Culture of Sharing and Cooperation



 "The real crisis is not the influx of refugees to Europe per se but a
toxic combination of destabilising foreign policy agendas, economic
austerity and the rise of right-wing nationalism, which is likely to
push the world further into social and political chaos in the months
ahead."



 

Indonesia: Persecution of Gafatar Religious Group | Human Rights Watch

Indonesia: Persecution of Gafatar Religious Group | Human Rights Watch



 “Ethnic groups and state officials have acted hand-in-hand in the name
of ‘religious harmony’ to deny members of the Gafatar religious
community their basic rights to security and religious freedom.”



 

Two men remove the Indonesian flag while
the compound of the Gafatar religious group burns after being set on
fire by villagers in Mempawah regency, in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan
province on January 19, 2016. 

© 2016 Antara Foto/Reuters

Egypt's notorious police brutality record - Al Jazeera English

Egypt's notorious police brutality record - Al Jazeera English





"In the continuous absence of international and local
accountability... the 90-million strong country is more likely heading
towards further instability."

- Omar Ashour, University of Exeter

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, centre, poses for a photograph with members of the Egyptian armed forces. [Reuters]

Member state offices in Brussels: wide open to corporate lobbyists | Corporate Europe Observatory

Member state offices in Brussels: wide open to corporate lobbyists | Corporate Europe Observatory



 Lobby transparency: see which national representations released
information on lobbying and replied to our access to information
requests in ALTER EU's new report. You can also see how these bodies are
often meeting unregistered lobbyists. "National representations in
Brussels: open for corporate lobbyists" is available here:http://corporateeurope.org/pressreleases/2016/03/member-state-offices-brussels-wide-open-corporate-lobbyists



 

The Pentagon’s Budget Time Bomb

The Pentagon’s Budget Time Bomb





With plans for military spending on a new Cold War — as well as on
old fears about terrorism — spinning out of control, the next U.S.
president will face a budgetary time bomb, explains Chuck Spinney.

Read here:http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/03/29/the-pentagon-budget-time-bomb.html



 

Global agribusiness, dependency, marginalisation of self sufficiency and organic farming - TruePublica

Global agribusiness, dependency, marginalisation of self sufficiency and organic farming - TruePublica

Global agribusiness, dependency, marginalisation of self sufficiency and organic farming

29th March 2016 / Global

Is organic-based farming merely a niche model of agriculture
that is not capable of feeding the global population? Or does it have a
major role to play?


In addressing these questions, it would be useful to consider a
selection of relevant literature to see what it says about the role of organic farming, how this model of agriculture impacts farmers and whether or not it can actually feed the global population.


Organic farming and sustainable livelihoods


In ‘The impact of organic farming on food security in a regional and global perspective’,
Halberg et al (2006) argue that while present food production in theory
is sufficient to cover the energy and protein needs of the global
population, there are still more than 740 million food insecure people,
the majority of whom live in the Global South. The researchers indicate
that if a conversion to organic farming of approximately 50% of the
agricultural area in the Global South were to be carried out, it would
result in increased self-sufficiency and decreased net food import to
the region.


Following on from this, in the 2013 book ‘Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihioods’
by Halberg and Muller, the authors suggest that organic crops tend to
provide farmers with a higher net income compared to their conventional
counterparts due to lower production costs. The book provides convincing
evidence that organic farming has a positive influence on smallholder
food security and livelihoods. This is important because smallholder
agriculture is key to food production in the Global South, where food insecurity is most prevalent.


Aaron Iverson makes
a pertinent point about this book: Halberg and Muller factor into their
analyses the economic benefits of organic agriculture over conventional
agriculture, which accrue over several years to decades. Iverson says
that such analyses on these time scales are rare. Based on extensive
research and modelling, the two authors indicate that organic farming
promotes crop diversity, improves worker health due to less chemical
exposure, increases social and human capital, increases farmland
biodiversity, lowers pollution, increases soil fertility and is less
financially risky due to lower upfront costs. Among other things, it
also sequesters more soil carbon and is less vulnerable to climate
change due to improved soil properties.

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History - TruePublica

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History - TruePublica

Iraq Invasion – Anniversary of The Biggest Terrorist Attack in Modern History

29th March 2016 / Global

By Felicity Arbuthnot. 



Since terrorism’s tragedy is again in the news, it is timely to revisit
perhaps one of the biggest acts of terrorism in modern history – the
illegal invasion and destruction – ongoing – of Iraq.


March 20^th marked the thirteenth anniversary of an action resulting in the equivalent of a Paris, Brussels, London 7^th July 2005, often multiple times daily in Iraq ever since. As for 11^th September 2001, there has frequently been that death toll and heart break every several weeks, also ongoing.


America and Britain have arguably engaged in and generated the legacy
of one of the longest recorded attacks of terrorism since World War
Two.


There are no minutes silences or Eiffel Tower bathed in the colours
of the Iraqi flag – or indeed those of the other ongoing Western
engineered catastrophes, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, or for the US-UK
complicity in the human carnage in Yemen, or for the forty three dead
and two hundred and thirty nine injured in Beirut in November,
reportedly by ISIS, the day before the Paris attack.


The Eiffel Tower did not display the Russian colours after ISIS
claimed the October 2015 crash of a Russian airliner after leaving from
Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh airport, the result they stated of a bomb they
placed, killing all two hundred and twenty four passengers. ISIS mass
murders in Africa are mostly ignored.


Since ISIS was spawned by the Iraq “liberation” (“Operation Iraqi
Liberation” – OIL) it is worth revisiting Tony Blair’s speech to
Parliament on 20^th March 2003, the day of the invasion. (1)

Kerry’s Plan at Balkanising Syria | New Eastern Outlook

Kerry’s Plan at Balkanising Syria | New Eastern Outlook



 Last month, US secretary of State John Kerry called for Syria to be partitioned saying it was “Plan B” if... 



 

La contestation face aux médias, par Todd Gitlin (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2016)

La contestation face aux médias, par Todd Gitlin (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2016)



 Un mouvement d’opposition peut-il se servir des médias sans s’y
assujettir ? La question traverse la fascinante étude du sociologue
américain Todd Gitlin sur l’essor et la chute du Students for a
Democratic Society (Etudiants pour une société démocratique), l’une des
organisations emblématiques de la Nouvelle Gauche américaine des années
1960. Cet ouvrage jamais traduit en français n’a pas pris une ride,
comme le suggère cet extrait.



 

Declassified CIA Document Reveals Iraq War Had Zero Justification | Your News Wire

Declassified CIA Document Reveals Iraq War Had Zero Justification | Your News Wire





Now that document has been declassified and it reveals that there was
virtually zero justification for the Iraq war. The document reveals
that there was “no operational tie between Saddam and al Qaeda” and no
WMD programs.

Via The People's Voice



 

Pakistan: une soixantaine de morts dans un attentat contre une aire de jeu | Agence pour les Droits de l’Homme

Pakistan: une soixantaine de morts dans un attentat contre une aire de jeu | Agence pour les Droits de l’Homme



 #‎Pakistan‬: une soixantaine de morts dans un ‪#‎attentat‬ contre une aire de ‪#‎jeu‬


Un attentat contre une aire de jeu fait une soixantaine de morts au
Pakistan. La plupart des victimes sont des enfants venus faire de la
balançoire...



 

Lahore bombing: Pakistan mourns as death toll rises - AJE News

Lahore bombing: Pakistan mourns as death toll rises - AJE News





It's an attack that killed at least 70 people - most of them women and children.


Pakistan says it's launching a paramilitary crackdown in Punjab to stop
armed groups, while its capital Islamabad, is at a standstill because
of protests.

So, where does Pakistan go from here?



 





Rescue workers move a body from the blast site [Mohsin Raza/Reuters]