US threatens war in the Persian Gulf By Peter Symonds; 31 December 2011 – WSWShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/dec2011/pers-d31.shtml The Obama administration’s bellicose stance towards Iran is setting the stage for a dangerous slide towards war in the Persian Gulf. Having provoked Tehran with legislation for what amounts to an oil embargo, the US is threatening Iran with military [...]

2011: The Year I Learned to Hate College Football By Dave Zirin; December 31, 2011 – The Nationhttp://www.thenation.com/blog/165380/2011-year-i-learned-hat… In a decade of sports writing, I’ve always used a very basic framework: don’t reject sports, reclaim it. In other words, no matter how greedy, hateful, or ugly sports become, you fight for it to change. No [...]

Israel v. Palestine in 2012 – by Stephen Lendman Palestinians have endured decades of ruthless occupation. World leaders decline support. They’re left largely on their own despite growing millions globally supporting them. Life in occupied Palestine is harsh and repressive. On December 26, Jerusalem’s mayor, Nir Barakat, delivered another blow. The Municipality will classify 70,000 [...]

Saudi Arabian State Terror – Stephen Lendman Annually, the State Department publishes human rights reports for over 190 countries. Its latest April 8, 2011 Saudi Arabia assessment discusses “significant human rights abuses and the inability of citizens to change its absolute monarchal rule. Abuses include: • “torture and physical abuse; • poor prison and detention [...]

Report: Occupier Kept Off Flight Home for Christmas for Carrying “Anarchist” Literature By Joshua Holland; December 30, 2011 – AlterNethttp://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/756454 Susie Madrack flagged this item on Raw Story, adding: “I find it oddly reassuring that the British security state is just as insane as ours:” “A protester associated with Occupy London was barred from boarding [...]

Ron Paul’s Anti-Progressive Agenda – by Stephen Lendman Compared to a rogue’s gallery of Republican aspirants, supporters claim Paul looks good by comparison. Look again and think carefully about America in his hands. True enough, he wants the Federal Reserve abolished. He calls it “dishonest, immoral, unconstitutional,” and America’s “great(est) threat to….security and prosperity.” “Out-of-control [...]

Can you guess what the number one catastrophic event that Americans worry about is?  There are certainly many to choose from.  Many Americans are deathly afraid of a major terrorist attack.  Others live in constant fear of natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes and hurricanes.  Still others are incredibly concerned that a massive pandemic will [...]

Agitation from above: Politicians and the media agitate the citizens in the right way for the state’s crisis policy How the people should mentally cope with the crisis which they are made responsible for in practice [Translated from GegenStandpunkt 4-11] The crisis in the financial markets has grown into a sovereign debt crisis. The huge [...]

The dollar is losing value, but this fact is not just some recent phenomenon. In case you missed the charts comparing the decline of the US dollar to the Roman silver denarius, what they show is that the US dollar has, over the course of the last one hundred years, experienced a steady decline amounting [...]

America’s Welfare “Reform” Laws Deepening and Perpetuating Poverty By Sherwood Ross; December 30, 2011 – Znet Commentaryhttp://www.zcommunications.org/americas-welfare-reform-laws-… The tougher welfare laws instituted by President Bill Clinton with great fanfare have only worked to keep the poor poverty-stricken longer, a former welfare mother who knows the story from the inside, contends. Since 1996, politicians have bragged [...]

Grim 2012 Economic Outlook – by Stephen Lendman Year end isn’t just about holiday season binge shopping, parties, and over-indulgence. It’s also when economic predictions surface. The Wall Street Journal publishes consensus views. On December 23, it headlined, “Risks Cloud Outlook for Economy in 2012,” saying: “The economy is poised for another year of muddling [...]

Anti-Harassment Statement by Members of Occupy Vancouver December 19, 2011 – Occupied Vancouverhttp://occupiedvancouver.net/2011/12/19/statement/ The undersigned members of Occupy Vancouver would like to condemn and express our outrage at the actions of an individual who has been representing himself as an official voice of our movement, all the while committing persistent acts of bullying and harassment. [...]

In a Land of Facades, Mark the First Signs of an Indian Spring By John Pilger; December 29, 2011 – Znet Commentaryhttp://www.zcommunications.org/in-a-land-of-facades-mark-the… Source: www.johnpilger.com When the early morning fog rises and drifting skeins from wood fires carry the sweet smell of India, the joggers arrive in Lodi Gardens. Past the tomb of Mohammed Shah, the [...]

Gaza: Remembering Cast Lead – by Stephen Lendman December 27 marks the third anniversary of Israel’s lawless war on Gaza. Without provocation, three weeks of terror bombing and invasion devastated the Strip. Missiles, bombs, shells, and illegal weapons were used against defenseless people. Mass slaughter and destruction followed. Brazen crimes of war and against humanity [...]

It didn’t take long for the See Something, Say Something campaign initiated by the Department of Homeland Security last year to show promising results. According to a report from St. Paul Minnesota’s KARE11Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/w_UtQYRcieU/suspicious-activity-reports-from-u-s-malls-being-processed-by-police-state-fusion-centers_12292011

[This web page has been widened to accommodate the PDF file embedded below] The hacker group known as ‘Anonymous’ has released a new guide for those living in countries where the populace may beArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/l1wsi96VYbQ/anonymous-survival-guide-for-citizens-in-revolution_12282011

Are Psychiatrists Inventing Mental Illnesses to Feed Americans More Pills? By Rob Waters, Salon; December 27, 2011 – AlterNethttp://www.alternet.org/story/153588 Anyone who’s ever tried to get reimbursed by a health insurance company after seeing a psychiatrist or psychotherapist, or taking a child or teenager to one, has no doubt noticed the incomprehensible numbers that appear on [...]

Low Friends in High Places Triad of Business, Cops Politicians Attack Occupy By CARL FINAMORE; December 27, 2011 – Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/27/triad-of-business-cop… A political campaign by San Francisco’s well-heeled “property owners” was launched to influence police and politicians to aggressively demobilize Occupy SF and to dismantle their encampments. And, there are documents to prove it. Things did [...]

Obama Year Three: Continuing His Rogue Agenda – by Stephen Lendman In 2011, Obama continued the destructive pattern he followed in years one and two. Throughout his tenure, he’s done what supporters thought impossible. Across the board on domestic and foreign issues, he governed to the right of George Bush. He’s waged multiple imperial wars, [...]

The assumption among the majority of Americans is that the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency will maintain America’s political, financial and economic hegemony around the world for decades to come. But, if there’s one lesson to be taken from economic history, it’s that no currency survives the test of time. As the economic [...]

Israel’s Repressive Permit System – by Stephen Lendman Under South African apartheid, pass laws segregated blacks from whites, restricted their movements, required pass books be carried at all times, and be produced on demand or face arrest and prosecution. Evolving from the 18th and 19th century until their 1986 repeal, they restricted entry to cities, [...]

UK police to use live rounds, plastic bullets and water cannon in future riots By Robert Stevens; 27 December 2011 – WSWShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/dec2011/riot-d27.shtml Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has recommended that police should be able to use water cannon, rubber bullets and live firearms during any future UK riots. “The Rules of Engagement: A review [...]

Americans were outraged after our elected representatives in Congress moved forward with over a trillion dollars in emergency bailout funds for banks, investment firms and failing corporationsArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/duS25plCuNs/recall-montanans-organize-to-remove-senators-who-voted-for-traitorous-detainment-bill_12272011

From: www.gegenstandpunkt.com Remarks on the Crisis 2010 — The next lesson: The Agenda of the Crisis-Competition of Nations [Translated from Gegenstandpunkt: Politische Vierteljahreszeitschrift 3-10, Gegenstandpunkt Verlag, Munich] Since its beginnings in the markets for American mortgages, the great financial crisis has gone on for over three years now, and for the moment, those in charge [...]

Netanyahu Rejects Peace – by Stephen Lendman Sham Israeli peace negotiations were stillborn from inception. Writer Henry Siegman once called them “the most spectacular deception in modern diplomatic history.” Netanyahu once said they’re “a waste of time.” Previous Israeli officials called occupation and status quo conditions “permanent.” Republican presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich calls Palestinians an [...]