Elements of Fascism include:
* Powerful idea of nationalism
* Powerful executive control in government
* Lower human rights outlook
* Military reigns supreme
* Corporations wield great power
* Idea that National Security is at great risk to some threat
* Identifying of enemies/scapegoats that unifies citizens in Patriotism
* Mass media controlled by State and Corporations
* Fixed elections
* Rampant corruption
* Unlimited power held by police force
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4113.htm
“The strategic adversary is FASCISM… the FASCISM in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behaviour, the FASCISM that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us.” Michel Foucault 1926-1984, French Essayist, Philosopher
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,267,401"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,168
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$555,440,831,109
See the cost in your community
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Vice President Dick Cheney’s Incredible and Deadly Lie
By John W. Dean
By Deceiving a Congressional Leader, Cheney Sent Us to War on False Pretenses and Violated the Separation of Powers – as Well as the Criminal Law.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20814.htm
“We Blew Her to Pieces”
By Dahr Jamail
Aside from the Iraqi people, nobody knows what the U.S. military is doing in Iraq better than the soldiers themselves. A new book gives readers vivid and detailed accounts of the devastation the U.S. occupation has brought to Iraq, in
the soldiers’ own words.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20813.htm
The Point of No Return
By Mike Whitney
Neither China nor the Saudi princes are buying any more failing investment banks. They’ll leave that to the US taxpayer.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20811.htm
The Party’s Over
By Patrick J. Buchanan
The Crash of 2008, which is now wiping out trillions of dollars of our people’s wealth, is, like the Crash of 1929, likely to mark the end of one era and the onset of another.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20809.htm
Hey U.S., Welcome to the Third World!
By Rosa Brooks
It’s been a quick slide from economic superpower to economic basket case.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20808.htm
Paulson and Bernanke Stampede Washington – Continue Raid On The Public Purse
Citing Grave Financial Threats, Officials Ready Massive Rescue
By Binyamin Appelbaum and Lori Montgomery
The Bush administration is urgently preparing a massive intervention to” revive” the U.S. financial system, including a plan to sweep away the unpaid loans that are choking banks and blocking the flow of money to borrowers. – Paulson
and Bernanke presented a “chilling” picture of the state of the financial system, according to a participant in the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20807.htm
Israel and Palestine Can Still Achieve Peace
By MAHMOUD ABBAS
I continue to believe that we can achieve a lasting peace, with the Israeli and Palestinian peoples living as neighbors in two independent states. But if we do not succeed, and succeed soon, the parameters of the debate are apt to shift
dramatically. Israel’s continued settlement expansion and land confiscation in the West Bank makes physical separation of our two peoples increasingly impossible.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20812.htm
Iraq: At least 14 killed as US occupation grinds on:
A roadside bomb killed three soldiers when it struck their patrol in northern Mosul, police said.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI153939.htm
U.S. occupation forces air strike kills 8 civilians:
At least eight civilians, all from one family and including women, were killed in a U.S. raid and airstrike Friday near Tikrit, Iraqi police and witnesses said.
www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/52774.html
Bombing of Innocents in Iraq Is the Act of Terrorists:
The news media do not convey to us what is really going on in Iraq. They keep the majority in the dark and what they convey to us is distorted and fabricated. The blackout against the heroic Iraqi Resistance is tremendously strong. The Arab satellite television stations are just as guilty
www.al-moharer.net/mohhtm/i_ebeid271b.htm
US wants $20bn to fund Afghanistan occupation:
The US is seeking $20bn from its allies to help occupy Afghanistan as it plans to send thousands more of its own troops to confront the growing insurgency in the country
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/19/usforeignpolicy.afghanistan
Gates backs Afghan border strikes:
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has defended the right of American forces to strike at militants on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7623332.stm
Pakistan forces kill nine Taliban along Afghan border:
Pakistani security forces on Friday killed at least nine Taliban militants in a clash in the country’s lawless tribal areas along the Afghan border, an army spokesman said.
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Five students killed in madrasa blast:
An explosion killed five students at an Islamic school near the Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, police said.
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Pakistan defence minister terms US forces incursion blatant violations:
“Mr Mullen has been told clearly that Pakistan territories should not be raided,” he said.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=606650
Musharraf must expose secret deals with US: Nawaz:
N Chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday underlined that US is our biggest enemy urging former President Musharraf must expose the secret deals made with US in front of the entire nation.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?205908
U.S. military advisors may soon head to Pakistan:
A long-delayed plan to send dozens of U.S. military advisors to Pakistan to train its army in counterinsurgency could begin in a matter of weeks under a new agreement on a training base, according to the top U.S. military officer.
tinyurl.com/4zpsjj
Solana: IAEA’s Iran report worries Russia, China:
The European Union’s foreign policy chief says he believes Russia and China are “quite worried” about a new IAEA report that says Iran has blocked efforts to investigate its nuclear program.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_re_mi_ea/eu_france_iran
Study: Bombing Iran will take years:
A bipartisan group says the US must strike Iran’s nuclear sites many times ‘over a period of years’ to halt the program successfully.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=69956§ionid=351020104
Iranian leader says he opposes Israel, not Israelis:
The Iranian president, Mohamoud Ahmadinejad, took the unusual step on Thursday of explaining that while he strongly opposed the state of Israel, his hostility did not extend to the Israeli people.
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/18/africa/19iranFW.php
Russia puts South Ossetia off-limits to international monitors:
Attempts to send international military monitors to Georgia’s conflict zones collapsed today when Russia refused to allow observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to patrol in South Ossetia, the breakaway region where a Russian invasion routed Georgian forces last month.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/18/georgia.eu
USA plans to replace Saakashvili by Burjanadze or Alasania:
The American side intends to make the former speaker of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burjanadze or the permanent representative of Georgia to the UN Security Council Irakli Alasania the president of Georgia, declared Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) during a meeting with Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin. “Our faction has information about it,” said Zhirinovsky.
www.regnum.ru/english/1055843.html
Russia savages Rice speech, but seeks ‘positive’ ties with U.S.:
“This is not the first time that representatives of the U.S. government have grossly distorted the events caused by Georgian aggression against South Ossetia,” the foreign ministry said, referring to Rice’s speech Thursday.
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Nato should stop expanding, says UK think tank:
The International Institute for Strategic Studies challenged the Nato secretary-general today by warning against embracing Georgia and Ukraine in the light of last month’s Caucasus war.
tinyurl.com/4z7q2o
Fifteen civilians killed, 50 wounded in Somalia:
Fifteen Somali civilians at least were killed Friday when insurgents fired mortar shells on Mogadishu airport, drawing retaliatory fire from African peacekeepers, witnesses told reporters.
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/09/19/56893.html
N Korea ‘to restart reactor’:
North Korea has started preparatory works to restart its main nuclear facility, a senior diplomat has said, amid a deadlock in international disarmament talks.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/20089195336918794.html
UN General Assembly Opens With a Denunciation of US Policies:
A new session of the United Nations General Assembly has opened in New York, with a sharp attack on the United States by the assembly’s president
www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-17-voa7.cfm
Venezuela-Russia ties deepen despite US pressure:
Venezuela and Russia are strengthening their strategic alliance with new plans to cooperate on oil production, weapons and even wireless technology, the governments said as two visiting Russian Tu-160 bombers left for home on Thursday.
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/18/ap5443665.html
Venezuela expels rights activists:
Venezuela has thrown out two activists from US-based Human Rights Watch after they accused Hugo Chavez, the country’s president, of political intolerance and eroding democracy.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2008/09/2008919175847920115.html
Honduran leader: US apathy made him turn to Chavez:
Zelaya said rising food prices began hitting Hondurans hard six months ago and he asked the local business sector, the United States and the World Bank for help. But he said his pleas fell on deaf ears and so he ‘’sought out Chavez.’’
www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.
jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565370859251172837
Ecuador could suspend foreign debt payments:
President Rafael Correa on Wednesday warned he would suspend foreign debt payments in order to maintain public spending if the U.S. banking crisis or falling oil prices reduce Ecuador’s revenue.
tinyurl.com/4oy3mr
The World As We Know It Is Going Down’:
It really does look as if the foundations of US capitalism have shattered.
www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,578944,00.html
In Hard Times, Tent Cities Rise Across the Country:
Since foreclosure mess, homeless advocates report rise in encampments.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20810.htm
Escape of the bankrupt:
The world’s financial markets remain at the eye of a perfect economic storm.- In the most glaring example of capitalism gone wrong, the Russian stock market was forced to close its doors for the second consecutive day yesterday. For a system that is built and flourishes on confidence, the future is extremely uncertain.
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/banking.creditcrunch
Where’s Our Bailout?:
Almost overlooked in this morning’s extraordinary headlines about government intervention to protect the nation’s financial system from collapse was the failure of the House of Representatives on Thursday to act
on a $50 billion stimulus package for the rest of us.
www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008093819/wheres-our-bailout
For AIG, $85 billion might not be enough:
AIG had $971.7 billion of liabilities at the end of June, but a subsidiary also has about $447 billion of credit derivatives on its books. That compares with a little more than $1 trillion of assets.
www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSN1749377720080918
Tab for Government Rescues Rises to $900 Billion +:
The U.S. Federal Reserve stepped in to rescue insurance giant American International Group from bankruptcy with an $85 billion loan on Tuesday. The action brings the total tab
for government rescues and special loan facilities this year to more than $900 billion. Following are details of actions and amounts:
www.cnbc.com/id/26751385
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Lawmakers;
When the federal government announced two months ago that it would prop up mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, CRP looked at how much money members of Congress had collected since 1989 from the companies.
www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/update-fannie-mae-and-freddie.html
Confessions of a sub-prime mortgage baron:
Across the US, an estimated 2.5 million people are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure this year as a result of the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Bitner’s description of day-to-day business at Kellner is an eye-watering glimpse of the industry’s slide into anarchy.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/19/subprimecrisis.richardbitner
McCain Attacks Wall Street Greed-While 83 Wall Street Lobbyists Work for His Campaign:
McCain has been quick with fiery, populist-tinged speeches. But one thing has been missing: any acknowledgment that McCain’s own campaign has been loaded with the type of people he’s been denouncing.
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