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Rebeldes islamistas libios asesinan al embajador estadounidense en Libia en un ataque contra el consulado de Estados Unidos.
By Matt Spetalnick and Hadeel Al Shalchi (Reuters) – President Barack Obama branded the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans an “outrageous attack” on Wednesday and vowed to track down the perpetrators, while ordering a tightening of diplomatic security worldwide. The ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and the other Americans were killed…
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Deconstruyendo el mito de la clase media: Análisis de la aristocracia obrera
The myth of the middle class is persistent in our society. Its existence is questioned only by those who question the system of capitalism itself, for the existence of a “middle class” is an ideological construction built to protect and preserve the antagonisms in capitalism. In The Myth of the “Middle Class,” we briefly summarized…
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Los rebeldes sirios utilizan los secuestros para recaudar fondos.
Common criminals also getting in on the game, with wealthy families being targeted An epidemic of kidnapping has broken out in Syria, with rebels using ransoms to fund their military operations and common criminals taking the opportunity to cash in. In al-Bab, a town on the edge of Aleppo, the country’s second largest city, abductions…
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La ONU prohíbe elogiar a los nazis (los estados bálticos no están de acuerdo).
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a Russia-sponsored draft resolution against the glorification of Nazism and attempts to rewrite WWII history. The document states that any attempts to revise the history for war, the Nuremberg decisions and to whitewash former Nazis must be considered as violations of the UN Charter and the principles on…
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Por qué no votaré (1956) de W.E.B. Du Bois
On October 20, 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois delivered this eloquent indictment of US politics and why he won’t vote in the upcoming Presidential election. Du Bois condemns both Democrats and Republicans for their indifferent positions on the influence of corporate wealth, racial inequality, arms proliferation and unaffordable health care. The article appeared in…
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Tropas turcas matan a 26 rebeldes del PKK en una importante ofensiva.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers have killed 26 Kurdish rebels in two days in an offensive involving over 2,000 troops, as well as F-16 fighter planes operating on both sides of the Turkey-Iraq border, security sources said on Friday. The operation against separatist rebels from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began on Wednesday night…
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Observando Siria, recordando Nicaragua.
By Richard Becker History shows U.S. viciously attacks—not supports—real revolutions Sandinistas enter Managua, July 19, 1979 On July 18, a huge bomb blast killed or critically wounded several top Syrian security officials. While the “Free Syrian Army,” claimed credit, the highly sophisticated July 18 bombing in Damascus has the earmarks not of an operation by…
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Estados Unidos suspende el entrenamiento de las fuerzas afganas debido al aumento de los "ataques internos".‘
The United States has stopped training Afghan forces due to rising incidents of the so-called insider attacks in Afghanistan The Washington Post reports that the commander of the US Special Forces has suspended training for all new Afghan recruits until Afghan soldiers are re-investigated for their possible ties to Taliban militants. The US daily says…
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Estados Unidos comparte la responsabilidad por la muerte de Rachel Corrie.
On Aug. 28, an Israeli court rejected a civil lawsuit against Israeli occupation forces for the 2003 murder of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American peace activist killed in the Gaza Strip, upholding a severely flawed internal Israeli military investigation. Amnesty International strongly condemned the decision, noting how “the verdict continues the pattern of impunity for…
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Tribunal israelí encubre la participación militar en el asesinato de activista estadounidense.
No Justice for Martyred Internationalist On 28 August 2012, an Israeli court in Haifa rejected charges that the Israeli Defense Forces or Israel’s Ministry of Defense were in any way responsible for the killing of American internationalist and solidarity activist Rachel Corrie in 2003. In a widely televised and reported event, Ms. Corrie, a member…
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