Carbon Trading Is a Scam 'Whether you believe in man-made global warming or not, please realize that carbon trading is a scam. A big red flag is that our bailout buddies over at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and the other Wall Street pirates are buying heavily into carbon trading. Since these firms contributed so heavily to Obama's campaign, they will exert enormous pressure on Obama to push a huge carbon trading program.'
Greek Protests Spread With Arrests Across Europe
'Demonstrations against the killing were seen in cities across the continent with left-wing radicals and other sympathisers taking to the streets. In Spain, 11 protesters were arrested and several police officers injured when clashes took place in Madrid and Barcelona. In Copenhagen, 32 people were arrested when their protest in support of the Greek protests turned violent. In neighbouring Turkey, about a dozen left-wing protesters daubed red paint over the front of the Greek consulate in Istanbul. Around 150 people belonging to a Danish underground movement took to the streets, throwing bottles and paint bombs at buildings, police cars and officers.'
Dictatorship USA: The American Sky Has Fallen
'A bloody civil war rages in Mexico with over 5,000 killed so far in 2008, including many Americans and just this week, the major newspapers in America finally told the public about it. With little fanfare or press coverage, Canada has descended into a dictatorship as Prime Minister Stephen Harper has used an obscure provision to shut down the Canadian Parliament, to avoid the equivalent of impeachment, two months after he was elected. Can you picture Bush dissolving or dismissing Congress, to avoid removal from office? The equivalent just happened in Canada this week!'
Iran to Send Relief Ship to Gaza
'Iran's Red Crescent announced on Wednesday that it is sending a relief ship to the Gaza Strip, in the face of an Israeli blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. "We are sending a consignment of a 1,000 tonnes on a ship to Gaza the beginning of next week," Red Crescent secretary general Ahmad Moussavi was quoted as saying on the organisation's website. "There is the possibility of our ship being blocked just as the Libyan ship was blocked," he added referring to a vessel intercepted by Israel a month ago.'
Irish Government Plans to Run Second Lisbon Treaty Referendum
'The Irish Government bowed to pressure from European leaders yesterday and rang the starting bell on round two of its battle to pass the Lisbon treaty by rerunning the referendum that it lost decisively last summer. Opponents of the EU treaty immediately announced the formation of a Europe-wide political party to field anti-treaty candidates in all 27 member states in next June's European Parliament elections to campaign against the EU's “growing anti-democratic tendency”.'
The Military-Industrial Complex: Impacts on the Third World
'We live and struggle in an era of blatantly militarized capitalism and the violence of capital. War, occupation, national security ideologies and repression of dissent –at home and abroad - make for booming business opportunities the world over. As pro-free market US journalist Thomas Friedman succinctly put it: “The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist - McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force and Marine Corps.”
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