WAYNE MADSEN REPORT
| "Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name. If there's a criticism to be made today, it's that the press isn't doing enough to put the pressure on the government to provide information." Walter Cronkite - 3/28/02, PBS |
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“If we want to save the planet, we have to put an end to and eradicate the capitalist model" Ten Commandments: 1. Put an end to the capitalist system 2. Renounce wars 3. A world without imperialism or colonialism; 4. The right to water 5. Development of clean energies 6. Respect Mother Earth 7. Treat basic services as human rights 8. Fight inequalities 9. Promote diversity of cultures and economies 10. Live well, not live better at the expense of others. -Evo Morales, President of Bolivia |
Chinese censorship free zone. WMR will fly the Tibetan flag until China let's up on its attacks against the Tibetan people.
America has its own "Tibet" in the Pacific, the illegally occupied Kingdom of Hawaii. The flag above honors those Hawaiians who are occupying the Hawaiian Royal Palace and face arrest by the U.S. occupation authorities in Honolulu.
INTERNATIONAL PUSHBACK AGAINST FASCISM
Today's News, May 12, 2008
INTERNATIONAL PUSHBACK AGAINST FASCISM
Rove defends Hillary Clinton. Two peas in a pod.
Fuel shipments resume for Gaza. Egypt tries to mediate Israel-Hamas truce.
Revolt planned against McCain at GOP convention. Paul forces behind move.
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7.8 earthquake hits western China. Hundreds of students buried.
UN says aid to Burma too slow. Frustration among aid workers.
Pro-European Serbian parties claim victory over nationalists. Talks ongoing to form government.
Obama bests McCain among Jewish voters. Obama has 61 to 32 percent advantage over Republican.
Hezbollah-Druze clashes in Lebanon. Fears raised of new civil war.
COUNTRY FOCUS: ARTICLE OF THE DAY: Chagos Islands. British judges hold key to return of islanders to US-occupied Chagos/Diego Garcia. Britain removed islanders for US military base.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT NEWS
A Bush defector? Jenna Bush signals possibility that she could vote for Democratic president.
Murdoch Israeli-UK subsidiary accused of hacking into rival's computers. Murdoch on hot seat in setting up hacker ring that included a former Shin Bet deputy, an Israeli "false flag" provocateur, and a German hacker who may have been murdered. WMR News: We Report, You Decide!
Viktor Bout arrested in Thailand. Extradition to US sought after alleged weapons deal with FARC. Bout has also been a contractor for the Bush regime in Iraq and Afghanistan. US Attorney for New York Michael Garcia, who indicted Bout for the FARC deal, has his own links to US mercenary and small weapons firms. Bout knows a lot, enough to sink politicians from Washington to Tel Aviv and London.
Ortega condemns Colombian military attack on Ecuador and FARC. Venezuela may help Nicaragua in its claim on Colombian-occupied San Andres archipelago and support the local independence movement there, the Archipelago Movement for Self-Determination, AMEN-SD. There may also be a joint Nicaraguan-Venezuelan play for Quita Sueno Bank, also occupied by Colombia and once claimed by the United States.
Dallas redux. Haven't we been here once before?