November 2011 archive

We Are All Occupiers

By Arundhati Roy People the world over salute the Occupy movement for standing up to injustice and fighting for equality at the heart of empire This is the text of a speech given by Arundhati Roy at the People’s University in Washington Square, NYC on November 16th, 2011. Tuesday morning, the police cleared Zuccotti Park, but today …

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Targeting Syria – The ‘Bad News’ For The Guardian

…mainstream journalists are appalled that a double Russian and Chinese veto at the UN has thwarted Western efforts to do more good in Syria. Afghanistan and Iraq may still be in flames. A bloodbath may continue to flow from Nato’s ‘humanitarian intervention’ in Libya. No matter, mainstream journalists are appalled that a double Russian and Chinese veto …

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