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America: On the Wrong Side of the World Revolution

While seeds of dissent are sprouting in America in the form of the occupy movements, the lack of vibrant political opposition remains truly striking.

(TEHRAN) - Almost half a century has passed since Dr. King uttered those dire but eloquent words of warning when the United States of America was engaged in a barbaric aggression against the Vietnamese people.

Since then, corporate greed, technology and consumerism have come to reign supreme in the U.S., and the inherent evils of racism, materialism and militarism as we were forewarned by Dr. King appear now to be invincible.

Occupy the Legislature

Consider this a tribute for Occupy and all of its supporters - editor

(SALEM) - Hundreds of activists from Occupy groups from around the state converged on the State Capitol today to bring the message of the 99% to the halls of power in Oregon.

Occupiers explain that the intent is to maintain a symbolic “Occupation” of the Capitol building as long as the Legislature is in secession.

Gunmen executing people in the streets - Homs eyewitness

Western-backed rebels in Syria are gunning down Christians from rooftops...

(MOSCOW RT) - People have been left without water or electricity as rebels destroy water pumps and power converters. Civilians are forced to stay inside as snipers shoot from the rooftops.

RT in Damascus managed to contact an eyewitness in Homs, who says gunmen are killing civilians in the streets. Galina says leaving home is out of the question, as snipers “can shoot you in the back.”

`From Misurata we came to free Syria!`
Homs in the Hell of Armed Groups

If you want to speak of "heroes" in Syria, then you should refer to all parties who are suffering, not only to the "heroes" recognized by the West ...

(ROME) - Homs, now, is nothing but a sinister battlefield.

Government soldiers face armed groups which, according to independent witnesses about the true nature of the rebellion, are blindly firing cannon shots to sow terror and death, then pretending that only government forces are bombarding the city.

Wake Up America... We Must... Wake up or the Future Will Not be Very Rosy this Century

Or else we will loose everything we built up after WWII....

(LOS ANGELES) - Are we really afraid of being protectionists....or should we STOP IMPORTS....or slow it down a lot so our decimated industries can get back in the game and compete against Asia and other foreign countries...

Crimes of the One Percent Conference Update, Schedule, Facebook

Crimes of the 1% Conference, Saturday 17 March, London (Friends House, Euston Road).

(LONDON) - Campaigners who say radical changes are required to curb the power of the top one percent are holding a conference in London on March 17.

Syrian Opponent Mamoun Al-Homsi`s Israel Connection

The Arab Digest had previously reported on Syrian Opposition member, Mamoun Al-Homsi, and his call for ethnic cleansing of minorities in Syria. Well, new questions emerge on his politics and suspicious ties with Israel.

(ROME) - Mamoun Al-Homsi is pictured above at the Prague Security Conference (NeoCon) with the Israeli-Italian right wing politician and hardline Zionist, Fiamma Nirenstein.

Nirenstein who is a neocon Zionist has spent much of her life in an illegal East Jerusalem Settlement called Gilo where she still maintains a home.

Journalist Colvin Killed Trying to Retrieve Shoes

Britain summoned Syria's ambassador to London on Wednesday to demand that Syrian authorities facilitate "immediate arrangements for the repatriation of the journalists' bodies,"

(BEIRUT NOW News) - American war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed while trying to retrieve her shoes so she could flee an army bombardment in the Syrian city of Homs, her employer The Sunday Times said.

Colvin and a group of other journalists had all followed the local custom of removing their footwear before entering a building in the besieged city which was being used as a rebel press center, it said.

It`s All About Crushing Egypt`s Revolution, Mr. Friedman

“On the Egyptian military’s priority list, nothing comes before crushing the revolution, not even the USA and its $1.3 billion annual aid.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - “Egypt’s Step Backward” is Mr. Thomas Friedman’s latest pieces on post-Mubarak Egypt.

Published in the New York Times on Feb. 21, Mr. Friedman gives his precise perspective on the current political scene in Egypt, but I wished he had scratched the surface harder and digged deeper.

Asia Times- Russia Wises Up... Good News for Syria

Warmongers may be crying in their soup if Russia says, Нет - 'Nyet'.

(SALEM) - If present trends continue, Russia will bring a voice of reason to the countries rallying for military action against Syria.

That, according to a brand new article in Asia Times, which yanks the facade from the western version of the story, shining a light into the cracks and crevices hiding true motives of geo-positioning for war.