Blacklist

• The CIA’s Chile Coup: Suspicions Rise in Poet Pablo Neruda’s Death (AP) Jan 22, 2012
• General Electric’s Support of Hitler’s Third Reich Jan 21, 2012
• Feds Investigating Possible Fraud at General Electric’s Former Subprime Unit Jan 21, 2012
• Father of Hollywood Star Helped Allies Defeat Germany in World War II, Authors Say Jan 20, 2012
• The Prime of Ms Tweet Kimball (Chapter One from Psychic Dictatorship in the USA II) Jan 19, 2012
• Hitler Stole Beetle Design from a Jew (Hindustan Times) Jan 19, 2012
• Spy Software Up for Grabs? Jan 18, 2012
• The Life, Times & Morality of Henry A. Kissinger Jan 18, 2012
• Reporter Chris Hedges Says Obama’s Defense Bill Threatens him With Life in Prison Jan 17, 2012
• The Case made against James Early Ray was Weak (Letter to the Belleville News-Democrat) Jan 16, 2012
• Christo-Fascism without Tears: Response to Evangelical Writers who Distance the Church from the Nazi Party Jan 15, 2012
• Eugenics: Thousands Sterilized, a State Weighs Restitution (NYT) Jan 14, 2012
• Hard Rain in the Balkans, Black Clouds Over Washington, D.C.: Illicit U.S. Arms Sales to Eastern Europe Jan 10, 2012
• Center for Constitutional Rights Seeks Release of U.S. Torture Tapes Jan 10, 2012

Tea and Disinformation: NPR Panders to the Far-Right

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By Alex Constantine Since the jingoistic Tea Party this way came, National Public Radio has given the angry “patriots” periodic, unquestioning promo spots, tsked a few corporate sponsors and the occasional “extremist”-  a ubiquitous media euphemism for “fascist” – but has pretended not to know of the darkest strains of this toxic beverage, as if perpetually searching for words to describe it. White supremacy isn’t an issue at NPR. But just look at the “public” network’s toxic corporate funding:

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Italy’s Osaka Consul Recalled Over Fascist Rock Band Links (Telegraph)

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The Italian government has recalled its consul general to Osaka after he was revealed to be the lead singer in a notorious fascist rock band. Mario Vattani performing with his band Sotto Fascia Semplice (Under a Simple Fascist Banner) By Julian Ryall in Tokyo Telegraph/24 Jan 2012 Mario Vattani, 45, was captured on video at a rally organised by Casa Pound,  an extremist right-wing group, in Rome in May. Casa Pound has gained  notoriety in Italy since one of its members shot dead two Senegalese street vendors in Florence  in December before turning the gun on himself. The diplomat was filmed with his sleeves rolled up to reveal tattoos as he  fronted his band, Sotto Fascia Semplice (Under a Simple Fascist Banner.) He was also filmed praising the “bandiera near,” the black flag  symbol that is a notorious fascist symbol, and giving the stiff-arm fascist  salute. “Mr Vattani

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No, President Obama isn’t Actually Proposing to Cut Defense Spending

MSNBC/January 26, 2012 A lot of rhetoric is being thrown about in discussing the Pentagon budget. Reporter R. Jeffrey Smith from the Center for Public Integrity takes a look at what’s actually been proposed by President Obama, in his explainer, “Puncturing the hot air balloons on defense spending: A reader’s guide to the debate in 2012.” The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative reporting group in Washington. Smith’s takeaway summary: Obama’s national security spending plan does not cut the defense budget. Even if his proposal is enacted, U.S. defense spending will continue to dwarf the rest of the world’s. The new U.S. military strategy was concocted to accommodate the proposed budget trims, not vice versa. Sequestration is a threat, not a promise. And no matter what politicians say or do this year, U.S. defense spending will remain vulnerable to real cuts. The important question in the years ahead is, which military programs will survive and which will go away. Read the full story here from the Center for Public Integrity. http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/26/10245024-no-president-obama-isnt-actually-proposing-to-cut-defense-spending?chromedomain=usnews

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Thousands Protest Fascist Ball in Vienna on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Expatica France)

Expatica.com/28 January 2012 Hundreds of police officers stand guard to protect the guests of the controversial far-right

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KKK: Hate Crimes Charges Unlikely in Patty Dawson Assault Case (Indian Country)

” … At a preliminary hearing on October 31, a large turnout of Native  supporters lined the halls of the courthouse and protested outside to demand  justice for Dawson, who has become a symbol in the Fresno Native community of  the long history of violent crimes perpetrated against people of color. … ‘The Justice for Patty Dawson Committee learned that the owner of the vehicle  Dawson was driving has KKK tattoos on his back,’ said Gloria Hernandez, a local  activist and police watchdog who is helping to mobilize support for Dawson. … “ By Valerie Taliman Indian Country/January 20, 2012 [UPDATED, JANUARY 20, LINK ADDED TO ORIGINAL STORY IN FIRST GRAPH AND  VIDEO ADDED AT END] FRESNO, Calif. – Despite two preliminary hearings,  Fresno District Attorney Elizabeth Egan has not yet included hate crimes in the  felonious assault case against Jennifer Davette Fraser, who attacked and beat  Patty Dawson, a Navajo and Apache nurse, on a city street in Clovis last June, then fled the scene of the  crime. After considerable pressure from local activists, the

The Failed Suicide of a Polish Prosecutor: Smolensk, Conspiracies, CIA and FBI (Voice of Russia)

Background: “Video: Polish Prosecutor Mikolaj Przybyl Shoots Himself in the Head” – http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/video-polish-prosecutor-mikolaj-przybyl-shoots-himself-head By Babich Dmitry The Voice of Russia/January 11, 2012 The seemingly bizarre case of the Polish military prosecutor, Mikolaj Przybyl, who made a failed assassination attempt on Monday, shooting himself in the head during a break in a press conference, is no laughing matter. In fact, it may lead to a Russia-related political crisis in Poland. The prosecutor, whose life is no longer in danger thanks to

FBI Releases Plans to Monitor Social Networks (New Scientist)

Accused Liberian War Criminal Charles Taylor ‘Worked with the CIA’ (Al Jazeera)

Liberia’s ex-president, now on trial in The Hague, worked with US intelligence agencies, officials admit.  By Chris Arsenault Al Jazeera/21 Jan 2012 He stands accused of funding rebels who hacked the arms off small children, smuggling blood diamonds, keeping sex slaves and torturing his opponents, but former Liberian President Charles Taylor also had another career – providing information to US intelligence agencies, according to information obtained by the Boston Globe newspaper. Today, Taylor is jailed in The Hague as the first former African leader to face international prosecution from the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. In the 1990s, he was allegedly responsible for wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which killed more than 250,000 people. “It’s an intriguing development,”