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Crimea: Democracy Is Not Democracy…Unless Obama Says It Is… Source: Flickr March 12, 2014 (Eric Draitser – New Eastern Outlook ) – As Crimea prepares to vote on Saturday March 16 th  in a crucial referendum on its future, the rhetoric coming from the West and its propaganda machine has hit a new and ridiculous low. Not only has US President Barack Obama and his administration done everything to undermine democracy in Ukraine, they have now resorted to the most naked forms of hypocrisy in an attempt to delegitimize the democratic process. On Thursday March 6 th  President Obama spoke at the White House on the referendum and the issue of Crimea.
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Links US-Turkish Relations: In Search of a Comfortable Footstool March 11, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci – New Eastern Outlook ) – It began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park where we are excepted to believe protests over 2.5 million strong (.pdf ) stemmed from opposition to a development project. AFP would report in its article, “ Turkish protesters have long list of complaints ,†that: What started as a small group opposed to a development project in Istanbul has become an outpouring of national anger over how the Islamist-rooted government treats its citizens, testing Ankara’s quest to be a model country in its neighborhood. Turks are increasingly frustrated about what they see as restrictions on their freedom after a series of last-minute reforms were rushed through parliament by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which enjoys an overwhelming majority. “This is a movement which is a result of growing frustration and disappointment among secular segments of society who could not influence politics over the last decade,†said Sinan Ulgen, visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe. “This is an unprecedented, abrupt and unplanned public movement that has not been manipulated by any political party.
Links BBC Now Admits: Armed Nazis Led “Revolution†in Kiev, Ukraine March 7, 2014 ( Tony Cartlucci – New Eastern Outlook ) – Like the West’s support of sectarian terrorists across the Middle East, including Al Qaeda, it has found the most despicable elements in Ukrainian society to lead “revolution†for the sociopolitical reordering of Eastern Europe. As the dust settles and the West’s proxy regime finds itself safely entrenched in Kiev, Ukraine – the Western media can now finally recuperate some of its lost legitimacy after months of denying the obvious – that armed Neo-Nazis led the so-called “Euromaidan†uprising. A BBC Newsnight short titled, “ Neo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine ,†reveals xenophobic Jew-hating nationalists, armed and leading the mobs in Kiev, directly contradicting months of Western media narratives portraying the rabble as aspiring for “freedom,â€â€œdemocracy,†and “closer ties with the West,†with the most absurd example being  the “ I am Ukrainian †propaganda reel. Far from a “pro-democracy†uprising, the “Euromaidan†was yet another case of Western engineered regime change leveraging the good intentions of the ill-informed to mask the covert backing of ugly armed extremists, just as it had done all across the similarly engineered “ Arab Spring†in 2011
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In TIME’s " Bangkok Shutdown: Yingluck Supporters Prepare to Fight for Democracy ," it’s reported that: As Thailand’s anti-government protests enter their fourth day, observers say prospects for violent confrontation are increasing, with reports of government supporters stockpiling weapons in case of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s ouster. According to the Bangkok Post, radical members of the Red Shirts — diehard champions of Yingluck and her notorious brother Thaksin Shinawatra — are readying a cache of arms  in case the 46-year-old premier is forced from office by either military or judicial intervention. The paper quoted a Red Shirt source as saying “There are strong anti-coup and anti-court sentiments among the red-shirt mavericks who are familiar and experienced with weapon use.†What’s Next? For protest leaders, the next step is to simply wait for the regime to continue unraveling.
Links The Nazi Coup in Ukraine February 27, 2014 – Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to provide his analysis of the latest developments in Ukraine.
Thailand: Regime Terror Campaign Intensifies Image : A regime terror attack today left at leasttwo dead - a woman and a 12 year old boy. The regimehad threatened to carry out an armed terror campaignto quell growing dissent. It now appears the campaignis being carried out in earnest. February 23, 2014  ( ATN ) – Coordinated grenade and gun attacks have been carried out across Thailand by the regime of US-backed Thaksin Shinawatra  and his nepotist proxy, sister Yingluck Shinawatra in an attempt to quell growing dissent that now includes rice farmers once considered the foundation of the regime’s support.
See the original article here: Why Occupy Bangkok is Working and Occupy Wall Street Didn’t