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Occupy Central: Benny Tai Doesn’t Care Why You Think You Protest
October 8, 2014 0

Occupy Central: Benny Tai Doesn’t Care Why You Think You Protest

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Links Occupy Central: Benny Tai Doesn’t Care Why You Think You Protest October 8, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) –  Over the past several days, there has been a certain backlash, even among Hong Kong’s "Occupy Central" supporters themselves against the now exposed, US-backed leadership of the movement . After denying, then unsuccessfully defending the fact that "Occupy Central" co-organizers including Benny Tai, Joshua Wong, Martin Lee, Anson Chan, Audrey Eu, Jimmy Lai, and Joseph Zen are all entwined with US State Department-funded organizations, movements, projects, and institutions, many "Occupy Central" supporters are now attempting to claim this leadership does not represent them, and that they remain in the streets for entirely different reasons.

From Ukraine to Syria: UN’s Selective Defense of Human Rights
October 5, 2014 0

From Ukraine to Syria: UN’s Selective Defense of Human Rights

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Links From Ukraine to Syria: UN’s Selective Defense of Human Rights October 5, 2014 ( Ulson Gunnar – NEO ) -  For the past several years, the United Nations has served as a platform for Syria’s enemies to air allegations of human rights abuses and even attempts to use such allegations to justify military aggression against Syria itself. Tales of "barrel bombs" being used against civilians, the bombardment of enemy positions at the cost of civilian lives and the destruction of vital infrastructure have all been constructs in the West’s narrative against the Syrian government. Now that the US is itself bombing Syria, killing Syrians including innocent men, women and children, as well as vital infrastructure local populations depend on for their survival, the UN has grown suddenly quiet