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Republicans Target 'Islamic Fascism'

President Bush in recent days has recast the global war on terror into a "war against Islamic fascism." Fascism, in fact, seems to be the new buzz word for Republicans in an election season dominated by an unpopular war in Iraq.

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Scahill and Olbermann on Blackwater: Murderous Crusaders for Christ (video)
Source: AlterNet.org

For those of you, who know or follow my terminology, social analysis, and deliberate use of fascism, and proto fascism, as well as hyphenated linked words to class, like class Empires, class ideologies, and class deformed civil societies, there is a reason for this repititious la …

Torah Torah Torah - Or - How West Bank Jews Stopped Worrying and Learned To Love The Hating
Source: JTA: Jewish Life

Yes yes!! Apartheid lifestyle living, Organ donor late autumn harvests and our latest criminal attraction: "Jews can kill Gentiles - especially kiddies - if they pose a nuisance"

Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

Yay! A health care plan! Oh, wait — 

Clarifying the Various -isms That Get Thrown Around

A very aggravating trend has seemed to emerge since Barack Obama was elected to office: people, mostly those on the right, throw terms like fascism and liberalism around with absolutely NO regard as to their actual meaning.

In defiance of US federal order Arizona sheriff carries out immigrant raid
Source: WSWS

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona has publicly defied an order from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) limiting his office's ability to enforce immigration laws the day after it was handed down, leading deputies on an October 17 sweep that resulted  …

The UK have their right wing nutters to......
Source: the Mail online

In the UK we saw the leader of the BNP (British National Party) on a national political magazine show last night...he now complains that he was bullied and harassed - serious controversy in the UK about allowing him on screen.

Israel to Seek Change in Laws of War to Block War Crimes Investigation
Source: Jonathan Turley

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be morphing into George W. Bush.

Pay Czar to Slash Compensation at Seven Firms
Source: Wall Street Journal

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury Department's special master for compensation, will lower total compensation for 175 employees by an average of 50%, these people said. As expected, the biggest cut will be to salaries, which will drop 90% on average.

Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini. Benito Mussolini
Source: Guardian Unlimited

History remembers Benito Mussolini as a founder member of the original Axis of Evil, the Italian dictator who ruled his country with fear and forged a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany.

Strange Bedfellows? Hamas, Al Qaeda, The Taliban and Rush Limbaughs Right Wing!

Well now it is clear where Rush and his followers stand. American Patriots!? I think not. Their beliefs are much more similar to those of the oppressive regimes they claim to rail against.

America's Teacher:A conversation with Michael Moore about "Capitalism:A Love Story
Source: The Nation

Naomi Kein: Well, I want to push you a little bit on this, because I understand what you're saying about the way he's (Obama) lived his life and certainly the character he appears to have.

Homeland Security commercial featuring John Elway Portrays Average Americans As Terrorists
Source: Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com

Owning gold or firearms, donating to charity, finding out information about things all constitute suspicious activity to be reported to the authorities.

Charges Dismissed in AT&T Case: Police arrest employee for failing to provide customer information
Source: examiner-enterprise.com

BPD Officer Newell reportedly returned to the AT&T store on July 15, where he again asked Myers for information concerning the incident, saying he "just needed a name."

Croatian NGO plans monument to Nazi collaborator Ante Pavelic
Source: JPost.com

Croatian extreme right-wing NGO The Croatian Cultural Movement (HUP) has announced plans to erect a monument in honor of former Croatian president Ante Pavelic in Zagreb, Croatia, this December.

Pick Your Poison: Socialism or Fascism

Our health care system is a mess. So far as I can remember it went astray with HMO's, when insurance companies began to dictate who got what coverage, what doctors we could see, and what specific illnesses it would cover.

Troops raid Honduran media groups
Source: BBC News

Two Honduran media organisations that have been critical of the country's interim government have been closed. Troops raided Radio Globo and Cholusat Sur TV hours after authorities issued a state of emergency suspending key civil liberties for 45 days.

What is wrong with this picture?

Corporate bailouts... racist and corporate friendly laws... fictitious enemies... corporate-run media bombarding the masses with propaganda... corporate owned government.... revolving doors of deceit and subterfuge

Moore Tells ABC to Clean Up Its Labor Practices
Source: afterdowningstreet

Like all subordinated class ideologues, corrupted class elites, the reporters, editors are forced to defend corporate fascism, and this guy gets nailed by the response of Michael Moore on how Capitalism works.

I Pledge Allegiance....to Obama!
Source: glenn beck.com

Hang in there to watch the video... Ashton and Demi pledge to be "servants to Obama"? Who is he, exactly...our "Dear Leader"? Get out the armbands.

National Stop the War Students' Conference
Source: afterdowningstreet

The National Student Conference on 19 September 2009 was a great success, bringing together students and young people from across the country to discuss the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel's intensified colonialisation of Palestine, the rise of Islamophobia, the threats of i …

CNN says, Fox News - You Lied
Source: CNN

Fox News is under fire for a newspaper ad they purchased Friday that inaccurately accused its competitors, including CNN, of failing to cover last weekend's Tea Party protests in Washington. "How did, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN miss this story?" Fox's newspaper ad asks.

Obama is Just a Slave
Source: english.pravda.ru

The cheers of crowds in the US and the ROW ("Rest of the World") upon hearing the news of the election of the first black US president are still ringing in my ears. How happy, no, how elated all those folks were! Their joy knew no bounds.

Black Sea Crisis Deepens As Threat To Iran Grows
Source: afterdowningstreet

As early as January of 2007 reports on that score surfaced in Bulgarian and Romanian news sources.

White America's Inconvenience Tantrum, Part IV: The 9/12 Project
Source: mrdestructo.com

[Glenn Beck's] 9/12 Project came off exactly as expected. By that, I mean nothing happened, but it was really loud, obnoxious and ignorant in the service of nothing.

Fascist violence victim snatched from hospital by Greek police
Source: libcom.org

A victim of the continuous parastate operations of fascists and plainclothes policemen in the area of Agios Panteleimonas in Athens was snatched early this week from hospital by police forces violating doctors orders and basic rights to healthcare.

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