Robert Steele: World Bank Open Access / Open Knowledge

Press Release WASHINGTON, April 10, 2012 – The World Bank today announced that it will implement a new Open Access policy for its research outputs and knowledge products, effective July 1, 2012. The new policy builds on recent efforts to increase access to information at the World Bank and to make its research as widely available …

Chuck Spinney: Why Doesn’t Spain Understand that Integrity is Priceless?

One of core component’s of the neoliberal agenda is privatization of state assets.  Attached is one countries reaction to the inequalities and economic distortions privatization introduces. CS Afloat in the Mediterranean Piracy as good policy by Serge Halimi Le Monde Diplomatique, 1 May, 2012 The head of state, confident after electoral victory, tells the governor …

David Isenberg: More People Enslaved on Earth Than Ever Before in History

A Morally Reprehensible Problem I confess: I have an interest in an unseemly topic. Last year I coauthored a report on the subject and testified before Congress about it. The subject is labor trafficking. So let’s give credit where it is due. On May 1, the International Stability Operations Association, a leading private military and …

2012 Reality Sandwich: The Battle for the Soul of the Republic

The Battle for the Soul of the Republic Reality Sandwich, 10 April 2012 Robert David Steele Vivas The National Security Agency (NSA) mega-data center, combined with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) special relationship with Google, and the federalization of local police using Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds to pay for monitoring both the locations …

Mini-Me: Toulouse Terrorist Worked for French Intelligence

Huh? Intel ‘Sources’ Claim Toulouse Terrorist Worked for French Intelligence Milan IL FOGLIO.it in Italian 23 Mar 12 [Report by Daniele Raineri: “The French Al-Qa’ida Murderer Is an Intelligence Operation That Went Wrong”] The young French Al-Qa’ida member who has been slaying soldiers and Jews in the Toulouse area was a French intelligence services operation …