Georgian Army Moves To Retake South Ossetia

Russian Troops Storm Into Breakaway Province

By MARC CHAMPION
August 8, 2008 3:30 p.m.

Russia and pro-U.S. ally Georgia were on the brink of war Friday, with Russian troops and tanks moving into Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.

Hundreds of civilians were reported dead in the worst outbreak of hostilities since the province won defacto independence in a war against Georgia that ended in 1992. Witnesses said the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali was devastated.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121817403177323701.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news

Av: John Pilger

Published on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by The Guardian/UK

The Lies of Hiroshima Live On, Props in the War Crimes of the 20th Century
The 1945 attack was murder on an epic scale. In its victims’ names, we must not allow a nuclear repeat in the Middle East

by John Pilger

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/06/10835/

Wal-Mart varnar för Obama

Den amerikanska livsmedelskedjan Wal-Mart har under de senaste veckorna dragit i gång en kampanj mot demokraternas presidentkandidat Barack Obama, rapporterar The Wall Street Journal. Tusentals butikschefer har på obligatoriska möten instruerats att tala om för sina anställda att de vid en valseger för demokraterna riskerar att tvångsanslutas till facket. Detta skulle i sin tur enligt Wal-mart innebära skyhöga fackföreningsavgifter, strejktvång utan kompensation och arbetslöshet till följd av stigande kostnader för företaget. Kedjan får nu kritik för tilltaget, men från företagets sida hävdar man att ingen uttryckligen har uppmanats att rösta på den ena eller andra kandidaten.

– Jag är ingen idiot, det stod helt klart att de talade om för mig hur jag skulle rösta, berättar dock en mellanchef från Wal-Mart i delstaten Missouri.

Wal-Mart är USA:s största privata arbetsgivare och människorättsorganisationer som Human Rights Watch har kritiserat företaget för att dess antifackliga praktik är så omfattande att den kränker den grundläggande rätten “att bilda och ansluta sig till fackföreningar till skydd för sina intressen”.

Kristina Lindquist
kristina.lindquist@arbetaren.se
http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/utrikes20080805-6

Everyday slave wages at Wal-Mart

And don't you dare complain

Welcome to the Snitch State

According to Fortune Magazine, Wal-Mart is now the world's biggest private employer dwarfing other US mega-employers like the US Postal Service, McDonald's, and IBM.

Although it's practically a state secret within the much-propagandized US, Wal-Mart is known worldwide for its
brutal labor practices.

Not bad if your frame of reference is digging coal in a Chinese coal mine, but certainly not what one would expect from a successful First World company.

Wal-Mart's treatment of its employees is so egregious that many countries, including China, would not let Wal-Mart do business within their borders unless company permitted its in-country labor force to be unionized.

Slaves on the Chinese side making the stuff and slaves on the US side stocking the shelves and running the cash registers. The perfect New World Order enterprise.

It's reported that when Sam Walton founder of the company died, his good friend, George H.W. Bush, the president's father, openly wept. I believe it.

Av: Maria-Pia Boëthius

Det finns en berättelse av HG Wells som handlar om en man som kommer till ett land där feta och välmående människor tycks frodas i vackra landskap medan andra människor hålls instängda i underjorden.
http://etc.se/artikel/18017/vilken-vaerldsordning

Lively by Google

In TV Interview, Iranian Leader Opens a Door

By Mike Nizza

George Bush: War Criminal

It's not a wild theory any more

Can Bush pardon himself?

Under US law, sure - and he will.

But he can't pardon himself under international law.

Here's a possible scenario:

1. US recklessness tanks the world financial markets
2. Standard of living in US declines precipitously
3. The last remaining 20% of the US that supports Bush (including the corporate news media which made him possible in the first place) finally withdraw their support
4. War crimes charges filed against Bush by an international body
5. The US hands Bush over with glee and the same US news media which made him possible now presides over his being publicly torn limb from limb.

It won't be the end of the criminal Bush family dynasty, but their ability to steal and wreck havoc will be greatly diminished going forward.

Unfortunately, Cheney will die of a heart attack before he can be sentenced.

Make McCain Disavow His Dishonest Obama Ad

The history of the weapons of mass destruction fraud

How did Scott Ritter know?

Many people know that Scott Ritter, former Marine Corps major and former UN weapons inspector publicly disputed the Bush Administration's claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Few ask the question: How did Ritter know?

When you answer that question, you'll discover that the intention to attack and occupy Iraq on false pretenses spanned two administrations and both parties.

Av: Shora Esmailian

Obama under ytan

LEDARE 30 juli 2008

http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/ledare20080730

Why is America so crazy?

You're only as sane
as the information you receive

The US has - hands down - the most propagandized population in the world.

Even people in North Korea have a firmer grasp of reality.

Why is this so?

It's the news media. They've mastered the art of reporting nothing and making it seem like it's something.

They're also very creative and convincing first class liars. Kind of like Bush Republicans.

What's the solution?

Scott Ritter has an answer and thanks to the Internet, more and more people in the US are breaking free of the info-lock.

Kim Larsen - Rita

Av: Jonas Fogelqvist

Mer om ”Richistan” - ARBETAREN

Det skrivs alldeles för lite om de rikas liv.
Detta slog mig senast när jag läste Aftonbladets rapportering från tennisveckan i Båstad, från champagnefesterna, VIP-rummen och B-kändisarnas eget lilla sommarparty.

Mer sådant!

Det är inte mycket som är viktigare än att berätta om hur klyftorna ökar i samhället. Men hur gör man det bäst? Det är klart att vi måste berätta om dem som får sämre a-kassa, blir utförsäkrade och som bränner ut sig för 18000 i månaden. Visst måste vi det. Men jag tror också att fler reportage om vart pengarna tar vägen, och inte minst hur de används, kan göra gott.

http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/kultur20080723-4

Avreglering innebär inte alltid mångfald

http://www.dagensarena.se/index.php?sid=1&pid=20&tid=2000

Pharmaceutical company ethics

Protected by the White House,
the FDA and Congress

"Consistent with regulations"

Bayer knowingly sold contaminated medicine.

This is the level of protection you can inspect from the FDA, the Congress, and the White House.

Another story that came and went and never stuck.

Vaccines and Autism

The science and the politics


Mercury in vaccines causes autism

Children of the current generation receive 24 mandatory vaccinations. A generation ago, only 10 were required.

Through vaccinations, children receive 400x the amount of mercury deemed safe by the FDA.

The Hep B routinely given to newborns contains so much mercury preservative that it would normally only be considered safe under standard medical guidelines to give to a 275 pound adult.

Why is this going on?

Politics and corruption.

In the White House, in Congress, in the FDA, in the medical establishment and in the pharmaceutical industry.

Simple guidelines:

1. Never bring your child to be immunized if he or she is already ill

2. Do not allow the doctor to load your child up on multiple immunizations on a single visit just because it is more convenient for him, the doctor.

3. Avoid all unnecessary vaccinations. Make the doctor explain to you in detail the justification for every single one she recommends. They research it before you go ahead.

4. If you feel you must comply, delay them as long as possible to give your child time to grow

Att behöva ljuga om sommarlovet

http://www.dagensarena.se/index.php?sid=1&pid=20&tid=1995

Bob Hanssson - Gunnar

Bengt Nilsson - Sveriges Afrikanska Krig