In Libya, Colonel Gaddafi's troops are reportedly being withdrawn from the rebel-held city of Misrata in the face of NATO airstrikes. It follows an almost two month standoff. Meanwhile, allied aircraft carried out fresh airstrikes on the capital Tripoli overnight, with a government spokesman saying at least three people were killed in the raid. Sukant Chandan, who has just returned from a monitoring mission in Libya, believes there's no justification for NATO's actions.

rulesofethics

Nuclear Facts A very clued in professional who will not be bought or intimidated into silence: Dr Helen Caldicott, true to style, tells it as it is. As she sees it, you wont usually hear the truth so listen up.. Nuclear fallout from Japan and Canada, You won't hear this on the news!

Skoorbr

We can't plant food because THERE'S NO SUN! who knows how contaminated the soil is. They are dimming the world every day - we can't live without sun. The military seems to have no lack of money or oil or anything they need...our govt is killing us.

from: Bill Hughes

On Monday, at noon, April 18, 2011 (Tax Day) concerned citizens staged a demonstration at the Bank of America (BOA), in downtown Baltimore, MD. BOA is on list of 10 “deadbeat” corporations and banksters, who are charged with not paying their “fair share” and/or of “avoiding taxes.” See: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/bernie-sanders-top-10-tax-avoiders Some of the activists attempted, unsuccessfully, to present a “tax bill” to the BOA. This spirited event had the support of Moveon.org, Maryland PIRG and Labor Movement activists.

Russia Today

The U.S. budget may include $38 billion of spending cuts, but there will be a financial boost for the military. This year's planned military spending is $700 billion, while other areas including healthcare, education, and infrastructure are on the chopping block. The decision came after a long struggle between lawmakers and the Pentagon saying military cuts will threaten national security. Journalist Chris Hedges says the decision was made under severe pressure from some lobbying circles.

from Allen L Roland

Only a animated cartoon can do justice to the absurd reality of our current tax code where General Electric made 14 billion dollars profit and not only paid no taxes but got a 3 billion dollar refund.

Happy tax day, if you’re not outraged, you’re either GE top management or on life support.

And here are 9 things the rich don’t want you to know about taxes:

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by Phil and Angela Rockstroh

I’m in Atlanta, Georgia, at present, among the scent of pine trees and the reek of southern denial. The moribund economy has thwarted the city’s manic drive to silence its resentful ghosts by means of constant motion … Below the lilting southern accents here, one detects rage … Not simply the ubiquitous hate-speak on right-wing talk radio. But an animus bred by truth-deferred … that southern pride is a lie of the mind — a blown banner … foisted skyward to distract the minds of my fellow southerners from the ground level truths of a system rigged to enrich the privileged few and keep the many working for their benefit. (How do you think they filled the ranks of the Confederate Army to kill and die for the rights of rich men to own slaves.)

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RussiaToday

A NATO-led international group is meeting in Quatar, to decide how to proceed with its military intervention in Libya. France and the UK want to step up the assault on Colonel Gaddafi, and are considering arming the rebels. For more, RT talks to Johan Galtung, rector of the Transcend Peace University...

SilverLibArmy

'My fellow human beings, do you want to help bring down the corrupt banking system and military industrial complex that has enslaved us for the past hundred years and is murdering us by the millions in wars for profit? Take your worthless paper money and buy as much silver and gold as you can now!' - Ron Murphy, January 6, 2011";

From Remi Kanazi

The Dos and Don’ts of Palestine

don’t call it genocide
we don’t want to offend anyone
if we offend them
they’ll never listen to us
we have to be reasonable

1,400 is just a number
no names
no death
we want peace and negotiations

don’t mention Zionism
if you mention Zionism
they’ll call you anti-Semitic
and people will believe them

don’t cite Palestinian sources
no one will believe you
I won’t believe you
trust Israeli sources

don’t ever be angry
if you’re angry
they’ll call you angry
if they’re angry
everyone will call them
understandably emotional

we have to be pragmatic
pragmatism is not a euphemism
for concessions
although it may feel that way

don’t mention Allah or martyrs
it reminds them of Al Qaeda and 9/11
it’s not your job to fix their ignorance

don’t talk about refugees boycott
or a one-state solution
if we want to win we have to compromise
the road to peace is just ahead

don’t make analogies that include
the Holocaust, Nazis, or the Warsaw Ghetto
only Israelis are allowed to do this
when discussing wars on
Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran

don’t mention Yaffa, Haifa, Safad
or where your family is from
but if you do
nod when random people say they love Israel
it doesn’t matter where you came from
you can’t go back

don’t
just don’t
and that will lead to doing

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Remi Kanazi is a Palestinian-American poet, writer, and activist living in New York City. He is the editor of Poets For Palestine and the author of the newly released collection of poetry and CD, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine. The collection is available today on www.PoeticInjustice.net.

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