Education & Society, Music & Entertainment

Hip-Hop and the Politics of Social Engineering: Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z and Barack Obama’s Inauguration

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – One particular story during President Obama’s inauguration did not make headlines in the main stream media.  Rapper Lupe Fiasco was performing live at the StartUp RockOn concert to celebrate the re-election of President Barack H. Obama on January 21st at the Hamilton in Washington D.C.  Lupe Fiasco (Wasalu Muhammad Jaco) was kicked off…

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Geopolitics

From “The Battle of Algiers” to the Intervention of Mali: French Imperialism, Resistance Movements and False Flag Terrorism

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 movie ‘The Battle of Algiers’ was an award winning film based on the Algerian War (1954-1962) between the Algerian independence movement called the National Liberation Front (FLN) who launched a Guerilla War against French occupation.  Algeria eventually won its independence on July 5th, 1962.  Algerian nationals were treated as second-class citizens who were discriminated…

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Colonialism & Occupation, World History

Hawaii: 120 Years of US Occupation: Militarism and “America’s Pacific Century”

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – Many tourists from the US and around the world visit Hawaii for its beautiful islands and its beaches covered with white sand.  It is known for its food and traditional luau celebrations, its native people and its culture.  When you vacation in Hawaii it offers surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, fishing, hiking and many…

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Colonialism & Occupation

Haiti’s Struggle for Freedom: US Imperialism, MINUSTAH and the Overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – A former French colony called Saint-Domingue in the Western side of the Spanish Island of Hispaniola erupted into a Slave revolt against France. The revolt cost the lives of over 100,000 blacks and over 20,000 whites not including innocent civilians caught in the crosshairs of the revolution. The new Haitian Republic was born…

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Science & Medicine

McDonald’s serving up ‘restructured meat technology’ – you want fries with that?

J. D. Heyes, Natural News – Well, it’s that time of year again when McDonald’s rolls out  its venerable McRib sandwich. Tens of millions of Americans will purchase  one – or, judging by the nation’s ever-widening belt line, several – but most  will do so without knowing all they should know about this popular  sandwich. Besides high caloric content, there…

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Geopolitics

As Venezuela’s Struggle Continues, Chavez Government Prepares Nation for Defense in 2013

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – President Hugo Chavez has been fighting cancer since June of 2011. Back on December 11th, 2012, Chavez received his 4th cancer operation but suffered respiratory problems afterwards, but has recovered according to the Associated Press on December 18, 2012. During his ordeal, Chavez has named Nicolas Maduro, his Vice President and Minister of…

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Education & Society

Mayan Apocalypse Myth And New Age Degeneracy

Andrew McKillop, The Market Oracle – FAST BURNOUT   Wikipedia tells us that the Spanish conquest  of Yucatán and then other Mayan regions in today’s Guatemala and Belize was  above all rapid – it took at most 20 years – but was much slower than the  two-year total wipeout of the Aztec, further south in central America, through  1519-1521. The…

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Media Analysis

Julian Assange vs. the Empire

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – It has been reported that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will deliver a Christmas speech on Thursday, December 20, according to a published Facebook page titled “Julian Assange-Christmas Speech 2012”.  Assange has been living in the Ecuador’s embassy in the United Kingdom since June 19. Ecuador has granted Assange with Asylum, a move that…

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Geopolitics

Descent Into Holy War

Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch – Damascus. It is one of the most horrifying videos of the war in Syria. It shows two men being beheaded by Syrian rebels, one of them by a child. He hacks with a machete at the neck of a middle-aged man who has been forced to lie in the street with his head on a concrete…

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Geopolitics

The troubled Middle East and NATO’s future plans

Natalia Meden, Strategic Culture Foundation – The West is generously adding fuel to the fire in order to speed up the fall of the Syrian regime. Will it come to a military intervention? In any event, the United States has developed specific plans for a military intervention, which are already being undertaken. According to the Secretary General of NATO, the…

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Geopolitics, Media Analysis, Music & Entertainment

The Pussy Riot Con Game

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The controversy behind the Punk Rock group Pussy Riot and the issue of freedom of expression in Russia raised concern for activists and celebrities across the world. The court sentenced each member to two years in prison with the charge of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” for the “Punk Prayer” protest at the…

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Global Economy

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Gold

Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge – With gold and silver down this morning – following a mysterious vertical plunge last night (once again) – we thought ConvergEx’s Nick Colas’ timely discussion of gold was worthwhile. As he notes, Gold is the ultimate personality test for investors.  Some hate it, excoriating its adherents for their lack of faith in human ingenuity –…

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Global Economy

The Wolves are at it again! Goldman Sachs Prey on America’s Social Security

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – In a CBS interview on November 19th 2012 with Goldman Sachs CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein recently said that retirees who are expecting entitlements such as social security will not receive any payments because the US government cannot afford them. The American people should be prepared for what President Obama and his Goldman…

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Geopolitics

America Invades Africa: The Resource War and the Coming Invasion of Mali

Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – The United States African Command (AFRICOM) was created in 2007 under then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the Bush Administration as a Military Command center that covers the entire continent of Africa.  They wanted to create a permanent footprint in Africa to maintain the peace and security it desires that is deemed beneficial for…

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