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Teachers and other professionals in the UK are facing eviction from their homes as a housing crisis bites. theguardian.com/
 The U.S. is waging a massive shadow war in Africa, exclusive documents reveal The October 2016 report offers insight into what the U.S. military’s most elite forces are currently doing in Africa and what they hope to achieve. In so doing, it paints a picture of reality on the ground in Africa today and what it could be 30 years from now.
That picture is bleak. news.vice.com/
 …The West took it upon itself to use NATO to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi — not for any humanitarian threat to civilians as had been repeatedly claimed — but because his planned roll-out of a new currency to be used across Africa posed a palpable existential threat to central banks at the heart of the Western financial and political system. realitieswatch.com/
PALESTINE
 By Ilan Pappé – Two myths compose the common narrative on the Six Day War. One myth is that the war was imposed on Israel, and the second myth is that after Israel’s stunning victory it was willing to achieve peace with all Arab countries and the Palestinians. Both myths can now more easily be challenged and debunked. thecairoreview.com/
Two dates are often used to frame the so-called Palestinian-Israeli conflict: Nakba Day on May 15 and  Naksa Day on June 5. Nakba means catastrophe”, a reference to the violence meted out against the Palestinian Arab population during the period of British colonialism in Palestine that morphed into the Zionist colonisation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population from their historic homeland in 1947 and 1948. Naksa, on the other hand, means the “letdown”.
The leftwing movement of criticism of Israel is getting more and more mainstream by the second. Everyone is walking the path; they’re just getting there a little later. The Washington Post, a hotbed of neoconservative ideas for the last 15 years, has another article harshly critical of Israel today, written by an Israeli. And guess what: that article along with yesterday’s article by the two prestige Jewish academics calling for boycott of Israel are the two “most-read” articles on the Post list this morning! – See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/10/washington-unrepairable-society/#sthash.oCjj9TSf.dpuf
‘Most-read’ article at Washington Post calls Israel ‘savage, unrepairable society’ – See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/10/washington-unrepairable-society/#sthash.oCjj9TSf.dpuf
The Washington Post, a hotbed of neoconservative ideas for the last 15 years, has another article harshly critical of Israel today, written by an Israeli. And guess what: that article along with yesterday’s article by the two prestige Jewish academics calling for boycott of Israel are the two “most-read” articles on the Post list this morning! – See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/10/washington-unrepairable-society/#sthash.oCjj9TSf.dpuf
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At 3 a.m. Monday morning, the homestead of Danca in Mtentu village, Xolobeni woke up to a barrage of gun shots. A police car with uniformed police was arriving.
