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Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, Slovakia —
Posted on Apr 9, 2013
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The deceased prime minister’s 11-year rule over the U.K. “was historic mainly by posing the conundrum that has shaped neoliberal politics since 1980: How can governments nurture and endow financial kleptocrats” with the consent of the people?
Posted on Apr 9, 2013
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By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt —
Confiscating customer deposits in Cyprus banks was not a one-off, desperate idea of a few eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to salvage their balance sheets. A joint paper by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Bank of England, dated Dec. 10, 2012, shows these plans have been long in the making.
Posted on Mar 28, 2013
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By Victoria Brittain, TomDispatch —
In the last decade, I didn’t travel to distant refugee camps in Pakistan or destroyed villages in Afghanistan to see my government’s war against Islam. I stayed in Great Britain, where by a series of chance events, I found myself inside it, spending time with families transformed into enemies.
Posted on Mar 6, 2013
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Feb 14, 2013
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Members of Britain’s Parliament ruled in favor of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Tuesday, and in case the name of this particular piece of legislation doesn’t make it clear, the vote brings gay marriage ever closer to a state-sanctioned reality in the U.K.
Posted on Feb 5, 2013
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Wikimedia Commons
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It’s hardly the kind of vaunted resting place various other British royals have enjoyed, but the earth beneath a municipal parking lot in Leicester, England, is where the remains of King Richard III were recently discovered.
Posted on Feb 4, 2013
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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen —
Posted on Dec 4, 2012
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The pregnancy was announced Monday after the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to a London-area hospital for treatment of acute morning sickness.
Posted on Dec 3, 2012
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Jessica.Tam (CC BY 2.0)
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Author and documentary filmmaker Ruth Whippman locates the root of American anxiety in “the great national happiness rat race,” a phenomenon that is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the contrast between British and American culture.
Posted on Sep 22, 2012
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Paul Zanetti, Cagle Cartoons, Australia —
Posted on Aug 17, 2012
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The International AIDS Conference is making dangerously impossible promises about putting an end to the epidemic; the London Olympics’ opening ceremonies included a unique tribute to free, universal health care; meanwhile, British graffiti artist Banksy has proved he will not be erased. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Jul 29, 2012
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Mitt Romney’s first trip abroad as the presumed Republican presidential nominee could best be described in one word: disaster.
Posted on Jul 26, 2012
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Jul 26, 2012
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megoizzy (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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As public sector jobs, education, health insurance and social welfare programs crumble amid the specter of economic austerity, the British government has spent more than $14 billion on preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games—far more than the $4 billion that was estimated a few years ago.
Posted on Jul 26, 2012
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Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands —
Posted on Jul 25, 2012
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By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch —
Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the establishment of civil and human rights, will arrive. Whether it will be celebrated, mourned, or ignored is not at all clear.
Posted on Jul 24, 2012
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Fashion, tips for surviving a police encounter, and why we might all be better off when the American empire crumbles are among the subjects the late CounterPunch editor Alexander Cockburn rapped about in a conversation in the Deep South sometime during the summer of 2006.
Posted on Jul 24, 2012
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heipei (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Amid a $31-billion budget crisis, thousands of British doctors and nurses will lose their jobs unless they agree to accept lower salaries, longer working hours and other conditions, according to a leaked document obtained by The Sunday Times.
Posted on Jul 18, 2012
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After the release of a gut-wrenching video purporting to show the bodies of Syrian children and their families slain in the attack on Houla on Friday, governments around the world signaled their shared disapproval of the Assad regime by expelling Syrian diplomats and ambassadors Tuesday.
Posted on May 29, 2012
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Two days of discussion over Iran’s nuclear program ended in uncertainty Thursday, with Iran maintaining it has the right to enrich nuclear fuel and the lead negotiator for the European Union stating vaguely that “significant problems remain” with the Iranian position. Negotiations are set to resume in June.
Posted on May 24, 2012
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Wikimedia Commons / Kyro (CC-BY)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already famously been called “Sarko the American,” but the campaign team behind his challenger François Hollande (pictured) found another brand of international insult to toss at the incumbent and see if it sticks in time to do damage at the polls in April.
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By Ann Jones, TomDispatch —
Since May 2007, 76 NATO soldiers have been killed and an undisclosed number wounded in 46 recorded “deliberate attacks” by members of the Afghan National Security Force. These figures suggest more than a recent “trend of Afghan treachery.”
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Hey, everyone, it’s Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee! Even if you’re not much of a royal-watcher, a rather puzzling pastime for some Americans and a royal snooze as far as we’re concerned, the woman has reigned in the U.K. during a significant swath of recent history. Let’s review.
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Mr G's Travels (CC-BY)
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Many would consider being knighted or otherwise honored by England’s royals a dream come true. But more than 200 rebellious Brits have declined or returned the honor, refusing to hand their names and legacies over to rulers seeking to bolster their own dubious reputations. John Lennon and authors Roald Dahl and C.S. Lewis are on that list.
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Life for most of us can be carefully—if unintentionally—structured to avoid confrontation with the sea of human misery, despair and hopelessness around us. Whatever his intention, British photographer Lee Jeffries is interrupting the arrangement.
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bbc.co.uk
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The Union Jack burned outside the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday as angry Iranian protesters charged the compound, smashed windows and demonstrated their displeasure with the British government’s newly imposed sanctions in reaction to Iran’s purported plans to develop nuclear weapons.
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Oxfam International (CC-BY)
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The next round of international climate negotiations begins in South Africa on Monday, and a report by the World Development Movement forecasts that rich countries are set to continue using the same coercive tactics that marred previous talks: tying aid money for developing countries to watered-down deals.
Posted on Nov 27, 2011
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U.S. Department of Defense
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On Monday, The Economist published an infographic showing, by millions of people hired, the world’s 10 biggest employers. The U.S. Department of Defense topped the list with 3.2 million employees.
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AP / Elizabeth Dalziel
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The Guardian put together a database of court cases of those detained during and after the unrest that swept London in early August after Metropolitan Police shot 29-year-old Mark Duggan in the city’s Tottenham neighborhood. (more)
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Yaakov Kirschen, Cagle Cartoons, Dry Bones —
Posted on Aug 15, 2011
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Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —
Posted on Aug 14, 2011
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Flickr / European Parliament
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On Tuesday, conservative British representatives led the European Parliament to reject a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 in a preliminary vote stirred by claims that such a sharp decrease taken out of step with other nations would drive businesses out of EU countries. (more)
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Jul 4, 2011
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Eric Allie, Caglecartoons.com —
Posted on Jul 4, 2011
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Flickr / Fresh Conservative
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This Fourth of July, during a transatlantic Age of Austerity, roughly 2,000 people paid to attend a private celebration near the American Embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square, where a statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled. (more)
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Peter Broelman, Cagle Cartoons, Australia —
Posted on Jul 3, 2011
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By David Sirota — In the name of curtailing deficits, politicians across the country are hacking away at programs that aim to make children healthier.
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telegraph.co.uk
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He didn’t say he was a jelly doughnut, but President Obama wasn’t quite up to snuff during his visit to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night. First, there was the matter of his talking over “God Save the Queen” during his toast to Queen Elizabeth II ... (more)
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Speaking at a historic dinner in the castle that once headquartered Ireland’s British overseers, Queen Elizabeth II expressed regret over the two islands’ violent history: “To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past, I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy.”
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Nina Stössinger (CC-BY-SA)
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The queen has landed in Ireland, where she laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance to honor those who fought against British tyranny. And if you think that’s a nice gesture, you should see the emerald green outfit her majesty wore for her arrival.
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NASA / Bill Ingalls
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The queen of England is headed to Ireland despite a bomb threat and other security concerns. She’ll be the first British monarch to visit the republic in 100 years, the first since the Irish—most of them, anyway—cast off British rule.
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Peter Broelman, Cagle Cartoons, Australia —
Posted on May 1, 2011
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Peter Broelman, Cagle Cartoons, Australia —
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Apr 29, 2011
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Frederick Deligne, Cagle Cartoons, Nice-Matin, France —
Posted on Apr 29, 2011
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AP / Chris Pizzello
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What with all the excitement and viewing parties and official printable programs, it’s easy for some to get caught up in Wills ’n’ Kate mania. Singer Morrissey, however, remains immune to this particular affliction.
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