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Syria: the people return to the streets against Assad Danish children’s rights activist stands trial for people trafficking
According to the World Health Organization definition, the UK no longer has a NHS See also Plunder:  Sale of the Century: The Privatisation Scam Social justice: Chief Executives Earn 183 Times More Than Workers London : The City That Ate Itself Private Island (a book): what happened to Britain in the last 20 years
Glenn Greenwald  shows  why Clinton is in no position to be lecturing Sanders: Vehement opposition to Reagan’s covert wars in Central America, as well as to the sadistic and senseless embargo of Cuba, were once  standard liberal positions . As my colleague Jeremy Scahill, observing the reaction of Clinton supporters during the debate, put it in  a series of tweets : “The US sponsored death squads that massacred countless central and Latin Americans, murdered nuns and priests, assassinated an Archbishop. I bet commie Sanders was even against Reagan’s humanitarian mining of Nicaraguan waters & supported subsequent war crimes judgement vs. US. Have any of these Hillarybots heard of the Contra death squads? Or is it just that whatever Hillary says must be defended at all costs? The Hillarybots attacking Sanders over Nicaragua should be ashamed of themselves.” CIA Covert Operations and US Interventions Since WWII (A documentary in 15 parts)
Europe Without the Union "One of the countries most pleased with the new arrangements will be the United Kingdom, assuming it  can hold itself together long enough to enjoy them . Having dedicated much of the last millennium to keeping the Continent divided and playing one side off another, the United Kingdom was forced to join the European Union once the organization's unity was truly unquestionable. With a Continent divided once more, the United Kingdom will be able to return to its preferred long-term strategy, maintaining a balance of power while at the same time attempting to develop a trade network that mixes regional with global."