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jakeXT

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Wed Jan 14, 2015, 12:40 PM Jan 2015

TRNN: Paris: Little and Big Monsters

Glen Ford and Paul Jay discuss the march against terrorism in Paris and the participation of leaders of countries who have committed and encouraged various forms of terrorism and war crimes - January 13, 2015



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PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay.

In Paris on Sunday, more than a million people hit the streets saying je suis Charlie Hebdo. Across the country, apparently almost 4 million people marched in the streets, they said, expressing their solidarity with the 17 people killed in terrorist attacks in Paris.

Joining them in the march were the leaders of various countries. It included Benjamin Netanyahu from Israel that has been accused by many of committing war crimes against the people of Gaza and an illegal occupation of Palestine; Turkey, which is helping to facilitate the destruction of Syria; Britain, that helped the United States destroy Iraq; and, of course, the ambassador from the United States, the country that waged an illegal war that helped give rise to ISIS and Islamic extremism;

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TRNN: Paris: Little and Big Monsters (Original Post) jakeXT Jan 2015 OP
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KoKo

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Wed Jan 14, 2015, 06:39 PM
Jan 2015


Focusing on the Present Disasters often leaves out the History for the "Internet Generation" used to discussing current news on Mobile Devices without even doing a cursory Wiki Search for the background which is often to ugly to spend time on.

He gives a good synopsis. I have hope that the "curious" and "truth seekers" in our generations coming up will SEEK beyond the MSM Headlines.
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