immediately should be to call for ceasefire not to intervene not to start their own war against iran but to go overseas for i think that's quite credible all right well unfortunately i have to leave it there but quite interesting discussion especially in light of all of this again amped up rhetoric wherever you turn so thank you very much for shedding some balance light on this issue and that was gareth porter investigative journalist and historian well syria's embattled president bashar al assad today announced a referendum on a new constitution that would be held in just eleven days time this came amid reports of escalating violence across the country now amendments to the constitution work key demands by opposition groups at the start of the uprising but rebels now say they'll accept nothing less than assad's departure some also question how a nationwide vote could be held at a time when violence on both sides continues to plague the country michel chossudovsky is directs the center for research and globalization and explains. i

think the question we have is. what is the likelihood of success of that referendum in a country which is characterized by by war terrorist acts this referendum can take place under present conditions that's absolutely a possibility one would have to pass by and there that the these terrorists that it's a very small should withdraw that so that i have not very optimistic as far as the referendum has been so. a knowledge of the fact that the government. that's that's its commitment to solve it by the constitution and introduce politic a multi-party system but the people who are fighting the government are not interested in multi-party democracy and they are they are directly as we know they are directly backed by date so we also know from reliable sources including

military sources that there are at least six of. operatives which are present all the growl tyree french british and turkish special forces. syria. collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition there is an opposition within syria within civil society but we're dealing with something entirely different which is in all of its interaction and that is be the case like the day while i've been following this since these events are up to the. march of last year and as such is asking you say that these rebels are backed by nato what interests when nato or the u.s. or western forces have at all and backing the opposition. well ultimately the purpose of of this of the rection is to create political instability

which will subsequently lead to. the syrian government destabilize syria as a nation state we have to understand that syria is is the only remaining secular state. of world as it stands and i really is that some of the peace brokers the countries of the arab league you know the gulf states saudi arabia well . they have. their whole system is based on authoritarian rule. some of the gulf states and so you know. let us mr trichet ask if i can interrupt for a moment i mean it is very hard as an american to sort of. wrap one's mind around this because we're talking about the opposition in syria we're talking about sudanese who have been a mentally radicalized over the past few years we're talking about the rise

potentially if these folks come into power of an islamist regime as long as power similar to what we've seen in libya even in egypt and i just don't it's very difficult understand why the u.s. would be interested in that we saw the blowback effect from doing that with a so there are fights with the soviets in afghanistan why in the world would the u.s. want a repeat of that i thought that radical islam was supposedly what we're fighting a war against. the united states since the soviet war has supported. these islamist organizations in fact. we know that card it was a creation of the cia it's documented and it's the knowledge. of what is known. well we saw it live where they took special forces which were all right from day

one british special forces they integrated. paramilitary organizations which were tied to the libyan islamic fighting group which is another qaeda affiliated organization and we know that some of. the most of the forces in syria. there are bills of brotherhoods. protected by. the receiving of heavy weaponry so we're not dealing with with a protest vote or where all the opposition within let's say with the lives of our of the whole society. this this agenda of destabilizing countries by provoking sectarian warfare is something which is well noted on the story of. the united states and its foreign policy stance supports you know it supports political islam you can see the volatile

saudi read of the gulf states libya it's a transition to go to a slightly government say this you know. we have predominant role of of the muslim brotherhood in egypt or in egypt are we also supported by our current for many years because it's convenient but you know it's like for instance that israel it was we're talking about the previous segment is a huge ally of the us a destabilize syria could be an immensely dangerous even annex essential for rats to to israel so again it doesn't seem like there would be any and sort of blowback. to the u.s. by undermining stability in syria. well let's let. the united states is always the fault of those. we can look at the markets look at. where they have interests they all with the fall of these dictators to force them up with all proxies of all could see what they don't like about syria is that syria

is not of your state aligned with while she is not living although it's a secular gallo's it's a country of men this religious tolerance i was doing. it is in fact you know it is the cradle of civilization. what is it is a sense of a sense they. stay i'd israel to destabilize the government they've been doing it for years i mean this is nothing new. all the level of the endgame was supposed to be syria so that when it was. nice if. there was a by the united states. to destabilize syria if this document was weak that the process was and i could go through the documents well

professor i'm fortunately we're out of time but. i'm sure we'd be thrilled to have to hear what you want to quote next time but thank you so much for your time there of course it is sort of difficult to see how an islamic regime would be supplying to the u.s. but at the same time as you've mentioned there is a history of these kinds of things so a lot to discuss here at that level michel chossudovsky a director at the center for research on globalization. when it comes to human rights abuses or while a crackdown seems like there is one country that often xscape the world's attention bahrain and the us backed monarchy is aligned with the u.s. and saudi arabia in their disputes with iran it's also home to the u.s. fifth fleet now a year ago today pro-democracy uprisings broke out in bahrain and a year later the unrest shows no sign of calming down and just this week alone more than one hundred twenty protestors were reportedly wounded in clashes with heavily armed police forces as artie's own ivan bennett reports the weapons and the tactics

have been in fact imported from british gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned i want to britain's former top cops john yates used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed or behaving despicably the latest trick is to throw cancer tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for the british police officer or overstimulate is retired to be associated in any way with it is it's wrong yes resign from scotland yard last year and early victim of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r.

campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by yeats himself he recently told the daily telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced. as for the uprising itself he said this isn't organized protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community i mean when you get thousands and thousands of people protesting demanding their rights and you call that vandalism you seem to forget that there are sixty five or sixty five people actually died in britain from police brutality activists in bahrain insist their protest was peaceful their aim to reach the iconic pole roundabout in the capital manama they say they were met by tanks toxic gas and rubber bullets what we

witnessed on the ground is not. the front or from what the impact was previously but it's been extended through the toxic gases and use of poisoning of. mr john as contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we are seeing today is nothing acceptable it may not just be british tactics bahrain's easing but weapons to government figures show the u.k. sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett's r.t. london well that has a for now for more on the stories we've covered this go to r.t.

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spin nor that as a syrian citizen it's my responsibility to work hard on the music of this country when you're a democrat. len i want to present it to people who are convinced that syria is some terrorist country. we can help politicians through music let them in when you develop culture in your

country you are working through issues in the world of politics to. them and how you can get to see yes this is the best message we can send to the rest of the world to say come and see what syria is what it is and what it has. not. since i was young i have loved arabic calligraphy and i believe or should have a message. justice

means that the rights of the people. should be returned to them let's. hope they get over that then. after that there should be no more revenge. that he. doesn't have i don't want to be an oppressed who becomes an oppressor. a slave and the cause of the palestinian conflict is that israelis came from all over the world and expelled the palestinians from their land and toked their country. and are trying to create

a surely jewish state and out as many arabs and get rid of them as we can. israel has laid already off i think there are as one might hope will be some trial so that israel controls every single detail else in. our life itself is a system that is now being institutions. the walls all separation law. books the toughest of the four told them it was suspended for it's time no one saw what. diplomats need. to know the other element is domination who ate eighty five percent of the country a lot the palestinians in these little on places. we control the country we control the water we control the economy and the palestinians are enthused to lead the first. is really not

a good reason for the subtle security bill them to claim the left. will want to buy me a dry raise for secure gold the injury to so. you do to haul a speed alcohol stands for secure. just threw the ball for the floor under the tiger i'll still go inside what it's. like. to. just get a no go for the whistle. on a minute the only thing that will be left here is hatred if. you think that's funny . face or soldiers you find out funny moments i. just stood there. and it isn't fair to leave both reaction because it always has

united states bonds. they were taken out of their houses they were going out on the street there killing them. there and not letting them have food water or electricity or anything like that. it just puts them in the worst circumstances every step his identity and took his country and took everything from them what do you expect from them of course he's going to kill himself a force is going to kill people so long as they can animal and bird that animal even if it's a remarkable thing like taking care of your dog for years and you put them in a cage and you start hurting him hurting them he is going. and awaiting you. to do that is lucky for you. you know.

most of the we have tried all the way we tried to fight we tried to resist after that they started calling us terrorists but we are defending our land here defending our rights. that's my looks rather than it for real why should i look at the larger because i don't look up for the back of the beauty. about the for the look. this is about safari as. one of the things that shows how this village was wiped out. and the grass grew and heat all the remains of the houses to make it look as if there was no village here i don't want to know and this is the tune we should use to communicate and to keep alive the history the memories.

none of their number they're above jerusalem and the seton by the separation. sound the music was composed by a band called the five and they are palestinian rappers from a refugee camp in lebanon. do you know when. you. buy your mom drugs how you been muslim in the e.u. . and. we sing for people who don't listen to rap machine had a friend rap is not the main goal how to goal is the cause for which we are singing because as the most important thing. there will be no peace in the world as long as

there are people being killed in palestine. something. tells me such as i told the cats here they feel like you know they're going to take suffocated by this circumstance and need it all it's a point that they just express support for a country that's under political turmoil because. i don't at all graffiti life is a picture in the future i would like to become a journalist to show a country how special it is see you. and to show the truest. kids and when you give them because you know they have no responsibility to document their community so you're empowering. the to. learn. what it will to give these kids that chance to really show to the people

perspective on how it is to live in the camps. to. have some of your little boy see the bush wall before to see all. those old loves. to. look for. the old wonders in some parts of rio de janeiro the parts of brazil there are more deaths than actual war zones ok when you're here it's an urban war where any living being can be a potential targets might look up to. my eyes therefore it's like an epidemic of minor conflicts everywhere where firearms become the solution to small disputes for

them so it began as disputes over power people shoot for no reason at all. well not only the criminals but also the police. but i cannot watch these barbaric acts you cannot watch people being murdered in this way i'm not feel anything. for them to you i don't presume to change people's lives but i do my part as an artist. to come to the city. the president wanted a billboard this year and on point was of a mother hugging a school kid who had been shot dead with a smiling policeman on next to them holding a smoking gun as you. refute. it she got and they came in the middle of the night and painted over this billboard.

is fascism. one absurdity of the silence is another absurdity if you open the paper today there is going to be a new absurdity that will make you forget yesterday's. step by step down. some time. placed. it will feel awful to plead. guilty to again. it's not like us. or a bull's eye could be a k forty seven is the most popular rifle in wars throughout the world where you can buy one on africa for eight u.s. dollars for the armed groups like it because it's light and children can carry it and shoot it with ease. it's cold and.

or gun qatar the philosophy is. this is the weapon which was designed to kill if it can be changed then why can't a human's change to. someone who's going to want to see. i i. thank. god for reggae is a cultural organization. i gave them one of these gun guitars so they could keep working in the slums of rio de janeiro for music with the kids find the tools to change their reality. i.

think you have to be very quick points and continue in the rosiness lama you can't just walk around like that about i'll see if my work at the racine islam was created to open doors so people could understand the slums and the people who live there that was originated myside i have photographed ten other slums. less than five percent of people in the slums are criminals but they are the ones who give the slums a bad name. but the slums are filled with hardworking and honest people it's estimated that in ten years more than half of the world's population will be living in these types of communities in these communities where the violence exists but why in my photos i try to show where the problem is and where the solution is.

and i think it starts in childhood at this age. ok here is where the problem is. but if we target that age i think that a lot can be done but at the same but about the same is. that. now that i have got down that my pen writes i want to set things my brilliant it dates. in the case of minutes it's poetry that has united the community. more than one hundred fifty.