10 September 2019 — The Electronic Intifada
Ameer Makhoul, right, seen with Raed Salah, a community leader among Palestinians in Israel, at a court in Haifa in August. (via Facebook)
Almost a decade ago Israeli forces raided Palestinian community leader Ameer Makhoul’s home in Haifa and arrested him.
After corresponding with Makhoul during his nine years in prison, I spoke with him recently via Skype, for his first interview since his release.
10 September 2019 — Craig Murray
Just because it is not written in a single document does not mean the UK does not have a constitution. But it does mean it has a particularly bad one.
9 September 2019 — Statewatch
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10 September 2019 — WSWS
A report published by the UK government’s Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) has branded large sections of the “left” in Britain as “extremist.” It claims the left’s “revolutionary workerist ideas” are associated with increased sympathy for “violent extremist tactics.”
10 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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The NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests
https://www.mintpressnews.com/hong-kong-protest-united-states-destabilize-china/261712/
With strikes against Iran, Netanyahu risks jeopardising his closest alliance
https://williambowles.info/2019/09/09/with-strikes-against-iran-netanyahu-risks-jeopardising-his-closest-alliance/
10 September 2019 — Dissident Voice
The information below and the quotes were taken from the 12-page report that accompanied Rosemary Mason’s recent open letter to the Chief Medical Officer to England, Sally Davies. It can be accessed here.
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Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has written an open letter to the Chief Medical Officer of England, Sally Davies. In it, Mason states that none of the more than 400 pesticides that have been authorised in the UK have been tested for long-term actions on the brain: in the foetus, in children or in adults.
10 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Russia-China Investment Fund to become Rusagro’s partner on Chinese project
https://tass.com/economy/1077409
The NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests
https://www.mintpressnews.com/hong-kong-protest-united-states-destabilize-china/261712/
10 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Boris Johnson Trips: Duvets, Toothbrushes And The House Of Lords
https://orientalreview.org/2019/09/10/boris-johnson-trips-duvets-toothbrushes-and-the-house-of-lords/
Brexit: What happened on Monday?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49643861
9 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Could a no-deal Brexit still happen on 31 October?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49612757
Today’s links 9 September 2019
http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/09/todays-links_9.html
9 September 2019 — Jonathan Cook
The US has not taken kindly to Israel’s actions in Iraq, fearing that a local backlash could endanger the 5,000 troops it has stationed there
The National – 9 September 2019
Every Israeli prime minister – not least Benjamin Netanyahu – understands that a military entanglement with Hezbollah, Lebanon’s armed Shia movement on Israel’s northern border, is a dangerous wager, especially during an election campaign.
8 September 2019 — Climate & Capitalism
Five books for reds and greens …. Waste … Solar Power … Sustainable Food Systems … Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society … America’s Overripe Economy.
Climate & Capitalism can’t review every book we receive, but this column lists and links to those that seem relevant to our mission, along with brief descriptions. Titles described here may be reviewed in future. Inclusion does not imply endorsement, or that we agree with everything (or even anything!) these books say.
This month’s illustration is used with permission from the artist, Margaret Scott.
8 September 2019 — South Front
The 35 for 35 prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia once again revealed the double-faced stance of the so-called ‘Civilized World’ towards the MH17 tragedy in eastern Ukraine.
Ahead of the prisoner swap, the Netherlands urged Ukraine to not hand over Vladimir Tsemakh to Russia. Tsemah, a citizen of Ukraine (as well as many others people handed to Russia) and a former member of an air defense unit of self-defense forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
