May 2018
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The ISO and the imperialist politics of the pseudo-left By Barry Grey
The International Socialist Organization is stepping up its efforts to legitimize American imperialism’s military interventions in the Middle East in the wake of US-British-French missile strikes against Syria, the intensified offensive against Iran signaled by President Donald Trump’s pullout from the Iran nuclear agreement, and the Israeli bombardment of Iranian forces in Syria. Continue reading
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Prediction of New False-Flag Gas Attack in Syria Seems to Fit US Escalation Plans By Whitney Webb
If a chemical weapons “attack” comes to pass in the place it has been predicted, it would be the first such provocation blamed on Assad to take place in territory occupied by a foreign power, likely triggering an intensified military response from the U.S. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 15-16 May 2018
16 May 2018 — williambowles.info Was There Ever an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program? https://www.globalresearch.ca/was-there-ever-an-iranian-nuclear-weapons-program/5640634 Brzezinski’s Ghost Shapes Washington Eurasia Geopolitics By F. William Engdahl https://williambowles.info/2018/05/16/brzezinskis-ghost-shapes-washington-eurasia-geopolitics-by-f-william-engdahl/ Tribute to Robert Parry, Founder and Editor of Consortium News, May 19, Berkeley, CA https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/05/tribute-to-robert-parry-founder-and-editor-of-consortium-news-may-19-berkeley-ca/ Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 15-16 May 2018
16 May 2018 — williambowles.info Live Blog: Massacre in Gaza as US and Israel celebrate embassy move to Jerusalem http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/massacre-celebrate-jerusalem/ Gaza protests: All the latest updates https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/gaza-protest-latest-updates-180406092506561.html US embassy opens in Jerusalem amid lockdown https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/jerusalem-lockdown-moves-israeli-mission-180514112733896.html Continue reading
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Brzezinski’s Ghost Shapes Washington Eurasia Geopolitics By F. William Engdahl
Contrary to a widely-held belief that US President Trump acts only out of impulse or is being unpredictable, I believe that the opposite is the case. Strategic geopolitical policies of the Trump Administration are a response, not of the President himself, but rather of the powers that be, the permanent establishment who actually control what… Continue reading
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Media Can Tell Readers Who's Killing Whom–When They Want To By Jim Naureckas
If you’ve been noticing the headlines about Israeli forces killing Palestinian protesters that seem carefully designed to avoid mentioning who’s doing the killing, you may be wondering: Is that how media always do it? The answer is no: Journalists know very well how to include the identity of the killers in the headline—when they think… Continue reading
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Mass murder in Gaza
The Israeli military slaughtered dozens of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators and wounded thousands more in Gaza on Monday. As this atrocity was being carried out, a grotesque ceremony was unfolding barely 50 miles away to mark the formal opening of a US embassy in the divided and occupied city of Jerusalem. Continue reading
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Gaza Slaughter News Links 14-15 May 2018: 58 Dead and Nobody Gives a Shit!
15 May 2018 — williambowles.info Tension in Gaza as Palestinians begin to bury 58 dead http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-44116340 My March of Return http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/my-march-of-return/ Challenging the ongoing dispossession and displacement of the Palestinian people on the 70th commemoration of the Nakba http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/dispossession-displacement-commemoration/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 14-15 May 2018
15 May 2018 — williambowles.info Nigeria:OPEC Raises Oil Demand Forecast Amid Global Growth Uncertainty http://allafrica.com/stories/201805150020.html German militarization and Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/15/iran-m15.html Continue reading
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Nakba Day: Remembering Palestine’s 1948 Humanitarian Disaster
14 May 2018 — Global Research News Israel at Seventy: Symbol of War, Racism, Reaction By Joyce Chediac, May 14, 2018 The settler state of Israel turns 70 on May 14. In imperialist capitals, especially Israel and the U.S., this state built on the bones of the Palestinian people will be praised and celebrated. The U.S. will Continue reading
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Gaza: 41 Civilians Killed; 1500 Civilians Wounded inc. Dozens of Women and Children; 8 Journalists & 4 Paramedics
Number of Civilian Causalities in the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege in Gaza Strip Increases; 41 Civilians Killed, including 4 Children and Person with Mobility Impairment, and Around 1500 Civilians Wounded, including Dozens of Children and Women, 8 Journalists, and 12 Paramedics Continue reading
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Russia Is Already “Balancing” Iran in the Mideast By Andrew Korybko
Russia’s predominant position in Syria & Iraqi Kurdistan places Moscow right in the middle of the misleadingly characterized “Shiite Crescent” and allows the Kremlin to “balance” Iranian influence in the Mideast better than any other country ever possibly could. Continue reading
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The Salisbury Poisonings. What Was the Agent Used? Who Could Have Produced It? When and Where were the Skripals Exposed?
The following briefing note is developed by academics researching the use of chemical and biological weapons during the 2011-present war in Syria. The note reflects work in progress. However, the substantive questions raised need answering, especially given the seriousness of the political situation in the Middle East and UK-Russian relations. The authors welcome comments and… Continue reading
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U.K. Defense-Notice (D-Notice): Here Are the Official State Censorship Documents Relating to the Skripal Affair
If Miller and, by extension, Skripal himself were somehow involved in Orbis’ work on the highly-suspect Steele–Trump dossier, alongside representatives of British and possibly US intelligence, then all manner of motivations can be suggested for an attack on the ex-Russian spy and British double agent by forces other than Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB. Continue reading
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Finkelstein: Where’s the Solidarity for Gaza? (2/3)
In part two, Norman Finkelstein says that while Palestinian protesters in Gaza have bravely resisted their ghettoization under merciless Israeli fire, international solidarity is falling short Continue reading
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Finkelstein: Where’s the Solidarity for Gaza? (2/3)
In part two, Norman Finkelstein says that while Palestinian protesters in Gaza have bravely resisted their ghettoization under merciless Israeli fire, international solidarity is falling short Continue reading
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Iran News Links 13-14 May 2018
14 May 2018 14:37:41– williambowles.info Lendman’s dispatches: US to Assure North Korea’s Security? New embassy in Jerusalem inauguration, a reckless affront http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/yx5qT3O5W88/ Russian MP blasts US sanction threats against EU firms over Iran ties as blackmail http://tass.com/politics/1004137 Continue reading
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Syria News Links 13-14 May 2018
14 May 2018 15:06:32 — williambowles.info The Salisbury Poisonings. What Was the Agent Used? Who Could Have Produced It? When and Where were the Skripals Exposed? https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-salisbury-poisonings-what-was-the-agent-used-who-could-have-produced-it-when-and-where-were-the-skripals-exposed/5640427 Joint operation by the SDF and Iraqi army at Iraq-Syria border https://anfenglish.com/rojava/joint-operation-by-the-sdf-and-iraqi-army-at-iraq-syria-border-26653 Continue reading
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Israeli Forces Escalate Their Measures along Eastern and Northern Gaza Strip Borders
14 May 2018 — PCHR Ref: 50/2018 – Date: 14 May 2018 – Time: 09:30 GMT In Preemptive Move Prior to the Great March of Return and Breaking Siege, Israeli Forces Escalate Their Measures along Eastern and Northern Gaza Strip Borders PCHR Warns of More Civilian Casualties Continue reading
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Western leaders betrayed Palestinians 70 years ago. There is no sign that’s about to change
Israel has been crafting a dishonest counter-narrative ever since the Nakba, one that historians scouring the archives have exploded On Tuesday, Palestinians will commemorate the anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, their mass expulsion and dispossession 70 years ago as the new state of Israel was built on the ruins of their homeland. As a… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 